Once again, the American Lung Association has given Boulder County an F on ozone pollution.Ozone is a big problem along the Front Range, at least partially because of the very qualities that most attract people to Colorado: proximity to the mountains and copious...
It hasn’t been amicable, and the process has been arduous, but as of this writing it looks as though the city of Boulder and Xcel Energy could be inching toward a divorce settlement.Engineers from both sides have been working on separation, and although the process...
It’s hard to imagine a local issue much more contentious than the proposed expansion of Gross Reservoir, one that was not resolved as of this writing.The largest construction project ever in Boulder County would destroy between 200,000 and 650,000 trees. Opponents...
What makes Boulder County special? There are many possible answers to that question. One of the most apparent would be the pioneering actions by the city of Boulder and Boulder County in preserving Open Space for future generations.Now those future generations are the...
Marcus McCauley is working on a soil improvement project on Open Space land adjoining his McCauley Family Farm near Longmont.The work is similar to what he’s done on his own land, improving soil health by using practices such as keyline design to follow contours of...
Boulder’s commitment to ecological preservation by using local taxes to purchase and set aside public land has frequently been characterized as groundbreaking.However, climate change, development of formerly vacant land and the use of systemic pesticides by farmers...
Steve Clouthier lives in Arvada and drives to work in downtown Boulder.“I’ve been commuting into Boulder for about 12 years, (from) Golden the first six and Arvada the last six,” he said.Clouthier exemplifies one of the toughest problems Boulder County faces in...
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:...
With 300 days of sunshine, Boulder County can be a perfect place for a plein air painting festival. But not always.Colorado’s weather is also remarkably unpredictable, as Boulder-based Open Studios has sometimes discovered with its annual Boulder Plein Air...
Leah Brenner Clack was working at a gallery in Boulder when she began to notice what she considered a dearth of public art in the community.“I felt like the arts weren’t represented in public art,” she said. “There were a lot of sculptures, but not much new in the...
For most residents of Boulder County, the Latinx Festival 2019 offered a fun day of music, dance and great food from Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. For local Latinos and those from surrounding areas, the joyful expression of culture promised...
Longmont Museum’s Day of the Dead events started small 19 years ago. It began as a grassroots effort by members of the community to bring meaningful programming to the museum for Latino residents. A community committee continues to do much of the planning.“We really...
“Diversity” and “symphony orchestra” might not be an obvious pairing, but many symphony orchestras have recognized the need to attract a younger and more diverse audience — including the Boulder Philharmonic.“We’re in an industry that’s very hidebound and...
Who are the arts for? Most people in Boulder County would likely say the arts are for everyone. But for people of color, those in lower income brackets, those who do not speak English, and those with disabilities, the arts may not feel particularly welcoming.“We all...
When it comes to dealing with touchy and difficult subjects, Ashmi Desai is the person to call. A postdoctoral associate in the University of Colorado’s School of Education, Desai is certified in dialogue facilitation on divisive issues.Boulder County Arts Alliance...
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...