{"id":19098,"date":"2025-08-05T02:35:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=19098"},"modified":"2025-08-05T02:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:35:46","slug":"boulder-county-adopts-745-million-budget-for-2026-august-2026-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=19098","title":{"rendered":"Boulder County Adopts $745 Million Budget for 2026 \u2014 August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Boulder County Adopts $745 Million Budget for 2026 \u2014 August 2026<\/h2>\n<p>The Board of County Commissioners has adopted the 2026 Boulder County budget totaling $745 million. Key investments include $42 million for affordable housing initiatives, $28 million for transportation infrastructure, and $15 million for wildfire mitigation and climate resilience programs.<\/p>\n<p>Boulder County has partnered with the cities of Boulder, Longmont, Lafayette, and Louisville on this project. Combined investment across all jurisdictions totals $168,000, making it one of the largest collaborative efforts in the county&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>Public comment on this matter can be submitted through the Boulder County online portal, by email to Community Planning &amp; Permitting, or in person at the next Board of County Commissioners meeting. Written comments received by 5:00 PM the day before the hearing will be included in the public record.<\/p>\n<h3>Contact Information<\/h3>\n<p>Volunteers contributed over 13,170 hours to this program last year. The Community Planning &amp; Permitting coordinates with 13 nonprofit partner organizations throughout Boulder County to deliver services.<\/p>\n<p>For questions about this program, contact David Thompson at Community Planning &amp; Permitting: (303) 441-4078 or email Community Planning &amp; Permitting@bouldercounty.gov. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Walk-in services are available at the Lafayette office without an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of County Commissioners has adopted the 2026 Boulder County budget totaling $745 million. Key investments include $42 million for affordable housing initiatives, $28 million for transportation infrastructure, and $15 million for wildfire mitigation and climate resilience programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":["post-19098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-budget-finance","tag-boulder-county","tag-demo-data","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}