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Boulder Together is a strategic multi-year initiative of the Boulder Chamber designed to address the highest priority areas of Boulder's economic and community needs.

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Boulder Together Second Quarter Recap

By courtney.warford | August 13, 2024

Our community faces a turning point, and so does the Boulder Together program. A healthy community evolves over time, as do the challenges it faces. COVID and many other local and global factors wrought changes in our society, economy, and business operations that weren’t on anyone’s radar just a few years ago. While we still…

Boulder Together First Quarter Recap

By courtney.warford | June 10, 2024

As spring ends and summer is in full swing in Boulder, the Boulder Chamber team is diligently working on projects to advance Boulder Together’s mobility, housing, and workforce development goals. With impressive progress, the team has secured policy wins in housing, worked to pilot short-term micro-mobility solutions, and plans to expand our workforce in two…

CHALLENGES

  • Affordable Workforce Housing Access
  • Difficult and Lengthy Development Review Processes
  • Increase Elected Leadership Support for Economic Vitality

FACTS

  • Median Home Price in 2017: $911,400 (current: $1.4 million)
  • Initial Commercial Property Permit Review Post-COVID: 14 weeks
  • Historic Political Inattention to Economic Vitality

GOALS

  • Increase Workforce Housing Options
  • Improve Commercial and Residential Review Processes
  • Increase Elected Leadership Support for Economic Vitality

STRATEGIES

  • More innovative housing opportunities
  • "Business is Vital" campaign
  • Expedite permitting

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Workforce Development

Boulder Chamber’s Apprentice Sponsorships Address Critical Workforce Needs

By courtney.warford | September 26, 2023

As the State’s Office of the Future of Work takes control of all active apprenticeships in Colorado – effective July 1st – the Boulder Chamber continues to work with industry leaders and partners in higher education to develop apprenticeship pathways that address critical workforce needs in the Boulder Area.   These pathways remain registered with the U.S. Department…

CHALLENGES

  • Skill gaps across industries
  • Limited training opportunities
  • Increased technology literacy

GOALS

  • Meet workforce demand
  • Regional partnerships
  • Program development
  • Access to opportunities

FACTS

  • Computer and Math talent is 10x the number of applicants for these positions
  • 2020 saw an 193% increase in job seekers

STRATEGIES

  • Talent Gap Analysis
  • Collaborate Regionally
  • Increase work-based learning
  • Connect the talent pipeline

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Community Infrastructure

Defend Transit Funding: Support the RTD’s TABOR Override Measure

By courtney.warford | September 25, 2024

Written by John Tayer, President and CEO.   For six years, from 2007 to early 2013, I served on the Regional Transportation District’s Board of Directors.   There, I said it, and I wouldn’t blame you for thinking I’m part of the problem. Rest assured, though, that during my RTD Board service, I had plenty of…

Boulder County Takes Input on Bikeway Overpass Design

By courtney.warford | September 16, 2024

By Dana Cadey, Daily Camera Bikers, drivers and pedestrians came together on Tuesday to give feedback on the planned bikeway overpass along Colo. 119 between Boulder and Longmont, also known as the Diagonal Highway. The Colo. 119 Safety, Mobility and Bikeway Project is a collaboration between Boulder County, the Regional Transportation District, and the Colorado…

Boulder Together Second Quarter Recap

By courtney.warford | August 13, 2024

Our community faces a turning point, and so does the Boulder Together program. A healthy community evolves over time, as do the challenges it faces. COVID and many other local and global factors wrought changes in our society, economy, and business operations that weren’t on anyone’s radar just a few years ago. While we still…

Boulder Chamber Announces New Transportation Connections Associate Executive Director and Business Outreach Manager, Darcy Kitching 

By courtney.warford | June 11, 2024

The Boulder Chamber is pleased to announce the promotion of Darcy Kitching to a new leadership role in its mobility policy and program activities: Transportation Connections Associate Executive Director and Business Outreach Manager. Previously, Kitching served as a transportation demand management outreach specialist, supporting Transportation Connections’ work with the City of Boulder, the Denver Regional…

Boulder Together First Quarter Recap

By courtney.warford | June 10, 2024

As spring ends and summer is in full swing in Boulder, the Boulder Chamber team is diligently working on projects to advance Boulder Together’s mobility, housing, and workforce development goals. With impressive progress, the team has secured policy wins in housing, worked to pilot short-term micro-mobility solutions, and plans to expand our workforce in two…

CHALLENGES

  • Traffic congestion
  • Broadband Connectivity
  • Remote Work

GOALS

  • Stronger planning
  • Provide convenient mobility options
  • Transit improvements

FACTS

  • 55K+ daily commuters
  • F-Rating of travel corridors
  • Lack of funding

STRATEGIES

  • Secure funding for travel corridors
  • Customized transit solutions for business

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Boulder Chamber News

Black History Month: Honoring William Whitsell, the First African American Coloradan Male

By matt.wiggins@boulderchamber.com | February 13, 2024

Black History Month: Honoring William Whitsell, the First African American Coloradan Male In honor of Black History Month, the Boulder Chamber is pleased to acknowledge William Whitsell, the first African American male born in Colorado, according to the Denver Public Library.  William’s parents were likely freed slaves who journeyed to Colorado in search of jobs…

Tayer: Black History Month: Are You Ready?

By courtney.warford | February 1, 2024

Originally posted by BizWest, February 1, 2024. With the dawn of Feb. 1, we welcome the annual celebration of Black History Month. I know I will enjoy honoring the occasion with a special event at the University of Colorado Center for African and African American Studies. “Get ready,” the recent RSVP confirmation notice states, “[T]o…

The Boulder Chamber View: Fresh Eyes on Boulder’s Resilient and Evolving Economy

By courtney.warford | January 29, 2024

Originally published by BizWest on January 29, 2024.  It is day 14 as I write this article in my new role as the Boulder Chamber’s Vice President of Economic Vitality and Executive Director for the Boulder Economic Council. Arriving from South Florida, I was greeted by mountains that touched the sky, a vibrant Boulder community,…