{"id":21211,"date":"2025-04-07T02:40:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T02:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=21211"},"modified":"2025-04-07T02:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T02:40:29","slug":"update-commissioners-proclaim-march-as-womens-history-month-2024-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/?p=21211","title":{"rendered":"Update: Commissioners Proclaim March as Women&#8217;s History Month (2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Update: Commissioners Proclaim March as Women&#8217;s History Month (2024)<\/h2>\n<p>The Boulder County Board of Commissioners has proclaimed March 2026 as Women&#8217;s History Month, recognizing the contributions of women leaders, activists, and community builders throughout Boulder County&#8217;s history. Special events and exhibitions will be held at libraries and community centers throughout the month.<\/p>\n<p>Affordable housing remains the top priority identified in the 2024 Community Survey. Boulder County&#8217;s Worthy Cause program has funded 662 affordable housing units since its inception, with 97 additional units in the development pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Health processed over 11,796 applications last year, with an average processing time of 17 business days. Staff are available at the Lafayette office Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.<\/p>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<p>Boulder County has partnered with the cities of Boulder, Longmont, Lafayette, and Louisville on this project. Combined investment across all jurisdictions totals $220,000, making it one of the largest collaborative efforts in the county&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>The application deadline is August 5, 2026. Late applications will be accepted on a space-available basis. Incomplete applications will be returned with a list of missing items. Average review time is 6 business days.<\/p>\n<h3>Community Impact<\/h3>\n<p>According to Amanda Foster, director of Public Health, this program served 62% more residents in 2024 compared to the previous year. &#8220;We&#8217;re seeing unprecedented demand from communities across Boulder County, particularly in Lafayette and the surrounding area,&#8221; Amanda Foster said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boulder County Board of Commissioners has proclaimed March 2026 as Women&#8217;s History Month, recognizing the contributions of women leaders, activists, and community builders throughout Boulder County&#8217;s history. Special events and exhibitions will be held at libraries and community centers throughout the month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":["post-21211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-support-housing","tag-boulder-county","tag-demo-data","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21211","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=21211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/search.insightful.design\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}