What’s more valuable in downtown Boulder, a parking lot or a hotel? That’s the question Boulder city leaders are weighing as they consider selling a public parking lot for a proposed 110-room hotel with commercial space.
The city of Boulder reports reaching a tentative agreement with developer Midnight Auteur, LLC for the sale of the surface parking lot at 2121 Broadway, which lies at the corner of Spruce Street and Broadway downtown.
The lot is reported to have 59 public parking spaces, and, while neighbors say it’s regularly full, city leaders say a study of downtown parking showed nearby garages have enough capacity to absorb the demand, and more. But, for Senior Minister Chris Braudaway-Bauman, the conversation is about much more than parking. Braudaway-Bauman says the nearby lot is critical to the people who rely on First Congregational Church every day…