This year’s Leadership Fellows cohort completes their 11-month program, joining hundreds of Leadership Fellow Boulder County Alumni across the county working to lead our community in the years to come. For nearly 15 years, Leadership Fellows Boulder County has...
Since 1996 the Community Foundation has been committed to supporting the safety and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community. Thanks to incredible leadership of people including Josie Heath, Margaret Katz, Jo Arnold, and Bob Morehouse – the Open Door Fund built a...
Dear TRENDS Diary -I love to make surreal pieces that mess with people’s minds, and create art that gets the viewer to think.I made a bench for Colorado Chautauqua and Cal-Wood’s “Art in the Park”. The bench is based on legends early civilizations would tell about how...
Dear TRENDS Diary -We've never been business partners before, or even colleagues within a similar field. When we realized that starting our own farm was finally becoming a reality last fall, we brainstormed possible names. Brett suggested "Switch Gears Farm"...
Dear TRENDS Diary - My name is Miss Shirley, and I love reading books. There are times when I feel lonely and different and isolated and uncertain, but I often meet somebody on the pages of a book who provides me with comfort or encouragement. And that’s when I...
Dear TRENDS Diary - For any dance company, real human connection with an audience has been nearly impossible since the pandemic shut down live performances. But, given the slightest crack in the closed door of daylight, we at 3rd Law Dance/Theater burst the door...
Dear TRENDS Diary -Long before the pandemic, it was true that the LGBTQ community suffers from greater loneliness and isolation than others. So Pride Month, and the loosening of restrictions on public gatherings, could not come at a better time for our community.Pride...
Dear TRENDS Diary -I know Boulder well. I’ve had a perfect vantage point for seeing what life here is like for a lesbian. Not that I knew I was a lesbian early on. I didn’t have a name for who I was, but I knew what I was not. Being in a group that is hidden does that...
Dear TRENDS Diary - Local businesses have struggled to survive the COVID-19 pandemic, and major arts organizations have closed their doors until further notice.But culture, human connection, and the health of our communities have never been more...
Four Boulder County leaders have joined the Board of Trustees of Community Foundation Boulder County. The new additions are tax attorney J.M. Scott Beard, Jr., J.D. LLM; higher education administrator Fernando R. Guzman III, PH.D.; business coach Carey...
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...
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...
Student leaders at both Boulder and Broomfield high schools have raised and donated money to help residents and our forests recover from the Cal-Wood and Lefthand fires. Student leaders at both Boulder and Broomfield high schools have raised and donated money to help...
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...
"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...
“Making a difference in your community isn’t just in the realm of the elite,” says Boulderite Sarah Cumming, who donated her government stimulus check to Community Foundation Boulder County. “Making a difference in your community isn’t just in the realm of the elite,”...
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...