Boulder, like many cities in Colorado, has an ongoing 鈥� which means many people who work in Boulder can鈥檛 afford to live there.
One local group is proposing : They want to decommission Boulder鈥檚 municipal airport and turn that city-owned land into a neighborhood with around 2,000 homes. At least half of those homes would be designated affordable.
That group, the organized the two initiatives that, if approved, would put this plan into action. They鈥檝e collected enough signatures to , although the idea faces opposition from organizations like the Boulder Chamber.
Laura Kaplan, one of the group鈥檚 organizers, sat down with host Erin O鈥橳oole to discuss what they want to accomplish by repurposing the municipal airport.
