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• Downtown Magazine
Debuts
• DMC Opening
• Pick Up and Play at Mapleton
Elementary
• Walk and Bike Month Bingo
• Boulder Creek Month and
Boulder Flycasters
• Best People Watching Spots
Results
• Broncos & Rockies Rides
now free with Eco Pass
• Website Tips and Tricks
• Spotlight
On: Downtown Magazine
Downtown Magazine Debuts
You may have seen it in your mailbox or picked up a
copy at a downtown shop, the inaugural issue of Downtown
~ Local Shops, Local Stories hit town early this
month. The magazine, a quarterly DBI publication, features
downtown businesses and the stories of the people and
places that make it unique. Get
the publication and read more about it below!
DMC Opening Recruitment
The Downtown Management Commission has a special recruitment
open for a female property owner/representative seat.
Applications are due May 9th. If you are interested,
please contact Molly Winter at winterm@bouldercolorado.gov
Pick
Up and Play at Mapleton Elementary
On May 4th, Mapleton Elementary School will be
holding a clean-up event around the schoolyard from
9 to 11am. Water and popsicles will be provided. If
any downtown businesses would like to be involved with
the local community and this event, please contact Kelly
at 303-473-9210.
Walk
and Bike Month Bingo
Community Cycles, coordinators of GO
Boulder’s Walk & Bike Month activities,
is seeking local merchants for a popular game called
BINGO. Merchants who sign up will be featured on more
than 1,500 BINGO cards to be handed out to local consumers.
Merchants will receive an attractive poster
to display in their window and recognition in Walk &
Bike Month advertisements. There is no cost to businesses
to participate. Contact Sue Prant, bikesue@gmail.com,
for more info by April 14.
Boulder Creek Month and Boulder Flycasters
Thanks to the efforts of new DBI member Boulder
Flycasters, May was proclaimed Boulder Creek
Watershed Awareness Month by the City Council.
Boulder Flycasters is raising money so they can complete
their projects up Middle Boulder Creek and with Rodgers
Park. To help in fundraising, they are offering a beautiful
poster designed by Chas Pettrone which will be available
at www.boulderflycasters.org.
Best People Watching Results
For the new Downtown Magazine
we asked for your favorite places to people watch downtown.
Over 470 of you replied and the top vote getters were:
The Courthouse Lawn, Bookend Cafe, The Library/Boulder
Creek, and Boulder Cafe. Thank you to all who participated
and congratulations to survey participant Jori Zimmerman,
our $50 Gift Card winner.
Broncos & Rockies Rides now free
with Eco Pass
Employees with an Eco Pass can now ride the special
service buses including the Rockies Ride and Broncos
Ride without paying an extra fare. Remember that all
downtown full-time employees (within CAGID and DBBID
boundaries) are eligible for an Eco Pass. For more information,
employers can call Lane Landrith at 303-413-7316.
Website
Tips and Tricks
Did You Know…
that in our comprehensive “About Us” section
is a detailed and very interesting history about the
Downtown Boulder Mall?
Try it...
So go ahead, try it now at boulderdowntown.com.
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introduces
you to some of the people, places, and stories that
occur only in our bit of Boulder. 
