2022 Goals

Mission: To ensure our land widely benefits generations of today and tomorrow, we create, preserve & advocate for housing and workplaces that are permanently attainable for a diversity of income levels.

How do we work: through positive, proactive civic engagement. We organize, educate and innovate.  We help citizens know each other, learn together and transform settled or “working” lands to embody our values of beauty, social justice, sustainability and community.

• Capacity Building

  • Focus on building board structure and responsibilities

  • Add up 4 new Board members with key skills and high engagement for a total of 9.

  • Raise $125,000 in operating funds

• Housing Development Projects

  • Begin construction of 750 North Street Coop, Boulder’s first new build coop and first for sale coop.

• Establish Opportunity Investment Fund and obtain at least $250,000 in investments

• Explore additional opportunities, especially in other cities in Boulder County and start at least two  (description, pro-forma, board approval, acquire or partner with property owner. Examples include ag. worker  housing in Boulder County, bike path community, creating a new mixed income private equity or rental coop in an existing building).

• Education / Advocacy / Community Engagement

  • Address parking concerns and congestion challenges by supporting North Street neighborhood electric car share/bike share program.

  • Achieve City blessing and support for the “Innovate for Impact” initiative to build 200 units of housing experiments within 24 months with 750 North as first example.

  • Influence Alpine Balsam hospital redevelopment through Council and community engagement:

    • Private-Non Profit developers achieve development opportunity through an RFP in 2023 and housing construction begins in 2024 .

    • Successfully advocate for considerably more permanently affordable mixed income for sale housing than City has envisioned to date as well as an Alliance Center-like commercial space.

    • Propose an eco-district approach  including woonerfizing streets East (Balsam) and West (North and Alpine)

    • Achieve a role for our community land trust there especially on North St.

  • Help convene a “Live Where You Work” Campaign in 2022 to significantly increase work force housing throughout Boulder County and challenge the existing “barbell society” affordable housing model.

  • Help convene a “Walkable Community Dialogue” and “Jefferson Dinners” series of “aha” learning events throughout Boulder County to promote the benefits to all of compact development including health, municipal fiscal health, diversity, sustainability and beauty.

JOIN US!

Be a part of the land trust movement. We are seeking volunteers, board members, donors and investors. Please contact David Adamson to discuss any of these opportunities.