Posts tagged Boulder County
Boulder County gets lottery “star” for trail network
Nov 8th
Boulder County awarded Colorado Lottery Starburst Award for Mayhoffer-Singletree Trail
Boulder County, Colo. – The Colorado Lottery will present Boulder County with the Starburst Award for the Mayhoffer-Singletree Trail project. The ceremony will take place this Thursday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. at the Boulder County Courthouse in Boulder in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room.
The Starburst Awards recognize excellence in the use of lottery funds for community and conservation projects. Starburst nominations are reviewed by lottery commissioners and winning projects are chosen based on the creativity of the project, economic and social impact to the community, and whether the project achieved its goal.
In 2009 and 2010, the Boulder County Transportation and Parks and Open Space departments added 1.5 miles of new trail in eastern Boulder County near the Town of Superior that provided a tremendous opportunity for recreational trail users with the assistance of a lottery-funded Great Outdoors Colorado trails grant.
This trail extension completed a 13-mile loop trail that includes the City of Boulder’s Greenbelt Plateau, Community Ditch Trail and Cowdrey Draw trails that now connect to the Town of Superior and Boulder County trails. The project area includes the former route of the Morgul-Bismarck Loop of the Coors International Bicycle Classic from the 1980s. This new section of trail also provides a highly anticipated link to the City of Boulder Marshall-Mesa trails, the Rock Creek Trail system and the Coal Creek Trail system.
Trail users can now connect to significant open space in Boulder County, including the Southern Grasslands open space complex to the south of this trail, to the City of Boulder open space, to Eldorado State Park open space, U.S. Forest Service open space to the west, Town of Superior open space, City of Louisville open space, City of Lafayette open space and City and County of Broomfield open space to the east.
Project partners include:
- Boulder Area Trails Coalition
- Boulder County Horse Association
- Boulder County Parks and Open Space Foundation
- Boulder County Youth Corps
- Boulder Trail Runners
- City of Boulder
- Colorado Lottery
- Great Outdoors Colorado
- Town of Superior
Boulder County cropland policy–GMOs?– meeting set
Nov 4th
Cropland Policy open house set for Nov. 7
Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department will host a Cropland Policy open house on Monday at the Boulder County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building.
When: Monday, Nov. 7, 5-8 p.m.
Where: Exhibit Building, Boulder County Fairgrounds, Longmont
The event will include a short presentation on the Cropland Policy process at 6 p.m.
The open house will cover the policy proposed by the Cropland Policy Advisory Group, introduce some of the existing programs for promoting local food and growth in the agricultural economy, and highlight some of the work Parks and Open Space does with its farmer partners.
Cropland Policy
The effort to develop a management policy for county-owned croplands began in 2010 with public outreach, including farm tours, an open house, a Sustainable Agriculture Forum and a Farm and Ranch Panel Discussion.
In 2011, the Board of County Commissioners convened the Cropland Policy Advisory Group to formulate policy recommendations, which are available atwww.BoulderCountyOpenSpace.org/croplandpolicy.
For more information about the policy, upcoming meetings and public involvement opportunities, visit www.BoulderCountyOpenSpace.org/croplandpolicyor contact Resource Planner Jesse Rounds at 303-678-6271 or croplandpolicy@bouldercounty.org.
Boulder County: VOTE today. Here’s where
Oct 31st
Reminder: Tuesday, Nov. 1 is Election Day
Boulder County, Colo. – Tuesday, Nov. 1 is Election Day in Boulder County.
Voters who need to drop off their mail ballots can visit one of four Boulder County election service centers in Boulder, Longmont or Lafayette, or one of theballot drop-off sites throughout the county. See below for a complete list.
All ballots must be in the hands of the Boulder County Clerk & Recorder’s Office by 7 p.m. on Election Day. It is too late to return a ballot by mail.
The Boulder County Clerk & Recorder’s Office sent about 171,000 ballots to voters for the 2011 coordinated election, which is being conducted entirely by mail ballot.
The election service centers will be open Monday and Tuesday for voters who need to request a replacement ballot or drop off a voted ballot. The centers are also available to help county residents update their voter information or vote in person on an ADA-accessible voting machine or paper ballot.
Voters who have not received a ballot or who have questions about their ballot can email vote@bouldercountyvotes.org, call 303-413-7740 or visit an election service center for more information. Voters who have filled out and returned their ballots can check www.BoulderCountyVotes.org to make sure their voted ballot has been received by the Boulder County Elections Division. They can also visit the website to find more information about the election.
Find election results at www.BoulderCountyVotes.org after 7 p.m. on Election Day.
Election Service Centers (open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday):
Boulder: Clerk & Recorder’s Office, 1750 33rd St.
Boulder: Recreation Center, University of Colorado campus
Lafayette: Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline Road
Longmont: Clerk & Recorder’s Office, 529 Coffman St.
Ballot Drop-off Locations (open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday):
Boulder: Clerk & Recorder’s Office, 1750 33rd St.*
Boulder: Boulder County Courthouse, 1325 Pearl St.
Boulder: University of Colorado Recreation Center
Lafayette: Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline Road
Longmont: Clerk & Recorder’s Office, 529 Coffman St.
Longmont: Terry Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues*
Louisville: Clerk & Recorder’s Office, 722 Main St.
Louisville: Steinbaugh Pavilion, 824 Front St.*
Lyons: Town Hall, 432 Fifth Ave.* (Election Day only – no Monday hours)
Nederland: Community Center, 750 N. Highway 72 (Election Day only – no Monday hours)
*Drive-by drop-off available
