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This week on Inside Boulder News: Lighten Up Boulder, Elections 2018 and Ecosystems Summit

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This week on inside boulder news well, there's transportation team is letting up the commute for the public colorado. Voters make history at this year's elections and when what you can do to combat climate change at this ecosystem summit, welcome to inside building news your source for a fix, Boulder I'm, Justin, Amin Daniel. We start this week with your 2018 election wrap up. There were two ballot issues for the city of Boulder and five ballot questions. So here's your results.

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This week, Colorado made history by electing the nation's first openly gay, governor and Boulder native jared Polis ballot measure to see which would place a new tax on oil and gas developers past on Tuesday, with 76% of Bullard voters in favor of the measure. This tax would cover the cost of environmental and health impacts resulting from oil and gas development. Also, on the ballot this year was the sugar swing beverage tax ballot measure 2d will allow Boulder to distribute the tax money generated from the sugary drinks to health equity efforts.

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The measure was approved by 64 percent of voters. If you would like to see a full list of 2018 election results pleases, it Boulder County votes bar org boulders, a place that is surrounded by natural beauty in the sense of health and vitality, but behind all that Boulder faces some environmental challenges. That's why, on November 16th, the city of Boulder, alongside community partners, is hosting an ecosystem summit to focus on climate change, solutions.

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There has always been a community of action, and the community ecosystem summit is a place for everyone to come together. Share information, compare notes and have a fervent discussion about the best solution for these challenges. The.

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Ecosystem summit is perfect for those passionate about climate change, species decline and for anyone curious about what is being done locally, as a wide variety of topics will be discussed at the event we'll.

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Have some exciting information come out about our pollinator programs and urban canopy and soil regeneration, and then we'll also have some working sessions, so people can get together and talk about new initiatives that we might work on the.

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Summit will also feature a range of different action areas and opportunities for participation from a personal level. All the way up to large-scale institutions for those wanted make a difference in their local claimant. The summit's.

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Gonna be on Friday November 16th from 9 to 4:30. If you haven't already gotten a ticket you're able to watch it live streamed and we look forward to everyone's feedback and commentary. The.

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Event is currently sold out, but community members who want to be a part of the summit are encouraged to sign up to join the interactive livestream, which will be available at the time of the event on the website seen on screen.

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These are getting shorter and nights a little longer making evening commutes darker the city along with cu-boulder and other community partners, are gearing up for the annual lighten up builder bicycle safety campaign to shed light on nighttime bike riding free.

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Bike rides, cyclists.

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And pedestrians riding along the skunk creek path this week were reminded to keep safe by using proper lights and reflective gear to stay visible during the dark hours of the day, with.

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Lighten up Boulder, we provide bike lights and pedestrian lights to residents and employees of the city of Boulder and the intent is to remain safe and seen after dark in the city. This is the city's.

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Fifth year holding the lighten up Boulder safety campaign and is part of the city's vision, zero goal of reducing the number of traffic related fatalities and serious injuries to zero. The city holds this campaign around daylight savings time when daylight hours begin to dwindle, lighten.

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Up we come out to a number of locations along the different paths in the city of Boulder and provide bike lights to bicyclist and walkers as they're going along the path. Those.

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Riding at night in the city of Boulder, without a light could receive a fine up to $50 city staff and partners will be handing out free bike lights at multiple paths along the city. The next handout will be on Tuesday November 13th at the goose creek path and on Wednesday November 14th on Broadway and Euclid, from 4 to 6 p.m. on both days, lighten.

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Up Boulder campaign will be going on for the next few weeks until the beginning of December. If you're unable.

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To attend the giveaway events, you can still get your hands on bike lights by stopping by the globe older offices or come in recycles more information on the light, and the boulder campaign can be found on the website. Seen on your screen, conferences provided the opportunity to learn new things so that people can go personally or professionally coming soon. A new conference in town will give event goers the possibility to do just that on November 30th, the Latino Chamber will be putting on its 13th Colorado Latino business conference. The.

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Colorado Latino business conference is our main event of the year in which we gather businesses from all over Boulder County and now from visiting cities from all over the state. This.

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Year, conference goers will have the opportunity to connect with the local Latino business community, attend workshops that revolve around entrepreneurship and network and for the first time ever, the Boulder County Hispanic business report will be presented. It.

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Shows the economic impact that we, as Latinos in businesses, have in terms of sales revenues, but also employment. So these are figures are very important for the rest of the community to take notice of because it it shows, for the first time, our impact in all of these different areas. The.

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Conference explores ways in which the community can learn and grow as entrepreneurs and business owners. It's.

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A great opportunity to engage the Latino community in Boulder County and from our region so that they learn about you, learn about what's going on in our municipalities and and to create more unity and and partnerships which can move us as a community forward. The.

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Colorado Latino business conference is open to the whole community. It will be held on Friday November 30th from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Longmont museum to purchase your tickets. Please visit the Latino conference com.

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Thank you so much for joining us on this week's edition of inside folder news. If you have pictures news tips or events you'd like to see featured we'd love to hear from you connect with us on Facebook and Twitter, you can also sign up to receive video updates right in your inbox. Just go to Boulder channel 8, comm and click on subscribe have a good week.