Boulder is for People reading for 6/28

[Eric Budd]

Thornton Council Unanimously Backs 508-Unit Affordable Housing

Yellow Scene Magazine

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KEYWORD SCORE: 30.17. affordable housing, apartment, city council, city staff, comprehensive plan, development, housing, mayor, missing middle, petition, traffic

At a June 9 Thornton City Council meeting, council members unanimously advanced an ordinance to rezone almost 29 acres of land to make way for a new apartment complex. The land, on East 112th Avenue and York Street, is vacant. City council has long been searching for a way to fill it, especially as the nearby RTD rail station sees a decline in ridership. Hillpointe, a developer managing more than 12,000 units across over 10 states, hopes to build a new residential space geared towards providing affordable housing for what it calls the “missing middle,” those who earn too much to qualify for su

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Major vehicle crash into pedestrian prompts extended US 36 closure to Boulder

Fox31 Denver KDVR

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KEYWORD SCORE: 30.00. boulder, colorado, colorado department of transportation, transportation, u.s. 36, us 36

Colorado Department of Transportation officials and other first responders are responding to a major crash on U.S. 36 westbound towards Boulder.

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Modular apartment building near Denver's Santa Fe Art District to offer affordable housing by January 2027

Denver 7 News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 25.08. affordable housing, apartment, average rent, development, housing, housing crisis, infill, transportation

DENVER Heidy Casas has a simple wish: To live close to the job she loves. Casas is a cultural arts specialist at the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver. A new apartment building going up directly across the street from her workplace caught her attention and she is already thinking about applying. "Oh, yeah, absolutely. Yeah, this is really nice," Casas said. I would definitely want to live here. *WATCH: Denver7's Ethan Carlson checks in on the modular apartments coming to Santa Fe Art District in 2027* Modular apartment building near Denver's Santa Fe Art District to offer affordable housing

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Man struck on US 36, westbound lanes closed for 'extended period of time'

Denver 7 News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.22. boulder, colorado, traffic, us 36

The westbound lanes of US Route 36 were closed after a pedestrian was struck on the highway east of Boulder around 3:45 p.m., Colorado State Patrol officials said Saturday evening. The person was taken to the hospital and there are no updates on the person's condition as of the release just before 6 p.m. The initial investigation shows a Mercury Mountaineer SUV broke down in the center lane, according to the CSP release. "Pedestrians began to walk towards the vehicle on both shoulders," officials said in the release. "A Honda CR-V SUV, traveling westbound in the same lane as the Mercury Mounta

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