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PLAN-BOULDER county

Protecting the environment and enhancing Boulder County's unique character since 1959.

PLAN-Boulder County

Our Mission


  • Protect and enhance Boulder County’s environment and unique character.
  • Reduce our carbon footprint and environmental impact.
  • Build on our 60-year history of environmental protection and good governance.


We are a future-focused, citizen-led grassroots activist organization that advocates for public - not special - interests using education, political action, and encouragement of good governance.


We’re here for you. We’re here for Boulder's environment.


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Plan-boulder county

AN INSPIRATIONAL HERITAGE

In 1959, a group of citizens, concerned by proposed unsightly development of Boulder’s scenic mountain backdrop, initiated and successfully campaigned for the “Blue Line Amendment,” which prohibits city water service above a certain elevation. These citizens organized PLAN-Boulder (PLAN stands for People’s League for Action Now). Since then, PLAN-Boulder County helped establish the City of Boulder’s Parks and Recreation Department and was instrumental in creating the city’s Open Space program. PLAN-Boulder County has been at the forefront of creating Boulder’s Historic Preservation Ordinance, the city’s building height limitation, the Transportation Master Plan, and the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan. More recently, PLAN-Boulder County has advocated for individual issues related to urban agriculture, affordable housing, long-range planning, open space management and conservation, neighborhood character, and clean energy/greenhouse gas reduction.

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Upper school interview
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Grayson Black

Upper school interview
(Grade 9-11)

Grayson Black

Legislative Candidate Forum

By Peter Mayer • June 5, 2024
Watch the video recording of the 2024 Democratic Legislative Candidate Primary Forum

John Mirisch speaks at the PLAN-Boulder 2023 annual dinner

By Peter Mayer • September 11, 2023
John Mirisch, city council member and former mayor of Beverly Hills, CA gave an insightful talk at the 2023 PLAN-Boulder County annual dinner and meeting on September 8, 2023.

PLAN-Boulder Mayor and City Council Candidate Endorsements

By Peter Mayer • September 8, 2023
City council makes profound decisions about the future of Boulder and Boulder needs a change of leadership and direction. The current Boulder City Council, dominated by self-described “progressives,” has made terrible decisions to cede local control over land use and planning to the state and to increase occupancy without requiring affordability. Boulder needs a city council that listens and respects all, a council that values Boulder’s parks, open space, public lands, and environment, and leaders who are not ideologues. PLAN-Boulder County endorses the following candidates:

PLAN-Boulder County Opposes Senate Bill 23-213

March 28, 2023
PLAN-Boulder County Opposes State-Enforced Housing Legislation

Boulder Needs You! Volunteer to Serve on Board or Commission

December 17, 2022
Concerned About What's Happening?  Join PLAN-Boulder County