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From YouTube: Inside Boulder News - January 31, 2014
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This week on Inside Boulder News: Boulder conducts the annual Point-In-Time homeless survey; smoking is officially banned on the municipal campus; homeowners struggling to complete flood repairs have a new low-cost resource; and economists share their forecasts for Boulder and the state.
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A
Welcome
to
inside
Boulder
news,
I'm
Ashley
prail
every
year,
cities
around
the
country
conduct
a
point-in-time
count
and
survey
to
get
a
snapshot
of
people
who
are
experiencing
homelessness.
This
week,
Boulder
volunteers
set
out
to
answer
questions,
including
veteran
status,
number
of
people
in
a
family
and
reasons
for
homelessness,
homelessness,.
B
Is
a
serious
concern
here
in
Boulder
and
across
the
region?
We
need
to
do
everything
we
can
to
understand
the
problem.
If
we're
going
to
effectively
address
it,
the
data
tells
us
that
nearly
half
boulders
homeless,
our
families
with
children.
So
we
know
that's
an
important
target
population
for
the
city,
they're.
C
D
E
G
Are
a
lot
of
families
that
as
well
as
individuals
that
are
experiencing
whether
it's
a
health
crisis
or
a
family
breakup
that
find
themselves
without
housing?
And
so
the
annual
point
time
count
really
helps
us
assess
the
need
in
our
seven-county
area.
It
also
helps
us
become
a
little
bit
more
strategic
with
the
limited
resources
we've
got
in
the
seven
counties.
We
are
working
very
collaboratively
and
we
sincerely
appreciate
all
the
efforts
in
boulder
county
and
recognize
the
progress
and
the
innovations
that
are
happened
to
end
homelessness.
The.
A
Information
collected
is
used
to
understand
the
needs
of
the
homeless
and
to
secure
federal
funding
for
homeless
outreach
programs
to
see
full
point
in
time.
Survey
results
log
on
to
mdh
org.
This
year's
results
are
expected
to
be
released
in
may.
Following
a
15-day
public
comment
period,
city
manager,
Jane
Brautigam,
adopted
a
rule
this
week
that
bans
smoking
on
boulders
municipal
campus.
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The
rule
prohibits
smoking
in
all
outside
public
space,
between
the
East
curb
line
of
13th
street
to
the
east
curved
line
of
night
street
and
between
the
north
curb
line
of
arapahoe
avenue
and
the
south
curb
line
of
canyon
boulevard.
The
rule
also
applies
to
park
cars
within
these
boundaries,
as
well
as
the
farmers
market
area.
Enforcement
of
the
new
rule
won't
begin
until
signs
are
posted
in
the
prohibited
area,
which
is
expected
to
take
a
couple
of
weeks.
Violators
will
be
subject
to
citations
with
a
maximum
fine
of
one
thousand
dollars.
A
H
Given
the
city
of
Boulder
division
of
housing,
housings
experience
with
creating
housing
opportunities
for
everyone
here
in
Boulder,
we
feel
like
we're
in
a
good
position
to
try
to
help
people
who
are
still
working
to
recover
from
the
flood.
What
is
really
special
about
this
program
is
that
gladdens
Habitat
for
Humanity
actually
approached
the
city,
and
they
were
just
so
eager
to
to
help
in
any
way
that
they
could.
H
A
Who
are
interested
in
the
city,
habitat
flood
repair
program
can
find
more
information
in
the
application
at
Boulder,
Colorado,
gov,
/,
home
ownership,
/
home
repair
programs.
You
can
also
contact
the
division
of
housing
by
calling
303
441
3157
boulders
economy
took
center
stage
this
week
at
the
2014
economic
forecasts,
Boulder
and
Beyond
panel
discussion.
F
The
first
thing
that
I
think
the
audience
was
most
surprised
to
hear
from
dr.
wacan
was
about
the
state
economy.
Colorado's
economy
has
in
many
key
areas
like
employment
growth
per
capita
income.
Taxes
has
now
returned
to
levels
that
exceed
what
we
saw
before
the
recession.
So
not
only
we
out
of
the
recession,
we
are
now
performing
even
better
than
we
did
prior
to
the
recession
that
started
in
2009,
but
boulders
economy
is,
in
my
view,
unique
in
the
world.
A
More
information
about
boulders
economy,
log
on
to
boulder
Economic
Council
org.
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you
for
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