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From YouTube: Boulder County Consortium of Cities Wed, Aug 4, 2021
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The Boulder County Consortium of Cities discuss economic vitality, development, and partnerships
A
A
Some
experience
in
might
need
some
support
and
might
be
able
to
collaborate
on
et
cetera,
and
so
that's
how
we
set
up
our
agendas
for
this
year,
and
so
I'm
glad
to
see
folks-
and
I
want
to
what
we're
going
to
do-
is
go
around
and
just
do
quick
introductions
and
then
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
the
agenda
and
and
get
our
presentations
going
and
make
sure
that
we
save
some
time
for
the
rest
of
the
agenda
items.
So
I
am
going
to
start
on
my
screen.
A
So
if
you
want
to
just
do
a
quick
introduction,
your
name
and
entitle
which
area
the
county
you're
in
is
great
and
I'm
gonna
start
with
my
super
support
staff
person
from
the
county,
which
these
meetings
would
not
happen
in
an
orderly
and
organized
fashion
without
mark.
So
if
you
want
to
do
a
quick
introduction
and
then
we'll
go
to
yvette
and
paulie.
C
E
F
A
G
I
J
K
G
O
R
D
G
A
A
Our
topic,
obviously
is
some
of
you
have
joined
us
have
already
said
in
your
titles.
We're
going
to
be
talking
about
economic
vitality
and
when
we
have
this
conversation
in
february,
around
vitality
and
development
and
just
to
kind
of
again
learn
put
our
heads
together
and
really
share
out
some
ideas.
So
my
hope
this
evening,
really
from
from
from
my
role,
is
to
hear
what
other
folks
are
doing
not
just
specific
to
covid,
but
just
in
the
realm
of
economic
and
development
and
partnerships,
etc.
A
So
I'm
really
hoping
that
we'll
have
some
time
for
some
good
discussion
and
idea
processing
together.
So
we
have
a
few
different
presentations
that
are
going
to
happen.
So
we'll
do
our
meeting
topics
and
then
we'll
just
stay
together.
We're
not
gonna,
do
breakout
rooms
this
evening,
but
stay
together
and
just
do
our
questions
and
answers
together
for
each
group,
and
we
will
have
some
time
to
talk
about
some
old
business
to
bring
that
up
as
a
group
and
then
new
business.
A
So
you
can
share
that
with
us
so
that
we
can
use
this
time
together
as
as
most
effectively
as
we
can.
So
that's
our
plan.
I
am
going
to
turn
it
over
to
our
first
presenters
and
maybe
what
I
should
ask
is
there
anybody
else
that
was
planning
to
present
tonight
that
maybe
didn't
get
an
opportunity
to
rsvp
just
for
the
timing,
standpoint,
okay,
paulie
and
devin
great
mark?
Can
you
help
me
kind
of
keep
us
on
track
and
make
sure
we
don't
miss
a
presentation.
A
S
E
Perfect
yeah,
thank
you
so
much,
I'm
gonna
go
and
share
my
screen.
I
have
several
presentations
joined
together
here,
and
so
I
think
you
should
be
able
to
see
that
now
can
folks
see
that
there
we
go
okay,
great
fantastic,
so
again,
good
evening.
Everyone,
as
I
mentioned,
I'm
a
policy
analyst
in
the
policy
team
within
the
commissioner's
office
and
also
part
of
the
economic
response,
recovery
team
and
then,
as
commissioner
lochimi
mentioned-
support
our
economic
vitality
efforts
and
funding
throughout
throughout
the
year.
E
E
That's
happened
during
the
pandemic,
affecting
both
employees
and
businesses,
was
just
staying
current
on
the
changes
that
we've
all
gone
through.
So
this
is
a
list
of
all
the
folks
that
have
been
a
part
of
that
group,
and
then
I've
already
mentioned
the
the
different
organizations
that
have
made
themselves
available
today.
So
I
think,
just
to
save
time,
I'm
going
to
pass
it
right
over
to
john.
F
Great
thank
you
summer
and
I'll
just
open
by
just
saying:
listen
it.
I
got
the
opportunity
to
present
today,
but
when
I
look
around
the
this
panel
of
folks
who
are
here
today
who
are
on
that
list
that
summer
mentioned,
we
would
not
have
gotten
through
this
pandemic
with
in
from
an
economic
perspective,
without
the
collaboration
of
all
the
economic
development.
F
I
look
at
my
friend,
jessica
and
business
support,
sbdc
et
cetera
and
all
the
communities,
and
so
you
know
when
I
talk
about
a
vet,
you
know,
I
think,
about
we.
Never
work
so
closely.
Damn
together
and
summer
led
us
all
through
this.
So
thank
you
summer.
So
much
so,
I'm
just
going
to
start
by
giving
some
just
brief
data
that
I
think
paints
some
interesting
picture
for
you
and
then
just
a
little
bit
of
background
on
some
feedback
that
we've
been
getting
from
the
businesses.
F
So,
first
of
all,
just
to
be
very
clear
on
behalf
of
a
regional
consortium
of
our
economic
development
and
business
support
organizations,
we're
all
tracking
hundreds
of
indicators
and
that's
a
lot
of
information
to
follow,
but
each
all
of
it
gives
us
a
pulse
of
the
economy.
What
we've
picked
out
today
are
a
few
highlights
that
I
think,
give
more
of
the
sort
of
just
key
indicators
for
your
sense
of
where
the
economy
is
so
just
starting
with
just
a
baseline
of
our
employment.
F
Did
not
have
the
impact
that
it
did
on
those
who
are
in
the
lower
economic
brackets
and
this
data
is
from
december,
but
as
we
have
seen
the
the
new
data
coming
in
that
we're
starting
the
process,
it
tells
the
same
story
that
in
essence,
the
lower
echelon,
lower
income
employees
are
and
are
feeling
the
greatest
pinch
from
the
economic
difficulties.
Next
slide,
please
we
are
seeing
an
uptick
in
job
postings,
and
so
for
many.
That
would
say.
F
Oh
you
know
the
recovery
is
is
on
and-
and
this
is
a
positive
thing
well,
you
know.
The
truth
is
that
there
are
many
barriers
for
those
for
folks
taking
on
the
jobs
that
they
see
out
there.
So
if
you
say
wow
there's
you
know
they're
charging,
you
know
they're
paid
they're
paying
20
now
for
somebody
at
mcdonald's
or
something
like
that.
Well,
you
know
what
that
doesn't
cover
the
cost
of,
let's
say,
child
care,
which
is
difficult
to
access
or
housing
opportunities
that
have
become
enormously
unbelievably
more
challenging
for
our
workforce.
F
Another
element
of
our
economic
challenges
that
we're
seeing
across
the
board
is
just
what
it
means
for
the
the
change
in
the
character
of
our
economy,
and
so
you
see
most
dramatically
the
office
vacancies
that
are
going
up
now
and
that
trend
continues
now.
What
does
that
mean?
Well,
we
tend
to
be
an
a
net
importer
of
jobs
into
our
region.
So
when
we
talk
about
negative
impacts
that
are
uneven,
think
about
the
impact
for
our
smaller
retail
restaurants,
service
industries
that
generally
benefited
from
that
in
inflow
of
workforce.
F
F
Most
dramatic,
and
probably
something
that
I
think
is
worth
us
all
on
pausing
and
reflecting
on-
is
the
chant,
the
the
difference
in
what
we
see
across
the
board
in
terms
of
folks
deciding
not
to
to
to
do
remote
working.
It's
it's
it's
as
you
see,
one
of
the
highest
amongst
mid-sized,
metros
and
189th
out
of
192
metros
overall.
What
does
that
mean?
F
So
switching
just
from
the
the
data
and
just
giving
an
overall
picture,
and-
and
you
know
this
is
a
complicated
graph,
but
just
to
you
know
it
and
much
of
it
is
intuitive
right.
So
we
knew
that
folks
needed
to
on
social
distance
and
they
were
facing
some
economic
hardships,
and
what
is
most
dramatic
is
the
response
has
been
the
amazing.
F
This
people
say:
we've
had
five
years
of
advancement
in
folks
adopting
digital
technologies
in
in
a
single
year
and
that's
in
all
the
different
areas,
from
sales
to
education
online
to
personal
behavior
and
elements
of
quality
of
life,
their
entertainment,
for
example.
So
there's
all
sorts
of
hypothesis
around
what
we
expect
to
happen.
F
Nobody
knows
for
sure,
but
there's
a
sense
that
20
to
30
percent
of
folks
will
now
generally
work
from
home,
and
that's
you
know
either
in
fully
or
part-time
work
at
home
and
then
also
learning
online
learning
will
be
much
more
prevalent.
Well,
that
has
a
direct
impact
on
our
economy.
If
you,
if
you
reflect
again
on
that
workforce
challenge,
and
then
you
start
to
see
the
the
new
normal
elements,
so
you
start
to
see
folks
bringing
onshoring
which
can
be
a
positive
to
address
supply
chains
in
more
localized.
F
You
also
see
social
justice
element
reactions
to
this
as
you
as
the
economic
impacts
are
uneven.
There
are
legitimate
concern
from
folks
who
want
to
address
those
impacts,
and
we
need
to
be
aware
of
that.
We
also
acknowledge
that
you
know
just
even
the
small
example
of
more
take
out.
Restaurant
activity
has
driven
more
interest
in
environmental
responses
to
that
and
trying
to
make
sure
that
you
know
we
don't
just
create
a
whole
new
stream
of
throwaway
single-use
products.
F
I
could
just
go
on,
but
you
just
start
to
see
that
the
transition
that
we're
seeing
in
our
economy-
much
of
it
again
a
hypothesis
but
we're
seeing
examples
of
it
in
some
of
the
data
that
I
outlined
so.
Finally,
just
we
did
a
significant
out.
If
you
just
move
to
the
next
slide,
we
did
a
significant
amount
of
outreach
directly
to
our
business
leaders
to
ask
them
regionally
what
are
the
most?
F
The
needs
that
you
have
in
response
to
covit-
and
I
highlight
I
mean,
there's
a
lot
here:
there's
more
and
you'll
get
the
slides,
so
you
can
walk
through
it
yourself,
but
there's
some
that
are
definitely
worth
worse.
Highlighting
so
we
still
and-
and
you
may,
you
know
think
that
you
don't
get
to
hear
this
as
much
there's
still
a
need,
in
particular,
when
you
think
of
independent
solopreneurs
and
service
industries.
They
still
need
financial
assistance,
there's
a
great
deal
of
property
tax
concern,
because
that
has
not.
F
That
has
not
changed
significantly.
That
has
actually
gone
up
dramatically
at
a
time
when
these
these
businesses
are
now
just
getting
back
on
their
feet.
So
they're
looking
for
some
sort
of
relief
in
that
area,
workforce
recruitment,
talent,
talent,
is
just
it's
enormously
difficult.
I
mentioned
that.
Yes,
there
are
plenty
of
jobs
out
there.
There
are
people
who
are
available
to
take
those
jobs,
but
there
are
barriers
for
them
getting
them
and
examples
of
that
are
health
and
wellness
and
child
care.
F
And
then
the
final
thing
just
I'll
say
is
broadband
access,
digital
inclusion.
We
need
to
do
a
better
job,
making
sure
that-
and
this
is
the
feedback
directly
from
our
businesses,
that
all
of
our
businesses
have
access
to.
The
broadband
that
allows
them
to
get
online
allows
their
employees
to
access
the
workplace
off
in
a
remote
condition.
F
Housing
inventory,
I
know
an
issue.
The
consortium
cities
continues
to
work
on,
that
is
pricing,
folks
out
of
our
market
and
making
it
difficult
for
them
to
attract
employees
and
then,
finally,
just
the
again
getting
back
to
on
the
equitable
nature
of
this
recovery,
and
something
that
I
think
we
you
know
the
the
the
organization.
The
economic
development
authorities
in
this
region
are
very
focused
on
making
sure
that
we're
not
just
saying
that
the
the
the
child
econo
challenges
are
over,
because
you
see
that
many
of
our
businesses
are
thriving.
F
E
Thank
you
so
much
john
and
for
covering
so
much
in
a
short
amount
of
time,
and
also
for
the
work
county-wide
that
you
and
your
staff
have
been
doing
so
really
appreciate
you
providing
us.
Thank
you,
and
I
know
we're
kind
of
quickly
moving
through
this.
I'm
gonna
pass
it
over
now
to
sharon,
king
with
the
small
business
development
center
sharon.
If
you're
ready.
E
H
For
anyone
who
is
not
familiar,
I'm
with
a
boulder
small
business
development
center
sbdc
we're
a
non-profit
assisting
businesses
in
boulder
county,
but
we
are.
We
have
14
sister
organizations
around
the
state,
all
reporting
into
the
office
of
economic
development,
the
governor's
office
of
economic
development,
oh
edit,
and
then
there
are
about
a
thousand
sbdc's
in
the
country
all
reporting
to
the
sda.
H
H
Okay,
so
we
provide
business
and
technical
assistance,
one-on-one
confidential,
consulting
at
no
cost
practical
workshops
and
programs
and
connection
to
resources,
including
financing,
and
I
won't
as
we
I
go
through
these
this
chart.
I
won't
keep
repeating
consulting
and
workshops
because
we
find
resources
once
we
hear,
there's
a
need
and
that's
kind
of
the
bedrock
of
what
we
do.
H
It's
a
confidential
situation,
they
share
what
they
need,
where's
the
hurt,
and
then
we
try
to
figure
out
how
to
match
up
resources
for
them.
So
that's
been
going
on
a
long
time.
In
june,
we
actually
sent
out
a
survey
we
get
measured
and
funded
by
economic
impact,
whether
they
infuse
capital
create
jobs.
Things
like
that
and
they
we
sent
it
to
about
2
000
companies
that
we
did
consulting
with
in
the
last
two
years,
and
then
we
did
a
follow-up
phone
follow-up
phone
calls
to
those
2000
and
it
was.
How
are
you
doing?
H
How
can
we
help
and
by
the
way,
did
you
get
any
of
these
economic
impact
numbers
that
we
can?
We
can
count?
We
got
a
decent
response.
I
don't
have
a
rate
for
you
yet
we're
still
in
the
middle
of
it,
but
people
we're
very
eager
to
talk
and
the
big
thing
that
we
hear
is.
We
can't
believe
that
you
care,
which
is
not
a
good
comment
to
hear,
because
we
want
them
to
believe
that
we
all
care,
because
we've
been
working
really
hard
on
this.
H
So
the
things
we
heard
uncertainty,
and
especially
this
week,
it's
all
over.
It's
all
that
people
are
citing.
I
want
to
actually
give
you
one
quote
that
just
came
out
from
someone
on
monday.
They
suggested
that
the
county
and
local
government
hold
off
on
committing
all
the
arpa
money
to
see
what
develops
due
to
the
delta
variant.
H
No
one
knows
what
to
expect
by
the
fall,
and
no
one
really
knows.
What's
going
to
be
needed,
and
you
know,
I
think
they
all
went
through
very
tough
times
a
year
and
a
half
ago
through
the
entire
year
as
we
watched
and
they
more
than
anyone
know
that
if
they
got
through
it,
they
had
to
do
a
little
bit
of
dancing.
H
So
they
would
like
some
help
with
that
communications
needed
across
the
board
and
then
standards
that
business
can
adhere
to
I'm
going
to
talk
about
that
a
little
bit
later,
so
I'm
going
to
hold
off
on
that.
The
other
thing
we
heard
is
you
know
if
we
only
heard
about
this
goes
to
the
communication.
If
we
only
heard
about
these
resources
before
it
could
have
helped
us,
you
know,
I
went
to
get
a
ppp
loan
and
I
entered
the
information
wrong
and
it's
taken
me
months
to
correct
it.
That
kind
of
thing.
H
So
there's
a
lot
of
collaboration
that
goes
through
all
of
this.
The
question
is:
can
we
chip
away
at
some
of
the
causes,
as
we
tease
them
out
we're
doing
a
child
care
program
to
help
businesses
get
certified
for
home-based
child
care,
we're
doing
one
in
spanish?
It
actually
starts
tomorrow
and
then,
if
that's
successful,
we'll
do
it
again
in
spanish
and
then
in
english.
So
we're
looking
for
you
know,
where's
the
need
and
can
can
one
of
us
help
fill
it
supply
chain
cost
of
materials.
H
H
Funding
we're
still
hearing
no,
no,
no
loans.
All
grants,
that's
what
they
want.
Those
are
three
things
that
we
do
and
have
been
doing
through
the
pandemic
on
the
right
side,
in
order
to
help
the
businesses
with
all
of
the
funding
resources,
marketing
help
they
suddenly
are
awakening,
and
that
I
know
some
amongst
us
do
not
think
that
businesses
are
ready
to
really
improve
their
online
presence,
but
we're
hearing
that
they
do
want
help
they
they're
kind
of
getting
it
that
this
isn't
changing
anytime
soon,
technology.
H
We
did
some
programs
in
spanish
to
help
businesses
start
to
use
zoom
and
other
platforms
to
reach
their
customers
and
then
tools
to
do
business.
You
know
how
did
you
do
no
touch?
You
know,
restaurants,
how
you
would
do
a
no-touch
system
in
order
to
get
paid
for
the
for
the
food
that
you're
delivering
or
getting
picked
up,
and
that
was
pretty
much
part
of
our
helping
the
latinx
community
next
slide
and
I'm
going
to
go
really
fast.
Do
this.
H
It's
no,
it's
no
surprise
that
they
need
increased
revenue
and
sales.
What
we
did
find
is
that
there
are
businesses
that
are
doing
very
well,
some
that
you
wouldn't
even
expect.
There
are
businesses
that
are
absolutely
pre-pandemic
levels
and
need
help
and
are
ready,
willing
and
able
they've
survived.
H
They
need
to
actually
get
back
to
doing
business
well,
and
a
lot
of
our
businesses
are
gone
so
navigating
in
person
versus
remote
john
talked
about
that
already
space
related
issues.
Affordability
is
huge
and
we've
been
hearing
it
all
over
the
place
we
get
about.
50
of
our
requests
from
startups,
which
I
think
is
interesting,
tells
a
lot
about
our
community
and
our
country
in
general,
and
then
environmental
sustainability.
We
did
a
pilot
program
in
2011
and
could
only
get
five
businesses
to
really
participate
on
it.
H
E
Thank
you,
sharon,
it's
much
appreciated
and
thanks
again
for
also
moving
through
so
quickly
and
covering
a
lot
a
little
bit
of
time.
So
we
will
share
again
these
slides
so
now
we're
going
to
pass
it
over
to
let's
see
if
my
slide
will
advance
to
rachel,
garcia
and
latino
chamber,
and
I
think
also
bernice
garciatelles
is
with
us
this
evening,
and
so
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
you
too.
P
P
So
for
those
who
may
not
know,
the
latino
chamber
is
a
county-wide
organization
and
we're
here
to
build,
strengthen
and
promote
the
interest
of
latinx
businesses,
maximize
economic
development
and
job
creation,
through
advocacy
and
programs
that
really
generate
success
for
the
latino
business
community
and
greater
business
community
as
well.
Okay,
so
the
coven
19
virus
and
rise
of
the
delta
variant,
they
continue
to
threaten
our
community,
as
vaccination
rates
remain
the
same
and
really
below
that
of
the
least
vaccinated
states
in
the
country.
P
So
relief
is
needed
for
our
business
community
in
the
areas
you
see
listed
below
in
those
bullet
points
in
order
to
really
recover
from
the
pandemic
results.
Funding
is
especially
crucial
for
more
vulnerable
small
businesses
in
the
latinx
community
in
order
to
support
the
less
capitalized
under
underbanked,
linguistically
isolated
and
entrepreneurs
who
are
just
getting
started.
P
So
there
is
a
lot
of
opportunity
to
build
confidence
around
the
vaccine
by
bringing
accurate
information
through
trusted
resources
to
the
latinx
business
and
greater
community
also
committing
resources
for
outreach
initiatives
to
really
get
boots
on
the
ground,
from
our
community
and
in
our
community
in
order
to
build
engagement
and
continue
to
organize
community
equity
vaccine
clinics.
With
evening
and
weekend,
availability
in
neighborhoods,
vaccinating
at
job
sites,
carne
series
and
other
trusted
places
for
the
community.
P
We've
used
non-traditional
channels
like
facebook,
whatsapp
text,
message
campaigns
and
collaborating
with
trusted
community
partners
as
successful
ways
of
reaching
latino
entrepreneurs
and
have
found
that
it's
not
enough
to
just
produce
materials
in
spanish.
It
really
requires
these
non-traditional
outreach
to
get
the
word
out
and
reach
the
right
people.
P
We
do
see
room
for
new
opportunities
to
support
businesses
and
really
gaining
access
to
technology
equipment,
software
licenses
and
marketing
website
services.
We
are
hearing
that
from
small
businesses,
as
well
as
accessing
resources
through
the
county,
sustainable
business
programs
to
bring
accessible,
zero-waste
materials
and
services
to
our
businesses,
especially
restaurant
and
food
service.
P
So
our
continue.
Our
continuing
collaboration
between
the
economic
development
partners
in
the
county
have
been
helping
us
bridge
the
gap
between
the
latinx
and
other
communities
and
continue
to
raise
visibility
for
our
latinx
entrepreneurs,
so
that
the
the
unique
needs
of
the
community
are
heard
and
understood,
and
also
our
successes,
because,
despite
being
disproportionately
affected
by
kovid
19,
the
latino
businesses
and
workers
are
continuing
to
step
up
during
the
pandemic
and
through
this,
resiliency
are
poised
to
help
drive
economic
recovery
efforts.
As
we
work
to
improve
the
vaccination
rates
in
our
community.
P
T
You
rachel
this
is,
I
am
the
advisor
for
the
latino
chamber
of
commerce,
I'm
happy
here
with
you
all,
and
I
just
want
to
provide
a
little
bit
details
in
what
is
coming
out,
what
what
we
are
doing
and,
as
my
colleague
said,
it's
time
to
to
recognize
that
latino
businesses
are
doing.
Success
are
contributing
to
the
economy.
T
They
are
the
essential
workers
we
are
in
restaurants.
We
are
cleaning
we're
in
landscaping,
so
it's
time
to
recognize
this
work
that
they
are
doing
and
also
support
them,
and
the
latino
chamber
of
commerce
are
we're
putting
together
the
latino
business
month.
The
latino
business
model
is
a
strategy
to
to
provide
visibility
and
opportunities
in
education,
marketing
technical
assistance
for
latino
businesses,
so
in
september
we're
going
to
have
a
workshop
series
and
how?
T
What
is
that
due
diligence,
a
latino
businesses
need
to
follow
to
open
a
successful
business
in
water
county,
so
we're
going
to
have
planners
text
preps
inspectors
that
will
speak
in
spanish
and
tell
you
if
you're
going
to
open
a
food
truck.
You
need
this.
If
you
open
a
resident,
you
need
this.
If
you
want
to
be
in
this
street,
these
are
the
permits
that
you
need,
and
it's
going
to
be
in
spanish
and
we're
going
to
provide
interpretation
to
english.
T
What
else
we're
doing?
We
are
putting
together
a
latino
passport
where
we
are
inviting
all
latino
owned
businesses
in
boulder
county
to
participate.
This
will
help
us.
This
will
help
them
to
increase
revenues,
high
visibility
and
invite
all
of
you
who
are
here
in
this
call
to
consume
to
contract,
to
get
services
from
latino
businesses
that
there
are.
They
are
some
of
the
most
impacted
from
covet.
So
please
I
I!
T
I
really
invite
you
to
participate
in
the
latino
business
one
and
then
we
have
a
kickoff
event
on
september
18th
we're
gonna
have
a
business
expo
where
latino
businesses
will
present
their
product
services.
So
please
also
join
us
on
september
18th
in
longmont.
We're
gonna
be
sending
all
the
information
to
summer
to
distribute
for
yourself
and
we'll
also
continue
the
collaboration
with
martin
lochemi,
el
paso
and
ricardo
cabrera
on
the
hispanic
wealth
project,
to
increase
finance
financial
literacy
in
our
communities
and
continue
supporting
vaccination
clinics,
and
thank
you
very
much.
E
B
C
I
do
and
I
apologize
to
everyone.
I
have
a
15
year
old
that
if
I
don't,
if
I'm
the
last
mom
this
evening,
it
will
not
be
a
good
thing,
but
I'm
gonna
go
get
her
and
then
I'm
gonna
come
back.
So
I
yes,
if
you
could
put
up
the
presentation,
I
will
go
through
this
and
then
I'm
going
to
drive
and
then
I'm
going
to
come
back.
But
I
will
not
talk
to
you.
While
I'm
driving,
okay.
F
A
Right,
thank
you
and
I
was
just
gonna
along
those
lines.
John.
Thank
you.
Folks,
put
your
contact
information
in
the
chat.
This
is
if
we
were
in
an
event
right
now,
we
would
be
sharing
business
cards
and
we'd
be
mingling
and
and
touching
based
on
some
of
these
ideas
and
these
thoughts
that
have
come
up
and
that
have
been
shared.
So
let's
do
the
best
we
can
virtually
on
that,
and
I
think
you
know,
while
we're
waiting
for
that.
A
C
C
I
want
to
thank
everybody
who's
already,
an
outstanding
amazing
partner.
Through
this
challenging
time,
I'm
gonna
fly
through
two
slides
very
quickly
about
a
little
bit
about
boulder,
so
everything
we're
doing
now
and
always
is
tied
back
to
the
comprehensive
plan
and
the
economy
is
covered
in
goal
area.
C
So
just
so,
you
know
boulder,
although
has
a
lot
of
big
businesses.
Most
of
the
businesses
are
small,
78
percent
have
less
than
10
employees,
and
those
small
businesses
provide
nearly
half
the
jobs
and
roughly
40
percent
of
the
wages
in
boulder
businesses
with
100
or
more
employees
represent
only
about
two
percent
of
our
businesses
but
37
of
the
jobs
in
boulder.
We
have
a
large
commuting
workforce
notice.
I
did
not
say
in
commuting
it's
both
ways.
C
There
are
just
as
many
people
who
drive
out
of
boulder
as
drive
in
and
that's
really
at
a
state
of
flux.
Pretty
much
what
john
said
about
the
shifting
situation
that
the
pandemic
has
brought
us,
we
rely
heavily
on
retail
sales
generation
and
that
contributes
about
50
of
the
general
fund
revenues,
excluding
utilities.
So
it's
a
major
issue
next
slide.
C
There
are
four
pillars
to
our
economy
in
the
city
of
boulder,
the
university
with
about
a
380
million
dollar
presence
in
the
state,
45
000
people
showing
up
whether
staff
or
students
very
much
in
a
state
of
flux
when
the
university
shut
down
and
now
as
they're
coming
back
in
a
different
way.
The
federally
funded
labs
are
a
major
presence,
17
labs
over
4
000
employees
and
over
a
billion
dollars
annually
to
the
local
economy,
huge
our
small
businesses
or
other
businesses
about
7
000
employers
with
wages
over
eight
billion
dollars.
C
These
are
people
who
are
owning
homes
in
all
of
the
surrounding
cities
and
now
some
of
the
outskirts
cities.
So
it's
very
important
that
we
think
about
the
diversity
of
our
economy,
and
one
group-
that's
not
here
tonight,
but
I
wanted
to
hold
up-
is
tourism
in
19
in
2019,
400
accommodation
and
food
services,
businesses
employed
about
9
500
workers
in
boulder
and
generated
over
10
million
dollars
in
accommodation
and
short-term
rental
taxes
alone.
C
Next
slide
so
john
talked
about
our
plethora
of
economic
indicators
and
we're
very
thankful
for
the
partnership
with
sharon
and
john
and
the
convention
and
visitors,
bureau
and
all
of
you.
But
we've
got
a
couple
that
we
hold
out
special
retention
of
employment,
which
is
basically
business
presence
and
commercial
vacancy
that
we
look
at
qualified
workforce
across
disciplines.
So
we
look
at
employment
levels
and
industry
concentration,
the
perceived
ease
of
doing
business
specifically
around
startup
activity,
and
we
take
a
lot
of
business
surveys.
C
So
I'm
not
going
to
bore
you
with
all
of
this
other
than
to
say
that
90
of
people
in
this
meeting
contribute
to
how
we
measure
the
economy
in
boulder,
and
all
of
these
things
come
together
to
help
us
with
the
university
and
the
boulder
economic
council,
and
so
many
other
groups
figure
out
where
we
are
at
any
given
time.
Next
slide.
C
At
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
all
of
you
were
with
us
in
a
room.
I
think
john.
I
don't
know
when
we
had
our
first
cup
of
coffee
that
morning,
but
it
was
a
really
we.
We
knew
that
we
had
to
work
together
and
we're
very
thankful
for
the
partnership,
including
the
county
that
helped
us
aid
businesses
in
strategy,
development,
retooling,
work
frankly,
modeling.
What
would
be
an
anticipated
long
recovery
period?
C
C
We
do
a
lot
of
survey,
we
write
a
lot
of
our
own
surveys,
but
we
also
have
great
partners
that
help
us
write
surveys.
The
initial
impact
of
covid
was
severe,
so
95
of
businesses
reported
that
it
was
impactful
to
them.
79
said
significant.
We
all
know
the
hardest
hurt
industries
and
that
it
has
hurt.
Definitely
women
and
minority-owned
businesses
more
than
others.
C
Next
slide
over
80
percent
of
reported
making
staffing
changes,
then
everything
from
furloughs
and
layoffs
to
reduce
wages
next
slide,
the
financial
impact
has
been
devastating
to
a
lot
of
businesses,
but
not
all
businesses,
and
while
many
are
recovering
well,
there
are
still
big
pockets
and
a
lot
of
uncertainty.
I
won't
rehash
what
sharon
and
john
have
already
said
next
slide.
C
So
we
repeated
some
of
our
survey
questions
in
october
and
went
out
to
about
5
000
of
those
businesses
across
our
community.
They
continue
to
report
the
negative
impacts,
they're
excited
or
continue
to
be
nervous
and
nervous
cited.
Let's
call
it
to
be
open
but
and
have
tourism
back,
but
still
there's
a
lot
of
trepidation
and
a
lot
of
change
to
come.
The
health
restrictions
are
going
to
really
be
impactful,
but
necessary
and
people
understand
that
and
they
are
changing
their
operations,
most
change
their
operations.
C
This
isn't
even
in
my
slides,
but
I
just
cut
off
the
presses.
We
just
are
completing
our
primary
employer
survey
and
72
percent
of
respondents
said
that
one
half
or
more
of
their
employees
are
currently
living
outside
of
boulder,
primarily
in
the
surrounding
towns,
but
87
percent
say
that
they're
going
to
have
at
least
20
percent
that
are
not
coming
back
to
the
office
next
slide.
C
So
how
are
we
addressing
the
economy?
We
did
four
rounds
of
small
business
grants.
A
local
gift
card
which,
by
the
way,
sells
out
when
you
pay
people
to
shop
that
kind
of
worked
for
a
minute
anyway
subsidized
third-party
meal
delivery
to
help
the
restaurants.
We
call
that
restaurant
sos
we
renegotiated
leases
with
all
of
the
city
tenants
and
our
special
districts.
C
We
stood
up
a
temporary
outdoor
dining
expansion
program
that
was
quite
speedy
and,
with
a
lot
of
collaboration
across
other
towns,
winter
pivot
helped
out
retailers
a
lot
of
operating
support.
With
help
of
the
pace
program
and
other
groups,
we
did
a
lot
of
promotional
marketing
of
our
local
businesses
through
the
convention
and
visitors
bureau
and
our
special
districts.
C
C
C
A
couple
of
weeks
ago,
adam
swetlick,
who
is
in
this
call,
helped
with
the
rest
of
council,
validate
our
guiding
principles
and
intended
outcomes
of
where
we
are
now
so
we're
looking
at
the
city,
organizational
financial
recovery,
community
recovery,
inclusive
economic
recovery
and
then
some
transformative,
long-term
investment.
It
was
said
earlier
that
people,
I
know,
sharon
people
are
hoping
we
don't
spend
all
of
the
arpa
money
up
front
on
restoration
of
services.
C
So
where
are
the
opportunities
everything
y'all
have
already
said?
Affordability,
and
it
isn't
just
where
people
live,
we're
seeing
huge
problems
with
commercial
viability.
There
might
be
spaces
that
are
vacated,
but
people
can't
afford
them.
They
can't
afford
the
tenant
finishes.
They
can't
afford
the
move,
expense.
They
can't
stand
up
a
new
kitchen,
so
some
in
creative
thinking
or
shared
spacing
might
be
a
really
interesting
concept.
There.
C
Responding
to
the
impact
of
remote
work-
and
that
includes
the
next
item,
which
is
addressing
the
digital
divide-
it's
so
important
that
the
kids
be
able
to
learn
wherever
they
are.
But
boy
do
we
need
this
for
businesses
as
well,
and
there
are
other
worker
impacts,
much
of
which
you've
heard
already
inclusive
recovery
and
workforce
development.
I
think,
goes
together.
C
One
does
not
go
without
the
other
and
I
for
one
am
very
excited
to
potentially
talk
about
employee
ownership
in
some
of
these
businesses
infrastructure
project
readiness,
because
I
still
am
silly
and
believe
we're
going
to
have
an
infrastructure
package
yay.
So
we
want
to
try
and
be
collaborative
and
thoughtful
together
there
and
then
really
listening
to
all
of
you
in
regional
collaboration
and
resilience,
that'll
be
so
critical.
C
E
E
R
Awesome
thanks
so
much
summer,
so
I
am
nora.
Science
been
a
services
program
manager
at
workforce,
boulder
county,
as
I
introduced
myself
a
little
earlier,
and
I'm
going
to
be
co-presenting
with
tonya
hiyovic,
who
is
our
program
manager
of
the
community
learning
and
empowerment
team,
as
well
as
barb
larson?
Who
is
one
of
our
data
analysts
on
our
business
operations,
team
at
workforce
and
we're
covering
for
aaron
so
just
bear
with
us.
If
there's
anything
that
we
don't
cover,
we
needed
to
please
let
us
know
at
the
end.
R
So,
as
you
may
know,
and
can
imagine,
we
have
been
working
diligently
since
the
pandemic
to
address
the
employment
and
therefore
also
unemployment
needs
of
our
community.
We
quickly
launched
our
services
to
become
virtual
after
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic
and
have
really
not
stopped
since
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
R
R
R
I
think
that
there's
now
this
fork
in
the
road
where,
in
in
this
economic
climate,
both
the
businesses
really
really
need
the
talent
as
much
as
folks
need
the
opportunities
where
sometimes
in
other
economic
and
and
labor
market
we
haven't
seen
in
recent
years.
So
I
think
really
addressing
that
opportunity
to
again
why
training
and
and
connecting
people
through
work
based
learning
opportunities,
such
as
internships
apprenticeships.
R
If
you
will,
because,
as
a
lot
of
you
have
said
and
we're
experiencing,
things
are
also
changing
so
quickly
and
there
is
such
a
sort
of
uncharted
territory
that
we're
on
and
that
we
can't
really
see
very
far
so
we're
trying
to
be
agile
and
and
really
addressing
the
job
seeker
and
the
business
need
as
much
as
possible
and
I'm
gonna
hand
it
over
to
tanya.
Who
is
going
to
continue
this
presentation.
Thank
you.
S
Thanks
norah,
I'm
tanya
evic,
I'm
the
program
manager
of
community
learning
and
empowerment
team.
Here,
workforce
workforce
will
be
receiving
in
through
hb
21-12-64
funding
about
1.2,
plus
million
dollars,
with
the
focus
of
and
nora
touched
on,
some
of
this
reskilling
upskilling
and
neck
skilling.
Our
job
seeking
community
or
people
who
are
already
employed.
So
reskilling
would
be
for
folks
who
have
been
underemployed
or
unemployed
and
are
looking
to
retrain
in
a
new
skill,
so
they
can
pivot
to
a
new
industry.
S
When
an
individual
comes
into
our
into
our
organization.
We
really
value
the
human
to
human
connection,
so
those
293
folks
will
be.
They
will
be
getting
short-term
training
to
obtain
an
industry,
recognized
credential
that
can
be
viable
in
our
in
our
community
as
well
as
really
that
one-on-one
support
through
career
counseling
we're
gonna.
S
As
far
as
specifics
around
when
this
is
going
to
occur,
we're
still
waiting
from
the
state
for
further
details,
they're
going
to
provide
us
with
a
timeline
and
guidelines
and,
like
I
said
it
will
be
a
formal
process
that
will
and
competitive
that
we
will
be
launching.
Probably
if
I
had
to
look
into
my
crystal
ball,
maybe
sometime
in
the
fall.
So
that's
the
end
of
this
slide
and
I
think
that's
I'm
going
gonna,
kick
it
over
to
barb
larson.
D
D
D
D
D
Approximately
70
of
the
occupational
categories
within
boulder
county
pay
a
starting
annual
wage
that
is
under
that
39
000
per
year,
and
that's
in
2021
63,
approximately
of
all
the
positions
within
boulder
county
pay
below
that
amount-
and
I
don't
know
if
that
makes
sense,
there's
occupational
categories
and
then
there's
positions
within
each
of
those
categories.
So
that's
where
the
differences
in
those
two
metrics
there
can
we
go
to
the
next
slide.
D
D
Now
in
colorado,
the
state
of
colorado
5
approximately,
are
involuntary
part-time
workers,
but
that
doesn't
cover
people
who
have
to
work
part-time
or
choose
to
work
part-time
here
in
boulder
county.
We
kind
of
have
an
advantage
because
85
percent
of
the
people
within
boulder
county
have
are
educated.
We
are
a
very
educated
community
and
education
is
part
of
it's.
What
occupations
often
are
looking
for
the
ones
that
pay
higher
amounts
and.
Q
D
So
in
looking
at
boulder
county,
a
wage
less
than
39
000
per
year
may
not
be
really
attractive
to
people
returning
to
the
labor
force
because
it
doesn't
offset
first
of
all,
the
financial
benefits
of
collecting
and
f
f
p.
You
see,
but
it
also
doesn't
cover
what
they
need
it
to
cover.
This
table
shows.
D
D
The
red
lines
show
the
jobs
that
were
lost.
The
green
lines
show
the
jobs
they
have
gained
back
and
if
you
look
down
you
can
see,
some
of
them
have
done
pretty
well.
Mining
logging
and
construction
lost
300
jobs,
they've
gained
back
500,
so
they
grew
manufacturing
lost
800,
but
they've
gained
back
1700.
D
D
So
one
of
the
other
things
we
were
looking
at
was
what
incentivizes
people
to
return
to
work
and
wages
are
definitely
a
part
of
what
people
want
to
have
when
they
return
to
work,
but
there's
more
to
it
than
that
people
want
to
be
able
to
pay
for
the
things
that
they
need.
They
want
to
pay
for
child
care,
they
want
to
be
able
to
meet
their
living
expenses
and
they
want
a
job
that
is
going
to
give
them
a
quality
of
work.
D
D
D
D
E
Thank
you
so
much
barb
and
norah
and
tonya.
I
know
that
you
had
to
step
in
that
aaron
had
to
leave
unexpectedly
this
week
and
thank
you
so
much
for
covering
and
also
the
work
that
you've
done
throughout
the
pandemic,
so
really
appreciate
you,
you
all
and
for
the
next
piece
I
in
terms
of
let's
see
if
I
can
advance
my
slide
here.
So
we
have
the
contact
information
we'll
be
sure
to
send
all
this
information
out
and
then
just
in
terms
of
doing
presentations
from
each
of
the
communities.
E
A
Sorry
to
interrupt
you
I
am
going
to
if
we
can
just
take
a
quick
little
break,
oh
yeah,
because
we
typically
take
a
break
and
in
the
middle
just
for
a
few
minutes
for
folks
to
stand
up
and
stretch
and
then
the
other
pieces.
I
want
to
make
sure
folks
have
taken,
get
a
chance
to
think
about
your
questions
that
you
might
have,
and
then
is
this.
The
last
section
of
your
presentation
summer.
A
That's
okay!
I
just
I
want
to
check
in
on
time
and
and
the
rest
of
the
agenda.
So
why
don't
we
take
our
we'll?
Take
a
four-minute
break,
that's
how
flexible
we
are
from
our
five-minute
break
normally
and
let's
take
a
four-minute
break
and
then
we'll
come
back
and
hear
the
end
of
summer
law's
presentation,
and
then
we
have
broomfield's
here
to
present
tonight,
lions
and
louisville,
and
so
we'll,
I
think,
hold
our
questions
for
everybody
to
the
end.
A
A
D
F
D
F
F
D
T
D
It
is
very
difficult,
and
that
is
one
of
the
things
we've
been
talking
about.
I've
been
part
of
the
group,
that's
looking
at
the
digital
divide,
and
I
wanted
to
pull
some
of
that
data
into
that's
even
harder
to
get
hold
of.
So
thank
you,
yeah,
that's
a
definite
direction
to
add
in
and
it's
getting
easier.
The
more
people
are
asking
for
that
kind
of
data.
E
D
S
A
A
E
E
E
E
E
So
thanks
to
many
of
the
business
owners
locally
that
participated
that
and
then
we
also
funded
a
program
to
support
employee
protections
in
the
workplace
and
ppe
supplies
direct
to
employees
and
guidance
to
them,
and
thanks
to
nick
robles
for
managing
that
that
project
we
supported
left
behind
workers
fund
and
then
obviously,
all
the
work
that
you
heard
about
here
from
workforce
baltimore
county,
especially
them
setting
up
a
call
center
that
helped
folks
apply
for
unemployment
assistance.
Even
though
that's
something
they
traditionally
do.
That's
usually
a
state
project.
E
We
had
folks
calling
from
all
over
the
state
to
workforce
boulder
county
and
they
were
recognized
by
the
state
for
providing
that
assistance.
So
thanks
for
that
in
terms
of
what
we
look
at,
obviously,
we
look
at
what's
happening
from
a
public
health
response
and
how
that's
impacting
folks.
I
know
we've
talked
a
lot
about
everyone's
kind
of
this
uncertainty.
Now,
as
cases
are
rising,
we
also
look
at
the
inequity
and
who's
impacted.
E
I
think
you've
probably
seen
these
charts
before,
but
in
terms
of
this
chart
where
you
can
see
in
green,
the
actual
boulder
county
population
and
then
the
light
blue,
the
covet
cases
and
how
there's
over
representation
and
disparity
in
terms
of
cases
and
hospitalizations
within
the
latinx
community,
and
how
that's
impacting
all
sorts
of
disparities,
and
that
many
folks
have
talked
about
in
this
call
other
data.
We're
tracking
is
listed
here,
obviously,
along
with
our
partners
on
the
call.
E
This
is-
and
this
is
the
funding
of
the
groups
that
we
support
with
financial
support
each
year,
just
our
traditional
funding
that
comes
out
of
the
county
and
this.
These
are
folks
that
are
funded
in
2021,
with
again
focus
on
supporting
support
for
businesses
across
the
community.
So
that's
it
I'll.
Stop,
sharing
my
screen
and
then
pass
it
back
over
all.
A
Thank
you,
everybody
that
participated
in
the
those
presentations.
I
don't
want
to
start
saying
names
because
I'll
miss
somebody.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
turn
it
over
then
we'll
go
with
broomfield
first
for
their
presentation
on
economic
vitality
and
then
to
lions,
and
then
louisville
and
we're
gonna
have
to
try
and
keep
those
presentations
to
our
normal
five
to
seven
minutes
or
so
so
that
we
have
some
time
for
some
question
and
answer
and
conversation.
M
M
My
name
is
on
here,
but
all
the
credit
on
this
goes
to
jeff
remind
who
is
actually
driving
our
slide.
So
a
lot
of
thanks
I'll
quickly
get
through
this,
because
he
has
a
lot
of
information
in
here
and
he's
really
the
expert
on
this.
I
just
get
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
you
all
on
this,
so
broomfield
has
a
diverse
set
of
businesses
from
local
small,
owned
businesses
to
large
global
headquarters.
M
You
know
one
of
the
new
words
that
I
learned
on
this
was
catalytic
development,
which
is
really
kind
of
a
targeted
intervention
that
changes
the
way
in
which
we
provide
infrastructure
by
restructuring
the
development
patterns
oftentimes.
This
creates
or
recreates
walkable
urban
areas.
The
benefits
can
include
increased
economic
opportunities
and
job
creation.
So
a
cool
new
word
that
I
learned
today.
Hopefully
you
know
I'm
sure
that
you
all
know
knew
that
already.
But
if
you
didn't,
you
get
a
new
word
for
the
day.
M
You
know
a
big
thing
that
I
think
that
we're
all
talking
about
is
that
covet
19
pandemic
impact
on
us.
One
of
the
big
things
for
us
was:
you
know.
During
the
past
18
months
we
had
about
12
percent
of
our
jobs
were
lost
due
to
reduced
employment
or
about
5
000
positions,
and
by
this
summer
we've
had
4
000
positions
restored,
which
is
really
incredible.
M
One
of
the
big
things
that
our
staff
did
was
stand
up.
A
local
small
business
support
we've
given
out
one
million
dollars
in
grants
in
2020,
or,
I
should
say
over
1
million
dollars
in
grants
in
2020
and
2021,
with
149
businesses
supported
in
2020
and
130
in
2021
so
far,
so
that
that
was
a
huge
thing.
We
started
the
back
to
business
program,
the
enhanced
regulations
and
programs
to
support
those
positions.
That
was
really
huge
next
side,
please.
M
So
the
the
catalytic
developments,
so
we
have
three
of
these
developments
right
now
baseline,
which
is
in
northeast
porter,
corner
of
broomfield,
the
flatirons
redevelopment,
which
is
near
flatiron
crossing
mall,
and
then
there
are
broomfield
town
square,
which
is
near
our
civic
area,
where
our
government
buildings
are
next
slide.
Please
so
a
little
bit
more
on
this
so
baseline
is.
Is
it
going
to
be
a
new
development?
It's
at
the
corner
of
I-25
in
colorado,
7..
This
is
going
to
be
huge
development.
M
M
M
Of
that,
the
other
one
is
the
burnfield
town
square,
which
is
a
topic
that
we've
talked
for
over
20
years
on
and
we're
getting
so
close
to
the
groundbreaking
in
2022,
and
it
just
seems
like
we're
right
here
in
the
middle
of
2021,
and
yet
our
community
is
hungry
for
this,
and
there
are
points
at
which
it
seems
so
close
and
yet
so
far.
So
this
is
one
in
which
we're
very
active
in
this.
M
It's
an
in-field
development
which
is
very
different
than
baseline
and
how
it
how
its
development,
how
it's
taken
care
of
and
the
partnership
is
between
the
the
burnfield,
has
a
bigger
partnership
in
that
one
than
I
would
say,
baseline.
It
just
looks
different
and
then,
of
course,
the
last
one
is
the
redevelopment
of
flat
irons
crossing
ball.
Flareon
crossing
mall
is
a
is
a
huge
asset
to
broomfield
and,
as
the
malls
have
continued
to
change
the
impacts
of
cobit
19
pandemic.
M
On
that
really
looking
at
the
opportunities
for
redevelopment,
adding
some
more
mixed
use-
development
in
there,
including
including
the
residential,
including
the
office
space,
and
really
creating
more
of
a
a
space
for
a
live
work
and
play
opportunity
there
at
flatiron
crossing
mall
next
slide,
please
so
the
business
expansion
and
attraction.
So
I
think
that
this
is.
This
is
a
big
area
right
now
that
especially
jeff
romine
and
the
other
members
of
the
economic
vitality,
as
well
as
our
city
and
county
managers
office,
is
really
leading
on.
M
So
the
expansion
expansion
is
really
creating
business
opportunity
alert
program
partnering
with
established
businesses
with
those
spaces
that
are
available
so
really
connecting
those
two
pieces
to
grow
businesses
here
in
broomfield,
discussing
the
community
advantages
and
learning
of
those
concerns
so
really
connecting
more
and
more,
and
I
think
that
this
is
one
of
those
areas
where
well
I'll
get
to
that
in
a
minute.
But
the
attraction
piece
is
the
targeted
business
clusters
and
opportunities.
M
So
really
you
know
that
bolded
line
right
there
broomfield
believes
in
growing
and
sustaining
our
local
area
economy.
This
is
so
true
and
becomes
much
more
apparent
as
we've
gone
through.
The
coven
19
next
slide,
please
so
the
small
business
support.
So
I
think
this
would
kind
of
what
I
was
going
to
go
into
is
the
copa
19
panic
really
forced
our
government
staff
to
better
connect
with
businesses
and
network
those
businesses,
and
so
that
business,
outreach
and
support
really
became
a
big
area.
M
We
were
forced
to
connect
with
those
businesses
on
a
much
deeper
level
and
a
quicker
level
as
well
because
of
the
pandemic,
and
because
of
that,
we've
been
able
to
develop
a
much
more
robust
business
campaign
in
which
we
are
partnering
with
businesses
in
which
we
are
really
highlighting
those
businesses,
because
one
we
know
those
businesses
so
much
better.
Now
we
have
a
very
good
relationship
with
them
and
through
the
pimp
covered
19
pandemic,
you
know
the
support
to
business
success
and
their
growth,
and
I
think
that
that's
a
huge
thing.
M
M
M
That's
close
measuring
progress,
so
I
think
that
you
know
for
me,
you
know
it
really
comes
down
to
what
our
goals
and
programs
without
metrics
and
measurements-
and
this
is
where
jeff
remind
and
his
team
have
really
pushed
the
the
limits
on
this.
So
it
it
all
starts
with
council
priorities
and
looking
at
what
are
priorities,
and
specifically,
we
have
economic
vitality.
M
This
is
where
you
know
really.
This
team
has
partnered
with
council
the
broomfield
chamber
of
commerce,
the
business
community
and
the
residents
of
broomfield
to
really
build
a
economic
core,
an
economic
vitality
for
for
lack
of
a
better
word
to
how
broomfield
is
going
to
succeed
and
prosper.
In
the
future
so
jeff,
I
think
that
that's
the
end
of
the
slides.
Yes,
it
is
thank
you
so
hopefully
I
kept
it
under
five
minutes,
but
I
look
forward
to
any
questions
and,
of
course,
jeff
is
on
the
line
too.
A
N
Yeah,
so
there
is
a
small,
relatively
small
I
mean
compared
to
what
is
hap,
obviously,
what's
in
boulder,
that's
nate
next
to
the
airport
and
it's
part
of
the
testing
related
to
climate.
So
it's
it's!
Next
to
the
rocky
mountain
airport,
rocky
mountain
metro
airport,
which
the
the
front
doors
in
broomfield,
but
most
of
the
airport
is
actually
in
jefferson
county.
So
we
should.
We
share
that
airport
in
some
ways,
but
we
can't
necessarily
call
it
ours,
but
that's
where
that's
located.
N
You
also
noticed
that
what
was
once
called
the
the
flat
irons
marketplace
that
has
been
redeveloped
right
now
and
we
will
be
getting
some
new
housing
right
at
that
station
that
brt
station.
That's
at
that.
Stop
so
we'll
be
seeing
roughly
an
additional
thousand
housing
units
there,
as
well
as
what
the
council
member
talked
about
with
flatirons
crossing
redevelopment.
So
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
emphasize
that,
because
you
see
those
buildings
up
when
you're
wandering
along
36
or
the
bike.
G
G
G
A
I
I
am
not
good
at
that,
so
I
am
just
going
to
keep
it
like
this
in
the
interest
of
time,
really
appreciate
everybody's
participation
tonight
and
it's
great
to
see
our
our
county
partners
and
our
local
partners.
So
lions,
as
you
probably
know,
is
a
bit
of
an
outlier.
We
have,
I
think,
a
little
over
900
roots
in
town
limits,
so
that's
900
homes
and
our
economic
status
looks
a
little
bit
different
than
anywhere
else
in
the
county.
I
think,
except
perhaps
ned.
I
So
I'm
going
to
start
out
by
saying
we
have
some
cool
new
spots
and
in
the
town
of
lyons
economic
vitality.
It
means
three
cool
new
spots,
because
we've
got
a
really
tiny
main
street,
so
we're
so
happy
to
welcome
a
lodge
to
lions.
They
have
redeveloped
a
former
motel
and
it's
gorgeous
and
they're
building
a
beer
garden
and
moxie
bakery
recently
opened
lions
to
great
fanfare
and
success,
and
we
love
them
and
finally,
mainstage
brewing
took
over
the
fork
building.
I
I
It's
sort
of
a
smaller
version
of
everything
we've
heard
here
tonight
and
we're
so
grateful
for
the
grant
funding
that
helped
our
small
businesses
stay
afloat
during
that
time
really
happy
to
say
that
now
the
festivals
are
happening
again.
Lions
is
really
jumping
and
it's
so
great
to
see
people
out
and
about
in
main
street
and
enjoying
our
parks
in
our
river,
so
more
than
90
percent
of
our
tax
revenue.
So
far
this
year
in
the
last
half
of
2020
came
from
online
sales.
I
O
I
Downtown-
and
you
know
some
grants
that
we've
gotten
to
help
with
transportation
and
multi-modal
tasks,
that'll
be
really
really
helpful.
We've
also
had
some
local
business
attrition,
as
people
are
looking
for
bigger
spaces.
You
know
we.
We
have
a
lot
of
arts
and
music
and
some
great
entrepreneurship
and
lions
and
people
tend
to
outgrow
the
spaces.
So
that's
one
of
the
challenges
that
we're
facing.
I
We
also
have
a
loss
of
essential
service
businesses,
so
we've
lost
our
town
doctor
we've
lost
our
pharmacy.
This
is
over
the
past
eight
years
or
so,
and
we've
lost
our
laundromat
and
in
a
really
small
town.
In
order
to
not
be
a
bedroom
community
of
another
town,
we
really
need
to
figure
out.
I
think
how
to
attract
those
essential
service
businesses,
and
so
you
know
our
our
staff
has
been
constrained.
I
As
a
small
town.
We
were
very
cautious
when
we
did
budgeting
last
year
because
we
did
not
know
what
was
going
to
happen.
So
the
good
news
is,
we've
got
a
number
of
really
wonderful
businesses
that
want
to
come
to
lions,
we're
talking
about
redeveloping
the
eastern
corridor
outside
the
6636
intersection
and
we're
constrained
by
processes
that
weren't
built
for
this
kind
of
volume.
I
And
so
in
our
small
town,
we
have
our
economic
vitality,
commission
and
I'm
going
to
ask
paul
to
add
anything
that
he
thinks
I've
missed
when
I'm
done
and
just
a
couple
more
slides,
we've
got
our
local
chamber
of
commerce,
which
is
great
we're
a
part
of
the
main
street
program,
which
is
wonderful.
We
have
a
terrific
main
street
manager
and
the
dola
assistance
and
cooperation
is
so
appreciated.
I
We
are
applying
to
become
a
certified
local
government,
which
will
help
us
retain
our
historic
buildings
and
perhaps
create
historic
districts
and
help
people
revitalize
those
buildings,
make
them
more
energy
efficient,
and
we
have
a
zero
interest
revolving
loan
fund
for
our
businesses.
This
also
came
in
really
handy.
During
the
height
of
the
pandemic,
businesses
can
apply
for
up
to
ten
thousand
dollars
in
funding,
absolutely
no
interest.
We
have
almost
a
hundred
percent
repayment
rate.
I
I
I
Finally,
but
it's
simply
not
enough
and
then
finally,
how
do
we
entice
tourists
to
stop
and
lions
on
their
way
to
and
from
the
park
we've
heard
from
some
businesses
that
the
timed
entry
system
is
affecting
them
adversely,
because
people
are
speeding
through
they
got
to
get
there
at
the
time
stamp,
and
so
that
was
something
that
was
an
unexpected
outcome
of
that.
So
that
is
my
very
brief
presentation.
I'm
sorry!
If
I
talk
too
quickly,
I
want
to
be
cognizant
of
time
and
I'll.
Just
ask
paul
paul.
L
You
know
in
the
interest
of
time-
I
don't
add
too
many
things,
but
just
two
quick
things:
one.
We
are
into
discussions
with
a
really
fun
private
public
partnership,
with
with
a
developer
on
that
eastern
corridor
that
holly
mentioned
and
then
the
second
thing.
I
really
liked
at
the
very
brief
chatter,
in
the
chat
about
folks
coming
to
lions
and
getting
together
and
would
love
to
support
that.
L
I
I
this
group,
as
holly
mentioned
lions,
tends
to
be
a
different
town
makeup
than
a
lot
of
other
folks
on
the
call.
So
I
think
there's
a
lot
for
both
of
us
to
learn
from
each
other
and
getting
together
in
a
more
casual
setting
as
well.
So
if
someone
could
take
the
lead
on
that,
maybe
throw
it
in
the
chat
and
I'm
happy
to
be
of
support
and
we'll
host
you
up
in
lions.
A
Holly
hang
on
to
your
question
about
how
do
you
manage,
and
I
think
you
should
service
level
type
of
requests,
and
I
didn't-
I
missed
a
word
in
my
notes,
but
hang
on
to
that
question,
and
hopefully
someone's
thinking
about
it
that
they
can
respond
and,
yes,
first
round
on
paul.
I
think
everybody
in
this
group
probably
would
accept
so
so.
Yes,
if
somebody
wants
to
take
the
lead
on
that,
we
will
convene
so
I'll
do
that.
Thank
you.
Our
next
presenter
is
louisville.
L
J
Okay,
great,
thank
you,
commissioner.
I
appreciate
it
and
thanks
that's
really
nice
to
be
with
you
all,
I'm
flying
solo
today,
our
staff
is
has
some
commitments
tonight,
so
I'm
gonna
be
the
first
to
admit
that
a
lot
of
this
has
been
the
work
of
of
our
staff.
I
also
didn't
realize
that
we
were
having
a
competition
about
who
did
the
most
for
our
businesses
for
covid,
but
we
win.
J
No,
I'm
just
kidding
the
the
I
do
want
to
so
I'll
put
in
some
plugs
for
businesses
and
and
I'm
so
glad
that
moxie
has
come
to
lions,
because
I
I
feel
a
personal
point
of
pride
for
moxie
because
they
exist
in
my
ward
in
in
louisville.
So
anyway,
with
lots
of
lots
of
great
things
going
on
in
louisville.
J
We
created
a
council-specific
committee
on
economic
vitality
and
we
began
this
process
just
just
before
the
pandemic
started
about
economic
vitality
and
creating
a
strategic
plan,
and
so
you
know
we
adopted
that
strategic
plan
first
in
2020
and
the
our
council
committee
on
economic
vitality
really
led
this
effort.
Obviously,
and
so
it
really
lays
out
our
vision
for
three
to
five
years,
and
I
think
you
know
we
think
it's
important.
Obviously
we
did
a
lot
that
was
sort
of
that
was
responsive
to
especially
to
the
pandemic.
J
J
J
It
is
sort
of
the
spiritual
center
of
economic
development
in
in
lewisville,
and
we've
been
able
to
to
work
with
developers
to
maintain
the
historic
character
of
a
lot
of
those
buildings
while
still
well
getting
some
new
businesses
in,
and
we
just.
We
just
did
some
really
interesting
work
with
the
building
that
used
to
be
waterloo,
one
water,
we
moved
down
the
street
and
then
anyway,
we
did
a
whole
historic
preservation
grant
there.
So
we're
excited
about
that.
J
We
have
a
whole
process
and
an
outline
flow
chart
of
how
this
sort
of
the
committee
developed
the
purpose
and
the
objectives,
and
then
the
strategic
plan
and
what
the
strategic
and
what
this
strategic
plan
does,
and
I
think
it's
really
important
to
for
us
to
think
that
you
know
there's
elements
that
involve
sort
of
a
broad
vision
statement.
There's
goals
related
to
it
and
then
there's
measures
that
we
can
use
quantifiable
data.
J
And
you
know,
since
I've
been
on
council,
I've
been
really
pushing
pushing
lewisville
to
make
sure
that
you
know
when
we,
whether
we're
evaluating
our
city
manager
or
whether
we're
evaluating
our
programs,
you
know
we
need
to
be
coming
up
with
with
actual
data
to
know
whether
these
things
are
working,
and
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
that
and
having
these
sort
of
key
performance
indicators
embedded
in
the
strategic
plan
is
a
key
part
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
so.
You
know
all
of
the
plan
itself
has
many
actions
and
tasks.
J
So
it's
you
know
broad
overarching
vision
goal,
and
then
you
know
how
do
we
support
those
strategic
goals
and
who's
assigned
that?
And
so
it
is.
It
almost
reads
like
a
if
you
look
at
our
strategic
plan
on
the
on
the
internet,
you
might
think
well,
this
is
the
most
boring
thing
I've
ever
read,
but
it
is,
it
is
a
very.
J
It
is
a
very
sort
of
action-oriented
and
kind
of
methodical
implementation
of
the
sort
of
philosophical
and
and
vision
the
economic,
vitality
vision,
and
so
now
I'm
feeling
a
little
inadequate,
because
I
don't
have
fancy
pictures
of
downtown
here
on
these
on
these.
These
slides,
but
anyway,
broomfield
was
making
me
feel,
particularly
so
good,
good
job
broomfield.
J
So
here
are
some
of
the
goals
that
we
have
in
our
strategic
plan,
so
retention
and
attraction
strategies-
and
I
think
I
think,
lewisville,
like
many
communities
has
suffered
from
you
know
we
had
a
big
boom
in
the
90s
big
box
stores
and
then
sam's
club
and
coals
have
left
and
alfalfa's
left
during
the
pandemic.
Now,
what
do
we
do
with
all
these
big
spaces
right,
and
so
we
gotta
retain
what
we
have
and
we
gotta
figure
out
new
ways
to
attract
to
attract
businesses.
J
So
we
wanna
make
sure
I
think,
there's
kind
of
a
myth
in
the
business
community
that
you
know
lewisville
is
somehow
hostile
to
business.
We
to
make
sure
that
people
know
that's
a
myth
and
that
we
are.
We
are
open
for
business
and
we're
excited
about
it.
So
improving
our
business
climate,
we
want
to
have
programs
that
are
focused
on
increasing
our
total
retail
sales
and
sources
of
revenue
generating
activities.
So
it's
not
it's
not
just
you
know
filling
spaces,
but
it's
about
generating
sales
tax.
J
Obviously
we
want
to
facilitate
a
mix,
a
diverse
mix
of
quality,
job
opportunities
and
in
in
really
investing
in
practices
that
are
environmentally
sustainable
and
part
of
that
sustainability
element.
When
we,
when
we
survey
residents
in
lewisville,
we
hear
about
two
things:
economic,
vitality
and
environmental
sustainability.
So
it's
important
for
us
to
put
those
together
in
our
strategic
plan,
so
lots
of
measures
and
things
related
to
our
particular
strategic
plan.
J
G
I
And
so
one
idea
that
I
had
was
to
create
a
position
for
someone
who
would
be
sort
of
a
liaison
or
a
development
buddy
for
anybody
who
wants
to
walk
through
the
process,
a
development
director,
and
so
I'm
wondering
if
any
of
any
of
you
folks
on
the
call,
have
a
position
like
that
in
your
municipality.
And
if
not,
how
do
you
ensure
that
the
process
goes
smoothly
for
the
folks
who
want
to
develop
something.
N
This
is
jeff
from
from
broomfield,
so
I'll
start
holly.
Just
to
give
you
some
sense,
so
that's
exactly
been
a
concern
not
just
for
us,
but
almost
for
every
community,
so
you're
not
alone,
so
first
off
know
that
and
secondly,
the
way
that
we
have
done
it
is
as
councilman
shaft
pointed
out,
council
membership
pointed
out.
N
We
changed
something
and
we
created
what's
called
an
economic
vitality
matrix
and
it's
there's
no
magic
to
it
other
than
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
tell
folks
ahead
of
time
before
they
even
start
the
congress.
You
know
before
they
start
going
through
a
process
of
what
we're
looking
for
and
where
we
think
it
makes
sense,
and
so
to
some
degree
that
that
is
the
city
manager.
N
That's
myself
and
others
that
as
we
get
inquiries
or
as
we
begin
the
conversation,
we
want
to
help
them
understand
the
process,
but
also
understand
where
it's
going
to
make
sense.
So,
rather
than
trying
to
figure
out
a
way
to
get
to
a
point
of
say,
no
we're
trying
to
get
into
an
early
yes,
and
as
everybody
that
works
for
government
knows,
the
easiest
thing
to
get
is
a
no.
The
hardest
thing
is
to
get
a
yes,
and
I
don't
mean
that
poorly.
I
just
mean
that's
the
way.
I
A
Yeah,
thank
you
both
and
I
jeff.
If
that
economic
development
matrix
is
something
you
would
like
to
share
with
the
group,
you
could
send
it
to
mark
and
and
market,
send
it
out
with
the
minutes
after
this
meeting
and
likewise
for
those
who
presented,
if
you'd
like
to
do
that
or
anyone
else.
That
has
some
documents
that
sound
like
something
folks
might
want
to
read
about
next
question:
councilmember
brown.
J
Thanks,
mr,
I
I
wanted
to
sort
of
pick
folks
brains
a
little
bit
about
how
they
how
they
go
out
and
recruit
businesses.
I
I
think,
that's
one
of
the
one
of
the
great
challenges
that
we
have,
especially.
I
talked
about
some
of
our
vacant
rece
retail
space,
which
has
been
a
particular
focus
of
of
mine
on
council.
C
Why
do
I
appreciate
everybody
who
has
to
go
deal
with
other
stuff,
mine's
older,
but
still
got
to
deal
with
stuff?
I
really
appreciate
your
question
kyle,
and
I
really
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
collaborate
with
you.
All
boulder
has
never
been
in
a
space
of
really
desiring
necessarily
to
recruit
businesses.
I
think
first,
we
want
to
be
entrepreneurial,
friendly
and
and
thoughtful
in
retaining
our
primary
employers
and
that
reputation
has
helped.
C
C
When
I
looked
at
affordable
goods
and
services
through
the
retail
strategy,
some
of
that
you
can
do
but,
for
example,
the
loss
of
several
grocery
stores.
We
have
a
quite
a
challenge
downtown
right
now,
because
it's
infilling
with
residences,
but
there's
no
grocery,
because
the
grocery
store
closed.
So
these
are
challenges
that
we
have
we're.
C
So
I
think
really
working
at
being
one
boulder
in
the
consideration
of
things
like
the
retail
study
that
will,
we
hope
influence
some
of
the
decisions
in
the
comp
plan
update
will
help
us
kind
of
tell
businesses.
We
need
this.
So
if
you're,
that
please
come
and
so
that's
some
of
what
we're
doing,
but
it
is
a
challenge
thanks
for
your
question,.
F
Add
in
as
a
partner
with
of
that,
and
so
much
of
this
so
right
on
about
the
understanding
what
your
existing
businesses
development
pattern
is.
That
is
a
great
way
to
recognize
opportunities
for
their
development
in
other
areas
of
your
community.
So
that's
part
of
the
retention
strategy,
but
it
also
is
redevelopment
and
another
thing
that
was
hitting
on
it.
But
I'll
just
get
put
an
exclamation
point
on
it.
F
F
J
Key
yeah
thanks.
I
I
appreciate
that
feedback.
We've
done,
we've
done
studies,
small
area
plans,
and
you
know
I
think
I
don't.
I
don't
know
exactly
what
the
developers
are
waiting
for
exactly.
I
think
I
think,
there's
a
there's,
a
cynical
part
of
me
that
thinks
that
the
developers
are
waiting
for
us
to
let
them
build.
J
Gazillions
of
you
know
residential
units,
because
I
think
they
make
more
money
on
residential
units,
but
for
the
city.
Obviously
we
want
the
commercials.
So
so
I
think
that's,
I
think,
that's
part
of
the
the
challenge
that
we
face
and
and
and
sometimes
it
seems
like
developers
are
and
and
property
owners
are
happy
to
sit
on
property
and
let
let
it
be
vacant
for
a
while.
So
but
but
I
agree
with
you
that,
like
having
a
plan
is
important
and
that's
why
I
think
the
strategic
plan
has
been
has
been
helpful.
J
M
Yeah,
I
always
love
when
our
when
we
have
staff
from
the
feds
or
from
the
state
legislature,
and
today
it
looks
like
we
have
chris
roark
from
hiccup
looper's
office,
and
you
know,
we've
talked
a
lot
about
kind
of
that
local
local
government
to
local
community
of
of
recovery
from
our
pandemic,
and
there
was
a
mention
about
the
infrastructure
bill
that
you
know
hopefully
comes
at
some
point,
not
just
the
bipartisan
one
but
the
the
larger
infrastructure
bill.
But
we
also
have
a
a
reconciliation.
M
You
know
measure
hopefully
coming
soon
to
us.
That's
you
know:
gonna
advance
a
lot
of
those
pieces
that
had
to
do
with
the
american
rescue
package
and
I'm
curious
to
get
chris
roark's.
You
know
thoughts
on
you
know
where
hickenlooper
stands
on
this
and
what
that
could
potentially
do
for
a
lot
of
our
local
communities.
K
Hey
there
folks,
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
on
tonight
in
terms
of
the
bipartisan
infrastructure
package.
I
know
this
has
been.
You
know
a
long.
What
is
it
like,
four
or
five
months
of
going
back
and
forth
on
on
where
we
are?
It
seems
it
you
know,
and-
and
you
know
I
would
be
a
fool
to
make
any
prognostications
in
and
cement
them
right
now
about
what
the
senate
might
do.
K
But
it's
looking
like
the
amendments
that
are
getting
put
up
are
are
mostly
friendly
are
that
are
going
to
be
passed
and
we're
looking,
hopefully
for
the
bill
to
advance
the
senate
in
the
next
week
or
two
of
course,
many
things
could
happen.
Someone
could
step
up
and
and
the
gop
could
step
up
and
have
a
bunch
of
unfriendly
amendments,
or
you
know
last
minute
disagreements
could
take
shape,
but
it's
looking
pretty
good
right
now
in
terms
of
the
reconciliation
package,
it's
questionable
whether
they
will
actually
vote.
K
You
know
there.
The
idea
would
be
that
they
pass
bipartisan
infrastructure
and
then
take
a
vote
on
to
at
least
open
debate
on
a
reconciliation
package
before
leaving
for
the
august
recess.
But
again
things
are
pretty
unsure
in
terms
of
what
comes
from
the
final
pack
package.
You
know
the
senate
has
their
numbers.
Obviously
the
house
is
a
little
bit
more
aggressive
and
trying
to
get
more
money
into
the
package.
So
you
know
what
happens,
what
happens
in
the
house
is
uncertain
and
that
that'll
probably
take
us.
K
G
A
A
I
do
feel
like
we
need
to
have
our
own
debrief
session
just
to
talk
about
that
conversation.
We're
not
going
to
have
time
tonight,
so
I
will
make
sure
that
we
have
some
some
agenda
time
on
our
next
meeting,
which
is
october
6th,
and
I'm
gonna
ask
a
couple
of
folks
that
were
there
to
just
join
us
for
a
brief
update.
But
I
think
it's
a
conversation
we
all
need
to
have
together
and
reflection
with
a
little
bit
of
time
together.
A
So
I
just
I
don't
want
to
leave
that
pending
as
though
it's
not
an
item
to
discuss
and
then
the
other
piece
was
the
question
about
in
person
and
at
this
point
we
aren't
going
to
make
any
plans
for
in
person.
As
you
all
know,
some
new
guidelines
will
come
out
monday,
if
not
sooner
for
all
of
us.
So
that
might
be
another
point
of
conversation
in
in
october,
so
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
question
is
answered
as
well.
A
Someone
asked
about
arpa,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you
all
are
aware
that
the
county
is
receiving
63.3
million
dollars.
We
are
leading
a
community
engagement
process.
You
all
will
be
invited
to
convene
your
own
town,
cities,
municipalities,
organizations
etc
will,
where
county
will
have
a
facilitator
and
a
community
engagement
person
to
support
that
with
you.
If
you
want
to
bring
your
community
members
together,
whether
there's
business
folks
or,
however,
you
want
to
do
that.
A
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
that
that
is
coming
and
you
all
will
be
invited
to
what
degree
you
want
to
participate
and
use
that
resource.
I'm
inviting
you
to
use
that
resource
so
that
we
can
get
information
about
what
our
community
members
need
from
that
opera
for
all
of
our
distributions,
but
specifically
from
boulder
county,
and
to
be
able
to
share
that
information
again
with
small,
smaller
towns
and
larger
towns,
et
cetera.
So
that's
just
in
response
to
a
few
of
the
different
questions
that
were
out
there.
A
So
I
appreciate
everybody's
patience
this
night
this
evening,
great
information
and,
what's
so
still
exciting
to
me
about
this,
is
I
heard
tidbits
that
we
can
all
share
and
I
heard
asks
and
I'm
hoping
that
folks
respond,
so
that
we
can
do
some
of
this
good
work
together
and
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
me
and
for
others
that
put
their
information
in.
So
I
don't
want
to
keep
you
any
longer
but
appreciate
the
collaboration.