GARE in Action, GARE in Place: City of Boulder

GARE in Action, GARE in Place is a series that highlights how the GARE Approach, tools and resources are being used in member jurisdictions across the country. Each installment features a portrait of a GARE jurisdiction actively grappling with what it means to govern for racial equity - to change the policies, practices and procedures of local, regional and state government so that all families and communities can live long, healthy lives no matter their race, class or zip code.

GARE in Action GARE in Place: City of Boulder (running time: 8:06) paints a portrait of predominantly white jurisdiction grappling with what it means to advance racial equity. Notably, this installment focuses on community engagement as one of the main pillars of the GARE Approach, and uplifts the City of Boulder’s award-winning Tribal Consultation process.

Boulder Facts and Resources

City of Boulder
Tribal Consultation

The City of Boulder acknowledges the city is on the ancestral homelands and unceded territory of Indigenous Peoples and is engaged in ongoing consultation with federally recognized American Indian Tribal Nations and local Indigenous communities in the Boulder area.

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The Peoples' Crossing area – formerly known as Settler's Park – has become an important symbol for the city in its ongoing collaborative work with Tribal Nations.

Boulder Fact Sheet

Population: 106,803

Jurisdiction Type: City

GARE Member since: 2018

Demographics: White (76.4%), Black or African American (1.2%), Native American or Alaskan Native (0.36%), Asian (6.4%), Pacific Islander (0.1%), Other/Multiracial (4.95%), Hispanic or Latino (10.57%)

City of Boulder
Office of Equity & Belonging

The City of Boulder adopted its first Racial Equity Plan in 2021, largely centered on steps to eliminate systemic and institutional racism in the city's policies and practices, including formalizing meaningful data collection and analysis through developing new data sources like the Racial Equity Index Map, to inform decision making.

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Featured GARE Resources

The GARE Approach - Visualize, Normalize, Operationalize, and Organize (VNOO)

GARE Member Jurisdictions Show How Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Part One

Boulder offers insights on building trust and shared understanding through ongoing learning and inclusive processes to operationalize racial equity.

The Power of Place: Boulder Local Meeting Recap