Event in Our Neighborhood

1st Annual Boulder Red Tent Bazaar!

Saturday, April 9th 8am to 3pm.

16th Street, between Canyon and Arapahoe

Join the women of the Boulder Red Tent as as they sell their wares and celebrate Spring on a beautiful April Day (Snow Day April 16th, same times).

Festivities include

• A fantastic yard sale with really “great” goddessy and practical goods, and hand-made things like salves, baked goods, and crafts
• Bodywork and Tarot readings in the Tent
• Music by Djs Vonobo and Nadi
• A raffle (including prizes from We’moon, Gladrags, and local healers)
• A tea party with Raw treats in the garden.

Bring a friend, have a picnic, and make a day of it. We are located 2 blocks from the Boulder Farmer’s Market, which will be open. 16th Street, between Canyon and Arapahoe. All proceeds go to support the Boulder Red Tent.

If you would like to donate things you are letting go of, items can be dropped by the tent on the evening of April 8th, from 6:30 to 8:00. If you want to donate but cannot make that time, email Kelly at tofollowyourbliss@hotmail.com. Hope to see you there!

A little bit about the Tent....

The Boulder Red Tent is a permanent sanctuary and retreat space in downtown Boulder that is run collectively. Members can attend all events (workshops, crafting days, moon ceremonies). Women exchange services (like massage and meals) to make all our lives easier. The space is open for members to go for unwinding and re-connecting to self all the time. Monthly Open Tents are held for the whole community.

The women of the Boulder Red Tent Collective, have joined together to celebrate and honor the cycles and rhythms of our bodies, particularly our bleeding time. Together, through creating this sacred space, we are reclaiming women’s culture and community.

To learn more about the Boulder Red Tent, please visit our Facebook Page.

This Needs Eyeballs

2010 Major Update to the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan (BVCP)

Draft Plan to be released in early April

City Council will discuss draft policies and revisions to the BVCP Area III- Planning Reserve at a study session tonight, Tuesday, March 29. The Study Session packet is available for review at www.bouldervalleycompplan.net.

BVCP Study Session

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

7 to 9 p.m.

City Council Chambers

1777 Broadway, 2^nd Floor

Following the study session, a draft plan will be released for public review on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. The draft plan will be available on the BVCP website. The public is encouraged to provide input on the draft plan; feedback will be collected via:

• Email - Comments to BVCP@bouldercolorado.gov;
• Open House - the week of April 11 (details to follow soon);
• Comment form - on the BVCP website; and
• Public comment - at the May 24 joint City Council and Planning Board public hearing.

All comments received by Tuesday, April 26, 2011 will be included with the materials presented at the joint City Council and Planning Board public hearing on Tuesday, May 24.

For more information about the 2010 Update to the BVCP, visit www.bouldervalleycompplan.net or contact Chris Meschuk at 303-441-4293.

NOTE TO GOSS_GROVE
This has to do with the rezoning issue that we've all been working on. That means we need to pay attention and make sure we check and approve and/or comment on this draft and process. This will be on the agenda for the April 13--our usual quarterly meeting. Mark your calendars for both.

Talented Neighbor Johannah Reimer

Check out the photo show at the Laughing Goat this month. It's by a Goss-Grove neighbor, Johannah Reimer who lives at 20th and Goss, across from Snow Lion, and will be graduating in peace studies in May from Naropa. We are a talented neighborhood!

SeeClickFix Works--light fixed 48 hours

Maria Krenz Featured in Coloradan Magazine

Goss-Grove neighbor, Maria Krenz, is featured in the latest CU alumni magazine. Worth a read. Check it out: http://www.coloradanmagazine.org/2011/03/01/surviving-unthinkable/

Goss Grove Bike and Transit Charrette With City and GO Boulder

Remember when we rolled out the map of the neighborhood and noted ideas for a Bike Boulevard and other transit improvements? That was at our last quarterly neighborhood meeting. Now is the time to get serious about this!!
Rich Points has set up a design charrette with GGNA, GO Boulder, and Boulder city planners February 24 4 p.m. in the basement of the main Naropa Building.
If you missed them, scroll down and see the videos of successful bike boulevards in other cities, including Portland, Oregon. They're worth a look. Actually, they're really fun and inspiring.
This meeting is also timely in light of the recent serious accident at 21st and Canyon.
We need a good turn out for this so we have the maximum ideas going forward. This is a real opportunity for Goss Grove Neighborhood.
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AND speaking of neighborhoods, thanks to all who turned up at the city open house on the land use changes last night. There were a dozen people who came to ask questions who hadn't been at any of our meetings on the subject, including landlords. There were questions and real interest, but no strong opposition to either the land-use changes or to any modification to the map we submitted to the city. Good news all around. The city planners seemed to be impressed at seeing new faces that were also supportive.

THIS WEDNESDAY--OPEN HOUSE ON REZONING

You should have all received this postcard on potential land use change. There is already written comment on file for no change or change that does not include Arapahoe addresses.
So if you care, you'll be there--Municipal Building Lobby, Wednesday February 16 5-7 p.m. Everybody who shows up makes it known that we're watching this process and have an opinion. Hope to see you there.