Density, Growth, Housing Steve Pomerance Density, Growth, Housing Steve Pomerance

Survey on ‘vibrant’ neighborhoods

Why is Boulder sending out another biased survey?

No doubt many of you remember the surveys the city of Boulder sent out a couple of years ago that were so biased as to be essentially useless other than as propaganda pieces. Well, last Friday I and many others received another one of these sell-jobs enticingly titled “Family-Friendly Vibrant Neighborhoods.”

Translating, this means adding the maximum density to the still surviving lower density parts of Boulder that the council can do without violating the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan...

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Density, Growth, Housing William Jellick Density, Growth, Housing William Jellick

Rent Control

As the election season heats up, housing affordability is once again a key issue.  Those in the majority on City Council, who align themselves with the self-named “Boulder Progressives” have repeatedly endorsed free market approaches: build more (and more) and prices will automatically fall. But there is no evidence to support that view. Not in Boulder…

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