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From YouTube: Inside Boulder News - May 13, 2011
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This week on Inside Boulder News: the White House comes to Boulder to hear from small business owners; the city and county kick off the Circle to End Poverty campaign; Energy Future consultants present preliminary data; and kids learn about the importance of water conservation.
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More
than
150
boulder
area,
entrepreneurs
turned
out
on
May
9th
for
start-up
America's,
reducing
barriers,
roundtables
a
White
House
initiative
to
accelerate
high-growth
entrepreneurship
throughout
the
nation.
They
told
officials.
The
federal
government
should
help
entrepreneurs
by
easing
the
application
process
for
research
grants,
eliminating
taxes
on
sweat,
equity
and
putting
Small
Business
Administration
loans
in
the
hands
of
start-up
savvy
investors.
Boulder
was
the
seventh
of
eight
stops
for
the
start
of
America
roundtables
officials
hope
to
use
the
forums
to
provide
actionable
recommendations
to
the
president.
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Washington
wanted
to
hear
from
Boulder,
because
it
has
one
of
the
highest
concentrations
of
entrepreneurs
in
the
country,
and
many
of
those
individuals
have
gone
on
to
create
dynamic
companies
that
have
a
global
impact.
Anyone
who
is
not
able
to
attend
the
boulder
event
can
submit
their
ideas
on
reducing
barriers
online,
a
national
movement
to
end
poverty
is
helping
families
in
Boulder
County
improve
their
current
conditions.
This
June
the
circles
campaign,
will
come
to
boulder
and
is
designed
to
help
families
out
of
poverty,
as
well
as
initiate
community
changes
that
make
economic
stability
easier.
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The
campaign's
long-term
vision
is
to
eliminate
the
condition
of
poverty.
All
together
circles
uses
a
high
impact
strategy
that
focuses
on
working
with
people
by
supporting
long-term
empowerment
instead
of
providing
temporary
financial
or
material
support.
Participating
families
are
matched
with
circles.
Volunteers
who
provide
friendship,
coaching
networking,
another
non
financial
support
to
help
them
achieve
their
self-sufficiency
goals.
The
volunteers
are
graduates
of
a
class
called
getting
a
head
that
teaches
how
to
gain
find
an
financial,
emotional
and
social
resources
for
stability.
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The
circles
campaign
focuses
on
developing
social
capital,
significant
leadership
and
participation
from
the
community
to
find
out
more
about
Boulder
County
circles
campaign
or
to
volunteer
to
provide
friendship
and
coaching
to
families
contact
the
circles
campaign
coordinator,
the
Boulder
City
Council
moved
a
little
closer
this
week
to
understanding
the
energy
supply
options
that
they
may
ask
voters
to
consider
in
November.
At
a
three
hour
study
session
on
May,
tenth
council
members
heard
a
presentation
from
staff
and
have
the
opportunity
to
ask
consultants
about
the
information
they
have
gathered
so
far.
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The
preliminary
research
was
outlined
in
a
27-page
staff
memo,
along
with
attachments
that
is
available
on
the
energy
future
website.
Among
other
things,
the
memo
spells
out
the
current
fuel
mix
revenues
Xcel
Energy
collects
from
boulders
residents
the
boulder
participation
levels
in
programs
such
as
wind
source
and
solar
rebates,
and
the
report
also
addresses
several
possibilities
that
exist
for
more
local
energy
generation.
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During
the
study
session
council
post
questions
about
the
reliability
of
the
data
issues
related
to
the
potential
transition
of
a
local
power
utility,
possible
pitfalls
bond
limitations
and
how
a
utility
would
be
governing
council
made
it
clear
that
no
decision
has
been
made
about
the
options
which
include
partnering
with
Xcel
Energy
and
our
future
proposal
that
would
meet
the
community's
goals,
the
creation
of
a
local
power
utility
or
making
no
change
the
current
system.
The
full
council
study
session
can
be
viewed
on
channel
eights
website.
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In
addition,
city
staff
are
in
the
planning
stages
of
two
public
sessions
over
the
next
couple
of
months,
where
community
members
can
ask
questions
and
provide
feedback
to
elected
officials,
stay
tuned
to
inside
Boulder
news
for
more
details
as
they
are
developed.
Boulder
adults
are
not
the
only
ones
concerned
with
finding
ways
to
conserve
our
planet's
resources.
On
May,
eleventh
more
than
1,000
4th
and
5th
grade
students
in
boulder
area.
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Schools
took
part
in
operation
water
festival,
the
19th
annual
event,
taught
students
how
to
protect
and
conserve
water
with
hands-on
activities
at
the
University
Memorial
centered
students
attended
a
series
of
classes
where
they
learned
about
the
history,
geography
and
science
of
water.
They
also
explored
the
boulder
creek
watershed
and
investigated
the
animals
implants
that
rely
on
water
for
survival
before
taking
part
in
the
festival,
teachers
and
students
completed
pre,
pre
festival,
activities
on
fundamental
water
awareness,
conservation,
pollution
prevention
and
flooding.
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Students
who
attended
also
received
a
take-home
water
agent
book
that
featured
homework
assignments
to
complete
with
their
families.
As
a
result,
parents
and
siblings
also
learned
about
water
protection
and
conservation.
The
city
of
Boulder
hopes
that
this
event
continues
to
inspire
young
people
to
conserve
one
of
our
planet's
most
precious
resources.
That's
all
the
time
we
have
for
this
week.
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can
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