Advocacy
Boulder Chamber Delivers Member Input on City’s Proposed Community Benefit Phase 2 Study
As the City of Boulder approached its Community Benefit Phase 2 Study, it recently addressed two issues impacting the business community—a development moratorium and an affordable commercial program.
Learn about Colorado’s Employee Traffic Reduction Program (ETRP)
Does your business employ more than 100 people at a worksite in Boulder or Broomfield Counties? You could be affected by Colorado’s potential Employee Traffic Reduction Program policy.
Boulder Chamber and Boulder Transportation Connections Join Forces
Boulder Transportation Connections (BTC), the local nonprofit Transportation Management Organization (TMO) focused on promoting transportation choices that are efficient and sustainable, has integrated into the Boulder Chamber as of April 1.
Boulder County Prepares to Submit 5-Star Certification Program Application
Boulder County is preparing to submit a joint application from Boulder County’s economic development agencies, chambers of commerce, public health agency, and government authorities to operate administer a Boulder County 5-Star Certification program.
Swords into Plowshares: Support 2C
For good reason, our community has fought with near religious fervor for more than a decade over the best path toward achieving our climate protection and renewable energy goals. It seems appropriate, therefore, to offer a biblical analogy as a closing argument in favor of Ballot Issue 2C, the proposed franchise agreement with Xcel Energy.
Boulder Chamber Election Positions: Analysis Trumps Passion
Whether it’s an investment decision, a human resource policy or an election issue endorsement, the best decisions rely on thorough analysis of the options and their impacts. The Boulder Chamber takes that same thoughtful approach when deciding its position on ballot issues.
Boulder Chamber Supports Xcel Franchise Agreement
This fall, voters will determine whether the City of Boulder and Xcel Energy enter into a franchise agreement, which would end the decade-long municipalization effort for a city-run, community-owned electric utility. The Boulder Chamber supports this proposed franchise agreement between the City of Boulder and Xcel Energy.
How Will You Vote on the Municipalization Ballot Issues?
The Boulder Chamber is hosting a forum on the local ballot measures that address a proposed settlement agreement with Xcel Energy to potentially end the municipalization effort and the future of Boulder’s Utility Occupation Tax.
Statewide Ballot Issues: Gallagher Amendment Repeal and Paid Medical and Family Leave
As the state continues to grapple with the economic impacts of COVID-19, Coloradans will vote on a number of key issues this fall that will affect state funding and the business sector. In preparation for this vote, the Boulder Chamber convened state leaders to discuss two key issues with our members—repealing the Gallagher Amendment and Paid Medical and Family Leave (Initiative 283).
Share Your Perspective on the Xcel Negotiations
The City of Boulder has spent years assessing whether to pursue a city-run, community-owned electric utility or to achieve it renewable energy goals through a renewed franchise agreement with its current electric services provider, Xcel Energy. City Council will revisit this debate on August 4 when it considers the progress of recent negotiations between Xcel leadership and City of Boulder representatives. At issue will be whether or not to place a new franchise agreement before the voters during this fall’s election, effectively ending the City of Boulder 10-year bid to municipalize our electric system.
With public health, keep the focus on real solutions
To suggest that development density is the source of our current health challenges ignores both facts and history. It also undermines one of the most effective deterrents to climate change — one of the other great threats to human health.
