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NEWS YOU CAN USE
 

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Munchkin Masquerade on Thursday, Oct. 29
Pearl Street Stampede Next Friday
Boulder Gold Wrap Up
City Council Candidate Forum This Friday
Downtown Biz Shredding Event?
Growing Up Boulder
Souper Bowlder at Boulder Arts & Crafts
City Garage Parking Permits Available


Spotlight On:
Fashion Under The Flatirons


Munchkin Masquerade Date Update!
A reminder to all that Downtown Boulder's Munchkin Masquerade is on Thursday October 29 this year due to the Pearl Street Stampede and CU Homecoming the next two nights . So join us in Downtown Boulder October 29 when Pearl Street is invaded by tiny ghosts & goblins, dinosaurs & dragons, fairies & princes, super heroes and animals of every size trick-or-treating along Pearl Street's pedestrian mall and the East and West Ends. Click here for more!





Pearl Street Stampede Next Friday
Join Downtown Boulder for the Pearl St. Stampede on Friday October 16, starting at 7 p.m. on the 1300 Block. Celebrating its' 5th year, the Pearl Street Stampede has become a wonderful community tradition and a perfect opportunity for downtown families and visitors alike to showcase pride and support for CU! Click here for more.

 



Boulder Gold Wrap Up
This year, 24 businesses within Downtown Boulder made the list (in 28 categories). The Pearl Street Mall also received accolades as the Best Shopping Destination (within Colorado) as well as the Best Place to Entertain Kids.

From shopping and dining to entertainment of all kinds, top notch, one-of-a-kind options abound in Downtown Boulder: Click here to view the list.

 

 

City Council Candidate forum this Friday
PLAN-Boulder County will hold the second of three Boulder City Council candidate forums Friday.
The forum will feature four of the 13 City Council candidates -- Planning Board member K.C. Becker, activist Seth Brigham, endurance athlete and businessman Barry Siff and artist and activist Rob Smoke. The forum takes place from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday, October 9 in the Creekside Room at the Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave.

 



Downtown Biz Shredding Event?
Attention Downtown Businesses: Earlier this year, we hosted an electronics recycling event for any business within the Business Improvement District (BID) who was interested.  We would now like to gauge interest in a paper shredding event.  If you are a business located within the BID and would be interested in a shredding event, please send an email to Dave Adams (dave@dbi.org)

 

 

Growing Up Boulder
Growing Up Boulder is a collaborative initiative between the City of Boulder, the Boulder Valley School District and the University of Colorado to engage youth in local decision-making that affects them.

They are holding a kickoff celebration on sATURDAY October 10 in the Glenn Miller Ballroom at the University Memorial Center on CU's campus from 12-6 pm. While all ages are welcome, the celebration specifically invites middle-school and high-school students who live in Boulder or go to school in Boulder to join them for an afternoon of fun and learning. Click here for more.

BusinessES who would like to have a promotional table at the "youth opportunities open house" during the first hour of the  event (12-1 p.m.), should contact Mara ASAP at growingupboulder@gmail.com.   Non-profit tables are free and for-profit tables cost $50.


Boulder Arts & Crafts Souper Bowlder: Painting Deadline Oct. 15
Boulder Arts & Crafts Gallery will host Souper Bowlder October 21 through November 8. For 13 years Souper Bowlder has helped raise funds and awareness for those less fortunate in our community. Potters donate hundreds of bowls; all proceeds from the sales of the bowls are donated to local charity organizations. This year local volunteers can pay $10 each for the opportunity to paint bowls at Color Me Mine then decorate a bowl anytime through October 15th. Souper Bowlder 2009 will support the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless. Click here for more.

 

 

City Garage Parking Permits Available
Permits are available in the 14th & Walnut and  15th & Pearl garages at $255 per quarter (pro-rated).  Enjoy a "No Wait List"and a convenient, safe, dry parking space in downtown Boulder.  Please call 303-413-7300 for more information. 



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NEW MEMBERS & OPENINGS

 


NEW OPENINGS


Ancient Future
1146 Pearl Street

Ancient Future is a community co-op - a place to get your festival favorites all winter. Carrying Umba clothing from Bali, Thailand and India, Tread Light leather by Mann, stones, gems and custom wire wraps festival art prints, tribal haircuts and dread care maintenance. Located on the lower garden level beneath Haagan Daz and next to Mile High Pipes.

 



Cypress Beauty and Co.
Contact: Chris Burnard/Von Karian
1142 Pearl Street
| 303-442-9100
Your Best Friend in Beauty! Cypress Beauty & Co. is a fresh, hip, beauty emporium and spa on Pearl Street in downtown Boulder. Their beautiful boutique is brimming with skin care, makeup, salon hair products and other beauty indulgences from around the world - everything a girl could want and more.
cypressbeauty.com/



NEW GIFT CARD PARTICIPANTS

We would like to welcome the following business to the Downtown Boulder Gift Card Program:

Mile High Pipe & Tobacco

Ruby Slippers

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

Happy Noodle

8 Port Coffee & Tea


These businesses are just a few of the over 160 merchants who accept the Downtown Boulder Gift Card. Buy one today!

 
SPOTLIGHT ON ...

Fashion Under the Flatirons

Coming Wednesday, October 28

Downtown Boulder's Fashion Under the Flatirons is a night filled with fun and style highlighted with a fast paced, energetic fashion show featuring clothing, accessories and shoes from downtown merchants.  

Participating retailers include: Alpaca Connection, Barbara & Company, Boulder Army Store , Chico’s, DecorAsian, Elena Ciccone , Flashbaak, Fresh Produce, Hurdle's Jewelry , J Albrecht Designs Master Goldsmiths , Little Jewel, Little Mountain Outfitters, Momentum , Morningstar by Meg , Om Time, Outdoor Divas, Pedestrian Shops , Pennyweights , Real Baby, Savvy on Pearl , Starr's Clothing, Ten20, Topo Ranch, Two Sole Sisters, Violette, Volcom & Weekends.
 
The event will take place Wednesday, Oct 28 at the historic Boulder Theater starting at 7:30 p.m.  Tickets cost $35 / $45 or $65 per person and include:

- Seating for the fashion show
- Appetizers and desserts provided by local downtown restaurants
- A gift bag including a bottle of wine, a 20% discount card for all participating stores valid from October 29-November 1

 Tickets are available through the Boulder Theater box office. Click here to purchase!  For additional questions, please contact Downtown Boulder via phone (303.449.3774) or email (info@dbi.org).

Sponsored by Liqourmart, Women's Magazine and Downtown Boulder

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WHAT’S HAPPENING
Oct. 8- Oct. 22
This Weekend's Weather

Fri 54/26

Sat 34/27

Sun 47/29

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Thursday, Oct 8, 2009

DJ Dance Party @ Tahona Tequila Bistro

El Mayor Tequila Dinner @ Tahona Tequila Bistro

Garrett's Open Mic Night @ Trident Booksellers and Cafe

Glenn Taylor Orchestra @ Laughing Goat Coffeehouse

Jillian LaVigne & Kalpana Muetz "Colorado Spas" @ Boulder Book Store

Lunafest Short Films: By, For, About Women @ Boulder Theater

Newspeak, Kelli Rudick and Gloam @ b.side lounge

Friday, Oct 9, 2009

Annual Tinkerbell party @ Color Me Mine

Bill Mckay @ Pearl Street Pub

Casual Sinners @ b.side lounge

DJ Dance Party @ Tahona Tequila Bistro

Ego vs. Id Vortex Night @ Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill

Jaden w/ Andrew Schiller @ Laughing Goat Coffeehouse

Murder Mysteries @ Hotel Boulderado

Semi-Annual Sales @ Ku Cha House of Tea

Saturday, Oct 10, 2009

An Evening with Gil Scott Heron @ b.side lounge

Bodeans w/ The Trampolines @ Boulder Theater

Boulder County Farmers' Market @ Boulder County Farmers' Market

DJ Dance Party @ Tahona Tequila Bistro

John McKay Band @ Lazy Dog Sports Bar & Grill

Semi-Annual Sales @ Ku Cha House of Tea

Wadrium @ Laughing Goat Coffeehouse

Sunday, Oct 11, 2009

Closing: Boulder Open Studios

Closing: Er Hu Ensemble, by Michael Fitsmaurice and Brian Mullins @ Ku Cha House of Tea

Juanita's Mexican Food Presents: The Pittsburgh Steelers @ Juanita's Mexican Food

Semi-Annual Sales @ Ku Cha House of Tea

Sunday Afternoon Tea @ Ku Cha House of Tea

Monday, Oct 12, 2009

Sherman Alexie @ Boulder Book Store

So, You're a Poet Reading Series @ Laughing Goat Coffeehouse

Winemaker Marco Zanetti presents of Vigna Dogarina, Veneto, @ Frasca Food & Wine

Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009

Breakin' and Eggs @ b.side lounge

Learn to Belly Dance in Downtown Boulder @ Boulder County Arts Alliance (aka AHAB)

LIve Music on the Rooftop @ West End Tavern

Meal and a Marg @ Tahona Tequila Bistro

Paco Peña @ Boulder Theater

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009

Brazilian Jazz @ The Blending Cellar Wine & Tapas Bar

Kamikazee Karaoke Wednesday @ Juanita's Mexican Food

Closing: Matt Young & Paul Strode "Why Evolution Works..." @ Boulder Book Store

Thursday, Oct 15, 2009

Bubbly Extravaganza @ The Blending Cellar Wine & Tapas Bar

Bubbly Extraveganza @ The Blending Cellar Wine & Tapas Bar

Dancing with Boulder Stars @ Boulder Theater

DJ Dance Party @ Tahona Tequila Bistro

Garrett's Open Mic Night @ Trident Booksellers and Cafe

Opening: Square Product Theatre @ Dairy Center For The Arts

Friday, Oct 16, 2009

DJ Dance Party @ Tahona Tequila Bistro

Pearl Street Stampede

Zen Cowgirls @ Laughing Goat Coffeehouse

Saturday, Oct 17, 2009

Boulder County Farmers' Market @ Boulder County Farmers' Market

Boulder Open Space Restoration Project

Catch the Ride: Free Rides to CU Home Games @ West End Tavern

DJ Dance Party @ Tahona Tequila Bistro

Sunday, Oct 18, 2009

An Afternoon of Local Authors @ Boulder Book Store

Brazilian Jazz @ The Blending Cellar Wine & Tapas Bar

Cake @ Boulder Theater

Juanita's Mexican Food Presents: The Pittsburgh Steelers @ Juanita's Mexican Food

Closing: Paintings by Mark Johnson @ Boulder Arts & Crafts Gallery

Women's History Afternoon Tea

Women's History Afternoon Tea

Monday, Oct 19, 2009

Ken Freeman presents wines from Freeman Vineyard and Winery, @ Frasca Food & Wine

Navigating the Current Market Turmoil @ UBS Financial Services, Inc

So, You're a Poet Reading Series @ Laughing Goat Coffeehouse

Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009

Closing: “Halloween” coloring event @ Willow - An Artisan's Market

Learn to Belly Dance in Downtown Boulder @ Boulder County Arts Alliance (aka AHAB)

LIve Music on the Rooftop @ West End Tavern

Meal and a Marg @ Tahona Tequila Bistro

Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009

Foundations in Yoga Philosophy: Patanjali's Yoga Sutra @ Om Time

Kamikazee Karaoke Wednesday @ Juanita's Mexican Food

Thursday, Oct 22, 2009

DJ Dance Party @ Tahona Tequila Bistro

Garrett's Open Mic Night @ Trident Booksellers and Cafe

John Major Jenkins "The 2012 Story" @ Boulder Book Store

Truffle & Barolo Wine Dinner @ Bacaro Venetian Taverna

HOT RETAIL PROPERTY
1815 Pearl Street
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BID & DBI MEETINGS

DBI Board Meeting
Oct. 14 at 7:30 a.m.
Wells Fargo

BID Board Meeting
Oct. 22 at 7:30 a.m.
Broadway Suites

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