Tayer: We’re #1: Proud and imperfect

“It’s a funny town,” a colleague said to me the other day. He was referencing the challenge of doing redevelopment work in Boulder. This person wasn’t necessarily complaining, as he recognizes that the care Boulder takes in its development planning has served us well over the years in preserving important elements of Boulder’s character. At the same time, he was clear that certain code regulations make no sense and the development approval and permitting process is unreasonably slow, causing unnecessary expense.

That conversation made me reflect on the responses I’ve witnessed to the US News…