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From YouTube: A Boulder View - February 2011 - City Partnerships with the Boulder Business Community
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A Boulder View interviews Boulder Chamber CEO Susan Graff about the business communities partnership with the City of Boulder.
A
Hi
and
welcome
to
a
bold
review,
I'm
Carl
Castillo
and
the
first
half
of
the
show
I'll
be
speaking
with
Susan
graph,
president
of
the
boulder
chamber
about
the
business
community
and
the
city
of
Boulder
and
how
they
work
together
and
what's
come
about
from
that
relationship
in
the
second
half
the
show.
Jodi
Jacobson
will
continue
this
conversation
when
she
speaks
to
list
Hanson
the
economic
vitality
director
for
the
city
and
Scott
joy,
a
boulder
ice
cream,
but
first
here
with
me
now
his
Susan
graph
Susan
thanks
for
joining
us
absolutely.
A
I'm
sure
you're
well
aware
that
the
the
business
community
has
had
a
profound
impact
on
the
way
the
city
has
developed
over
the
last
century
and
I
think
back
to
1910
when
the
city
was
primarily
a
university
town
and
think
back,
then
it
was
really
a
question
of
bringing
tourists
here
to
2010
last
year
when
business.
We
call
this
number
one
place
for
startups
right.
B
A
B
Actually,
when
you
think
back
a
hundred
years,
it's
hard
to
distinguish
between
the
business
community
and
the
civic
leaders,
and
they
were
one
in
the
same.
But
the
forerunner
of
the
boulder
chamber
was
called
the
boulder
commercial
Association
and
it
was
formed
about
a
hundred
years
ago,
and
one
of
their
first
tasks
was
to
figure
out
how
to
bring
tourists
to
town,
and
so
they
did
a
subscription
campaign
and
actually
raised
money
to
build
the
hotel
boulderado.
B
So
that
was
the
the
first
big
piece
and
tourism
was
a
really
important
component
and
continues
to
be
to
this
day.
But
it
was
one
of
the
only
components
in
our
economy
in
the
first,
those
first
50
years
of
that
hotel.
In
the
1950s,
though,
the
community
got
wind
that
the
government,
the
federal
government,
was
looking
to
move
the
national
bureau
of
standards
off
of
the
east
coast.
B
There
were
foreign
threats
going
on
and
they
were
looking
for
a
place
that
was
safe
both
from
from
a
weather
and
climate
standpoint,
but
also
from
you
know,
foreign
interference,
standpoint
and
so
the
the
head
of
the
chamber.
At
that
time,
man
named
Franny
Reich.
Actually
raised
donations
and
the
whole
community
participated
in
and
raised
enough
money
to
buy
a
plot
of
land
to
put
in
with
the
bid,
and
we
were
successful
in
that
and
were
awarded
the
the
federal
laboratory
contract
and
that
really
changed.
The
face
was.
A
B
It's
an
unusual
situation
for
a
city
in
a
business
community,
but
it's
not
unlike
how
it's
been
for
a
hundred
years,
so
we're
doing
the
things
collaboratively.
We
do
it
very
grassroots.
There
are
a
lot
of
communities
that
have
really
big
budgets
for
economic
development
and
they
either
fund
a
group
or
they
have
their
own
economic
development
person
on
staff
and
they
have
budgets
to
recruit
companies
to
town
and
to
go
to
trade
shows
you
know,
site
selector,
trade
shows
and
and
Boulder.
B
Not
surprisingly,
does
things
a
little
bit
differently,
so
we're
a
very
grassroots
approach.
The
city
has
never
had
a
really
dedicated
economic
development
person
until
recently,
and
we
worked
together
to
create
a
a
staff
liaison
which
a
business
liaison,
which
would
help
businesses
locate
in
the
community,
find
their
way
through
the
city
process
through
the
planning
process,
and
we
have
an
economic
development
group,
that's
mostly
private
funded.
B
We
do
get
some
money
for
some
services
that
we
provide,
but
it's
it's
very
much
a
small
budget,
voluntary
collaborative
kind
of
thing
where
we
go
out
and
do
calls
on
businesses
in
town
to
find
out
what
are
the
advantages
of
doing
business
and
Boulder.
What
can
we
leverage
and
what
are
the
disadvantages?
Are
there
any
things
that
we
can
do
to
make
it
a
better
place
to
do
business
so.
A
You
touched
on
how
Boulder
is
a
different
place
and
you
know,
obviously
our
leaders
are
very
tend
to
be
very
liberal
and
they
tend
to
support
sort
of
some
government
initiatives
that
are
sometimes
not
the
kind
of
initiatives
that
business
leaders
who
tend
to
be
conservative
or
support.
So
how
does
this
play
out
in
boulder?
Is
it?
Is
it
kind
of
like
The
Clash
of
the
Titans
that
you,
like
you,
see
in
Washington
DC,
and,
if
not,
is
it
more
like
you
know?
Actually
let
me
ask
you:
how
is
that
reckon
solid?
Oh
I.
B
Hope
it's
not
like
Washington
nope
yeah.
I
would
say
that
we
don't
always
approach
things
the
same
way
like
all
communities.
There
are
people
with
differing
opinions
and
and
as
you
mentioned
boulder
is,
it
tends
to
be
a
little
bit
more
liberal
in
its
politics.
Most
university
towns
are,
if
you
look
at
the
flagship
university
town
in
every
state,
they
do
have
tend
to
have
that
influence,
not.
B
And
and
so
I
ironically,
so
as
a
Chamber
of
Commerce,
we're
probably
more
liberal
than
most
chambers
of
commerce,
I,
think
that
your
whole,
the
whole
makeup
reflects
the
community.
So
we,
you
know
it's
not
like
the
environmentalists
over
here
and
the
business
communities
over
here
we're
all
a
little
bit
of
both
of
those
things
and-
and
you
know
there
are
blurry
lines
between
the
two.
B
So
our
strategy
on
how
to
accomplish
something
might
be
different,
but
our
goals
in
terms
of
end
results
are
really
not
that
different
I
think
you'd
actually
find
more
similarities
between
what
people
would
consider
the
liberal
politics
of
boulder
in
the
business
community.
The
end
goals
tend
not
to
be
that
much
different,
but
the
approach
can
sometimes
because.
A
It
is
it
uniquely
collaborative
here
because
I
haven't
heard,
it
hasn't
been
anything
no
media,
accounts
least
in
cyber
member
of
any
big
differences
between
the
city
and
the
chamber.
I
mean
is
it.
Is
that
you
one
of
the
unique
factors
about
the
chamber
and
the
city
of
Boulder
that
there's
it's
part.
B
Of
it,
although
boulder
in
general,
is
a
very
collaborative
community,
if
you
were
to
ask
a
lot
of
the
entrepreneurs
that
do
startups
and
multiple
startups,
why
they're?
Here,
the
collaborative
environment
is
actually
one
of
the
things
that
drew
them
here
and
actually
keeps
them
here
and
and
some
of
our
Award
winners
in
our
entrepreneurial
awards
celebration.
One
of
them
last
year
mentioned
to
me.
He
called
it
the
boulder
mojo.
He
said
you
know,
people
in
Boulder
are
so
collaborative
they
want
to.
They
encourage
people
to
take
risks,
they
support
each
other.
A
Right,
okay,
well,
I
was
going
to
ask
you
a
question
that
I
mean
I
just
wanted
to
address
the
person
out
there
who's
saying.
Well,
you
know.
Yes,
the
the
chamber
provides
a
counterbalance,
perhaps
as
some
of
the
more
regulatory
initiatives
that
are
being
put
forward,
but
some
people
might
say
so
so
so,
let's
let's
say
we
don't
have
that
counterbalance
for
the
chamber.
We
then
have
perhaps
not
as
many
businesses,
but
so
what
that
means
less
crowds
downtown.
A
B
Answer
to
yeah
I
guess
two
different
ways:
11
is
that
I
think
you
make
the
best
decisions
when
you
have
a
lot
of
good
minds
at
the
table
and
if
you
all
have
the
same
opinion
than
a
lot
of
you
are
irrelevant.
So
having
a
lot
of
people
that
have
a
different
perspective
or
look
at
things
through
a
different
lens,
I
think,
is
a
positive
thing.
B
Helps
us
make
better
decisions
sure,
so
it
keeps
the
pendulum
from
swinging
too
far,
one
way
or
the
other,
and
you
know
I-
think
President
Obama
had
that
strategy,
perhaps
when
he
started
maybe
hasn't
gone
exactly
as
planned,
but
I
think
that's
part
of
it
is
its
key
to
have
those
multiple
opinions
at
the
table.
But
it's
also
important
from
an
economic
standpoint,
because
you
actually
have
to
pay
for
the
programs
that
create
that
great
quality,
own
love
life
and
the
look
at
property
tax,
for
example.
A
A
Boys,
thanks
for
making
that
connection,
so
what
are
the?
What
is
it
that
you
hear
most
when
you
go
about
and
you
meet
people
who
are
in
business
and
voter?
What's
the
number
one
thing
that
they
say
is
the
reason
why
they
chose
to
locate,
locate
here
or
chose
to
stay
here?
Is
there
something
that
stands
out
yeah.
B
I
would
say
generally
if
it
falls
in
that
quality
of
life
category.
So
it's
it's
a
great
community,
there's
great
outdoor
recreation.
The
weather
is
great.
It's
a
fabulous
little
community
for
the
size
that
we
are
it's
a
very
urban
community,
great
dining,
good
arts
and
culture.
So
it
has
everything.
B
You'd
want
from
a
really
big
city
environment,
and
yet
it's
small
enough
to
be
that
collaborative
that
kind
of
petri
dish
for
entrepreneurism
and
people
like
that
energy,
so
I
would
say
it's
the
quality
of
life
and
the
ability
first
of
all,
they
want
to
live
here,
and
then
it's
also
easy
to
recruit
people
here.
So
I
would
say:
that's
the
positive
that
we
hear
most
often
for
white
people
are
great.
A
Well,
we've
been
speaking
with
Susan
graph
president
of
Boulder
chamber,
about
how
the
chamber
and
the
city
work
together
Susan.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
being
on
the
show,
I
appreciate
the
clarity
that
you
brought
to
this
topic
and,
above
all,
I
appreciate
the
leadership
that
you
bring
to
the
chamber
and
I.
Think
you
yourself
are
so
much
why
the
city
and
the
chamber
are
working
so
well
together.
Thank.