City of Boulder, CO Inside Boulder News, 31 Aug 2012

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This week on Inside Boulder News: USA Pro Cycling roars into Boulder with a win from a hometown competitor; birds experience a successful nesting season; and a much loved dog park re-opens after significant improvements.

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This week on inside Boulder news, folder hosts the biggest day in American procycling history, the city lifts, seasonal wildlife closures at boulder reservoir and valmont dog park reopens with some major improvements.

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Welcome to inside Boulder, featuring topics and stories that impact the community of Boulder, with Patrick Vaughn, Kaiser, Lang and Jennifer Bray, and on the news desk, Natalie, Wood and Mike Benway lows bring you the stories making headlines in the community this week inside Boulder news starts now.

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Welcome to inside Boulder news, I'm natalie wood. It was a big day for pro cycling and a big day for Boulder. Last Saturday, our town hosted the sixth stage of the Pro Cycling Challenge, and many community members gathered throughout town to cheer on racers as they sped by. It was an event that residents have been waiting for for decades.

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It's great to see, you know the old course classic days now coming back here, I mean I've moved here 10 years ago, and every time everybody's talking about how great it was and and so now to be here and to be at, have our own event and haven't come back to bowler she's, a really fantastic thing.

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It just seems this is the place where it all started. Just so to have it back here, it seems like right place for to be I. Think.

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It's going to be one of the biggest days in cycling in the u.s.. You can.

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Feel the build-up, everybody's smiling everybody's ready, the volunteers and we have over 500 volunteers. They all show up they're all excited to be here and participate. It's truly a community event just.

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Exactly what we wanted was to see this type of turnout and this type of excitement you know and a fabulous day. It says bolder more than this or better than this. Everybody.

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I know is so pumped up: it's been a great energy, great vibe around the whole city, so we're just super proud to have people come out and hang out the folder.

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We're hoping that everybody that comes as a great experience in Boulder we're helping that 120,000 people come and have that great experience, but also kind of football. During the race stage map in the United States.

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Boulder is certainly back on the race map. After a successful event, last Saturday race organizers, are calling stage 6 the biggest day in American pro cycling history, largely due to the finish on boulders iconic, Flagstaff Mountain. Here's a look at the excitement on flagstaff as one of boulders own crossed the finish line. First,.

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It was an exciting day on the mountain Boulder resident Rory Sutherland was first to cross the Flagstaff finish. It's a spot that Rory knows very well I.

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Don't know how many times I've done this mountain, but it's gettin up near 100. I'd. Imagine you know it's a it's such a beautiful mountain and I think it's. It makes a huge difference, obviously, in knowing the area and knowing the quiet fans.

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Lined up the mountain to watch the pros make that intense climb. It was a stage of the race that many were looking forward to, including the governor. It's.

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Going to be cool, I mean and coming up. Flagstaff is so beautiful. The other got the helicopter shots. I mean it's just a to get. The racers are going to work so hard, it's so competitive. It's going to be so close I mean it's close to perfect, and you know people around the country, people around the world they've heard of Boulder- and this is a great way to introduce the world to to this part of Colorado, and we've been doing that for all these beautiful parts of Colorado. All week. Long.

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The world's got that look at boulder as the race aired on NBC and the enthusiasm was apparent from a town that love cycling. Some.

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Words, don't extra, don't describe what you know the beauty of cycling in Colorado and the beauty of racing here in Boulder is I. Think the world is about to see today. For me, it is my adopted home. You know this is where this is, where I'm bringing up our family but about you know the the five kilometres coming into boulder and and I live down down south as you come in, and I started getting goosebumps and hot and cold shivers and was kind of weird, and you nearly can't explain the emotion when you're coming through.

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You know your your hometown, so to speak. The.

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Excitement around town and on flagstaff was overwhelming, as Boulder happily welcomed. Back pro racing.

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This is a great thing, raising a.

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Lot of preparation went into hosting such a large-scale event for over a year, local organizers have been working to map the race route and keep people and natural resources safe. During the event having.

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A spectacular finish, like flagstaff, took a lot of work working with a city manager and working with our open space department.

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We know how important the the open space areas and flagstaff in particular so we're you know we're we're just thrilled. It meets all the criteria of epic race city.

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&Amp; county crews have been preparing all year for this and with 30,000 people expected to make the climb up flagstaff. Today, crews are prepared to help make this event a success. This.

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Exciting event for us I'm, one of the Rangers that are out and about along with over a hundred staff and volunteers that are doing a lot of different things out here on the mountain to help this event be a success. Tell people be safe to protect this beautiful place. This.

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Is a first event of its kind in a very long time on Flagstaff Mountain, and so there were a lot of challenges associated with it, but I think we're pulling it off responsibly and and in a way that, hopefully, people will want to see it again. City.

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Officials say damage to Flagstaff appears minimal police report, that the crowd was spirited but well behaved and no issues arose during the race. The city has lifted the seasonal wildlife closures at boulder reservoir. The closures were, in effect since April to protect nesting birds at windsurfers point and the boulder aeromodelling society filled Parks and Recreation staff report that nesting this season was largely a success. We.

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Did have successful, Osprey nesting and three chicks were hatched. We did observe some sound of the bitterns, but the harriers were not seen this year, which is pretty unusual. One of the significant things is. This is one of the few remnant wetlands, ecology landscapes in the Boulder County, that's still suitable for these species to nest and rear young having wildlife as part of our city. Our community is a real, critical aspect of just having a healthy balance. These are one of the last remnants for the the county. This was a vast wetlands.

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You know 150 years ago and as the climate has changed, as urbanization has come in I think everyone really appreciates the opportunity to watch nature. Successful.

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Nesting is dependent on the public's cooperation with seasonal closures. Parks and Recreation wants to thank the community for respecting the closures that help conserve area wildlife. One of boulders, most popular dog parks, is back open after undergoing major renovations. Valmont dog park reopened last Friday, with lots of improvements, including shelters, funded by the capital improvement bond. A new dog waste composting system was also installed at the park over the summer. The newly remodeled dog park is part of the city's efforts to create a more environmentally sustainable community. We've.

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Got a lot more trees planted, we've done some rolling hills in here for the dogs running over we've added rocks and things for them to run under fenced off the areas we put it down a surfacing material here that we met with the community. Let them pick through different types of surfacing materials, and this is what they picked and it's a sandy material so that when it gets wet, it doesn't stick to your feet, it's more like a sand, but it also drains really well in this park.

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We've started the compost dog waste program, very exciting things: sustainable, helping Boulder be more sustainable. We are providing the compost bags, people can use those, and then we have a compost bin that they can put those in as they leave the project site dog.

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Owners are encouraged to use the compostable bags provided at valmont dog park. All city dog parks will eventually convert to the compostable dog waste system. Thanks for watching inside Boulder news stay in touch with us on Facebook by submitting news tips and questions. Just search for city of folders, channel 8 more inside Boulder is next.