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Boulder County Youth Corps now accepting applications
Jan 31st
Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Youth Corps is now accepting applications for summer jobs from residents ages 14-17 and from adults for team leader positions. Boulder County is especially in need of female corps members and leaders.
The deadline to submit youth applications is Friday, March 25. Other positions are open until filled.
The Youth Corps will hire up to 165 teenagers to work 30 hours per week, Monday through Thursday, from June 13 to Aug. 3 on a variety of community service projects. Team leaders will be employed from May 31 to Aug. 5 to work up to 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday. Projects include activities such as forest thinning, trail building, fence construction, historic restoration and landscaping. Youth Corps teams work in unincorporated Boulder County as well as in Lafayette, Longmont and Superior.
Applications are available online at www.BoulderCounty.org/YouthCorps. Applications can also be picked up at counseling offices in Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley schools; city and town personnel offices; most local recreation and youth centers and libraries; and the county human resources department at 2025 14th St. in Boulder.
This year, corps members will earn a starting wage of $7.36 per hour, with the possibility of earning a $100 bonus at the end of the program based on merit and strong attendance. Teens who have worked for the corps in past years can earn up to $7.86 per hour. In addition, corps members are eligible for reimbursement for the purchase of work boots and gloves. RTD bus passes for the purpose of traveling to and from centralized work meeting places may be subsidized.
Team leaders must be high school graduates and at least 21 years old with two years or more of college coursework. Assistant team leaders must be high school graduates and at least 18 years old, among other qualifications. A list of full qualifications is available online at www.BoulderCounty.org/YouthCorps. Team leaders start at $13 per hour and Assistant team leaders at $11 per hour.
The Youth Corps offers one of the best first-job opportunities available in Boulder County. Teams have completed projects such as building the new Benjamin Loop Trail at Betasso Preserve and building picnic table pads on open space. Other projects have included historic restoration of buildings, construction and repair of fencing, trail maintenance, removal of Russian olive trees and noxious weeds, replacing light bulbs with compact fluorescents, landscaping and forest thinning projects.
For more information, visit www.BoulderCounty.org/YouthCorps or contact Youth Corps program manager Judy Wolfe at jwolfe@bouldercounty.org or 303-678-6104.
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Managing chronic conditions workshops offered to older adults
Jan 12th
The program is taught as a small-group workshop. Groups meet once a week for 2.5 hours. Topics covered in the workshops include:
• Fighting fatigue
• Controlling pain
• Learning exercises to build and improve strength
• Using medications appropriately
• Dealing with depression
• Communicating effectively with family and health professionals
• Learning how to evaluate new treatments
What: Be Well Colorado, Stanford University’s proven program to improve the ability to manage chronic conditions. Chronic conditions are any lasting health condition such as diabetes, heart disease, depression, arthritis and asthma.
Who: The workshop is designed for older adults experiencing a chronic condition and for those who support them. Family members are encouraged to attend.
Where and When: Two separate workshops are offered.
• Lafayette
Wednesdays, Jan. 19-Feb. 23, 2-4:30 p.m.
Lafayette Senior Center, 103 S. Iowa Ave.
• Boulder
Fridays, Jan. 21-Feb. 25, 2-4:30 p.m.
Calvary Bible Church, 3245 Kalmia Ave.
Cost: Free for adults 60 and older. Donations are accepted. Participants receive a supplemental course book and relaxation CD upon course completion.
Registration: Class size is limited to 15 and pre-registration is required. Please contact Marja Johnson at 303-441-3599 or mjohnson@bouldercounty.org for more information and to register.
Boulder County developing first ever master transportation plan
Dec 28th
Boulder County, Colo. – In partnership with local municipalities and transportation agencies, Boulder County is in the process of developing the first-ever countywide Transportation Master Plan.
The TMP will outline what travel will look like for those who live, work, shop and recreate in Boulder County 25 years from now.
“We are excited about this planning effort,” Boulder County Transportation Director George Gerstle said. “While the county has many plans in place for the development of its roadway, bicycle, pedestrian, trail and transit networks, we do not have one that looks at the multimodal transportation system as a whole. The TMP is an important tool in helping to identify programs, services, and facilities for public investment.”
Public feedback is critical to the one-year planning process and opportunities to provide input into the draft plan will take place throughout 2011, with the first series of meetings scheduled in January:
• Thursday, Jan. 13
Boulder County Transportation Department
Large conference room, second floor
2525h St., Boulder
• Wednesday, Jan. 19
Centaurus High School
Student Center
10300 South Boulder Road, Lafayette
• Thursday, Jan. 20
Longmont Public Library
Meeting rooms A & B
409 Fourth Ave., Longmont
All meetings will be held from 5-7 p.m., with a presentation beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Jan. 13 meeting in Boulder will focus on transportation issues in the western portion of Boulder County.
For more information, please contact Transportation Planning Manager Julie McKay at 720-564-2662 or jmckay@bouldercounty.org.
Background
Last summer, the Boulder County Consortium of Cities convened the Sustainable Transportation Task Force to guide the master planning process. The stakeholder group – which consists of staff representatives from the communities within Boulder County, adjacent counties, and transportation agencies – has since started to identify the key issues for travel throughout the region. The TMP is unique because, while all of the cities and towns within Boulder County have their own plans, it will provide a picture of travel throughout the region. This includes travel between communities within Boulder County and between Boulder County and neighboring counties.
“Travel largely begins and ends in places other than the unincorporated areas of Boulder County, but the county plays a central role in facilitating travel from place to place,” Gerstle said. “At the same time, decisions that affect how people access and use the transportation system are often in the hands of others.”
State and regional agencies – such as the Colorado Department of Transportation and Regional Transportation District – fund, implement and manage many of the essential elements of Boulder County’s transportation network.
“Given these complexities, our relationship with all of the agencies represented on the task force is very important,” Gerstle said. “We need strong partnerships in order to effectively provide services and leverage the county’s transportation dollars.”
Feedback from the January public meetings will be considered by the task force and presented to the Boulder County Planning Commission and Consortium of Cities in February.