YIMBY News for 8/30

[Eric Budd]

The Weekly Wrap: Florida Cities Face a War on Rainbow Crosswalks

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KEYWORD SCORE: 42.17. construction, development, downtown, growth, homeowner, house, housing, housing crisis, income, parking, preservation, project, rent, transportation, urban, walk, zoning

[image: The Weekly Wrap] A rainbow crosswalk in downtown San Francisco's The Castro. (Photo by Max Templeton / Unsplash) Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us closer to economic, environmental and social justice. If you enjoy this newsletter, share it with a friend or colleague and tell them to subscribe. ------------------------------ Florida Cities Under Pressure To Remove Rainbow Crosswalks With Florida state officials pushing cities to erase rainbow pedestrian crosswalks p

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Residents, City Council members concerned about proposed rezoning in southwest Broomfield

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 28.33. density, development, higher-density, housing, transportation, urban, zone, zoning

Some residents of the Skyestone older adult community are concerned about a proposed change in zoning — the rules for what can be built — in the southwest corner of Broomfield. The possible zoning change, which was discussed in the Broomfield City Council’s Aug. 19 study-session meeting, is proposed by the Church Ranch development company. The change would modify two pieces of commercially zoned land in the company’s Great Western Park development to allow for medium- and high-density residential development. “Density” is a term for the amount of housing units in an area. Officials discussed t

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Longmont planning commission endorses housing at former Walmart site

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 27.13. comprehensive plan, density, development, higher-density, housing, parking, parking garage, parking lot, planning commission, project, urban, zoning

Longmont’s Planning and Zoning Commission is recommending the city’s approval of two multifamily housing units on and near the former Walmart site just southeast of Hover Street and Nelson Road. If the commission’s unanimous recommendation is adopted by the City Council, the amendment to the Twin Peaks Mall Urban Renewal Plan would clear the way for a new 265-unit multifamily development with a basement or rooftop parking garage. The amendment also includes plans for a future phase with a second, 230-unit multifamily development. Laura Moody, executive director of the Longmont Urban Renewal Au

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Broomfield may change approach to funding housing assistance programs

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 24.53. affordable, affordable housing, development, housing, housing cost, income, rent

Citing data showing Colorado is lagging behind in managing housing costs and availability, Broomfield may consider different approaches to address housing affordability. In its Tuesday night meeting, the Broomfield City Council saw presentations concerning housing in the city, including one from Sharon Tessier, Broomfield’s housing policy manager, who said home price and mortgage rates remain near historic highs. “And Colorado has the highest costs, reduced access and (more) regulatory friction that prevents us from being more nimble on a national level,” Tessier said, citing the diverse data

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Boulder’s recommended 2026 budget shows shifts amid economic uncertainty

Daily Camera Boulder News

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KEYWORD SCORE: 21.73. affordable, affordable housing, growth, housing, income, parking, project, single-family, transportation

The city of Boulder released its recommended 2026 budget from City Manager Nuria Rivera-Vandermyde on Friday. The proposal sees the city planning for about $521 million in expenditures but recommends some cost-cutting measures. The total budget of almost $521 million is about an 11% drop from the 2025 approved budget of more than $589 million. The recommended capital budget — funding that can pay for items such as transportation matters and city facilities like fire stations — is about $113.3 million, which the city expects to cover 115 projects next year. Looking at cuts Of the staff changes,

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