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Articles from the January 31, 2019 edition


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  • Developers wary of “onerous” new rules

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Jan 31, 2019

    Boulder County hosts discussion of proposed NRDC regulations Business owners and developers with properties in the Niwot Rural Community District (NRCD) are unhappy with proposed updates to Boulder County’s Land Use Code and said so to Director Dale Case and his staff at a community meeting on Jan. 24. “I just don’t understand why all of these restrictions are happening,” Niwot Inn owner Cornelia Sawle said during the ‘Group Q & A’ portion of the meeting. “These commercial people are trying to...

  • Residents reserved during community meeting

    Vicky Dorvee, [email protected]|Jan 31, 2019

    Boulder County hosts discussion of proposed NRDC regulations Residents of Niwot’s 3rd Avenue were unusually quiet during the community meeting with Boulder County Land Use Department staff at Niwot High School on Jan. 24. The first pass at the Niwot Rural Community District I (NRCD) proposed changes to the Land Use Code had been emailed to interested parties on Jan. 18, which meant that specific proposed code updates had been digested to some degree prior to the meeting. NRCD code provisions are...

  • Cougars return to mat

    Jan 31, 2019

    Thanks to an extra week in this year’s competition schedule, Bobby Matthews and the Niwot wrestling team enjoyed a rare mid-season break, but were back in action with a triangular league meet against Silver Creek and Thompson Valley on Jan. 24, followed by the Diny Pickert Invitational at Berthoud HS on Jan. 26. At the tri, Niwot wrestlers Keith Hemmenway (160), Long Pham (182), Andrew Campos (195), Max Pecherzewski (126), and Matt Bitterman (132) won their contested matches against the R...

  • Optimist Club hosts Family Fun Day

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Jan 31, 2019

    The Boulder Evening Optimists Club is inviting local families to the Wild Game in Longmont on Feb. 3 for a morning of games and pancakes at their second annual Family Fun Day. “We’re calling it a Family Fun Day, because the whole idea is that you can come out from 9 a.m. to noon and spend time with the family on Super Bowl Sunday before all of the football activity starts,” Niwot resident and author Jim Ringel said. He is a longtime member of the service organization. “It’s a really great tim...

  • Cottonwood Square Shopping Center news

    Vicky Dorvee, [email protected]|Jan 31, 2019

    Cottonwood Square Shopping Center under new ownership, same management Bridge Commercial Partners Fund III LLC has sold Cottonwood Square Shopping Center to MAC Management Cottonwood, LLC. MAC is owned by mother and son partners Maria Biernat and Alex Chlebek. Bridge Commercial Partners, owner of the shopping center since 2005, is comprised of a group of investors represented by Managing Partner Harris Faberman. Faberman was very active in the Niwot community, most recently as a member of the...

  • Gunbarrel Hill’s restoration is a community project

    Dani Hemmat, [email protected]|Jan 31, 2019

    Gunbarrel Hill, the unassuming entrance to the Great Plains of America, is being stewarded into the second major phase of its decades’ long restoration. Boulder County Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) is asking for the community’s help in realizing the vision of an area that is a healthy, balanced wildlife habitat and an enjoyable recreation space. The Gunbarrel Hill Open Space includes the area bordered west to east by 75th and 95th Streets, and north to south from Lookout Road to the Whi...