🌱 Boulder Tops Green Startup List + E-Scooter Pilot + Twitter's Rent

Hey, everybody! It's me, Brad K. Evans, your host of the Boulder Daily. Come along to find out the most important things going on around town. Today you'll read about these stories and more:

• Study shows that Colorado home prices went up big time during the pandemic.
• Boulder is one of the top cities for green startups in the U.S.
• Twitter is behind almost $20oK on its Boulder office rent payments.

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Friday's weather: Cold with clouds and sun. High: 17 Low: 8.

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Here are the top stories today in Boulder:

1. City of Boulder pushes back snow shoving timeline due to extreme cold temperatures. Normally you have 24 hours to clear your sidewalks, but due to the arctic blast, the City of Boulder is asking residents to have their sidewalks shoveled by Saturday instead. (Yahoo!)
2. Twitter reportedly owes almost $200K in back rent for its Boulder office space. Bill Reynolds, a Colorado landlord that has leased some 40,000 square feet in Boulder to Twitter, had a message for Elon Musk, the new owner of the social media company: "If you don't pay, you don't stay." (Local Today)
3. A recent study puts Boulder as the top city for green startups. Boulder has invested significantly in fighting climate change and encouraging climate-friendly policies. Plus, the innovations that are pouring out of the University of Colorado, is creating new opportunities for collaboration between industry and academia. (Biz Journal)
4. Home prices went crazy in Colorado during the pandemic. The housing market was hot during the pandemic. Home prices in Colorado hit record highs in 2021, but despite increases in mortgage rates home prices remain considerably higher than they were in 2019. (Patch)
5. Boulder E-Scooter program pilot ends. The City of Boulder has published its review of the scooter pilot program, which includes five insights on the program. Also included long is the public input on the shared mobility program. City Council will review the report on Jan. 5, and will be part of the next round of input as the city decides what the program will look like in the future. (Boulder)

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Today in Boulder:

• Cafe Chat: Le French Cafe. (10-11 a.m.)
• Singin' Seniors Choir: Louisville Recreation Center. (11 a.m. - Noon)
• Fire Friday: At the Root Kava Co. (1 – 11:30 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Boulder County offices will be closed on Friday, Dec. 23 due to anticipated cold weather conditions. (BOCO)
• CU Boulder campus issues administrative closure for Dec. 23 due to winter storm. (CU Independent)

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You're officially in the loop for today! See you all Saturday morning for another edition of the Boulder Daily. — Brad K. Evans

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