🌱 Boulder City Council's Summer Agenda + Firework Ban + Hello 983 Code

Hey, friends. I'm here with your fresh copy of the Boulder Daily, filled with the community information you need to know right now. Let's dive right in...

---

Saturday's weather: Mostly cloudy. High: 87 Low: 64.

---

🏡 Looking for more real estate leads in Boulder? Let us help you reach prospective home buyers and stand out from the competition. Click here to learn more.

---

Here are the top stories today in Boulder:

1. Boulder City Council's summer agenda. Most people are thinking about summer vacation, but here's the low down on what's happening on city council this summer. (Boulder Beat)
2. Changing of the guard at some of Boulder's best restaurants. New blood in Boulder kitchens brings delicious opportunities at some of the city's best-know restaurants. (303)
3. Boulder County firework ban forces fireworks stands to shut down. Most wildfires aren't started by fireworks but the Boulder County Sheriff's Office sent deputies to notify the fireworks business it had to shut down due to fire restrictions that were put in place last week. (CBS4)
4. The new area code arrives. Move over 303 and 720, the new 983 calling code is here. The new area code covers most of metro Denver, including: Aurora, Boulder, Brighton, Castle Rock, Englewood, Lakewood, Littleton, Thornton and Westminster. (CBS4)
5. Hikers at Bear Creek Lake Park in Lakewood held at gunpoint. In what appears to be an attempted kidnapping, the couple were hiking near Lakewood's Bear Creek Lake Park. The suspect was able to put a rope leash around the woman's neck and held her and her husband at gunpoint. (ABC)

---

Help us make this newsletter better!

We've been getting so much positive feedback about the Boulder Daily that we're starting to get a big head. Want to bring us back down to earth with some constructive feedback? If so, take our simple — and quick! — reader survey. Your feedback will help us make sure we're covering the kind of local news, events and scuttlebutt you really care about. And it will help us toward our goal of being an indispensable local resource and the last email you'd ever unsubscribe from.

We'd be so appreciative of your feedback that, if you take the survey, we'll enter your email address in a drawing for a small mountain of Patch swag. You know you want that tote bag — so click the link and give it to us straight. Thank you!

Take the Survey 👉

---

Today in Boulder:

• All's Well That Ends Well: By William Shakespeare. (7:30 p.m.)

---

From my notebook:

• Dogs, cats, pets up for adoption: At Boulder area shelters. (Patch)
• Colorado Green Building Guild webinar. This week's subject is fire resistant exteriors, this is an introduction to fire-resistant building materials, recommended for use where wildfires are of concern. Tuesday, June 21, from 6-7:30 p.m. (BOCO)
• The FDA has approved the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines for children ages six months and older. Boulder Medical Center (BMC) is still awaiting news from the Colorado Health Department regarding when vaccines will be available. (Boulder Medical Center via Facebook)
• Boulder Public Library: Colorado State parks backpack kits available. (Patch)
• Meow Wolf celebrates dads on Father's Day. At the Daddening, the aliens of the Converged Worlds attempt to understand what human Dads are all about. From Dad jokes to encouraging all to wear Dad fashions, everyone is a Dad. So come be Dad with us. (Meow Wolf)

---

More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news!

Events:

• Save Soil Walkathon Walk for Our Children (June 18)
• Hire A Pro To Clean Up The Yard For Dad (June 19)
• Taxes in Retirement Online Seminar (June 20)
• No Reserve Auction - Precision Machine Shop (June 21)
• Boulder Comedy Festival at The Dairy Arts Center (June 24)
• Boulder Comedy Festival at License No 1, Boulderado (June 24)
• Add your event

---

You're officially in the loop for today. I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow morning with a new update! — Brad K. Evans

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Boulder Daily? Contact me at boulderdaily@yahoo.com