Reference Library Archive - Agents for Home Buyers

4.3.1 Our Area – Shopping

Downtown Boulder/Pearl Street Mall https://www.boulderdowntown.com/shopping Downtown Boulder Partnership 1942 Broadway, Suite 301 Boulder, CO 80302 303.449.3774 Twenty Ninth Street http://www.twentyninthstreet.com 1710 29th St, Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 444-0722 Village Boulder Shopping Center http://www.villageboulder.com 2525 Arapahoe Ave C220, Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 443-0290 Base-Mar Shopping Center 2450 Baseline Rd, Boulder, CO 80305 Sunrise Center http://sunrisecenterboulder.com 1672 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301 Meadows On the Parkway http://www.phillipsedison.com/properties/meadows-on-the-parkway 4800 Baseline Rd, Boulder, CO 80303 (303) 720-9738 Shopping Downtown Boulder/Pearl Street Mall https://www.boulderdowntown.com/shopping Downtown Boulder Partnership 1942 Broadway, Suite 301 Boulder, CO 80302 303.449.3774 Twenty Ninth Street

August 14, 2018 No Comments

4.3.3 Our Area – Museums

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art https://bmoca.org/information/contact visitorservices@bmoca.org 1750 13th Street Boulder, CO 80302 303.443.2122 Museum of Boulder https://www.museumofboulder.org info@museumofboulder.org 2205 Broadway Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 449-3464 Boulder County Educational Services and Museums https://www.bouldercounty.org/open-space/education Broomfield Depot Museum www.broomfield.org/120/Broomfield-Depot-Museum jainlay-conley@broomfield.org 2201 West 10th Ave Broomfield, CO 303-460-6824 CU Art Museum https://www.colorado.edu/cuartmuseum/about samuel.bair@colorado.edu Visual Arts Complex 1085 18th Street Boulder, CO 80309-0459 303-492-8300 CU Museum of Natural History https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum cumuseum@colorado.edu 15th and Broadway Boulder, CO 80309 303-492-6892 Museum of Boulder https://www.museumofboulder.org info@museumofboulder.org 2205 Broadway Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 449-3464 CU Heritage Center https://www.colorado.edu/alumni/heritagecenter allyson.smith@colorado.edu CU Heritage

August 13, 2018 No Comments

4.3.2 Our Area – Farmer’s Markets

Louisville Farmer’s Market http://realfarmersmarketco.com/louisville-farmers-market kellyenterprisesltd@gmail.com 824 Front Street Louisville 80027 (303) 902-2451 Erie Farmer’s Market http://realfarmersmarketco.com/erie-farmers-market kellyenterprisesltd@gmail.com Briggs Street Between Wells and Moffatt Erie 80516 (303) 902-2451 Boulder County Farmers’ Markets http://www.bcfm.org atyourservice@bcfm.org Boulder – On 13th Street Between Canyon & Arapahoe Longmont – 9595 Nelson Road Lafayette – 600 S. Public Rd. 303-910-2236

August 13, 2018 No Comments

4.3.4 Our Area – The Arts

Boulder Office of Arts + Culture https://boulderarts.org chasanskym@boulderlibrary.org Main Boulder Public Library at 1001 Arapahoe, Boulder, CO, 80302 303-441-4113 Boulder County Arts Alliance https://www.bouldercountyarts.org info@bouldercountyarts.org 2590 Walnut Street, Suite 9 Boulder, CO 80302 303.447.2422 Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art http://bmoca.org visitorservices@bmoca.org 1750 13th Street Boulder, CO 80302 303.443.2122 Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company http://betc.org info@betc.org 2590 Walnut St Boulder, Colorado (303) 351-2382 Dairy Arts Center https://tickets.thedairy.org 2590 Walnut Street Boulder, Colorado 80302 303.440.7826 Denver Center for the Performing Arts https://www.denvercenter.org Between Speer Boulevard and 14th Street, and between Arapahoe and Champa streets Denver, Colorado 303.893.4100

August 1, 2018 No Comments

4.2.4 Some Thoughts on Comparing Schools

As a former educational researcher, Norris is often appalled by the information that home buyers use in evaluating schools and how they use it. He promotes these few rules of thumb: Rule One: Don’t rely on real estate agents or other parents. In a previous lifetime, I did research in several primary schools in the school district where my children were enrolled. The research involved videotaping full days of interaction between teachers and students and interviewing the teachers about what they were trying to accomplish. I was struck by the lack of correspondence between what was “known” in the community about

July 31, 2018 No Comments

4.2.3 State and National Resources for Comparing Schools

In addition to providing comparative data on public schools, The Colorado Department of Education site contains information on other schools and school districts in Colorado and on private schools and home schooling. It is also an important source for information on test results in schools across the state: CSAP Results — results from Colorado educational testing program ACT Results — results from national college admissions testing Accountability Reports — reports of performance of individual schools The National Center for Education Statistics is the best single source information on schools, school performance, and the demographic composition of communities and schools. If you go to their list of Data

July 31, 2018 No Comments

4.2.2 Schools Districts by County

Wikipedia is a great place to start when you’re looking for information on communities and schools in connection with a home search. They have basic data on all of the counties, communities and school districts in the state of Colorado. In addition to linking to the official school district sites, we’ll also link to the relevant Wikipedia pages for each district. One of the best web sites in Colorado focused on performance stats, financing, and developments in Colorado education is Chalkbeat. There are two public school districts in Boulder County, the Boulder Valley School District in the south half of the county and the St. Vrain School District in the north.

July 31, 2018 No Comments

4.2.1 School Information

Schools in Boulder County, Broomfield County & Jefferson County The quality of community schools is consistently ranked as one of the most important factors in parents’ decisions about where to buy a home. School quality is also important for home buyers who have no children since it has a significant impact on housing values and the ease of selling homes in various communities. In this section, we provide links to information on local schools and how they compare to schools across the country. As a first step, to locate schools in Boulder County, try these links: BVSD School Locator or

July 31, 2018 No Comments

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July 6, 2018 No Comments

2.7.1 Two MLS systems serve our area

There are two major MLS systems in our coverage area and we subscribe to both. Many companies only subscribe to one system as a cost-saving measure to the detriment of their clients. If you are looking for a home along the US 36 or I 25 corridors between Boulder and Denver, and your broker only has access to one of the two systems that cover the area, she cannot do a first-rate job of covering that market for you. Neither agency relationship, experience, office structure, nor eagerness and attitude matter. She simply can’t do it. If your broker can’t pull

June 19, 2018 No Comments

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