City of Boulder, CO Inside Boulder News, 16 Nov 2018

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This week on Inside Boulder News: Valmont Road Work, The Boulder Experience, and Snow Much Fun!

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This week on inside folder news, this visit, Boulder Street, has been closed for several days. Both tell you when it's expected to reopen a new exhibit at the Museum of Boulder, gives visitors a glimpse into boulders white history and during the city as they kick off the holiday season.

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Welcome to inside boulder news your source for all things: Boulder, I'm, Justin and Daniel. It's been a little over a week since the city began construction on Valmont Road. The busy road is currently closed between 34th Street and wilderness place for improvements. We caught up with senior transportation, planner Noreen Gosch to get an update on the work, that's being done. Construction crews have been busy working on Valmont road improvements or it began on November 6th and is scheduled to be complete on November 21st. The.

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Specific improvements that are happening is the river crossings in a pretty deteriorated condition, and so we'll be replacing that with an improved crossing and pavement surface during this construction.

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Period, a new traffic signal will be installed at Valmont road in 34th, Street sidewalks and bike lanes will also be brought up to city standards, including more work along the train tracks, Rail.

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Road will also be making improvements to the gates that are at the crossing, as well as tying in all the railroad signalization with our traffic signal, so everything's all coordinated, and that could be preempted if needed when a train is coming through, which then helps for this area to be established as a quiet zone status. The.

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Improvements being made to Vermont Road were designed to address both traffic operations in the overall safety of the area at the end of the closure underground work for the upgrades will be complete, though above ground work will still need to be made.

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Through December in the early part of 2019, you'll see the above and group ground improvements happening like the traffic signal installed, the gates being replaced and the rest of the bike lane and turn lane improvements being made more.

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Information on the valmont construction work can be found on the website. Seen on your screen, the boulder Police Department's animal protection unit has recently taken over the city's dog licensing program. The program which used to run under the finance department will make it more convenient for residents to purchase dog licenses as well as many other benefits. The boulder Police Department has partnered, with docu pet, to launch a new digital dog licensing program. A dog license is required within 30 days of getting a dog or within 30 days of moving to the city for all dogs.

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Living within city limits on new license purchases and renewals will be valid for a whole calendar year and must be renewed thereafter. With this new program, pet owners can obtain their dog license online in person or over the phone. The keep its membership program also offers several unique benefits.

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This company does offer value-added services that we were not able to, such as a home, safe program and an online community where, if your animal is lost, you'll have a group of caring pet owners. Also looking for your dog as well, more.

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Information on dog licensing can be found on the website seen on screen.

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Science, sports and history are just a few of the things you'll find in the Museum of boulders. New permanent exhibit the boulder experience we.

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Are opening to the public, this Saturday November 17th and we are really excited. This is a project that we've been working on for over five years. The.

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Exhibit includes a combination of historical artifacts, interactive technology and a state-of-the-art experience where visitors can explore everything from the history of the boulder community to what is going on today. We.

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Feel that it's really important not only for our residents but also for visitors, to Boulder, to really understand our history and to explore it, be inspired by it and also sort of think about how we got to where we are today and to think also about where we're going.

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Over a hundred artifacts are displayed in the exhibit each one of them describing a tiny part of boulders history.

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We have some different thematic areas, one area that focuses on the natural foods in our community, the history of it up to today, an area that focuses on Science and Technology, a section on tech and innovation in Boulder.

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We have these three amazing slanted walls that are sort of like the Flatirons in Boulder that highlight the athletics and sports outdoor sports in our community people.

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Their experience is an exhibit for the community by.

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The community, it was not just a couple of people, it was many many people and we hope that when people come visit they may recognize a person. They may know somebody who's in the exhibit or they may see themselves in it and be inspired by it as well. The.

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Boulder experience will open on Saturday November 17th, a permanent exhibit that will be housed in the Museum of Boulder community members are invited to attend the grand opening for an afternoon of performances and family-friendly activities. More information can be found on mozilla Boulder, org boulders kicking off the holiday season this weekend, just in time for Thanksgiving bundle up and head on out to Boulder Civic area for the city's annual, so much fun. Events on Saturday, November, 17th, more than 275 thousand LED lights, will illuminate aesthetic area for the holiday season.

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The park's lights will be twinkling daily through January 28th, enjoy warm seasonal, treats from the Dushanbe tea house and seeds cafe, and on Sunday November 18th head on out to downtown Boulder and watch Pearl Street switch on the holidays watch the Boulder County Courthouse slide up with performances from the Bullard children's chorale. The events will start at 5 p.m. with a special visit from Santa himself until 7:00 p.m. for more information on the city's special holiday season. Events. Please visit the website seen on your screen.

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Thank you so much for joining us on this week's edition of inside. For the news, if you have pictures news tips or event you like to see featured we love to hear from you connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. You can also sign up through si video updates right in your inbox. Just go to Boulder, Tammy, calm and click on subscribe have a good week.