At the base of the Flatirons is a community known for characteristics that are classically Colorado: Access to the outdoors, an active lifestyle, and a bustling business core attracting tourists and locals alike.
Sometimes called “The People’s Republic of Boulder,” the city has a way of making a weekday feel like a weekend. It was no different when Denver7 | Your Voice visited Boulder on a Thursday in April, and encountered dozens of people hitting the trails, walking along the creek, or meandering in and out of the shops that make up Pearl Street Mall.
As part of our Denver7 | Your Voice series spotlighting communities across the state, we asked Boulderites what’s good and bad about life the city, in addition to what they hope to see in the future.
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Our first stop was perhaps as obvious as it was necessary: Chautauqua Park. That’s where we met Sydney Jennings and Emerson Backus, two freshmen students at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU Boulder)…