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NCA holds conversation with school board representative
Karen Ragland, Niwot's St. Vrain Valley School District (SVVSD) school board representative, joined the Niwot Community Association's (NCA) September board meeting to hold a conversation with members...
Hwy 287 safety and new trail from Sawhill Ponds to Erie studied
Two transportation projects on the periphery of Niwot and Gunbarrel are ramping up and seeking citizen input. The "US 287 Vision Zero Safety + Mobility Study" is driving towards eliminating serious...
Accident at Niwot Road and CO 119 spills diesel
A traffic accident on Aug. 30 at Niwot Road and Colorado Highway 119 (the “Diagonal”) led to to a hazmat response to clean up a large volume of diesel fuel on the Diagonal, slowing traffic to a crawl. According to Colorado State Patrol Public...
County Circular Economy Funding Program will provide grants for Zero Waste Projects
Boulder County announced that $100,000 is available to be awarded as grants to help launch or grow circular economy projects. The application deadline is September 6. "Circular Economy" is the...
Commissioners approve adding bikeway design funding for underpass into Niwot
The Niwot Business Association (NBA) and Niwot Local Improvement District (LID) Advisory Committee have been hard at work to convince Boulder County and the Colorado Department of Transportation...
Bumper to Bumper: Transportation prices reduced
The first month of Zero Fare for Better Air has passed, but the program will continue through August. All Regional Transportation District (RTD) rides for buses and trains will continue to be free until Sept. 1. The RTD board of directors decided at...
City deciding the future of Boulder Municipal Airport
The City of Boulder held its second airport open house on July 18 at the Via Mobility offices on 63rd Street as part of the process to decide the future of the Boulder Municipal Airport. The process...
County Commissioners updated on transportation projects
The Boulder County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) held a virtual public briefing on July 18 to hear from county staff about how sales taxes will be spent on transportation projects. In 2022...
Niwot Community Association helps beautify Niwot
The Niwot Community Association (NCA) held its monthly meeting on July 12. This was the first meeting of the new schedule, with monthly meetings moving to the second Wednesday of the month, and it was held at the Left Hand Grange for the first time....
Bumper to Bumper: Transportation Update
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will hold virtual public meetings for the Colorado Transportation Planning Region Study. The date for CDOT Region 4 meeting, which includes Niwot, is July 31. The meetings are required by the Ozone...
Bumper to Bumper: Final funding for CO-119 Mobility Project secured
U.S. Congressman Joe Neguse announced on June 22 that Boulder County has been awarded a $25 million grant from the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE)...
Niwot Community Association focuses on events
The Niwot Community Association (NCA) held its monthly meeting June 14. This is a busy time of the year for the NCA as it focuses its work on the many events it sponsors. Niwot Clean Up Day and the...
Boulder City Council approves e-bikes east of Broadway
The Boulder City Council meeting on June 1 was the last stop for the consideration of allowing e-bikes on Boulder's Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) trails, a process that took 18 months. Boulder...
Boulder City Council faces competing e-bike options
The Boulder City Council will take up the issue of allowing e-bikes on city open space trails, including several trails in and around Niwot and Gunbarrel, at its meeting on June 1 at 6 p.m. in the...
County commissioners' town hall addresses property values
The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) held an in-person town hall on May 18 at the La Vita Bella restaurant on Main Street in Longmont. All three commissioners, Claire Levy, Marta Loachamin and...
Bumper to Bumper: E-bikes and RTD fares
The City of Boulder continues the process of evaluating allowing e-bikes on city open space trails. On February 8 the Boulder Open Space Board of Trustees (OSBT) rejected the city staff recommendation to allow e-bikes on trails that are in the...
Preliminary results of the Mountain View Fire Board of Directors election
The Mountain View Fire Protection District (MVFPD) Board of Directors is composed of five people representing citizens of the district. Each director must be a resident or property owner within the di...
NCA presented with Eagle Scout project for west end sign
The Niwot Community Association (NCA) held its monthly board meeting May 3 at the Mountain View Fire Rescue Niwot Station. Life Scout Montana Heather gave a presentation about his proposed Eagle...
Dental office redevelopment approved by county at former Lefty's Pizza site
The Niles commercial structure for 364 2nd Avenue was conditionally approved by the Director of the Boulder County Department of Community Planning and Permitting (CPP) on April 25, 2023. The 4,180...
Niwot Historical Society awakens the 1980s and 1990s
Did you know that Niwot had a live nude dancing venue in the 1980s? The Ace of Hearts was located at 112 2nd Avenue, now occupied by Little Bird. The show was apparently short-lived. Kathy Koehler...
Encouraging signs for the Niwot underpass in the CO 119 projects
The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved the Colorado Highway 119 Safety and Mobility Improvements Project and Bikeway Project at a "1041" review in a hearing on April 20. The "1041" designat...
NCA elects board members
The Niwot Community Association (NCA) held its annual meeting at 7 p.m. on April 19 at the Left Hand Grange No. 9. A presentation was made by the Niwot Community Connection (NCC), followed by a slide...
Bumper to Bumper - 2nd Avenue repaving and more
• On April 20 at 9:30 a.m. the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will hold a hearing on the CO 119 Safety and Mobility and Bikeway Projects (Docket SI-22-0002). This is the continuation of the...
NCA hears about Community Wildfire Protection Plan
The Niwot Community Association (NCA) held its monthly board meeting April 5 at the Mountain View Fire Rescue Niwot Station. Keith Long, Assistant Chief for Special Operations in the Mountain View Fire Protection District (MVFPD), gave a...
Lyle barn construction site approved by County Commissioners
The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) unanimously overruled county staff and approved the construction of a 2500-square-foot hay barn at the location adjacent to the Niwot Cemetery proposed by...
LID Holds Annual Meeting with County Commissioners
The Niwot Local Improvement District Advisory Committee (LIDAC or LID) held its annual meeting with the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on Monday, March 27 in the Left Hand Grange. The members...
Boulder County Planning Commission signs off on Diagonal projects
The Boulder County Planning Commission recommended to the Board of County Commissioners that they approve the CO 119 Safety and Mobility and Bikeway Projects (Docket SI-22-0002) at their March 15 meeting. These projects will provide Bus Rapid...
Niwot Historical Society Fills the House
The Niwot Historical Society (NHS) held its first lecture before a full in-person audience since the COVID-19 pandemic began with Niwot's Laurie Algar Adams speaking about her father's career at...
Building Ecosystems for Food: the Niwot Homestead Project
The Niwot Homestead Project is a three-year-old project dedicated to reimaging suburbia as an ecosystem that feeds people a complete diet. The Project held a community meeting on Sunday, March 5th at...
Bumper to Bumper: Transportation news
• On March 8 the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) held its inaugural Vision Zero Safety meeting. The goal is to "reduce, and ultimately eliminate, all serious injury and fatal...
Boulder Transportation Connections highlight the latest transportation topics
The Boulder Transportation Connections (BTC) group within the Boulder Chamber of Commerce held its quarterly luncheon on March 7 at its offices in Boulder. Niwot resident Elaine Erb, BTC Sustainable...
Gunbarrel eye doctor celebrates generations of patients
Dr. Richard A. Cross is celebrating thirty years of his optometry practice in Gunbarrel this year. Dr. Cross has helped many people throughout his career, both here in the Boulder area and through the...
Niwot Community Association events in 2023
The Niwot Community Association (NCA) has a full calendar of events for 2023 which are all open to the public. One event in particular, the annual Niwot Clean-up Day on May 20, is free for members...
Vision Zero safety program hosted by county
The Boulder County Commissioners will host a meeting about the “Vision Zero” program and safety policy on March 8 at 9 a.m. The Vision Zero goal is to eliminate serious injuries and fatal traffic crashes in unincorporated Boulder County by 2035....
Boulder Open Space Trustees reject staff plan for e-bikes on trails
The City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Department (OSMP) proposal to allow Class 1 and 2 e-bikes on city trails on the plains was rejected by the board that advises the department. The City of Boulder Open Space Board of Trustees (OSBT)...
NCA ponders trees and much more
The Niwot Community Association (NCA) held its monthly board meeting Feb. 1 in the Mountain View Fire Rescue Niwot Station conference room and the first topic was trees. Board member Pat Murphy raised...
RTD Gathers Feedback on Northwest Rail Study
The Regional Transportation District (RTD) held an open house in Gunbarrel on Jan. 31 to gauge citizens' reactions and thoughts about the feasibility study regarding commuter rail service between...
Diagonal Highway Mobility Project submits state review
The principal parties designing the CO 119 (the “Diagonal”) Safety and Mobility Improvements Project and Bikeway Project have submitted their plans for review in compliance with a 1974 law known as the Areas and Activities of State Interest...
RTD Northwest Rail Open House Coming up in Gunbarrel
The Regional Transportation District (RTD) is hosting an open house on Tuesday, Jan. 31 in the Hampton Inn & Suites in Gunbarrel at 6333 Lookout Rd. You may arrive any time between 5 p.m. and 7...
Transportation News
A few updates on transportation news in Boulder County: Voters approved the extension of the Boulder County transportation sales tax in the November 2022 election. The tax was previously scheduled to...
NCA plans annual meeting & clean-up day
The Niwot Community Association (NCA) held its monthly board meeting Jan. 4 in the Mountain View Fire Rescue Niwot Station conference room. The board approved the budget proposed for 2023. Costs have...
NCA considers affordable housing proposal
The Niwot Community Association (NCA) held its monthly board meeting Dec. 7 at the Mountain View Fire Rescue Niwot Station conference room, and listened to a presentation about a proposed housing development at the northeast corner of SH 119 (the Dia...
RTD Releases report on outcome of Zero Fare month
Regional Transportation District (RTD) customers didn't have to pay to ride buses and trains for the month of August as part of the Zero Fare for Better Air initiative. The initiative was part of the...
Niwot's Annual Holiday Parade set for Saturday
It's beginning to feel a lot like it's time for Niwot's annual Holiday Parade. In fact, the parade is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 26 at 11 a.m. The parade will proceed down 2nd Avenue starting at...
Boulder Open Space Board takes up e-bikes on trails
The City of Boulder’s Open Space Board of Trustees (OSBT) began their review of rules regarding the use of electric bicycles on open space trails at their first of three monthly meetings held on Nov. 9. This came about because of the recognition...
NCA November Board Meeting
The Niwot Community Association (NCA) held its monthly board meeting Nov. 2 in the Mountain View Fire Rescue Niwot Station conference room. Terry Larsen, NCA Treasurer, reviewed the Association's...
Funding Request for the Diagonal Bikeway does not include some Niwot underpasses
The third round of funding requests from the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) Transportation Improvement Projects (TIP) is in the works. This round includes a proposal for another...
County Commissioner Forum at Shepherd of the Hills
The October monthly town hall meeting of the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) was held at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Gunbarrel the evening of Thursday, Oct. 13. All three Commissioners were present and around 15 citizens from the...
Ballot Issue 1C would extend Current Transportation Sales Tax
Sales tax in Boulder County has included 0.1% for multimodal transportation for more than 20 years. That tax is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2024. The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) placed issue 1C on the ballot to allow voters to decide if...
NCA October Board Meeting
The Niwot Community Association (NCA) held its monthly board meeting Oct. 5 in the Mountain View Fire Rescue Niwot Station conference room. The board welcomed two new members. Vicky Dorvee will join the board as the director for Trails and Open...
