development

Building More Than Spaces: The Women Shaping Colorado’s Future, One Development at a Time

April 16, 2025 Like 0 Bella

Four women are transforming the streets of Longmont and Boulder, Colorado, by charting their paths in a male-dominated industry: real estate development. Each one has a unique vision they want to bring to life, but what they have in common…

Housing

Trailhead Provides More than Just Housing: How one couple’s dream became a diverse community

April 3, 2025 Like 0 Madison Duncan

Trailhead Community in Littleton emphasizes the importance of housing access and independence for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The area’s first-of-its-kind housing project encourages “A Community of good neighbors” with the opportunity for residents to build independence and connections.…

Online News

The Challenges of Constructing Eco-Friendly Communities

January 16, 2024 Like 0 Kristen Richard

Why aren’t more builders making simple changes, like a house’s orientation, that can cut energy demand by 30%? Walk through Arvada’s Geos community and you’ll see townhouses and single-family homes lining the streets. Neighbors walk by with dogs or bags…

Poetry

Conversations with Ravens

December 18, 2023 3 0 Ian Dundas

Some of the best conversations I have are with Ravens on blue mornings. We mourn the old grain silos and loss of old barns as yellow leaves fall upon red leaves already downed. They tell me of their struggles –…

Magazine

Drowning in a Sea of Homes

April 19, 2023 Like 0 Rebecca Purcell

Boulder and North Metro need to build for their future while addressing environmental concerns, confronting racism, and alleviating homelessness.

Magazine

Where the Market is Now

April 19, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

So, what on earth could our area have in common with these major metropolitan areas, all in the top ten of the largest cities in the U.S.? Sit down when I tell you, “housing.”

Magazine

Drought, Famine, Overpopulation, and a Lack of Water: What the Puebloans and the Colorado River Can Teach Us

April 19, 2023 Like 0 Austin Clinkenbeard

Examining Puebloan peoples’ responses to environmental change and growing agriculture can inform modern conservation efforts, but it still may not be enough.

Magazine

Erie – Little Big Town

April 19, 2023 Like 0 Doug Geiling

Erie has long been defined by its rural past and as the town grows, will need to draw from its history to maintain its authenticity.

Online News

Map experts dig for roots of racial separation in metro Denver neighborhoods

February 21, 2023 1 0 Guest Contributor

Why do the metro area’s communities look the way they do? The answer isn’t completely clear, but two map experts have delved into local property records, uncovering data that could help start to answer that question. They’re trying to discover…

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Ditches are a vanishing paradise

August 29, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

In the arid West, there's nothing more fun for kids and walkers than a ditch. Thousands of ditches diverted from rivers create ribbons of green life throughout the region. But as the climate becomes drier, ditches are disappearing, and the…