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🌱 Boulder Is Natural Products Hotbed + Hit And Run + CU Gets $40M Deal

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Hey, neighbors! It's me, Brad K. Evans, your host of the Daily. Here are the important things to know about what's happening in and around Boulder today.

Friday's weather: Times of clouds and sun. High: 78 Low: 52.

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Here are the top five stories today in Boulder:

  1. $40 million instrument for NASA space mission to be built by CU. Researchers at CU Boulder have been selected to design and build a device that measures extreme weather conditions to be used in a future NASA space mission. (Yahoo!)
  2. Boulder is the Silicon Valley of natural products. Boulder has long been a hotbed for natural and organic food companies. And it's been a huge success for many companies from Celestial Seasonings to Silk and HQ of the world's largest natural products expo. (5280)
  3. Colorado set to make big investments to address the homeless crisis. Gov. Jared Polis has signed several bills designed to address homelessness in Colorado. These bills are funded by nearly $200 million in federal relief money. (Patch)
  4. Woman arrested after fatal hit-and-run. A chase ensued after Amanda Garcia allegedly hit and ran over an 86-year-old man from Eldorado Springs. She was eventually detained after crashing the stolen car she was driving. (CBS4)
  5. Starbucks fighting back against unionization effort at Denver location. It appears that the international coffee dealer isn't very happy with workers that have opted to unionize at the East Colfax store. As such, Starbucks filed a complaint against workers with the National Labor Board. Workers from the store say the company's claims are baseless. (Denverite)

Today in Boulder:

  • Boulder County Plein Air Event. (9 a.m.)
  • Spanish Modern Literature Club/Club de Literatura Moderna en Espanol. (3:30 p.m.)
  • First Friday Art Walk: Boulder Chamber. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Boulder Public Library to host summer reading program. (CO Daily)

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