Everything You Want to Know About Boulder County CO In One Comprehensive Internet Tour

Compiled by Ron Rovtar

With great weather, wonderful scenery and a strong tech-based economy, few would deny that Boulder, CO, and nearby communities like Louisville, Longmont and Lafayette, are great places to live.

In 2010, Bon Appétit christened Boulder America's Foodiest Town. In recent years, Boulder also has been named the Best College Town and has place high on other lists.

Pearl Street Mall in the Spring

Louisville has placed among Money Magazines top three best places to live several times, including a first place in 2009. You can read about some other ways Boulder has been honored by popular media here.

With this kind of press, it is not surprising that people from all parts of the United States consider relocating to Boulder County.

Complimentary reviews from national media outlets are important.  But making sure a community is right for you personally is quite another. 

This is where the internet can be very helpful.  If one knows where to look, the web's vast array of information can bring things into focus very quickly.

Therefore, we compiled a fairly exhaustive list of links.  Here searchers can take a grand tour of the entire Boulder County community, or explore particular subjects like schools, entertainment, sports, government, shopping and business.

So, please sit back and enjoy your electronic spin around Boulder County.  And let us know if you think of some additional links we should add.


Visitors Guides:

Boulder Convention and Visitors' Bureau

Visiting Boulder

Sunny Day on Restaurant Patio

Virtual Tourist

Citysearch

Frommers Boulder


Facts and Figures:

Children Play at Water Feature Near Courthouse

Boulder Economic Council

City Data

U.S. Census Bureau


Jobs: 

Biggest Employers (From the Daily Camera)


Entertainment, Fun and Education:

Boulder Dinner Theater

Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Boulder Theater

Chautauqua

University of Colorado (Arts and Culture)

CU Art Museum

Boulder Arts Week

Rocky Mountain National Park

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

Open Studios

Open Arts Festival

eTown

Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse

Boulder International Fringe Festival

Boulder Creek Festival

Fiske Planetarium

Shelby American Collection (Shelby American Automobiles)

Boulder Philharmonic

Boulder Theater

Butterfly Pavilion (Not actually in Boulder County, but nearby)

Fox Theatre

Children's Event at Chautauqua Park

Boulder Outdoor Cinema

Play Boulder

Annual Conference on World Affairs

Boulder History Museum

Dairy Center for the Arts

National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Center for Atmospheric Research

Health Care:

Avista Adventist Hospital

Boulder Community Health Med Center, Lafayette

Boulder Community Health

Exempla Good Samaritan

Longmont United Hospital

Homes:


Ires Multiple Listing Service Search

North Boulder Homes

Denver Area Multiple Listing Service Search

Trulia Rentals

Ralphie's List (Off CU Campus Housing)


Shopping:


West Pearl St. Shops

Downtown Boulder (Pearl Street Mall)

Twenty-Ninth Street

Flatiron Crossing

Sports:

University of Colorado Sports

Rock Climbing

Boulder Tennis Association

Boulder County Golf Courses

Bolder Boulder

Running Routes

Rock Climbing

Colorado Rockies Baseball

Indian Peaks Golf Course, Lafayette

Denver Nuggets Basketball

Denver Broncos Football

Colorado Avalanche Hockey

Religious Institutions:

Areaguides

Shambhala Meditation Center of Boulder

Climate and Weather:

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Data

AccuWeather

Northrop Gruman

Business:

Boulder County Business Report

Boulder Chamber of Commerce

Louisville Chamber of Commerce

Lafayette Chamber of Commerce


Longmont Chamber of Commerce

Boulder Small Business Development Center

Innovation Center of the Rockies

Publications and Radio Stations: 

Daily Camera

Boulder Magazine

Yellow Scene

Boulder County Home & Garden

Colorado Hometown Newspapers

Biz West

KBCO

KGNU

Government and Services:  


Public Meeting to Discuss Planning Issues

City of Boulder

Boulder Recreation 
 


Boulder City Open Space and Mountain Parks
 


Boulder Library
 


Boulder Chamber of Commerce



Louisville City



Louisville Recreation
 


Louisville Library
 


Louisville Chamber of Commerce



Lafayette City


Lafayette Library


Lafayette Recreation
 


Lafayette Library



Lafayette Chamber of Commerce
  


Longmont City
 


Longmont Recreation
 


Longmont Library
 


Longmont Chamber of Commerce
 


Town of Erie
 


Town of Lyons
 


Town of Nederland
 


Town of Eldorado Springs
 


Town of Superior
 


Boulder County
 


Boulder County departments

Boulder County Parks and Open Space
 


State of Colorado portal

Colorado 
Division of Real Estate

Boulder County Schools:
 


Boulder Valley School District

Boulder High School

St. Vrain Valley School District

Independent Schools

Colorado Department of Education

University of Colorado
 


University of Colorado Sports
  
University of Colorado (Arts and Culture)

CU Art Museum

CU Residency requirements for in-state tuition 
 


Ralphie's List (Off Campus Housing)

Front Range Community College
 


Naropa University



Ron Rovtar, Cherry Creek Properties, LLC, is a broker associate in Boulder, CO. Please call Ron with all your questions. He can be reached at 303.981.1617.  To learn more about Ron, please visit his website. For more about life in Boulder County and nearby, check out our facebook page. Ron Rovtar does business as Front Range Real Estate, Ltd.  All photos © Ron Rovtar

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Much Community Interest in Development of Boulder Armory Land

About 50 people, mostly from north Boulder, braved the cold and snow Tuesday evening (March 3)  to learn about proposed development plans for the old Boulder Armory site at the intersection of Broadway and Lee Hill Rd.

The mood seemed mostly positive as attorney and developer Bruce Dierking offered a detailed description of the project and answered questions.

Many questions for Armory developers

Here are some notes from the meeting, which was at held at the Armory itself.

• Planning for this project still has some flexibility and the developer, Armory Land Investors, LLC,  is open to additional community input at the moment. Developers can be contacted through the project's website.

• The developers hope city planners will move the project on to the Planning Board in July. Detailed plans have been submitted to the city and there already has been conversations between developers and city planners.

• The two-phase project will cover about 8.5 acres and create four city blocks, two of which are in the first phase along Broadway, starting at Lee Hill Dr. and going south. The other  two blocks are directly east. The eastern blocks will include owner-occupied dwellings and will most likely be developed by a company other than Armory Land Investors, LLC.

• The first phase of Armory project will finish no sooner than two years from now. said Dierking, an attorney and one of the developers. He did not call this a target date and did not seem especially confident the finish will be this soon.

• One existing National Guard building, Building A on the plans reproduced here, is the only existing structure that will be saved. It currently is called the Mess Hall and will become a brewpub or blues club. Oskar Blues has expressed interest in this location.

* Building B on the map would anchor the project with a 5,037 square foot art space appropriate for a number of artistic and community uses from art shows and performances to public meetings and other gatherings. Developers hope to find a non-profit to manage this space. This building also will include affordable housing units. It is hoped the city can earmark these units for artists, though there may be issues with any kind of "exclusive" housing. The project has much support in the north Boulder artist community because of the proposed artists housing.

Bruce Dierking

• A Community Plaza will serve as a gathering place in the middle of the block closest to Lee Hill Dr. The block further south along Broadway will be mostly apartments.

• There also will be restaurants, a coffee shop and other shops. A large number of market rate apartments would be spread out among the two blocks adjacent to Broadway. Parking for residents, restaurant patrons and shoppers would be underground. There will be a clubhouse, pool and other amenities for residents of both first-phase blocks.

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Ron Rovtar, Cherry Creek Properties, LLC, is a broker associate in Boulder, CO. Please call Ron with all your questions. He can be reached at 303.981.1617.  To learn more about Ron, please visit his website. For more about life in Boulder County and nearby, check out our facebook page. Ron Rovtar does business as Front Range Real Estate, Ltd.

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