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Boulder Falls to close for the season on Nov. 1
Oct 21st
“Our concern is for the safety of visitors to the site,” said Land and Visitor Services Division Manager Jim Reeder. “Winter and spring are the seasons during which the freeze and thaw tends to loosen rocks on the slopes above the trail.”
Snow and ice can also make the trail very dangerous to hikers in winter. OSMP will use times of clear weather this fall for maintenance on the man-made stone structures that help protect the trail from falling rocks. Some of the protective structures sustained damage last spring and will be rebuilt. OSMP is planning to do annual scaling of the drainage above the trail next April before the trail is opened.
The trail was originally closed in the spring of 2009 due to a rock fall that severely injured a visitor. Boulder Falls will reopen on May 1. The closing and opening dates coincide with the closure of the summit of Flagstaff Mountain.
SOURCE: CITY OF BOULDER PRESS RELEASE
For more information, visit www.osmp.org or call 303-441-3440.
Boulders High Rent District
Aug 1st
The Downtown Boulder Pearl Street Mall has become a desirable location for various retail and other businesses. But, as buildings change ownership, the rents change, too. Out-of-area landlords may expect higher rent from retailers which, in many recent cases, causes the retailers to close and move shop!
Recently there have been several Pearl Street Mall businesses closing and moving because the rents topped at 10% increases or more. Some have opted to move to 29th Street. Several are still in their current locations with “for rent” signs glaring in their windows.
As to the outcome, we’ll wait and see. The cute boutique Chelsea near 10th Street on Pearl Street is moving and so is the T-Bar, upscale lingerie which moved from its original location on 9th Street and is now located on Pearl near 15th Street ! Some stores with internet sales can survive. Others can’t.
While out of town visitors may spend more here, residents are struggling along just like others in other parts of the country.
Increasing prices won’t gain more customers. So, anything on Pearl Street had better be a big “seller” or they won’t be here long. Restaurants, too, come and go for the same reasons.
What is the downtown management doing about it? Stimulating the economy in a secret way that brings additional retailers and customers to town? When so many events take up the spaces on the Mall and nearby streets, people do not frequent the shops more. Instead, they come for the events and leave.
So, Boulder’s high rent district is just that. It doesn’t seem to want to go away!