🌱 Colorado's Air Quality Permitting Mess + Slow Start For Ski Season

Hello again, everybody! It's Wednesday in Boulder and I'm back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening in the community. Because community information is power! Today's briefing includes news about:

• State of Colorado is falling further behind on air quality permitting.
• City of Boulder testing short-term parking spots for pickups and drop offs.
• This year, Colorado's ski season may have its latest start day in the last five years.

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Wednesday's weather: Plenty of sunshine. High: 72 Low: 41.

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Here are the top stories today in Boulder:

1. Boulder testing program designed to address short-term parking. The City of Boulder is testing a pilot project in downtown and on University Hill that could potentially reduce travel delays and unsafe drop-off and pickup of passengers. Locations for these flexible loading zones will be marked with "curbside loading only" signs. (Boulder)
2. Colorado ski season may have its latest opening dates this year due to unseasonably warm temperatures through the end of October. Typically, both Arapahoe Basin and Keystone are competing to be the first to open, which usually occurs in mid-October. (Unofficial Network)
3. Colorado's air pollution keeps getting worse, and the state is further behind on issuing permits. Courts are ordering the State of Colorado to move faster, at the same time that the EPA has downgraded the front range's ozone to severe, which requires more polluters to apply for permits. (CO Sun)
4. Rebates encourage nearly half of those rebuilding after the Marshall Fire to go greener. Of those that have already obtained permits to reconstruct their homes, 41 percent are rebuilding with high-performance features that will make their new homes more energy efficient. The rebates are being provided by both Xcel Energy and Boulder County. (9News)
5. Bicycle Retailer gives details about how to protect retail stores from theft. Smash and grabs at high-end bicycle shops is not new in Boulder, and Bicycle Retailer Magazine has some tips on how retailers can protect their stores from these kinds of thefts. (BRAIN)

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Today in Boulder:

• Business Women's Leadership Group: Meeting. (10 a.m.)
• All Industries: Virtual Career & Internship Fair. (11 a.m.)
• Pumpkins & Paint Brushes: University of Colorado Boulder. (2 p.m.)
• Boulder Community Knitting: Meadows Branch Library. (2:30 p.m.)
• Growing Gardens: Community Harvest Festival. (4 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Boulder County accepting applications for 2023 volunteer naturalist training classes (Hometown Weekly)
• Marshall Fire anniversary. Can you believe it has been almost one year since the of the Marshall Fire tore through Boulder County? It can take 24-60 months to work through the emotional impacts of a disaster like the Marshall Fire and there are still resources available to help in the recovery. (BOCO)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Wednesday. I'll see you first thing on Thursday with another edition of the Boulder Daily! — Brad K. Evans

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