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Although there weren’t any funding requests for the Local Improvement District (LID) at its Aug. 2 meeting, the LID resolved to support a future development project in downtown Niwot. Anne Postle, owner of Osmosis Art Gallery, wants to update the site of the former Niwot Interiors building and asked for the group’s support for the project. Postle and her husband, Jim Postle, currently have the property under contract for purchase. She said the building, located at 240 2nd Avenue, will be left as...
Boulder County residents donated more than $10,000 in less than 36 hours to take their legal fight to the Colorado Supreme Court in a bid to force Boulder County Commissioners to rehabilitate and repave county subdivision roads without new taxes. Boulder County Fairness in Road Maintenance (BoCo FIRM) announced July 19 that they intended to appeal a June 30 ruling by the Colorado Court of Appeals, which said homeowners do not have legal standing to bring their claims against Boulder County. Along with that announcement, BoCo FIRM asked for dona...
Niwot’s Local Improvement District (LID) Advisory Committee met Monday afternoon, July 18, with Boulder County Commissioners to update them on the strides the Niwot business district has been making and discuss issues it’s facing. County Commissioners Elise Jones and Deb Gardner (Cindy Domenico was out of town) met with LID members at the group’s yearly meeting, which community members were invited to attend. The meeting started off with a presentation by Julie Ankenbrandt, Niwot Business Assoc...
Finding ways to provide more parking in Niwot’s business areas will top the agenda for a July 18 meeting between Boulder County Commissioners and Niwot Local Improvement District advisory board members. In recent years, LID members and commissioners have met to discuss mutual issues between the Niwot business areas and commissioners. In previous years, the two groups have discussed resurfacing Second Avenue business district streets, economic development in Niwot, pedestrian safety and loosening land use requirements for providing parking in N...
At Niwot’s Local Improvement District (LID) meeting on Tuesday, June 7, LID members heard from several different community members requesting funding from the organization. The first funding request came from the Colorado Jazz Group, headed by Howard Treppeda, who also owns Treppeda’s Italian Ristorante in Niwot. Treppeda requested $10,000 for the annual Jazz on 2nd Ave festival that takes place in Niwot later in the summer. While the event has traditionally been held in mid-August, Treppeda said the event will be later this year and will sta...
For the fifth year in a row Why Not Niwot?, a juried art show, is taking place in small-town Niwot next month. Owner of Osmosis Art Gallery, Anne Postle, and co-worker and artist Michelle Henzel have been putting the art show on for the Niwot Cultural Arts Association (NCAA) for the past five years as another way to bring people to Niwot and celebrate the town. “A part of the fun,” Postle said, “is [the art show] is something that gets people in all the businesses in town.” Twenty artists...
The Niwot Local Improvement District (LID) met on Tue., April 5 to discuss a funding request for flowers and the issue of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Niwot. The only funding request for the night was for flowers, with the Niwot Business Association (NBA) submitting an $18,000 application. Carrie Wise presented the request for funds on behalf of NBA Streetscapes Chair Chuck Klueber, who couldn’t be at the meeting. Last year the LID funded the NBA request for $13,000 for the flowers along Second Avenue and Cottonwood Square, and s...
The Local Improvement District’s (LID) March meeting was an extensive one, as it covered several funding requests and discussed important new business. Chuck Klueber, Niwot Business Association (NBA) streetscape representative, attended the meeting on behalf of the NBA to request funds for snow removal, tree maintenance, district maintenance and repairs, and event banners. The funding request for snow removal was $1,500, which would cover all of 2016 and include the removal of snow along Second Avenue. The snow is to be cleared of parking space...
There are two main places to shop and eat in Niwot, but if you’re not familiar with the town you might just miss one of them. Property owners Anne and Jim Postle have a solution to connect these areas, Cottonwood Square and Old Town, which is the Link Building on the corner of Niwot Road and 79th Street. On Wednesday, Feb. 17, the Boulder County Planning Commission held a public hearing to hear from the staff, property owners and the public about the proposal, and to make a recommendation to the county commissioners. Both Anne and Jim Postle w...
Niwot’s Local Improvement District (LID), reconvened in the New Year at its January meeting on Tues., Jan. 5, where they returned to a quiet month. There were only two funding requests on the agenda, one for Let’s Wine About Winter and the other for the maintenance of the recent trees planted along Second Avenue. Anne Postle, of Osmosis Art Gallery, was present to request $1,191 from the LID on behalf of the Niwot Cultural Arts Association for Let’s Wine About Winter. Last year was the first...
