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City of boulder monitors creek levels for flooding: Boulder news briefs
Jul 11th
City of Boulder monitors creek levels
City crews were out today along the Boulder creek path shutting down underpass section because of flooding. Water and run off are normal for this time of the year but city officials are con cerned about possible cloud bursts in Boulder canyon.
City of Boulder News Briefs
Gilbert White Memorial Flood Level Marker dedication event to be held July 17
A Gilbert White Memorial Flood Level Marker dedication event will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 17, in Central Park, just east of the Broadway Bridge on the north side of Boulder Creek.
The Gilbert White Memorial Flood Level Marker is an 18-foot tall LED-illuminated structure that shows the creek’s 50-year, 100-year, 500-year and Big Thompson historic flood levels. Gilbert White (1911-2006) is known as the “Father of Floodplain Management.” He was Gustafson Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of Colorado, where he founded the Natural Hazards Center, which still functions within the CU Institute of Behavioral Science. He was widely recognized as a leader in the world environmental movement, and received numerous international awards and honorary degrees.
The structure was planned, designed, and constructed by a committee of Gilbert’s colleagues, students, friends and family, who also helped raise funds for the marker with private contributions and fundraising events. The marker will be donated to the city and maintained by the Parks and Recreation Department.
For more information on Gilbert White and the Gilbert White Memorial, visit: www.colorado.edu/hazards/gfw
For more information, call Paul Bousquet, Parks and Recreation, at 303-413-7239.
Grass Roots Ultimate Benefit tournament proceeds to assist Boulder’s Youth Services Initiative program
The City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Department’s Youth Services Initiative program (YSI) has been selected as the beneficiary of the Grass Roots Ultimate Benefit (GRUB) fundraising tournament. The ultimate disc tournament will be held July 16 and July 17 at Pleasant View Fields, 3805 47th St. in Boulder. Proceeds from the event will support YSI programs by providing funding for sports equipment, activity fees, summer camp programming and scholarships for classes within Boulder’s recreation centers.
Ultimate is a non-contact sport played with a flying disc and combines elements of soccer, basketball, and American football. More than 650 athletes are expected to participate in the 20th annual GRUB tournament.
The mission of Youth Services Initiative (YSI) is to provide youth from low income housing the opportunities and resources necessary to make positive recreational, educational and lifestyle choices.
For more information, call Paul Bousquet, Parks and Recreation, at 303-413-7239.
Adults mentors needed to work with youth
Applications are currently available for the Fabulous Adult Assistance Board (FAAB). FAAB members work with the City of Boulder’s Youth Opportunities Advisory Board (YOAB). YOAB members are high school students who advise City Council and local agencies on youth-related issues, make recommendations for funding youth agencies and plan events for youth.
FAAB members must be available the first Friday of each month from September through May, from noon to 2 p.m., and for occasional other meetings.
YOAB is part of the Youth Opportunities Program in the city’s Department of Housing and Human Services. The deadline for applications is Tuesday, July 26, 2011. For more information or an application contact Alice Swett at 303-441-4349 orswetta@bouldercolorado.gov.
Longmont-to-Boulder Regional Trail opening July 14
Jul 7th
Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Transportation and Parks and Open Space departments, along with the City of Longmont, will open the north segment of the Longmont-to-Boulder Regional Trail on Thursday, July 14.
The trail segment is nearly three miles long and stretches from the Lefthand Valley Grange Trailhead on North 83rd Street to the North 95th Street bridge at Lefthand Creek in Longmont. Trail segment map.
“We are very excited about the completion of this section of the LoBo trail because it provides a long-awaited off-street alternative between Gunbarrel, Niwot and Longmont,” said Kristine Obendorf, Boulder County’s Regional Trails Planner.
A public ribbon-cutting ceremony with officials from Boulder County and Longmont will take place on July 14 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lefthand Valley Grange Trailhead near the corner of 83rd Street and Niwot Road.
Group bike rides from Longmont and Boulder that will meet at the Lefthand Valley Grange Trailhead for the ribbon-cutting ceremony are being organized. Information about the ride from Longmont is posted online. Contact Sue Prant at bikesue@gmail.com for information about the ride from Boulder.
The new trail crosses Lefthand Creek just north of Oxford Road using a refurbished pedestrian bridge from the City of Boulder that was part of a three-way bridge swap among Boulder County and the cities of Longmont and Boulder.
“We are happy about the partnership with Boulder County as we were able to replace a functionally obsolete bridge and replace it with a new structure that meets all current standards and allows for a trail underpass,” City of Longmont Project Manager Tom Street said.
The joint project between Boulder County and the City of Longmont includes both the bridge and trail connection and was funded by Longmont, a federal transportation grant awarded to Boulder County in 2007, and the countywide transportation sales tax approved by voters in 2001.
The majority of the land provided for the trail is either within county road right-of-way or is on county open space property purchased with Parks and Open Space sales tax funds.
The project comprises the northern most section of the planned 12-mile Longmont-to-Boulder Regional Trail that begins on the City of Boulder’s Cottonwood Trail and terminates at the Lefthand Greenway in Longmont. The LoBo Trail is primarily a soft-surface path that provides a continuous off-road link along the Diagonal Highway corridor.
Missing links at Jay Road and Lookout Road are in the planning phases as is a new connection to the Boulder Reservoir underneath the Diagonal Highway. Please visit the Boulder County Regional Trails Program webpage for more information.
Parking Space Day
Jul 6th
The Cup Espresso Cafe in Boulder hosts this special even where they use their parking space for the people and not the cars like other cities around the country are also taking part in.
