If you are seeking home-delivered meal assistance for yourself, your parents, or a friend, Boulder Meals On Wheels is recognized as one of the best providers in the country. This 45 + year old organization is our Featured Friend for March on BoulderSource.com. Click to read about Project Homecoming, which helps people with free meals following hospitalization. This simple but innovative program is getting national recognition.
Great for real estate: Boulder leads another cool top 10 list. Priceonomics.com has named Boulder the Top City for Bicycling in America. In addition to Denver (No. 9), Fort Collins (No. 17) and Colorado Springs (No. 31), the list was dominated by West Coast cities in Oregon and California.
The site also noted that college towns including Boulder have large used-bicycle markets. It said well-educated cities tend to have more developed bicycle markets, but was unable to completely explain what drives a city to take up biking, considering the possibility that a liberal arts major, culture or government policies were contributing factors.
Boulder, Denver and Fort Collins also made Priceonomics.com's Fixie Index, referring to the use of fixed-gear bikes, landing No. 13, No. 19 and No. 22 respectively. Denver has the 7th largest used bicycle market.
Colorado continues to build and leverage its science and technology resources, according to the Milken Institute's 2010 State Technology and Science Index, in which Colorado ranks #3 behind only Massachusetts and Maryland. The index recognizes states that use investment and long-term planning to grow and leverage their tech and science assets into businesses and high-paying jobs. Colorado has maintained its #3 rank since 2008.
That's great news for our market, as businesses and educators in Boulder County lead the way. If you're like me, you believe that innovative, well paying jobs in an entrenched entrepreneurial environment are perhaps the best indicators of long term strength in the real estate market. Another reason to love where we live!
