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"'''Boulder''' is the most populous city, and county seat, of Boulder County, in the US state of Colorado. Is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of 5,430 feet (1,655 m) above sea level. The city is 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Colorado's largest city, [[Denver,_Colorado|Denver]], and has a population of 97,385 (in 2010); the population of the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area was 294,567.
Boulder is famous for its colorful Western history, being a choice destination for hippies in the late 1960s, and as home of the main campus of the University of Colorado, the state's largest university. The city of Boulder frequently receives high rankings in art, health, well-being, quality of life, and education. It is well-known for being among the earliest US cities to implement comprehensive "growth-management" strategies, including an urban growth boundary. It is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Colorado#Home_rule_municipality home rule municipality] under Colorado law.
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*de Raismes, Joseph N. , III, H. Lawrence Hoyt, Peter L. Pollock, Jerry P. Gordon, David J. Gehr. [http://livableboulder.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Growth-Management-In-Boulder-Colorado-a-Case-Study-.pdf "Growth Management In Boulder, Colorado: A Case Study."] 2015. [http://livableboulder.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Growth-Management-In-Boulder-Colorado-a-Case-Study-.pdf. http://livableboulder.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Growth-Management-In-Boulder-Colorado-a-Case-Study-.pdf. ]<br/>
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*Jackson, Katharine J. "The Need for Regional Management of Growth: Boulder, Colorado, as a Case Study." The Urban Lawyer, Vol. 37, No. 2 (Spring 2005), pp. 299-322. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/27895535 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27895535]. <br/>
*Livable Boulder. [http://livableboulder.org/boulders-secret-limited-growth/boulders-growth-a-succinct-history/ "Boulder’s Growth: a succinct history."] November 1st, 2015. [http://livableboulder.org/boulders-secret-limited-growth/boulders-growth-a-succinct-history/ http://livableboulder.org/boulders-secret-limited-growth/boulders-growth-a-succinct-history/].<br/>
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*McCormick, Kathleen. [https://law.wustl.edu/landuselaw/Articles/Gentle%20Infill.pdf "Gentle Infill: Boomtowns are making room for skinny homes, granny flats, and other affordable housing.]" ''Land Lines'' (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy), July 2016. [https://law.wustl.edu/landuselaw/Articles/Gentle%20Infill.pdf. https://law.wustl.edu/landuselaw/Articles/Gentle%20Infill.pdf. ]<br/>
*Olmsted, Frederick Law. [https://archive.org/details/improvementofbou00olmsrich "The improvement of Boulder, Colorado; report to the City Improvement Association."] Boulder City Improvement Association, 1910. [https://archive.org/details/improvementofbou00olmsrich https://archive.org/details/improvementofbou00olmsrich].<br/>
*Pendall, Rolf, Jonathan Martin, and William B. Fulton. 2002. [https://www.brookings.edu/research/holding-the-line-urban-containment-in-the-united-states/ "Holding the Line: Urban Containment in the United States."] Washington, DC: Brookings Institution. [§2.9]. [https://www.brookings.edu/research/holding-the-line-urban-containment-in-the-united-states/.
*Pettem, Silvia. ''Boulder: Evolution of a City''. (Revised Edition, 2006). [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0870818317/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2NJ4IHZLJL7R9&coliid=I38GG2WN2M2INQ Amz $18.51 Prime]. <br/>
*Pollock, Peter. [https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/articles/controlling-sprawl-boulder "Controlling Sprawl in Boulder: Benefits and Pitfalls."] Land Lines, January 1998. [https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/articles/controlling-sprawl-boulder https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/articles/controlling-sprawl-boulder].<br/>
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