🌱 Icy Climb Recounted + $650M Plan For Homelessness + CO Air Quality

Hey, everybody! It's Wednesday in Boulder and I'm back in your inbox with everything that's fit to print about what's happening in town, including news on:

• Colorado's air quality and emissions monitoring is way behind the curve.
• Colorado is hatching a $650M plan to deal with homelessness, is it enough?
• Birds at the Denver Zoo come down with avian bird flu.

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Wednesday's weather: Mostly cloudy and cool. High: 53 Low: 34.

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Here are the top stories in Boulder today:

1. Colorado has fallen way behind on air quality and monitoring air pollution. Advocates across the state are calling on Gov. Jared Polis to "go further, faster" in an effort to combat climate change and dealing with the state's severe air quality issues. (CO Newsline)
2. Social media post leads to climbers getting stuck on Flatiron Number 2. Experienced climbers recount harrowing experience getting stuck on an icy rock in Boulder in 2021. Social media is a lot of things but one thing it shouldn't be, is a place to accept triple-dog dares. Climbers should take weather conditions into account, along with skillset, experience and mental ability before going literally out too far on a ledge. (Outside)
3. Colorado ramping up plan to deal with housing and homelessness. Colorado is planning to pour $650 million into homelessness over the next year by using funds from the federal American Rescue Plan Act. Nearly two-thirds will go toward housing and the rest will fund homeless services campuses. Its a big number going into a problem that needs a lot more zeroes attached to it. (News Break)
4. Despite the zoo's best efforts, several birds have tested positive for avian bird flu. Caretakers at the Denver Zoo have been keeping a watchful eye on their birds since the avian bird flu started spreading earlier this year, but the zoo is now reporting that xx birds have tested positive and are taking additional steps to protect other susceptible birds. (9News)

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Today in Boulder:

• Littlest Learners: Wow! Children's Museum, Lafayette. (9:30-10 a.m.)
• Sensing Ice: Explorations of Knowing Nature at CU. (9 a.m - 5 p.m.)
• Boulder Young Pros: Networking happy hour. (5 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Boulder County voter guide. There's so much on this year's ballot, here's a cheat sheet to learn more about the items on the ballot. (CU Independent)
• Boulder County Commissioners to consider a mineral-rights lease. Commissioners will hear more at a public hearing on Nov. 1 for a offer for county owned-mineral rights on county open space in unincorporated Boulder County. (BOCO)
• Downtown Boulder Business Spotlight: This week's Small Business Spotlight goes to Flower Wild and its owner Kim Davis, who is in the business of making women feel their most beautiful selves. Read her whole story. (Downtown Boulder)

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That's it for today. I'll see you first thing on Thursday morning with a brand-new edition of the Denver Daily. — Brad K. Evans

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