Council looking at bid preferences for independents

BOULDER – They say there’s strength in numbers.

With 20 people addressing the city council Dec. 7 in favor of a proposal to ban new chain stores in the city compared to the lone local developer J Nold Midyette opposing it, council members decided that the Community Vitality Act (CVA) warranted further review.

“That’s exactly what we wanted to see happen,” says Jeff Milchen, director of the Boulder Independent Business Alliance (BIBA), which drafted and distributed the proposal. “The supporters and the authors of the CVA were not ready to see it pass as we’d initially drafted it.”

The city council will review…