Boulder, Colorado

"Boulder is the most populous city, and county seat, of Boulder County, in the US state of Colorado.

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The city 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, 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 home rule municipality under Colorado law.

-adapted from "Wikipedia: Boulder, Colorado.

Due to its pervading progressive politics and the centrality of its university, Boulder has been nicknamed "The People's Republic of Boulder" and "The Berkeley of the Rockies."

Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan ( BVCP)
https://bouldercolorado.gov/bvcp/draft-boulder-valley-comprehensive-plan

Demographics

Affordability

Housing

Transportation

Boulder Housing/Land-use/YIMBY and Allied Urbanist Organizations

• Better Boulder http://www.betterboulder.com
• Livable Boulder http://www.livableboulder.org- key proponents of 2015 growth-control / neighborhood control initiative.  
• Plan Boulder http://www.planboulder.org
• Community Cycles https://communitycycles.org

References

• Danish, Paul.
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    "The campaign to pass the Danish Plan." Boulder Weekly, May 14th, 2015. http://www.boulderweekly.com/opinion/danish-plan/the-campaign-to-pass-the-danish-plan/. 
    
    "The road to the Danish Plan." Boulder Weekly, May 7th, 2015. http://www.boulderweekly.com/opinion/danish-plan/the-road-to-the-danish-plan/. 
    
    "The Danish Plan recalled." Boulder Weekly. April 30th, 2015. http://www.boulderweekly.com/opinion/danish-plan/the-danish-plan-recalled/. 
    
    "Boulder’s insane densification." Boulder Weekly, April 16th, 2015. http://www.boulderweekly.com/opinion/danish-plan/boulderrsquos-insane-densification/. 
     

 

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• List of City Nicknames in Colorado, Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_Colorado#B