The Amazing Garage Sale: A Rock Photographer's Consignment Shop on North Broadway Judi Lesta photographed the Bee Gees, Blondie, Tom Petty, Elton John and Led Zeppelin for Los Angeles record labels in the late 1970s, and those black-and-white prints now hang on the wall of the shop she runs on North Broadway. The …

Gateway Park Fun Center: A Year-Round Fun Park on North Boulder's Edge Two numbers decide who gets to drive at Gateway Park Fun Center: 58 inches of height and nine years of age. Uncover Colorado lists both as minimums for anyone taking a kart around what it calls Colorado's longest go-kart track, 2,100 feet of paved …

Hartmann Inline Rink: A Nonprofit Rink Sitting Right on the 80301/80304 Line The mailing address at 4800 28th Street carries a Boulder, CO 80301 zip, per the site's own directory listing on AboutBoulder.com — not 80304 — but it sits close enough to North Boulder's own zip line that it belongs in the neighborhood's …

Salberg Park: A Nature-Play Park With a Closed Building Next Door Salberg Park sits on a three-acre lot at 3045 19th Street in Boulder's Hillcrest neighborhood, and right now the property tells two different stories depending on which half you're looking at. The playground, basketball court, and open turf are running …

Elks Park: A Neighborhood Nature-Play Spot Next to the Elks Lodge Most Boulder neighborhood parks got their nature-play makeover through a standard city contract. Elks Park got its through a 2014 renovation process that brought the public into the redesign itself, and what came out of it is a play area built around a …

Columbine Park: A Nature-Play Park Built Around Rock and Riverbed Rock-shaped climbing forms, connected channels, and water-inspired play features stand in for the standard slide-and-swing set at Columbine Park, a neighborhood park the City of Boulder built directly against Columbine Elementary School at 2202 Glenwood …

BVSD in 2026-27: What North Boulder Families Need to Know The Boulder Valley School District's 2026-27 year is well under way. This guide puts the rest of the school calendar in one place, explains the Choice Enrollment lottery for next year, and sums up two decisions the Board of Education has made that change which …

CU Boulder's Fall 2026 Move-In: What Changes in North Boulder Broadway runs the entire spine of North Boulder before it narrows into the university corridor south of Iris Avenue — the same road residents use for a grocery run, a bike commute to work, or a school pickup carries the single heaviest traffic surge of the …

Pearl Street Arts Fest: Boulder's July Art Show Every July, the Pearl Street Mall turns into an outdoor gallery for a weekend. Pearl Street Arts Fest is a free, juried art show where artists from Colorado and many other states sell their work from booths along the mall. It is produced by Downtown Boulder Community …

Davis Leads on Commute Share — Here's the Rest of the Story Davis, California records a bike-to-work commute share of roughly 17 percent — nearly double Boulder's 10.5 percent — and that gap is worth sitting with before any claim about America's best biking city gets made on Boulder's behalf. Davis built its first …