‘Featured’ Archives
No Garbage for Bears
I have to admit I was a little shocked. I got the report of a small black bear, brown in color, crossing Pearl near 5th St. I went to investigate, to see what may have attracted the yearling bear to this part of town. What I saw was alley upon [...]
Is the Jefferson Parkway a Road to the Past?
Smart twenty-first century transportation planning meets the multiple goals of economic, environmental, and social sustainability. The League of Women Voters of Jefferson County has studied the proposed Jefferson Parkway toll road – with one [...]
Modest Steps for Uni-Hill
Wholesale redevelopment of the University Hill commercial area appears to be off the table as stakeholders focus on clean up and code enforcement. At a PLAN-Boulder forum last Friday (May 14, 2010), a panel consisting of Molly Winter, executive [...]
Burrito Factory
Editor’s note: Kit Basom originally wrote this piece to document the cross-cultural community support operating in the Orchard Grove Mobile Home Park. It was used last summer in a fundraising effort and is reproduced here. I have never [...]
Oh Snap! Watch New Era Take on Tom Tancredo
The Colorado Democracy Alliance, a group of 37 political organizations including New Era Colorado, was the target of Tom Tancredo's American Legacy Alliance in a November, 2009 video. Here is New Era's response: New Era is raising money [...]
Leslie Glustrom is Trying to Save the World—and She May Just Succeed
Leslie Glustrom was trained as a biochemist. But in 2004 she quit her job running a research lab in the CU biochemistry department and decided to devote herself to fighting climate change. “What would I do and how quickly would I act if my house [...]
Xcel Energy Rejects Extension of the Franchise Agreement
On April 20, 2010 the City of Boulder sent a draft proposal to Xcel Energy entitled "Partnering for Rapid Decarbonization." This proposal seeks a partnership with Xcel Energy to define a clear path to a clean energy future. Specifically the City [...]
Council Takes Bold Step towards Decarbonization–UPDATED
With the City’s Xcel franchise agreement expiring in August 2010, City Council unanimously agreed at their April 13 Study Session to hold off on renewing a long-term agreement with Xcel and to instead extend the franchise agreement for a year or [...]
Blue Line Poll: How Big is Too Big?
On April 1, the City of Boulder’s Planning Board, in a series of 4-3 votes, set the stage for 4-story buildings on the south side of Canyon adjacent to the city park and a residential neighborhood. City staff had recommended changes to [...]
What Has the City Been Doing to Increase Revenue and Reduce Costs? Plenty, it Turns Out.
A letter writer to the Daily Camera last week said that the city has done nothing for four years to trim expenses, and then offered this bromide: fire people “at the top of the food chain” and cancel some cell phone contracts. Cutting top [...]
