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From YouTube: Inside Boulder News - August 21, 2015
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This week on Inside Boulder News: The city debuts a new tool that showcases Boulder’s solar potential; Parks and Recreation teams up with Nickelodeon to support outside play; and the Boulder Bike Challenge aims to get people on their bikes during the month of September.
A
Welcome
to
inside
Boulder
news,
I'm
Ashley
pearl
the
city
debuted
an
exciting
new
tool
this
week
to
help
community
members
visualize
the
role
they
can
play
towards
achieving
climate
commitment
goals.
Boulder
solar
tool,
calm
helps
residents,
businesses
and
property
owners
to
see
their
solar
potential.
It's.
A
B
You've,
zero
in
on
a
property,
you
can
actually
click
to
get
information
on
what
the
cost
to
install
a
system
and
you
can
adjust
the
size
of
the
system
and
it
takes
into
account
some
of
the
rebates
and
incentives
that
are
available
in
this
area,
including
for
affordable
housing
and
nonprofits
the
city
solar
rebate
program.
You
know
if
somebody
was
on
this
site
and
saw
that
they
had
good
solar
potential
and
they
wanted
to
kind
of
explore
further.
B
A
Of
several
cities
across
the
country,
using
this
award-winning
interactive
tool,
including
Washington,
DC
and
Boston,
the
tool
was
created
through
a
collaboration
with
mapped
well
and
MIT,
clean
tech
spin-off
if
you're
interested
in
adding
solar
to
your
property.
Besides
finding
rebates
incentives
and
a
list
of
solar
contractors
on
the
city's
resource
page,
the
county
is
also
offering
a
discount
program.
A
C
Always
great
to
be
outside,
but
parks
and
recreation
is
so
honored
to
be
in
partnership
today,
with
Nickelodeon
getting
kids
outside
to
play
and
have
fun
with
our
great
partner
to
play.
Boulder
foundation
together.
There's
like
great
things
ahead
for
this
community
for
the
young
people
who
come
out
need
great,
safe
places
to
play.
Nickelodeon.
A
E
Lot
of
the
things
that
you'll
see
out
here
today
and
the
experiences
are
based
on
activities
that
promote
physical
health
and
well-being,
so
you're
going
to
have
anything
from
jumping
around
anything
to
throwing
balls,
we
even
have
a
slime
machine
if
you
want
to
get
get
get
over
there
and
have
a
lot
of
fun
with
that,
but
there's
also
things
related
to
sports
and
running
and
jumping
everything
with
the
theme
of
health,
wellness
and
physical
activity.
Today,
Nickelodeon's.
A
Road
to
worldwide
day
of
play,
tour
will
culminate
on
September
26
when
the
network
will
go
dark
for
three
hours
to
celebrate
its
12th
annual
worldwide
day
of
play
for
more
information
about
additional
upcoming
parks
and
recreation
events,
visit
Boulder,
Colorado
gov,
/
parks,
rec
for
more
information
about
the
play.
Boulder
foundation
visit
play
Boulder
org
speaking
of
getting
outside
the
last
boulder
city
parks
volunteer
day
of
the
summer,
takes
place
on
Saturday
August
22nd
from
9
a.m.
to
noon.
A
Volunteers
are
needed
to
work
at
Tom,
Watson
Park
work
will
include
removing
trash
and
weeds
and
performing
light
maintenance.
Individuals
and
groups
are
welcome
with
supervision
required
for
youth
ages,
13
and
younger
to
RSVP.
A
large
group
call
30,
341,
372,
45,
otherwise
just
drop
in
and
meet
at
the
picnic
shelter
at
9am,
it's
back-to-school
season
and
the
third
annual
school
resource
fair
took
place
this
week
at
Casey
middle
school.
A
F
Today
we
have
the
3rd
annual
back-to-school
resource
fair.
We
have
40
agencies
attending
today
that
provide
numerous
services
to
families.
We
have
free
dental
screenings
vision
screenings
as
well
as
mental
health
screenings
families
can
apply
for
free
or
reduced
lunch
sign
up
for
food
stamps,
Medicaid
CCAP,
which
is
low
cost
and
affordable
childcare.
So
many
agencies
here
throughout
the
community
if.
A
You
miss
the
resource
fair,
but
would
like
to
learn
more
about
services
available
to
your
family
call
the
Family
Resource
Center
at
720,
279
7027.
You
can
find
additional
information
by
visiting
Boulder,
Colorado,
gov
and
searching
for
the
Family
Resource
Center
children
aren't
the
only
ones
returning
to
school
this
week.
The
community
also
welcome
the
return
of
6,000
students
to
the
CU
Boulder
campus
this
year.
The
city
partner,
closely
with
the
university
to
facilitate
move
in
in
a
way
that
limited
impacts
on
traffic
classes
start
on
Monday
August
twenty-fourth.
A
G
Boulder
bike
challenge
will
be
running
the
entire
month
of
sep
tember
and
it's
brought
to
us
by
love
to
ride
and
the
city
of
Boulder.
The
campaign
has
been
run
in
nine
countries
previously,
including
New,
Zealand
Australia,
the
UK
and
boulders.
Only
the
third
city
in
the
u.s.
to
be
doing
it,
we're
out
to
see
how
many
people
we
can
get
on
bikes
anywhere
anytime
during
the
month
of
September,
we're
especially
excited
to
get
new
people
out
in
bikes.
G
That's
people
who
haven't
been
on
there
bike
in
the
last
year,
or
so
all
it
takes,
is
ten
minutes
of
riding
anytime
anywhere
during
the
month.
So,
if
you're
working
in
boulder,
but
you
live
in
Denver,
you
can
do
your
ride
in
Denver.
You
can
do
your
ride
when
you're
taking
a
break
on
a
weekend
trip
somewhere,
and
you
can
do
it
locally
as
well
to.
A
Sign
up
for
the
challenge
visit
love
to
ride
net
/
boulder.
There
are
prizes
for
individuals
as
well
as
groups
for
additional
questions,
contact
the
challenge
coordinator,
Elaine
herb.
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