ALL ABOUT

SOUTHEASTBOULDERSoutheast Boulder is home to a variety of established residential neighborhoods, including Frasier Meadows, East Foothills, and Hoover Hills. The East Boulder Recreation Center is a main amenity, as are established retail and employment areas including the Meadows shopping center, which also has a variety of office and medical uses. The Williams Village area is a notable landmark featuring two prominent towers that were built in the 1960s to house university students. Several arterial streets flow through the area, including Highwy 36, Foothills Parkway, Baseline Road, and Arapahoe Avenue. Areas near the 28th Sreet Frontage Road have easy and direct access to CU via a series of underpasses under 28th Street.

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LIFESTYLE

NATURE

GETTING AROUND

203.81 miles in Boulder Valley

32.61 miles

B I K E L A N E S & T R A I L S

WA T E R F E A T U R E S

5% (city average)

2% of missing sidewalk links

S I D EWA L K G A P S

L A N D U S E

P A R K S & O P E N S P A C E

S C HOO L S

Horizons K-8Eisenhower ElementaryManhattan Middle SchoolArapahoe Ridge HighHigh Peaks/BCSIS Elementary

Sage ElementaryFriends School K-5

N E I G H BO R HOOD A C C E S S

10 parks1 golf course1 recreation center 1 community center

Other40 acres2%Public

252 acres

Residential1,356 acres

Parks/OSMP/Agriculture304 acres

Commercial + Mixed-Use115 acres

6%

6 5%

1 5 %

1 2 %

T R A N S I T

85% % of subcommunity within 1/4 mile of transit

9% % of subcommunity within 1/4 mile of a trailhead

Wetlands2.33% of area59.85 acres

100 Year Floodplains26% of area668.18 acres

Bear Canyon Creek

Skunk Creek

Public Private

6-14

15-25

26-35

36-45

46-56

57-69

70-86

Weighted Access Score %Accessible

10,800 (projected capacity)

27,000 (projected capacity)

PEOPLE & HOUSING

23,180 (2015)

P O P U L A T I O N

9,680 (2015)

TO T A L DW E L L I N G U N I T S

HOU S I N G U N I T M I X

4 3%

1 2%

13,900 (projected capacity)

10,690 (2015)

TO T A L J O B S

7.3 units/acre (city average)

6.93 units/acre

D E N S I T Y ( DW E L L I N G U N I T S / R E S I D E N T I A L A C R E )

A V E R A G E S I N G L E - F AM I L Y L O T S I Z E

ALL ABOUT

SOUTHEASTBOULDER

45%

8%5 5%

Multi-Family5,153

Attached 785

3 7%

Single-FamilyDetached

3,447

EXISTING LAND USE

D R A F T< 5,999 sq ft. 6,000-10,000 sq ft. 10,000 sq ft. >

51.2%6.7% 42.1%(223) (1709) (1403)

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This map depicts existing land use. A citywide future land

use map can be found in the Boulder Valley Comprehensive

Plan and will be provided at the subcommunity level in later

versions of this fact sheet.

1870

1887

In the 1800s, Southeast Boulder is primarily agricultural. Among the oldest of farms in the

area is the Hogan Farmstead, constructed c. 1875 at the corner of South Boulder Road

and Manhattan Drive.

The Dry Creek School (also called Shamrock) is constructed on South Boulder Road about a

half-mile east of Cherryvale Road. Mrs. Addie Viele serves as the first teacher.

1938

1942

The Flatirons Golf Course at 55th and Arapahoe designed by W.H. Tucker opens up with the help

of President Roosevelts WPA program.

The Vieles sell Meadow Brook Farm to Lynn Van Vleet, an

Arabian horse breeder and rancher who often attracted

crowds of more than 1,000 people to his

horse shows.

1884

1867

1951

1935

Albert and Addie Viele establish the Meadow Brook Farm at the intersection of Cherry-vale and South Boulder Road. Their dairy farm eventually delivers 250 pounds of butter to Boulder weekly.

The Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church is built on 160 acres of land bought by Father Joseph Machebeuf.

Construction of the Boulder-Denver Turnpike begins.

Boulders first animal shelter opens near Arapahoe Ave. and 55th St. with the help of a $50,000 donation from Mrs. Kate Harbeck, a former Boulder resident.

1850

1860

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1950

LOOKING BACK AT THE LEGACY OF

SOUTHEAST BOULDER

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1960s

1966

1958

2001

Development in Keewaydin Meadows begins. The neighborhood is named in reference to the poem The Song of Hiawatha, written by H.W. Longfel-low in 1855. Keewaydin is a Native American word meaning the north wind.

George and Everett Williams donate land to the University in order to build Williams Village, an area comprised of two towers to house 850 university students.

Elmer W. Frasier begins to develop the Frasier Meadows neighborhood.

1986

1995

Flatirons Golf Course, designed in 1933, becomes a Boulder Parks and Rec. Facility.

The Viele-Van Vleet Farmstead is designated a City of Boulder Historic Landmark.

A memorial sculpture is established at Burke Park in honor of Admiral Arleigh Burke in commemoration of his service in the U.S. Navy.

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

Photographs and historic facts courtesy of the Boulder Carnegie Branch Library, City of Boulder, Denver Public Library Western History & Genealogy Department Digital

Collections, and Stephen H. Hart Library and Research Center Collections.