‘Featured’ Archives
Plutonium & the Jefferson Parkway: Report on recent soil sampling at Rocky Flats
Would building the Jefferson Parkway along the contaminated eastern or Indiana St. edge of the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge endanger public health by stirring up clouds of plutonium-laden dust? The Superfund “cleanup” completed in 2005 [...]
A Call for the Coyotes
At least three times a week during the summer, I find myself ripped from sleep, wide awake listening to the local coyotes report in. At times the calls are song like and dreamy and other times they sound downright creepy and alien. While they [...]
WATCH: Hogan/Pancost Neighbors’ Presentation on Wetlands
This is the first in a series of presentations discussing issues surrounding the Hogan/Pancost development in South Boulder. Versions of these presentations were given at the January 19th, 2012 Concept Plan Review at the City of Boulder Planning [...]
Development Proposed in the South Boulder Creek Flood Plain
At a presentation sponsored by PLAN-Boulder County on Friday, January 13, neighbors of the proposed Hogan-Pancost development, in opposing the project, acknowledged that high groundwater levels and flood hazards probably should have kept the City of [...]
Embracing the Night (and the Ground)
Concerning the recent community discussion about closing Boulder Parks and Open Space to night use, I have a few thoughts I'd like to share. Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks already has a ban on parking in trailhead and other open space lots [...]
The High Cost of Free Parking in Boulder
Over the last year or so, I’ve been involved with the planning and design of the public space that will accompany some of the first re-developments in the Transit Village/Boulder Junction, mostly Pearl Parkway between 30th St. and the railroad [...]
Plutonium and the Jefferson Parkway: Another Look
In an article published in the Blue Line a few days ago, I reported incorrect results from citizen sampling for plutonium in soil in the area at Rocky Flats proposed for construction of the Jefferson Parkway. The sampling effort was initiated by [...]
Jefferson Parkway Inches Closer to Reality
It's been quite a week on the Jefferson Parkway front. Consider: Fish & Wildlife clears the way for the Jefferson Parkway Deciding against an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Parkway/land-transfer matter, FWS (Fish and Wildlife) [...]
Hogan-Pancost Development Heads to Planning Board
If you’re like us, you know Dr. Seuss – you’ve either had his stories read to you, or read them to your own children. Woven into the whimsical illustrations and sublime rhymes are some pretty serious lessons. One seems very timely, with [...]
The Citizens’ Cropland Policy
Democracy is decidedly out of fashion in 21st-century American political culture. Indeed, one could argue that democracy has been out of fashion for decades. At this time, it seems almost truistic to note that what is often styled “representative [...]
