Dear TRENDS Diary,I'm a member of CU's class of 2020—the COVID class. It has been almost a year since I left school wondering where I was headed and quite uncertain about where I would land. I recently talked with two friends, class of 2021, who shared familiar...
Dear TRENDS Diary -I grew up low-income in rural Oregon and felt the impact of not having reliable car transportation. After graduating high school, I went to a community college in Eugene, OR, and there was a bus system there. It was liberating to ride the bus....
Dear TRENDS Diary - Being a COVID epidemiologist is exciting in a weird way. Of course, I would never hope for a pandemic in a million years. But it is pretty neat to have finished my graduate degree a few years before it happened. It has validated that the work I do...
We will get through this together. Dear friends, Earlier this month, I expected this message would speak to the 550,000 people we’ve lost to COVID this year. I was reminded of the song “Seasons of Love” from the play Rent and how...
More than 9K donors have supported those impacted by the Boulder supermarket shooting. Donors have responded in droves to The Community Foundation's Boulder County Crisis Fund since it opened the day after the supermarket shooting. Thank you to the more than 9,300...
Join us May 13 to discuss Evicted with EFAA's Julie Van Domelen. Community Foundation Boulder County invites you to join TRENDS Dialogues, where we will explore timely themes through books and conversation. The series is free and open to all, excluding the cost of the...
"As someone on the lower end of the economic spectrum, I know just how few choices you can have when you're trying to rent in a town as expensive as Boulder. That got me curious about what tradeoffs folks are making to try and live in Boulder County." Local journalist...
In response to the March 22, 2021 mass shooting in South Boulder, Community Foundation Boulder County has gathered these community resources and supports. In response to the March 22, 2021 mass shooting in South Boulder, Community Foundation Boulder County has...
Dear TRENDS Diary,Last year was incredibly challenging for local businesses, and unfortunately those challenges have continued into 2021.In Nederland, every single business has felt the impact of COVID-19 – whether it be through mandatory closures, modifying their...
Dear TRENDS Diary,I’m a retired healthcare worker and small business owner [The Shop, theshopned.com] in the mountain community of Nederland. I was busy preparing for a festive Frozen Dead Guy Days weekend last March when we went into the shutdown.A small group of...
An artist's reflection on confronting hate. Dear TRENDS Diary, Part of building an equitable future is getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. Recently, a mural I was commissioned to paint on the Pearl Street Mall was defaced with white...
What have we seen and what is coming into view? Dear friends, In just a few weeks we will be passing the disturbing milestone of a full year since the start of the pandemic and our physical distancing. For some, this year has been difficult but not for lack...
Dear TRENDS Diary - It's been a dream of mine, for a long time, to be able to share my passion and joy for making things and its ability to turn nearly every problem into something any of us might solve. I've tried a lot of different places and different...
Dear TRENDS Diary -I started making digital illustrations as a creative outlet in 2017. I just needed some place to vent. I hated my job at the time, but I also didn’t have a lot of job mobility because I’m on a visa. I can’t just leave a company because I need to...
We celebrate the tenacity of our Colorado startup community after a tumultuous year. We’re pleased to share that five of our member companies were acquired during 2020, totaling more than $750K in philanthropic capital created during a year where we witnessed outsized...
Our community responds with generosity to COVID, wildfires, Census, and more. You saw the needs in 2020, and you and your neighbors stepped up to meet them. We at Community Foundation Boulder County want to express our deep thanks to our grantees, donors, and everyone...
"The inequalities in our society have been exacerbated, racial injustices magnified, and our ability to tangibly connect to one another practically eliminated. And yet, our community continues to show up. Our community continues to lean in. Our community is committed...
In an historic moment in local government last week, Marta Loachamin (D-Longmont) – a longtime Boulder County bilingual realtor with ERA Tradewind Real Estate – was elected and sworn in as the first Latina to serve on the three-member Board of County Commissioners. In...
"As an industry, there’s a lot of talk about inclusivity. But we figured we can do better when it comes to putting our money where our hearts are." Dear TRENDS Diary, As a co-owners of a Longmont tap room, my husband and I have a modest platform to inspire people...
Mental health services are available to individuals and families who have been impacted by the recent Cal-Wood and Lefthand Canyon wildfires. Boulder County mental healthcare providers are invited to join the program. Learn more and register! In response to the...