YIMBY News for 10/19

[Eric Budd]

Heart of a Tribe: After 27 years of advocacy and leadership, the Ute Mountain Ute chairman is ready to rest

Colorado Sun

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KEYWORD SCORE: 26.42. affordable, affordable housing, construction, house, housing, project, rent, supply

[image: Manuel Heart, an older person wearing glasses, a brown cap, plaid shirt, and pink bandana, stands in front of a colorful, abstract painted background.] Photo by Don Emmert, Special to The Colorado Sun; Illustration by Kevin Jeffers, The Colorado Sun *GUNNISON COUNTY* Sitting on his horse watching his fellow ranchers ride onto Pine Crest Ranch to gather their cattle, Manuel Heart, chairman of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe until Nov. 7, was exactly where he wanted to be. Sun glinted off small, silver hoops that dangled from his earlobes. Butter-colored chaps covered his Levi’s. The back of

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The traffic revolution that’s making cities cleaner — and happier

Vox - Policy

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KEYWORD SCORE: 23.27. bike lane, bike sharing, bike-sharing, development, house, hud, parking, rent, urban, walk

People ride a Citi Bike along Hudson Street past a Tesla Cybertruck on April 30, 2025, in New York City. | Gary Hershorn/Getty Images While walking my son to school a couple of weeks ago, I noticed something odd happening on Court Street, a major thoroughfare that runs through our part of Brooklyn: A lane of the street was being removed, to make room for a protected two-way bike lane. As a father who would like to see his son bicycle more but lives in constant fear of him being pancaked by an SUV while riding in Brooklyn’s packed streets, I was elated by the change — but also surprised. Even i

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2026 Boulder Budget - Costly Projects

PLAN Boulder

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KEYWORD SCORE: 18.19. development, housing, mixed-use, project, rent

The 2026 Budget is set to levy a new fee on all property in Boulder. Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Boulder’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) oversees a broad range of improvements in Boulder from streets and utilities to city owned buildings. For buildings the Facilities Master Plan (FMP) [1] guides decisions on whether to perform deep retrofits or demolish and build new, but it overlooks a third, more sustainable option: ongoing maintenance. South Boulder Recreation Center The South Boulder Recreation Center, built in 1972, has served for more than five decades of use and received limit

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