Mission: To ensure our land widely benefits generations of today and tomorrow, we will create, preserve and advocate for housing that is permanently attainable for a diversity of income levels.
First Development Project: New Mixed Income, Permanently Affordable Coop at 750 North St.
750 North St Coop with 730 North (undesigned) condos to right (possible "Innovate for Impact" project).
North Street Ecodistrict, 750-730 North St. Replace two aging duplexes with a mixed income equity coop for up to 15 people and 7 small mixed income, permanently affordable condo units sharing a lovely courtyard for alfresco dining and community gathering.
Equity investors (100% returns over 3 years are possible) and Lenders (4+% 3 year balloon loans backed by the properties) are needed.
Contact David Adamson for more information (303) 545-6255
Overview of North St. EcoDistrict-Gentle Infill adjacent to Alpine-Balsam/BCH Redevelopment
Call to Action: Back Porch Op-Ed: Set a Housing Goal for a Diverse Boulder and Innovate for Impact!
Members of the of the Back Porch Group: Goose Creek executive director David Adamson, Roger Lewis, Allyn Feinberg.
Leslie Durgin, Dan Powers and Leonard May (not shown: Scott Holton). This informal diverse group of housing professionals was convened by Goose Creek and over many months of discussion achieved consensus on some paths forward about how to create durably affordable, socially just and beautiful human habitat to match our gorgeous environs. Members were not participating as representatives of their organizations or of Goose Creek.
See March 11, Daily Camera Op Ed. Learn more about call to action and how to participate in Innovate for Impact.
Connect and Learn Together
Thanks to all who came to the June 21, 2017 Housing Dialogue! We had a large turnout of activists, innovators, and stakeholders to hear David Barrett's rousing, well-informed call to "mix it up" with a diversity of housing types across the city! We are grateful to all for making it successful (link to summary video). Stay tuned for a follow up event starting with "a "History of Boulder Housing" in Fall 2018. See our other events for opportunities to connect to and learn with other enthusiasts about the shape and quality of our city.
Boulder Land Use Policies Inhibit Diversity:
“He would have been brutally frank that the city is still not as diverse as it needs to be, and in part it is because of political decisions made that have escalated the cost of housing tremendously so that it limits who can afford to live in the city, which impacts the ability and the potential for diversity.”
About African-American Boulder Mayor (1974-76) Penfield Tate II from son Penfield Tate III.