The City of Boulder’s guaranteed income pilot project takes root.Boulder is known for being one of the happiest cities in the U.S., but it’s also one of the most expensive places to live in the nation. Nearly one in four Boulder households lacks the monthly income to...
"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...
A partnership between your Community Foundation and the Boulder Chamber is heeding the call for assistance to sustain small, local businesses as they fight for their survival. We know the crucial roles small businesses play in building inclusive communities and a...
“Being connected to the Community Foundation means being connected to local nonprofits – and to building community, especially in times like these.” “We’re very vested in our communities,” says Marietta Luellen, Vice President of Wealth Management at First National...
If you missed the live broadcast, tune in here to listen to this compelling conversation that is at once concerning, but also hopeful in the may efforts underway to address our community’s housing and poverty problems. Did you know? According to the Colorado Center...
“The Community Foundation is truly a leader on important issues like affordable housing, and helping people understand their own role in making a difference in our community – supporting nonprofits and other organizations that are working to help people when they need...
In three compelling videos that expand on the stories and data in our newly released 2019 Boulder County TRENDS Report, we're excited to share with you the experience and informed perspectives of valued community leaders who inspire community action for meaningful...
Politicians, nonprofits, advocates and activists aren’t the only ones raising the alarm about housing and transportation. Boulder’s business community is getting in on the action, too.The Boulder Chamber has launched Boulder Together to tackle the root causes of the...
In October 2017, with winter fast approaching, Boulder County finally tried a new tactic to battle the area’s worsening homelessness crisis.Governments, groups and officials from across the county got together behind a coordinated effort with an underlying philosophy:...
Boulder saw an opportunity to stabilize its budget as Colorado became among the first of now 10 states plus Washington, D.C., to permit some form of recreational marijuana use.Medical marijuana has been legal in Colorado since 2001, and recreational since 2014. But...
What if we could eliminate child poverty? Erase it completely, lifting hundreds of families up to better economic conditions and improving health and wellness outcomes for children in the process? What if all this could be done for only a fraction of the city...
It was at the company Christmas party when Sharon Procopio first began to think about the gender pay gap at the engineering firm where she worked. All the workers who had been promoted took the stage, and they all had something in common: Each and every one was a...
Boulder County in the past few years has undergone another tech renaissance, adding thousands of local jobs. Google, Amazon, Apple and Twitter all have a major presence, with hundreds of smaller firms in nearly every community in the county. The influx of high-paying...
With the University of Colorado and its many federal labs, Boulder County has long been an employment hub.The local economy has been on a tear for several years, growing at a fast clip. Between 2007 and 2017, employment grew by 39,719 positions — a 17%...
If families can find a home big and affordable enough, they still may be facing an expense that can rival rent or, in many cases, exceed it: Someone to watch their kids during the workday or after school.Child care costs have risen 76% in Colorado since the start of...
Support government policies that create and preserve housing for all socioeconomic demographics, from working families to seniors.If you own a business, pay your employees a living wage. Check in regularly to make sure you’re not paying women less. If you are, make...
Business is booming in the tiny town of Nederland, population 1,536.Sales tax revenue rose nearly 10% between 2016 and 2017, helped along by a popular new pizzeria, coffee shop and bike-ski retailer, and hordes of weekend tourists. Ned even added a shoe repair shop:...
Kicking off August in style, the Center for Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) at Front Range Community College (FRCC) celebrated the grand opening of a new training center for careers in high-tech manufacturing. Kicking off August in style, the Center for Integrated...
“Housing provides an ideal platform to help families access much needed services and programs.” Boulder’s high cost of living means that a family of four with one preschool-age child and one elementary-school-age child needs to earn $85,836 a year to meet basic needs...
"For professional artists in our community, it’s very hard finding not only a place to live, but finding an affordable workspace, too. What I learned in Leadership Fellows is that this issue relates to almost everything in our community." “Since the first meeting of...