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How do neighbors feel about the development?

The project experienced some significant resistance from the neighborhood between 2006-2008 that resulted in a compromise that turned one of the condo buildings into 6 single-family homes and a public park to preserve some of the open space of the school grounds and have the development present more of a residential face to the well-established residential neighborhood of Old North Boulder.  While there will always be some who choose to resist any new development, many of the neighbors seem to be delighted with the project and how it is turning out.  Community members have a number of ideas for how we can add value to the neighborhood by inviting neighbors to participate in some of our activities, such as art shows, neighborhood-wide pot-luck suppers, workshops, seminars and exercise classes, and possibly getting a casual Bocce ball league going in the park on summer evenings.  

How did the 2013 flood impact the development?

The property is not in the 100-year floodplain, so we were fortunate to not have any creeks overflowing onto our property or surface water running into our buildings.  However, we did experience a significant rise in the water table to a level that is above the bottom of the foundation for the single-family homes that have basements.  These houses are currently dependent on sump pumps to keep their lower levels dry.  The ground water from under the houses is being channeled to the storm water drainage pipe that runes down Broadway.  No water entered the Schoolhouse and the water table is not high enough to interfere with the Elm townhome basements.