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Dustin Crazy wrote: "The fire was on the opposite end of town from where I live :-) but thanks for the concern. A lot of people lost their homes. The reason I haven't been online is because my parents came to visit for..."Dustin, it is good to "hear" your voice again. Sounds like all of us (your reading buddies) were concerned when hearing about the fire, and then not seeing any posts from you. Glad you were okay.
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2012
Tree City USA - National Arbor Day Foundation (for the 28th consecutive year).
Best Restaurant Neighborhood - 2012 (Pearl Street Mall) - Westword, March 2012
Skinniest City in America - Gallup polls, March 7, 2012.
Top 10 cities for well-being (No. 5) - Gallup polls, March 7, 2012.
Most bike-friendly vacation cities (No. 4) - Virgin Vacations, March 7, 2012.
Top 10 Foodie Cities (No. 3) -Livability.com, Feb. 17, 2012.
Top 10 College Towns, 2011 (No. 1) -Livability.com, Feb. 7, 2012.
America's Healthiest Metros (No. 3) - The Atlantic Cities, Jan. 3, 2012.
2011
Top 10 Travel Destinations for 2012 (No. 7) - Lonely Planet, Dec. 2011.
America's Best Adventure Towns - National Geographic, Nov. 2011.
Happiest City in America - Gallup, Healthways Well-Being Index.
Best Towns 2011 (No. 4) - Outside Magazine, Oct. 2011.
America's Most Economically Vibrant College Town - The Atlantic Cities, Sept. 21, 2011.
America's Best Town for Startups - Bloomberg Businessweek, April 22, 2011.
Tree City USA - National Arbor Day Foundation (for the 27th consecutive year).
IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Winner.
Top 10 Winter Towns (No. 9) - National Geographic Traveler, January-February 2011
2010
Top 10 Winter Towns - National Geographic, Dec. 21, 2010
America's "Brainiest" City - Portfolio.com, Dec. 1, 2010
America's Top 25 Arts Destinations, AmericanStyle magazine. Boulder ranked ninth among smaller cities.
Savvy Award from 3CMA for best interview/talk show, Inside Boulder News.
Sustainability Award from Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association for the city's 75th Street Wastewater Treatment Facility
Grand Award for Engineering Excellence from the Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers for the Elmer's Two-mile Creek Greenways project
"America's Foodiest Town" (Ranking #1) - Bon Appétit magazine, October 2010
Best Quality of Life for Mid-Sized US Cities - Portfolio.com, June 2010
"Ten best cities for the next decade" (Ranking #4) - Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, May 2010
Top 25 Destinations in the US (Ranking #19) - TripAdvisory.com
Top 100 Places to Live: including Top 10 Overall Cities (Ranking #9); Top 10 Recovery Cities (Ranking #10); Top 10 Earth Friendly Cities (Ranking #4); Top 10 Recreation Cities (Ranking #1) - RelocateAmerica.com
"Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index" (Ranking #1) - USA Today, February 2010
"Healthiest Town in U.S." (Ranking #2) - Men's Health, January 2010
Traveler's Choice 2010 Best Destinations "Top 25 Destinations in the United States" (Ranking #19) - www.tripadvisor.com
2009
"Strongest U.S. Housing Markets" (Boulder ranked #1) - Business Week, August 2009
"The Best Cities to Raise an Outdoor Kid: The Winning 25" (Boulder ranked #1) - Backpacker magazine, August 2009
"Top 25 Arts Destinations" (Small city category; Boulder ranked #8) - AmericanStyle magazine, June 2009
"Best Places to Live- The 30 Coolest Neighborhoods in America"- Men's Journal, June 2009
"America's Top 25 Towns to Live Well" (Boulder ranked #1) - Forbes.com, May 2009
"Top Ten Best Midsize Metropolitan Areas" (Boulder ranked #2) - Bizjournals.com, March 2009
"The West's 20 Best Small Towns" (Boulder ranked as a favorite eco-friendly small town) - Sunset magazine, March 2009
"Best Places for Business and Careers" (Boulder ranked #20) - Forbes magazine, March 2009
"Eleven Most Bicycle Friendly Cities in the World" (Boulder ranked # 4) - Virgin Vacations Web site, December 2009
Digital Cities Survey, 9th Place, 75,000 - 124,999 population category
Digital Cities 2009 Best of the Web Awards Finalist
Boulder Public Library was named a four-star public library by Library Journal, one of the nation's premiere professional publications - Feb. 2009.
2008
"Most Educated City in America" (Boulder ranked #1) - Forbes magazine, Nov. 2008
"8 Fabulous Winter Wonderlands" - Where to Retire magazine, Nov./Dec. 2008
"America's Best Healthy Places to Retire" - U.S. News & World Report, Oct. 2008
"Bicycle Friendly Community" (platinum level) - League of American Bicyclists, Sept. 2008
"Top 25 Arts Destinations" - (small city category; Boulder ranked #8) American Style magazine, Aug. 2008
"Top 10 Healthiest Cities to Live and Retire" - (Boulder ranked #6) AARP The Magazine, July 2008
"Cities with the Highest Ratio of Artists in the Country" - (Boulder ranked #6) National Endowment for the Arts, July 2008
"Best Cities for Cycling" - Bicycling magazine, July 2008
"Cities With a High Percentage of Workers Employed in High-Tech Work" - (Boulder ranked #2) American Electronics Association, June 2008
"Top 10 Jewish Neighborhoods in North America," - Jewish Living magazine, June 2008
"America's Top 5 Cities for Cycling" - Bicycling magazine, June 2008
"Top 25 Small Cities and Towns for Art" - (Boulder ranked #8), American Style magazine, June 2008
"Top Heart Friendly Cities" - (Boulder ranked #1 for cities with a population less than 560,000), American Heart Association, May 2008
"The 10 Brainiest Places to Retire" - U.S. News and World Report, May 2008
"Top 10 Cities for Masters Runners" - (Boulder ranked #3), Masters Athlete magazine, May 2008
"Top 100 Destinations in the World" - Trip Advisor, April 2008
"Top 25 Destinations in the U.S." - Trip Advisor, April 2008
"Top 10 World's Greener Cities" - Urban Land Green magazine, Spring 2008
"Best Green Places to Live in America" - (Boulder ranked #5), Country Home magazine, March 2008
"Smartest Cities in America" - (Boulder ranked #1), Forbes magazine, February 2008
Digital Cities Survey, 8th Place, 75,000 - 124,999 population category
2008 Colorado/Wyoming Chapter of the American Concrete Pavement Association Award for Concrete Pavement Excellence- Municipal Streets and Intersections (<30,000 sy="" li="">
2007
"11 Most Bicycle-Friendly Cities in the World" - (Boulder ranked #4), Virgin Vacations.com, November 2007
"Top Small-City College Destination" - (Boulder ranked #1), Denver Business Journal, October 2007
"Best Places to Retire" - US News and World Report.com, August 2007
"Top 10 Farmer's Markets" - (Boulder ranked #6), Eating Well magazine, August 2007
"Best Cities for Empty-Nester" - (Boulder ranked #5), Kiplinger.com, August 2007
"Best Sports City" - (Denver/Boulder ranked #7), Sporting News, August 2007
"Top 25 Small Cities and Towns for Art" - (small cities category; Boulder ranked #8), American Style magazine, June 2007
"Top Ten Greenest Cities" - (Boulder ranked # 4), Yahoo Real Estate, May 2007
"Best Green Places to Live in America" - (Boulder ranked #7), Country Home magazine, April 2007
"Top Triathlon Town" - (Boulder ranked # 1), Inside Triathlon magazine, March 2007
"Top 10 Cities for Artists" - (Boulder ranked #8), Business Week, February 2007
Digital Cities Survey, 10th Place, 75,000 - 124,999 population category
The City of Boulder's economic vitality program was presented with an award for its flexible rebate incentive program by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) - Oct. 2008.
The Keep it Clean Partnership (KICP) was recognized nationally by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for outstanding water quality achievements - Oct. 2008.
2007 American Concrete Pavement Association Award for the concrete paving efforts of the Foothills Parkway (SH 157) and Arapahoe Avenue (SH 7) Transportation Improvements Project. Transportation Division received the Gold Award in the Municipal Streets and Intersections Category (for projects less than 30,000 square yards)
2007 Officer of the Year - Master Police Officer John Smith by the Colorado Law Enforcement Officers' Association
2007 Law Enforcement Partner of the Year - Detective Nathan Vasquez by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Gold Award for Bicycle Friendly Communities program annually evaluated and awarded by the League of American Bicyclists
2007 Colorado Award for Engineering and Construction Management for Medium-Sized Communities for the Transportation Division for its engineering and construction management efforts for the Foothills Parkway (SH 157) and Arapahoe Avenue (SH 7) Transportation Improvements Project. Given by the American Public Works Association (APWA).
2007 Exemplary Human Environment Initiative National Award from Federal Highway Administration for 28th Street Project Baseline to Arapahoe
2007 CPRA (Colorado Parks and Recreation Association) Columbine Award for Education for "Creating Vibrate Communities in Which We All Age Well" - awarded to John Riggle and Sarah Rebman in the Senior Services Division
2007 Local Government Award - Silver Award Planning with Vision for "Creating Vibrant Communities in Which We All Age Well - awarded to John Riggle and Sarah Rebman in the Senior Services Division
"America's Most Digital Cities" for the Information Technology Department from the The Center for Digital Government. Boulder placed 10th in its population category.
"3CMA Savvy Award - Best Educational Training Video" for the City of Boulder's voice and sight control dog video, produced by Municipal Channel 8 and Open Space and Mountain Parks
"Ambassador City for Affordable Housing" designation by the National Association of Realtors and the U.S. Converence of Mayors
"Tree City USA" designation by the National Arbor Day Foundation for the 23nd consecutive year
"Environmental Achievement Award" from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 8's for the "Keep it Clean Partnership," formerly known as the Watershed Approach to Stream Health (WASH) Project
Source: City of Boulder
http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index....
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2006
"America's Smartest Cities" - (Boulder ranked #1), Forbes Magazine, December 2006
"10 Great Biking Cities" - Washington Post, October 2006
"Heart-Healthiest City" - (Boulder ranked #4), Men's Journal, August 2006
"Top 12 Best Veg-Friendly Places to Live" - Veg News, August 2006
"Best City for Green Meetings" - (Boulder ranked #9), Meetings and Conventions, August 2006
"Dream Towns" - (Boulder ranked Best All Around), Outside Magazine, Aug. 2006
"Top 20 Greenest Spots in the Country" - Vegetarian Times, July/Aug. 2006
"Top Places to Retire" - Where to Retire Magazine, July/Aug. 2006
"Best Cities For Singles" - (Denver-Boulder ranked #1), Forbes magazine, July 2006
"Top 10 Favorite Outdoor Dining Spots in the Country" - Bon Appetit magazine, July 2006
"Top 10 Brainiest Small Cities" - (Boulder ranked #3), Bizjournals.com, June 2006
"Best Places to Retire in Style" - (Boulder ranked #1), Fortune magazine, June 2006
"Top 25 Arts Destinations" (Boulder ranked 10 for small cities) - American Style magazine, June 2006
"Best Cities for Relocating Families" (Boulder ranked #4 for mid-sized metro areas) - Worldwide ERC and Primary Relocation, May 2006
"Top 10 Greenest Cities" - Homestore.com, April 2006
"50 Best places to live" (Boulder ranked #3) - Men's Journal, April 2006
"Most Vegetarian-Friendly Cities in the U.S." (Boulder ranked #7)- PETA.org, April 2006
"Best City for Cycling" - Bicycling magazine, March 2006
"Best City for Teleworking" (Boulder best in small metro area list) - Sperling's Best Places research firm, March 2006
"America's Top 100 Places to Live in 2006" (Boulder ranked #3) - Relocate-America.com, March 2006
"America's Best Vegetarian-Friendly Small Cities" (Boulder ranked #7)- GoVeg.com, March 2006
"Place you dream of living" - Backpacker magazine, February 2006
"Top 10 Places to Retire" - Bottom Line Retirement, January 2006
Digital Cities Survey, 7th Place, 75,000 - 124,999 population category
"Well Workplace Award" for the City of Boulder's employee fitness program from the Wellness Councils of America for its innovative employee fitness program. 'Well Workplace' awards are driven by a rigorous set of criteria and are designed to recognize excellence in health promotion at the worksite.
"America's Most Digital Cities" for the Information Technology Department from the The Center for Digital Government. Boulder placed 7th in its population category.
"Project Delivery Award" from the Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association to the City of Boulder and Lafarge West, Inc. for the Downtown Pearl Street Mall Loop Resurfacing Project
"Tree City USA" designation by the National Arbor Day Foundation for the 22nd consecutive year
"Tree City Growth Award" from the National Arbor Day Foundation to the City of Boulder's Urban Forestry Division
"2006 Award for Excellence in Innovation in Parking Operations and Programs" from the International Parking Institute for the City of Boulder's Parking Plus Program
"Boulder Walkers Golden Shoe Award" for the City of Boulder's Open Space and Mountain Parks Natural Selections hike program
2005
"Best Place to Live" - (Boulder ranked #1), Successful Meetings, 2005
"The 100 Best Art Towns in America" - (Boulder ranked #6), by John Villani
"50 Best places to live - best overall city" - Men's Journal, March 2005
"Colorado’s Best Workplaces for Commuters" -United States EPA, April, 2005
"Going to Boulder" - The New York Times, May 2005
"Top 25 Art Cities" - (Boulder ranked #18), American Style magazine, June 2005
"Top 20 greenest spots in the country" - Vegetarian Times, July/August 2005
"7th Best Running City" - Runner's World magazine, August 2005
"Top 10 cities for masters athletes" (Boulder ranked #7) - Geezer Jock magazine, September 2005
"50 fabulous gay-friendly places to live" - book by Gregory A. Kompes, November 2005
"Project of the Year" in the category of General Public Works in a Large Community from the Colorado Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) for the City of Boulder's Broadway Street and Bridge Reconstruction Project
"Concrete Pavement Award" in the Municipal Street and Intersection Category from the Colorado/Wyoming chapter of the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) for the City of Boulder's Broadway Street and Bridge Reconstruction Project
"Project of the Year" in the category of Utility, Drainage, and Environmental in a Large Community from the American Public Works Association for the City of Boulder's Goose Creek Drainage Improvements Project
"Excellence in Alarm Management" award to Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner from the Security Industry Alarm Coalition
"Tree City USA" designation by the National Arbor Day Foundation for the 21st consecutive year
"Climate Protection Award" (one of 25 individuals, teams and organizations from around the world) in the Corporate and Governmental category from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
"2005 Public Works Project of the Year" from The American Public Works Association (APWA) for the city of Boulder's Broadway Street and Bridge Reconstruction Project
"Housing Award" from the Colorado National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) for the Boulder Housing Partners (BHP) work on the Holiday Neighborhood
"Starburst Award" from the Colorado Lottery received by the City of Boulder's Parks and Recreation Department and Public Works Greenways Program
"Outstanding Achievement Award for Forensic Science" from the Rocky Mountain Division of the International Association for Identification (RMDIAI) to Boulder Police Criminalist Shelli Hisey
"Best Workplaces for Commuters District" award from the International Downtown Association (IDA) for the City of Boulder's Eco Pass Program for downtown employees
"First Place" in the Traffic Management Category from the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) for the City of Boulder's Broadway Street and Bridge Reconstruction Project
Colorado's first "Green Power Community" designation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
"2005 President's Award" from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Colorado North Chapter, to Steve Brown of the City of Boulder's Planning and Development Services Center
2004
"36 Hours in Boulder, CO" - New York Times, Jan. 30, 2004
"Top 20 Boom Towns" (Boulder ranked #1) - Business 2.0, March 2004
"Yummy" - American Way, March 2004
"Top 10 cities for Animal Wellness in North American" - Animal Wellness Magazine, March 2004
"Colorado’s Best Workplaces for Commuters" -United States EPA, April, 2004
"Five Impressive Cities; Making a Difference in the Environment" -Delicious Living magazine, April 2004
"Bicycle friendly community" (gold level) - League of American Bicyclists, April 2004
"Nation’s reigning bike friendly community" - The League of American Bicyclists, June 2004
"Best place in the country for singles (Denver-Boulder)" - Forbes.com, June 2004
"The Best Small Cities" - Men’s Journal, June 2004
"Best place to move" (Boulder/Longmont) - Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation, Sept. 2004
"Project of the Year" in the category of General Public Works in a Large Community from the Colorado Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) for the City of Boulder's Broadway Street and Bridge Reconstruction Project
"Concrete Pavement Award" in the Municipal Street and Intersection Category from the Colorado/Wyoming chapter of the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) for the City of Boulder's Broadway Street and Bridge Reconstruction Project
"Project of the Year" in the category of Utility, Drainage, and Environmental in a Large Community from the American Public Works Association for the City of Boulder's Goose Creek Drainage Improvements Project
"Excellence in Alarm Management" award to Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner from the Security Industry Alarm Coalition
"Tree City USA" designation by the National Arbor Day Foundation for the 21st consecutive year
"Climate Protection Award" (one of 25 individuals, teams and organizations from around the world) in the Corporate and Governmental category from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
"Housing Award" from the Colorado National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) for the Boulder Housing Partners (BHP) work on the Holiday Neighborhood
"Starburst Award" from the Colorado Lottery received by the City of Boulder's Parks and Recreation Department and Public Works Greenways Program
"Outstanding Achievement Award for Forensic Science" from the Rocky Mountain Division of the International Association for Identification (RMDIAI) to Boulder Police Criminalist Shelli Hisey
"Best Workplaces for Commuters District" award from the International Downtown Association (IDA) for the City of Boulder's Eco Pass Program for downtown employees
"First Place" in the Traffic Management Category from the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) for the City of Boulder's Broadway Street and Bridge Reconstruction Project
Colorado's first "Green Power Community" designation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
2003
"Best Overall Place to Live" - Men’s Journal, May 2003
"5 Favorite Run America Club (RAC) Trails" - May/June 2003
"Best cities for singles" (with Denver) - Forbes, June 2003
"Best College Sports Towns" - Sports Illustrated on Campus, Sept. 2003
"Outside University: The top 40" - Outside Magazine, Sept. 2003
2003 Governor's Awards for Downtown Excellence - Merit Award - Design - Pearl Street Mall Renovation
2003 International Downtown Association Achievement Awards - Pearl Street Mall Renovation - Merit Award for Public Space
2002
"Best Places to Retire" - Money Magazine, 2002
"America’s 50 Healthiest Places to Live" - USA Today, 2002
"The Boulder Sampler: Better than Whitman's" - Buzz in the Burbs, February 2002
"Boulder: A Path Runs Through It" - Knight Ridder News Service, March 2002
"Cooking School of the Rockies" - NBC's Today Show, March 2002
"Pearl Street Mall is a Colorado Gem" - The Dallas Morning News, April 2002
"Being Boulder" - Flying Adventures Magazine, Summer 2002
"Boulder, CO: Paradise Found" - GORP.com, August 2002
"Boulder Rocks" - Arizona Daily Star, September 2002
"#1 Thinnest City" - Self Magazine, Oct. 2002
Digital Cities Survey, 5th Place, 75,000 - 124,999 population category
Digital Cities Survey, Landlink, Best of Breed
2002 AIA Colorado - Downtown Boulder Pedestrian Mall - 25 year award
2001
"The Thinnest City in America" - Self Magazine, 2001
"America’s Best Running City" - Runner’s World, January 2001
"Where are you on the talent map?" - Fast Company magazine, January 2001
"Bowled over by Boulder: It's Hard to Beat the Town's High Alpine Adventure" - Continental, September 2001
"10 Healthiest Places for Women to Live" (Boulder ranked #8) - Self Magazine, October 2001
2001 International Parking Institute Award of Excellence - 15th and Pearl Parking Garage
Digital Cities Survey, 2nd Place, 75,000 - 124,999 population category
Source: City of Boulder
http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index....
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2000
"Best Farmer's Markets" - Sunset Magazine, 2000
"America’s 10 Fittest Cities" - Health magazine, March 2000
"Republic of Boulder cherishes independent identity" - Rocky Mountain News, May 2000
"A Dozen Distinctive Destinations" - National Trust for Historic Preservation, May 2000
"15 Best Places for Businesses and Career Advancement" (Boulder ranked #4) - Forbes magazine, May 2000
"3-Day Weekend: Boulder at its best" - Sunset Magazine, May 2000
"Top Green and Clean City, Best Places to Retire" (Boulder ranked #1) - Modern Maturity, May/June 2000
"Boulder/Longmont Area Leads the Nation in High Tech Jobs" - Software & Information Industry Association, June 2000
"Fittest Cities in America" (Boulder ranked #2) - Shape Magazine, September 2000
"Get a Life" - Business 2.0, October 2000
"Boulder" - Successful Meetings magazine, 2000
1999
"Great Places to Live" - Snowboard Life Magazine, 1999
"The West's Best City" - Sunset Magazine, 1999
"America's Best Places to Live and Work" - USA Today, 1999
"Best Sports Town in America" (Boulder ranked #1) - Outside Magazine, 1999
"Top U.S. Arts Destinations" - Travel Weekly, 1999
"17th for Family Fun" - Outdoor Explorer Magazine, April 1999
"Ideal Location for Runners" - Runner’s World, May 1999
"Top 10 Cities for Teens" - Seventeen Magazine, September 1999
"10 Great Places to Soak Up Campus Culture" - October 1999
"Small City Runner Up: The Best Places to Live 2000" - Money Magazine, November 1999
"Best Transportation" - Sunset Magazine, November 1999
"The Best Cities in America for Starting and Growing a Business" - Inc. Magazine, December 1999
1998
"20 Hottest Markets to Sell Your Products This Year" - Sales & Marketing Management, January 1998
"Boulder area’s beauty calls visitors back" - Baltimore Sun, January 1998
"All over Boulder with Cameron Widoff" - Triathe, February 1998
"Best medium-sized city in the West" - Money magazine, July 1998
1997
"It takes a Cybervillage" - Inc. Tech., 1997
"Boulder: A City of Contrasts, with an Attitude" - Denver Post, February 1997
"Most Enlightened City in Colorado" - Utne Reader, April 1997
"10 Great Places to Raise a Family" - Parenting Magazine, May 1997
"The 25 Best Business Schools" - Success, September 1997
1996
"Making Small Hydro Work Well on a Water Supply System" - Hydro Review, February 1996
"Boulder’s Backyard: The Flatirons" - The Denver Post, July 1996
"High-tech boom in Boulder" - Forbes, October 1996
"30 Best Cities for Small Businesses" - Entrepreneur, October 1996
1995
"For Hikers, Skiers, Browsers – Boulder’s Just Your Cup of Tea" - Dallas Morning News, January 1995
"Outdoor Haven Also Beckons with Tea and Brews" - The Herald, Omaha, January 1995
"Boulder Over" - The Star, Chicago, IL, March 1995
"Boulder is One Smart City" - The Star, Chicago, IL, March 1995
"Mountain Haven Fulfills Needs of Both Body, Soul" - Omaha World Herald, April 1995
"Boulder Makes the Most of its Spectacular Setting" - Omaha World Herald, April 1995
"It’s Tea Time in Colorado" - Omaha World-Herald, April 1995
"Boulder and Outdoor Fun Go Hand in Hand" - The Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA, May 1995
"Zen and the Art of Bouldering" - Outdoor Gear, June 1995
"The Battle of Boulder" - Wilderness, Summer 1995
"Growing Pains" - Newsweek, October 1995
"30 Best Cities for Small Business" - Entrepreneur, October 1995
1994
"Boulder and Seattle: Separated at Birth?" - Sunset Magazine, January 1994
"Mountain Bike Movie" - Bicycling, February 1994
"A New Generation of Tours" - Better Homes and Gardens, March 1994
"Boulder Life" - GEO Magazine, April 1994
"Boulder Street Performers" - Fox Broadcasting, Spring 1994
"Events" - Adventure West Magazine, Spring 1994
"Boulder Meetings" - Successful Meetings Magazine, Spring 1994
"Frommer’s Guide to Boulder-Denver-Colorado Springs" - Spring 1994
"Rocky Mountain Cultures and Lifestyles" - Meriam (German lifestyles magazine), Summer 1994
"Best of Show for High-Growth Companies" - Inc. 500, Summer 1994
"Fitness Meccas" - Shape, June 1994
"Boulder Fights to Save Wide Open Spaces" - June 1994
"Jeep National Trails" - ESPN, July 1994
"Jose Cuervo Tournament Coverage" - Volleyball Magazine, July 1994
"A Place to Hang Your Hat" - A Better Tomorrow Magazine, July – August 1994
"A City that Works: Boulder, Colorado" - The Joy Gazette, July 1994
"Sports Mecca" - Brigette (German), August 1994
"Meetings in College Towns" - Meetings and Conventions Magazine, August 1994
"Campus Classics" - The Denver Post, September 1994
"Fall Festival Highlights" - Endless Vacation Magazine, September-October 1994
"The Top 5 College Towns for Retirement" - Successful Retirement, September-October 1994
"Learning the Ropes in Boulder" - The Dallas Morning News, October 1994
"Boulder Highlights" - Rocky Mountain News, October 1994
"Positive Inc. for Boulder" - Denver Business Journal, October-November 1994
"Homemade Millionaires" - Home Office Computing Magazine, December 1994
"The Bachelor Book", 1994
Fit and Fun Magazine (German), 1994
Maturity News Service, 1994
"High Adventure, Art and Culture" - The Observer (London), 1994
1993
"Boulder: A Pillar of Correctness" - USA Weekend, January 1993
"Sky’s the Limit" - Time, September 1993
1992
"Boulder, University of Colorado: It’s a town in motion" - Sunset, October 1992
1991
"Boulder Offers a Model for us" - Philadelphia Inquirer, March 1991
"The Town that Can’t Sit Still" - The New York Times Magazine, November 1991
1990
"Charlotte can Learn from Boulder" - The Observer, March 1990
"Boulder: Ideal Terrain for Training" - Sports Illustrated, April 1990
"Serious Business in Boulder" - Commercial Dispatch (Columbus, MS), May 1990
1989
"Best Sports Town" - Outside magazine, May 1989
"A beautiful American city that controls its destiny" - Description And Travel, May 1989
"City prospers from quality of life" - Chicago Tribune, May 1989
"Despite its 'wacky' image, Boulder" - The Denver Post, May 1989
"Boulder is a sophisticated little city with God’s country in the back yard" - Providence Sunday Journal, May 1989
"Trout fishing and inner-tubing near downtown Boulder" - Sunset magazine, July 1989
Source: City of Boulder
http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index....
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Memorial Day weekend is the the biggest weekend for Boulder featuring the 3-day long annual Boulder Creek Festival and the Memorial Day Morning Race, Bolder Boulder.
Yesterday I spent all day at the Boulder Creek Festival and had lots of fun. I went on lots of carnival rides (Threw up one time & got very sunburned), bought me some food, new art, and t-shirts.
Today I noticed all the cars backed up coming into Boulder via Highway 36 aka The Boulder Denver Turnpike. Tomorrow morning I will be going to work very early before they block the roads off for the Bolder Boulder.
Exciting Times - wish you all were here :-)
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September Floods, For What It's Worth
For what it's worth, some perspective.
I moved to Boulder in 1973.
I quickly learned that the climate where the Great Plains rise to abut the Rocky Mountains is quite arid. Boulder's weather is that of a high desert. Low humidity. Scant annual precipitation. Lots and lots of sunshine.
During my first few years in Boulder I got a taste of the peculiar natural forces that provide challenges to residents of the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. We deal with occasional blizzards, though not as many as outsiders think. The risk of mountain wildfire never goes away here. The rare tornado does touch down nearby. Hurricane force winter winds—down-slope winds called Chinooks—are common. And each summer we see a progression of stunning, fast-developing, lightning-rich, quickly dissipating monsoon thunderstorms.
Yes, Colorado gets annual monsoons.
Then, in 1976, came the Big Thompson Flood [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tho...]. That tragic event in a river canyon below Estes Park in Larimer County, just north of Boulder County, taught me about the awful potential consequences of a risk I hadn't much considered: the flash flood.
I assimilated the risk of flash flooding based on what had happened in the Big Thompson. In my mind—I think in the minds of many who enjoy residing near the canyons that open into Colorado's Front Range communities—flash flooding was a watershed risk. When one of our frequent, isolated torrential summer thunderstorms didn't migrate quickly—as they almost always do—but instead lingered for hours over a particular mountain drainage system, the stream or creek or river at the bottom of the canyon could become swollen and dangerous within minutes. As the overwhelmed streams flowed into too-narrow creek beds, huge walls of water could rise in just an hour or two on the canyon floors and with little or no warning develop the power to devastate waterside communities downstream.
That was what had happened in the Big Thompson Canyon in 1976. A similar flash-flood phenomenon struck the nearby city of Ft. Collins in 1997. And it was that type of flash flood that I thought could threaten any one—or, if we were particularly unlucky, maybe two—of Boulder's mountain watersheds during a summer monsoon season. When I would hear risk managers talk about preparations for hundred-year floods along the Front Range, that was the risk I thought I was supposed to be preparing for—a sudden, catastrophic deluge affecting one or two watersheds west of Boulder.
The names of the vulnerable areas nearby will be familiar to anyone who has read my books: Coal Creek Canyon. Eldorado Canyon. Boulder Canyon. Sunshine Canyon. Four Mile Canyon. Left Hand Canyon.
Worst case scenario? I thought a couple of them might endure a flash flood. Someday.
But that is not what happened in Colorado this past week.
Despite four decades living along Colorado's Front Range, I had no schema for what did happen—is still happening—instead.
The communities in the foothills of the eastern slope of the Rockies, and those along the Front Range at the base of the canyons, have endured days, not hours, of torrential rains. The relentless monsoons that arrived later than usual this September— September is typically dry here; prior to this year, not one of the ten rainiest days in Boulder history had taken place in September—didn't impact one or two watersheds. For days now, tropical rains have inundated a hundred mile stretch of the mountains and high plains. Every nearby watershed is saturated. Many areas have received the equivalent of an entire year's precipitation in a matter of two days, in some locations half-a-year's precipitation in a matter of hours.
It is hard to exaggerate the magnitude of the rainfall. Thursday's rainfall was more than twice as much as had ever fallen on any calendar day in the city's history. In fact, Thursday's rainfall was twice as much as had ever fallen in any entire September in the city's history. The rainfall totals for the worst twenty-four hours of this storm almost equal the total for the rainiest single month in Boulder's history (May, 1995.) Yikes.
The number I just referenced are from an astonishing historical meteorological overview of the storm that has been prepared by Bob Henson at NCAR, the National Center for Atmospheric Research: www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/opinion/10250.... I encourage everyone to read it.
We haven't suffered one flash flood this week. Or two. We have suffered flash floods in countless watersheds. And not in one stream or creek, or five. But in almost every creek I have ever heard of, and in some that I admit I did not know existed. We have had flash floods in spillways, and roadways, and highways. We've had them, and we continue to have them, in cities, in the country, in the mountains, and far onto the plains.
Sections of the roadways that hug the overwhelmed creeks and rivers in the breathtaking mountain canyons, roads that provide access and lifelines to entire mountain communities, are gone. Some bridges are gone. Utilities lines aren't interrupted; in many locations they are destroyed.
The flooding and the damage isn't limited to the towns built along the creeks, towns like Jamestown and Lyons and Estes Park, or in the bigger towns like Boulder that surround the mouths of the canyons where the creeks usually flow. Instead too much water in the streams and creeks has become too much water in the downstream rivers that flow east, and those rivers too have now flooded far beyond their banks and are inundating town after town after town and farm and farm farther onto the Great Plains.
I am trying not to be parochial. This isn't a Boulder County event. Devastation encompasses parts of El Paso County and Jefferson County and Douglas County and Denver County and Arapahoe County and Larimer County and Weld County and probably other counties I am not considering.
Distant farming communities along the South Platte River are being evacuated as I write.
We will likely not know for days or weeks the extent of the loss of life, the immense toll of personal suffering, and the unfathomable personal and public property damage caused by the September floods of 2013.
But I do know that I did not see this coming.
I suspect I am not alone in that.
When I lived out West in the 1980s, I had my first taste of flash floods; very scary. Now I live in Florida with fears of flooding from tropical storms and hurricanes is scary too. I have learned to be very prepared with extra water, etc., especially since I don't have a car and have 2 cats. For me, preparation is the key.
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Have you ever driven down Flood Street in St.George Utah during a rainstorm?
Oh yes!!! I had never lived in dry places until I moved there at the age of 18. Being born and raised in an island (Puerto Rico), all the brown colors blew me away! LOL It was amazing to me to see all that muddy water in the middle of the road! LOLI am glad you're okay with all the flooding in Boulder. :-)
Dustin - thanks for posting Stephen White's thoughts on your catastrophe. When I started reading about this, I hoped you were OK.When my brother was in CO in July he was complaining about rain every day (i complained about rain every day when I visited NC in early July) but I guess that was nothing like you've been having lately.
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I would figure that you worry about your friends and the whole situation is stressful anyway plus hoping the floods stay away from your home. I have friends in Colorado Springs and they are okay. The fires, though, were closer to them and I worried. I hope you and your friends continue to be safe.
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The store hopes to re-open by the end of the September.
Here is a 12 second video clip of my former workplace - it was taken from a Marriott Hotel balcony. The Hotel shares a parking lot with the grocery store.
http://youtu.be/4OcLrgcJhJA
The video gave me goose pumps and reminded me of hurricane floods I have been in. Scary!! I am glad your friends are okay, though. I hope Sprouts insurance pays them on time to open at the end of this month.I was living in MA when the Twin Towers disaster occurred and had friends in NYC and for days I didn't know if they were okay.
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I don't have cable TV but have a weather channel app and a tornado one. How do keep track of evacuations, etc.?
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Dustin, glad to see your posts, and thanks for the Steven White comments you shared with us. I had been wondering how you were faring, so glad to hear you are doing okay thus far.
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:-) Thank You! I am so happy to live exactly where I live :-)
Glad to hear you are safe and sound. So much damage and loss! I have no doubt, though, that Colorado will pull through. We're a strong lot!
