Green Building Codes Every Boulder Business Should Know About
By Rachel Rohrig, Associate Broker with Market Real Estate Boulder is widely known for its credo of green. For this year's Earth Month, the city launched Boulder.Earth to “foster awareness, collaboration and connectivity for increased impact on environmental and social justice in Boulder, CO.” Boulder has a handful of other initiatives too, such as the Take Action campaign (geared toward residential action) and an aggressive set of energy and emissions goals: 100% renewable electricity by 2030 80% city organization emissions reduction by 2030 100 MW of local renewable generation by 2030 80% community emissions reduction by 2050 Become a ZERO WASTE community by 2025 How do these various
Why I Love DIA
By Sean McManus, Associate Broker with Market Real Estate I am a fan of the Denver International Airport, not only for its unique architectural history, but for the way it handily supports this growing market. As the airport endeavors to complete the Great Hall renovations that will, among other things, alleviate the infamous bottleneck security lines, we take a look at some of the key facts and developments in the airport’s history. Delivered $3.3 billion over budget (in today’s dollars) and 16 months late, it had a rough start. Add to that the ill-fated baggage system which kicked-dropped bags to the carousels
Urban Renewal in Boulder County
It is an interesting time for urban renewal in Colorado. In 2016, major changes to urban renewal law went into effect. How have those changes effected urban renewal plans in the last three years? What projects are happening around Boulder County now? Before we jump in, let’s define urban renewal. (If you’re already a whiz, skip ahead to the next paragraph.) Urban renewal is the process of redeveloping blighted urban areas. To accomplish this, the public and private sectors partner on a development project. On the public side, cities finance part of the project through future tax revenue (projected to result