New district opens with festive weekend

BOULDER – Happy days are here again, or at least there’s a place to buy a pair of pants or a pair of lamps, ogle the latest computer, get a haircut, meet a friend for lunch and even enjoy a massage – all in a brand-new shopping district designed just for Boulder.

The Oct. 13 opening of the Twenty Ninth Street retail district is the culmination of three years of intense research, design, marketing and construction, all in the name of improving the city’s tax coffers by giving the community a central place to shop locally.

“We are very excited and feel…