Posts Tagged ‘housing’
Turkish Lessons
Boulder continues to struggle with how to create a more sustainable community, as do like-minded cities around the country. One place to look for lessons in sustainability is to communities that have existed and thrived, more or less unchanged, [...]
Big Changes for the Boulder Junior Academy Site
The Boulder neighborhood group Friends of Mt. Sanitas would like you to know that once again, the former Boulder Junior Academy property at 2641 4th St. is facing a new round of changes. Tucked against the base of the Mt. Sanitas trailhead on [...]
Term Sheet | Solo nation: American consumers stay single
"The extraordinary rise of living alone is among the greatest social changes since the baby boom. Until recently, no culture in human history had sustained large numbers of people in places of their own. Today more than 40% of households have just [...]
Realtor.org | The 2011 Community Preference Survey
"The 2011 Community Preference Survey reveals that, ideally, most Americans would like to live in walkable communities where shops, restaurants, and local businesses are within an easy stroll from their homes and their jobs are a short commute away; [...]
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 [...]
The Atlantic Cities | The Most and Least Affordable Housing in America
"The authors specifically call out new construction that is significantly controlled by comprehensive plans or through more restrictive land use regulations “referred to as ‘compact development,’ ‘urban consolidation,’ ‘growth [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Boulder County Business Report | High-end home inventory up for debate
"Scott Remmert of the Remmert Group of Colorado Landmark Realtors said it's frustrating to not have more homes to show prospective buyers, while James Simpson, with Fuller Sotheby's International Realty, said it can work in a Realtor's favor. 'A [...]
