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  • Annual Meeting of the Niwot Community Association

    Leonard Sitongia|May 1, 2024

    The annual meeting of the Niwot Community Association (NCA) was held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23 at the Niwot Community Hall. Guest speakers were Jim Webster, Boulder County Wildfire Partners, Paul Ostroy, Fire Management Officer for Mountain View Fire Protection District (MVFPD) and Dr. Don Haddad, Superintendent of the St. Vrain Valley School District (SVVSD). Annual elections were held for the NCA board. David Limbach was re-elected to the office of President, Emily Limbach was re-elected...

  • Niwot Community Association annual meeting coming up

    Leonard Sitongia|Apr 17, 2024

    The annual meeting of the Niwot Community Association (NCA) will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23 at the Left Hand Grange No. 9. The guest speaker will be Don Haddad, St. Vrain Valley School District Superintendent, and will include a question and answer session. There will also be a speaker on the topic of urban interface wildfire mitigation. The annual meeting is also the occasion for NCA board elections. The board is seeking nominations for Secretary and Area 6 Representative. Area 6 includes Gunbarrel Estates and the Homestead...

  • NCA hears from Boulder County Wildfire Partners

    Leonard Sitongia|Mar 20, 2024

    The Niwot Community Association (NCA) welcomed Abby Silver, Wildfire Partners Outreach Coordinator, at the March board meeting. Silver was invited by NCA Area Representative and wildfire protection specialist Neal Anderson. Anderson introduced Silver, pointing out that Niwot is the largest community in unincorporated Boulder County. Wildfire Partners provides Boulder County’s volunteer fire mitigation program, which has been in place for mountain communities for years. It helps homeowners clear fire fuels away from near their homes to lessen t...

  • Niwot Community Association Membership Day and Cleanup Day in the works

    Leonard Sitongia|Feb 21, 2024

    The Niwot Community Association (NCA) board held its monthly meeting at the Left Hand Grange hall on Feb. 14. Membership Director Johnny Barrett reported that a membership drive will begin soon. The manager of the NCA's annual Cleanup Day, John Barto, reported that planning is very nearly finished, with all contacts made, approvals in place and a date of May 18 set. These two activities are related because the cost for non-members of the NCA to drop off yard waste, scrap metal, some types of...

  • Master Plan draft presented to NCA members

    Leonard Sitongia|Jan 31, 2024

    The working draft of the Niwot Master Plan 2023 was presented to the Niwot Community Association (NCA) on Jan. 23 at the Left Hand Grange No. 9. The master plan is the first step in imagining how Niwot might look in the near and distant future, and includes an update to the 2012 Transportation & Connectivity Plan that has guided Niwot projects for the past decade. This vision for Niwot has been developed by the Niwot Local Improvement District Advisory Committee (LID) in conjunction with the...

  • NCA December board meeting explores goals

    Leonard Sitongia|Dec 20, 2023

    The Niwot Community Association (NCA) is a non-profit organization established in 1990 that advocates for the Niwot community with local governmental agencies. The NCA also provides a forum for Niwot citizens to have an opportunity to become informed and involved in proposed changes affecting their lives in the community. The NCA board of directors held its monthly meeting Dec. 13 at the Left Hand Grange No. 9. The focus of the December board meeting was to set goals for the new year. In...

  • NCA holds conversation with school board representative

    Leonard Sitongia|Sep 20, 2023

    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 and the public about the banners on the football field fence, an upcoming bond measure, and property valuation and taxes. NCA board members have previously spoken with Niwot High School (NHS) principal Eric Rauschkolb about the advertising banners on the football field fence facing Niwot Road, which...

  • Hwy 287 safety and new trail from Sawhill Ponds to Erie studied

    Leonard Sitongia|Sep 6, 2023

    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 injuries and fatalities in accidents on US Highway 287. Phase I of the study focused on mobility through Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) for the section between Longmont and Broomfield. Phase I has been completed. A report has been published and is available for public review and comment. Phase II of the...

  • Accident at Niwot Road and CO 119 spills diesel

    Leonard Sitongia|Sep 6, 2023

    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 Information Officer Troy Kessler, the call came in at 2:40 p.m. Kessler described the accident, saying, “A Kenworth dump truck was northbound on Highway 119 and failed to stop for a red light at Niwot Road. A Toyota 4Runner was going westbound on Niwot Road. The Toyota hit the right side of the dump truck...

  • County Circular Economy Funding Program will provide grants for Zero Waste Projects

    Leonard Sitongia|Aug 23, 2023

    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 county's rebranding of "Zero Waste." This grant program was formerly known as the "Zero Waste Funding Program." In 2005 the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) created the Sustainability Initiative to support the reduction of the environmental footprint of county employees, residents and businesses. In...

  • Commissioners approve adding bikeway design funding for underpass into Niwot

    Leonard Sitongia|Aug 16, 2023

    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 (CDOT) to add an underpass into Niwot as part of the Colorado Highway 119 Safety and Mobility Improvements Project and Bikeway Project. County funding for the underpass design has now been approved. Scott Firle, chairperson of the LID, said, "[The LID effort] started about two years ago when we had our...

  • Bumper to Bumper: Transportation prices reduced

    Leonard Sitongia|Aug 2, 2023

    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 the July 25 meeting to reduce the price of tickets after August. Regular fare for local buses will be $2.75 while the discount price (for seniors, for example) will be $1.35. Fares for youths (age 19 and under) will be zero for a year, beginning in September. Pass programs for employers and...

  • City deciding the future of Boulder Municipal Airport

    Leonard Sitongia|Aug 2, 2023

    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 has been named the "Airport Community Conversation." In addition to two open house events, there is a community working group which has met four times and will meet one more time before results are presented to the Boulder City Council. City staff and the working group have collaboratively developed...

  • County Commissioners updated on transportation projects

    Leonard Sitongia|Jul 26, 2023

    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 voters approved Ballot Issue 1C to extend the 0.1% countywide sales tax in perpetuity. All three commissioners were in attendance at the hearing. Kathleen Bracke, Deputy Director of Community Planning & Permitting, provided most of the presentation. Bracke identified staff priorities for spending. The...

  • Niwot Community Association helps beautify Niwot

    Leonard Sitongia|Jul 19, 2023

    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. The new meeting time and location worked well. The NCA has previously paid to clear the weeds from the north side of Niwot Road at the west entrance to Niwot from the Diagonal Highway, thanks to arrangements made by board member Pat Murphy. The thin strip of ground between the sidewalk and fence has...

  • Bumper to Bumper: Transportation Update

    Leonard Sitongia|Jul 19, 2023

    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 Season Transit Grant Program Flexibility bill that Governor Jared Polis signed into law on April 28, 2023. The meeting and a survey will gather public input about local transportation priorities and will contribute to the statewide transportation plan that will be updated next year. Registration for...

  • Bumper to Bumper: Final funding for CO-119 Mobility Project secured

    Leonard Sitongia|Jul 5, 2023

    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) program. This is the final piece of the funding puzzle that is needed to pay for the CO-119 Safety and Mobility Improvement Project. The project includes Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Park-n-Rides, a bikeway, and safety improvements on CO-119 (the “Diagonal”) between Longmont and Boulder. Con...

  • Niwot Community Association focuses on events

    Leonard Sitongia|Jun 21, 2023

    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 second annual Slepicka Tractor Show were a success, and the annual 4th of July Pancake Breakfast and Parade is coming up very soon. Director John Barto led the effort organizing Niwot Clean Up Day. Barto reported that the event went very smoothly with traffic spread out throughout the morning. A...

  • Boulder City Council approves e-bikes east of Broadway

    Leonard Sitongia|Jun 7, 2023

    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 City Council members present were Matt Benjamin, Mayor Aaron Brockett, Lauren Folkerts, Rachel Friend, Junie Joseph, Nicole Speer, Tara Winer and Bob Yates. Mayor Pro Tem Mark Wallach was not present. At the beginning of the hearing regarding e-bikes council member Rachel Friend recused herself with...

  • Boulder City Council faces competing e-bike options

    Leonard Sitongia|May 31, 2023

    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 council chambers. On February 8 the Boulder Open Space Board of Trustees (OSBT) rejected the Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) staff recommendation for the adoption of regulations to allow e-bikes on trails that are in the plains (east of Broadway and US 36). This is known as Alternative B...

  • County commissioners' town hall addresses property values

    Leonard Sitongia|May 24, 2023

    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 Ashley Stolzmann, attended along with Boulder County Assessor Cynthia Braddock. The primary focus of the event were questions and answers about the assessor's property valuations. Other county issues raised by members of the public included rural subdivision paving policy. After introductory comments...

  • Bumper to Bumper: E-bikes and RTD fares

    Leonard Sitongia|May 24, 2023

    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 plains (east of Broadway and US 36). The staff recommendation would have been consistent with Boulder County’s regulations permitting Class 1 and Class 2 e-bikes on county open space trails. The OSBT sent their recommendation to the Boulder City Council for a final decision. The Boulder City Council w...

  • Preliminary results of the Mountain View Fire Board of Directors election

    Leonard Sitongia|May 10, 2023

    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 district. An election was held on May 2 for three of the five seats. Preliminary results show that the following people have been elected to the board: Suzanne DeVenny received the most votes with 304. DeVenny is the current treasurer of the board. She was appointed to the board in 2022 with the merge...

  • NCA presented with Eagle Scout project for west end sign

    Leonard Sitongia|May 10, 2023

    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 Scout service project to create a town sign for the west entrance to Niwot. The 4 or 5 foot tall stone sign would have a carved message welcoming people to Niwot. The sign would be installed on the north side of Niwot Road and east of the railroad tracks in the strip of land between the sidewalk and the...

  • Dental office redevelopment approved by county at former Lefty's Pizza site

    Leonard Sitongia|May 3, 2023

    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 square-foot building will include a new location for the dental office of Dr. Ashley Niles on ground level, as well as an upstairs architectural office. The Determination Letter specifies the conditions on the approval to build. The 720 square-foot building currently at that address which is home to...

  • Niwot Historical Society awakens the 1980s and 1990s

    Leonard Sitongia|May 3, 2023

    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 said she contacted the Boulder County Sheriff's Office to see if anyone recalled the business. "One former deputy remembers this location," Koehler said. "She remembers that the business was open for about three weeks. The closure was related to liquor license issues rather than an eviction closure."...

  • Encouraging signs for the Niwot underpass in the CO 119 projects

    Leonard Sitongia|Apr 26, 2023

    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" designation is shorthand for an "Areas and Activities of State Interest" law which outlines how the county must manage projects that involve State of Colorado lands. The BOCC hearing was the final step and highest level of government review in the county. A significant outcome from this hearing was that the...

  • NCA elects board members

    Leonard Sitongia|Apr 26, 2023

    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 show and presentation by the principal organizations involved in creating the CO 119 Safety and Mobility Projects (Bus Rapid Transit and the Bikeway). The results of the annual election for one-half of the board to 2-year terms were: Vice President Julie Nelsen-Breyer Treasurer Terry Larsen...

  • Bumper to Bumper - 2nd Avenue repaving and more

    Leonard Sitongia|Apr 12, 2023

    • 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 Colorado "1041" process, which allows Boulder County to evaluate how county land use regulations and the Comprehensive Plan apply to governmental projects. The Bikeway Project is a 9-mile long 12-foot-wide multi-use path in the median between the traffic lanes of the Diagonal Highway. Boulder County i...

  • NCA hears about Community Wildfire Protection Plan

    Leonard Sitongia|Apr 12, 2023

    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 presentation on the new Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) that is being developed under MVFPD leadership. Long has 42 years in service and was a Type 1 incident commander on the Marshall Fire. The goal of the CWPP is to create a planning document with input from the local fire district, government...

  • Lyle barn construction site approved by County Commissioners

    Leonard Sitongia|Mar 29, 2023

    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 Mary and Douglas Lyle. The decision occurred at a public hearing for the Lyles' appeal as docket SPR-22-0077 on March 21. The Boulder County Community Planning & Permitting (CPP) Department had conditionally approved the proposal on December 9, 2022, but with a condition that the barn be constructed at...

  • LID Holds Annual Meeting with County Commissioners

    Leonard Sitongia|Mar 29, 2023

    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 of the LID are a mix of people from businesses and community plus representatives of the Niwot Business Association (NBA) and Niwot Community Association (NCA). The commissioners serve as directors of the LID while the LIDAC advises the commissioners on ways to benefit the district through...

  • Boulder County Planning Commission signs off on Diagonal projects

    Leonard Sitongia|Mar 22, 2023

    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 Transit (BRT) and a bikeway on CO 119 (the Diagonal) between Boulder and Longmont. This hearing was part of the Colorado “1041” process, which allows Boulder County to evaluate how county land use regulations apply to governmental projects. The commissioners present for the meeting were Mark Blo...

  • Niwot Historical Society Fills the House

    Leonard Sitongia|Mar 15, 2023

    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 Disney. The event was held at the Left Hand Grange on Wednesday, March 8, before an audience of 40. It was the first opportunity for the public to experience the new wood laminate flooring which replaced the old linoleum floor and has improved the acoustics in the building. The title of the lecture was,...

  • Building Ecosystems for Food: the Niwot Homestead Project

    Leonard Sitongia|Mar 15, 2023

    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 the Old Oak Coffeehouse to present the concept to the Niwot community, hear feedback and brainstorm solutions. Amy Scanes-Wolfe grew up in Niwot and attended Niwot High School. After working on a commercial vegetable farm for several years Scanes-Wolfe thought about growing food in a different way....

  • Bumper to Bumper: Transportation news

    Leonard Sitongia|Mar 15, 2023

    • 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 traffic crashes for people using all modes of travel," according to the BOCC statement. Many local agencies and county departments participated in the event. No public testimony was taken. Paul Frank, Boulder County Vision Zero Specialist, reported on the statistics of serious and fatal accidents on c...

  • Boulder Transportation Connections highlight the latest transportation topics

    Leonard Sitongia|Mar 15, 2023

    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 Transportation Planner, welcomed a larger turnout of local transportation professionals from community organizations, advocacy groups and businesses. Amanda Mansfield, BTC Program Consultant, described recent BTC accomplishments which include the launch of the Commuter Connection program using a...

  • Gunbarrel eye doctor celebrates generations of patients

    Leonard Sitongia|Mar 1, 2023

    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 eye care institute he launched in Jamaica twenty-seven years ago. That is enough time to treat generations of people. "I'm seeing the children's children of patients," he observed. Dr. Cross grew up in Mason, Michigan, which is about twenty minutes from Michigan State University in East Lansing. Hi...

  • Niwot Community Association events in 2023

    Leonard Sitongia|Mar 1, 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 and is a great reason to join the NCA. Roll-off dumpsters will again be set up in the Niwot High School parking lot so that members of the community can drive through to unload a variety of materials which might otherwise end up in a landfill. That includes yard waste, branches, and much more. Staff...

  • Vision Zero safety program hosted by county

    Leonard Sitongia|Mar 1, 2023

    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. Public meetings were held in 2021 to obtain input from the community. The virtual meeting on March 8 will be for program managers to update the commissioners on crash analysis, safety projects and other initiatives. The meeting is open to the pubic, but it will not be open to public comment. To sign...

  • Boulder Open Space Trustees reject staff plan for e-bikes on trails

    Leonard Sitongia|Feb 15, 2023

    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) has an advisory role over the OSMP policy and sends recommendations to the Boulder City Council for final approval. Members are Jon Carroll, Michelle Estrella, Karen Hollweg, Dave Kuntz, and Caroline Miller. The 3-2 vote against adopting the staff recommendation took place at the OSBT meeting on Feb....

  • NCA ponders trees and much more

    Leonard Sitongia|Feb 8, 2023

    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 her concern about the loss of old trees in Niwot and arranged for Josh Morin, founder of We Love Trees, Inc., to present information to the NCA. Morin explained how humans relate to the ecosystem and have established trees in this area, many of which are aging. He described some initiatives that mi...

  • RTD Gathers Feedback on Northwest Rail Study

    Leonard Sitongia|Feb 8, 2023

    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 Denver and Longmont. Northwest Rail is the long-promised provision for rail service from Denver to Boulder and Longmont that voters approved as part of the FasTracks transit expansion in 2004. FasTracks has provided 25 miles of light rail and 53 miles of commuter rail, but has yet to reach Boulder and...

  • Diagonal Highway Mobility Project submits state review

    Leonard Sitongia|Jan 25, 2023

    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 (also known as the “1041” application). This law provides a way for local governments to regulate development by other governmental agencies on lands that are located within their communities. Project leaders provide the governmental entities with their designs in order to obtain permits and permiss...

  • RTD Northwest Rail Open House Coming up in Gunbarrel

    Leonard Sitongia|Jan 18, 2023

    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 p.m. to learn about the Northwest Rail project and provide input. Northwest Rail is the long-promised provision for rail service from Denver to Boulder and Longmont that voters approved as part of the FasTracks transit expansion in 2004. FasTracks has provided 25 miles of light rail and 53 miles of commut...

  • Transportation News

    Leonard Sitongia|Jan 11, 2023

    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 expire in 2024. Therefore, many transportation programs will continue to be funded as they have in the past. There is a long list of proposed projects to receive sales tax funding. The list of projects is available from the Boulder County website. Two projects are notable for Niwot: Niwot Road Shoul...

  • NCA plans annual meeting & clean-up day

    Leonard Sitongia|Jan 11, 2023

    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 increased for many of the NCA's events and activities, but there are no plans to increase the annual membership fee. It was reported that membership in the NCA has increased to 364 members. The board followed up on the presentation made to the board last month about a possible affordable housing...

  • NCA considers affordable housing proposal

    Leonard Sitongia|Dec 14, 2022

    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 Diagonal) and SH 52 (Mineral Road). The proposal, which is in a very preliminary stage, would include 100 units of affordable housing and 150 units of workforce housing. Workforce housing is designated for those earning 80% to 120% of the Area Median Income (AMI), while affordable housing is designated...

  • RTD Releases report on outcome of Zero Fare month

    Leonard Sitongia|Dec 7, 2022

    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 Colorado's Ozone Season Free Transit Grant Program, in which many transit organizations throughout Colorado participated. RTD spent $10.3 million on the effort and will be reimbursed for 80% of that cost by the State. This is detailed in RTD's official report to the Colorado Energy Office that was...

  • Niwot's Annual Holiday Parade set for Saturday

    Leonard Sitongia|Nov 23, 2022

    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 Murray Street and ending in the Left Hand Corner parking lot at Niwot Road. The event is sponsored by the Niwot Business Association (NBA). Linda Klueber, the NBA coordinator for this event, said, "Not only [are] Niwot's Holiday Magic Events intended to recognize the holidays, they are an opportunity...

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