Boulder business reasserts community leadership role

The Boulder Chamber, after months of listening to and working with business and community leaders in focused conversations, recently announced a major initiative — “Boulder Together” — to help address three persistent and urgent issues: inadequate affordable housing, insufficient transportation options and a dearth of qualified people to meet our workforce needs, across all industries, for today and tomorrow.

In many ways, Boulder Together represents the reassertion of a leadership role for the businesses community that has lied dormant in recent years, but has well-established roots in shaping the community we love. It may seem…