LIFESTYLE

LAND USE

NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS

Commercial +
Mixed-Use
115 acres
6%
Public
252 acres

Other
40 acres
2%

Weighted Access Score %

Accessible
6-14
15-25
26-35

12%

36-45

Parks/OSMP/
Agriculture
304 acres 1 5 %

46-56
57-69
70-86

65%
Residential
1,356 acres

ALL ABOUT

SOUTHEAST
BOULDER
SIDEWALK GAPS
PARKS & OPEN SPACE

Southeast 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 Highway 36, Foothills Parkway, Baseline Road,
and Arapahoe Avenue. Areas near the 28th Street Frontage
Road have easy and direct access to CU via a series of

1
1

golf course
recreation center

10
1

2% of missing sidewalk links

5% (city average)
parks

community center

SCHOOLS

Public
Horizons K-8
Eisenhower Elementary
Manhattan Middle School

Private
Sage Elementary
Friends School K-5

TRANSIT

85%

of subcommunity within
1/4 mile of transit

NATURE

Arapahoe Ridge High

High Peaks/BCSIS Elementary

GETTING AROUND
BIKE LANES & TRAILS

32.61 miles
203.81 miles in Boulder Valley

WATER FEATURES

Wetlands
2.33% of area
59.85 acres
100 Year Floodplains
26% of area
668.18 acres
Bear Canyon Creek

9%

of subcommunity within
1/4 mile of a trailhead

Skunk Creek

PEOPLE & HOUSING

ALL ABOUT

SOUTHEAST
BOULDER

POPULATION

23,180 (2015)
27,000 (projected capacity)

TOTAL DWELLING UNITS

9,680 (2015)
10,800 (projected capacity)

HOUSING UNIT MIX

Single-Family
Detached
37%
43,447
3%

45%

55%
1 2 %8 %

Multi-Family
5,153

Attached
785

DENSITY (DWELLING UNITS/RESIDENTIAL ACRE)

6.93 units/acre
7.3 units/acre (city average)

AVERAGE SINGLE-FAMILY LOT SIZE

6.7%

51.2%

(223)

(1709)

< 5,999 sq ft.

6,000-10,000 sq ft.

42.1%
(1403)

10,000 sq ft. >

TOTAL JOBS

10,690 (2015)

EXISTING LAND USE

13,900 (projected capacity)

all about

FUTURE LAND USE

Southeast
Boulder

(BVCP 2010 Plan)

LAND USE MAP DESIGNATIONS

RESIDENTIAL
Density Residential
LR (2Low
- 6 dwelling units per ac.)

VLR Very Low Density Residential

(2 dwelling units per ac. or less)

Low density areas in the

older section of the city
consist predominantly of
single-family detached
structures.

Very Low density areas in

the older section of the
city consist predominantly
of single-family detached
structures.

MH Manufactured Housing

HR

High Density Residential

(More than 14 dwelling units per ac.)

High density areas are

generally located close to
the University of Colorado
or in areas planned for
transit.

The manufactured housing

designation is applied to
existing mobile home parks.

Arapahoe Av

Density Residential
MR Medium
(6 - 14 dwelling units per ac.)

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Community
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28th/Baseline

CU /
Williams
Village

55th St

East
Foothills

Meadow
Glen
Park

Country
Meadows

Py

Arrowood
Park East

Park
East

Flatirons
Golf Course

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28th St

30th/Colorado

Cherryvale Rd

Arapahoe
Ridge Park

Medium density areas are

generally situated near
community shopping areas or
along major arterials of the city.

Sombrero Marsh

Cherryvale
/ Hoover
Hills

BUSINESS
CB

Community
Business

TB

Transitional
Business
The Transitional Business
designation is usually zoned for
less intensive business uses than
in the General Business areas, and
they often provide a transition to
residential areas.

A Community Business area is

the focal point for commercial
activity serving a subcommunity
or a collection of neighborhoods.

Keewaydin
East

Burke
Park

Frasier
Meadows

Keewaydin
Meadows Park

MIXED-USE

East
Boulder
Park

Hw

LI

Light
Industrial

Mixed Use-Business development

may be deemed appropriate
and will be encouraged in
some business areas. Business
or residential character will
predominate.

Keewaydin

US

INDUSTRIAL

LR Mixed-Use
MUB
Business

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Light Industrial areas

are primarily research
and development, light
manufacturing, large scale
printing and publishing,
electronics or other intensive
employment uses.

OPEN SPACE AND MOUNTAIN PARKS

OS-A

Open Space
Acquired

Land already acquired by the city or

Boulder County for open space purposes.

Very Low Density Residential (VLR)

Low Density Residential (LR)
Manufactured Housing (MH)

0.5

1 Miles

Medium Density Residential (MR)

High Density Residential (HR)

OS-O Other

Privately owned land with conservation

easements or other development
restrictions.

Other public and private land designated prior to 1981 that the city and county would
like to preserve through various preservation methods including but not limited to
intergovernmental agreements, dedications or acquisitions.

OTHER

BVCP Land Use

Residential

Open Space

OS-DR Open Space

Development Rights

Business
Community Business (CB)

Open Space and Mountain Parks

Open Space, Acquired (OS-A)

Transitional Business (TB)

Industrial
Light Industrial (LI)
Mixed Use
Mixed Use Business (MUB)

PK-U/O

Open Space, Development Rights (OS-DR)

Open Space, Other (OS-O)

School

Park, Urban and Other (PK-U/O)

Library

Public (PUB)

Bus Stop

Other

Environmental Preservation (EP)

City Limits

Park, Urban and Other

Urban and Other Parks includes public

lands used for a variety of active and
passive recreational purposes.

PUB Public
Public/Semi-Public land use designations
encompass a wide range of public and
private non-profit uses that provide a
community service.

EP

Environmental Preservation

The Environmental Preservation designation includes private lands in Areas I and II with
environmental values that the city and county would like to preserve through a variety
of preservation methods including but not limited to intergovernmental agreements,
dedications, development restrictions, rezonings, acquisitions, and density transfers.

LOOKING BACK AT THE LEGACY OF

SOUTHEAST BOULDER
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.

1850
1950

1860

The Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church is built

on 160 acres of land bought by Father Joseph
Machebeuf.

1870

Elmer W. Frasier begins to develop the Frasier

Meadows neighborhood.

1870

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.

1887

1958

1880

1890

1970

Albert and Addie Viele

establish the Meadow
Brook Farm at the
intersection of Cherryvale and South Boulder
Road. Their dairy farm
eventually delivers 250
pounds of butter to
Boulder weekly.

1980

1986

1900

The Flatirons Golf Course at 55th and Arapahoe

designed by W.H. Tucker opens up with the help
of President Roosevelts WPA program.

Development in Keewaydin Meadows begins. The

neighborhood is named in reference to the poem
The Song of Hiawatha, written by H.W. Longfellow in 1855. Keewaydin is a Native American word
meaning the north wind.

1867

1884

Flatirons Golf Course, designed in 1933,

becomes a Boulder Parks and Rec. Facility.
1990

1920

1935
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.

1930

Part of the Southeast Boulder Fact Sheet, August 2015

1966

2000

1995

The Viele-Van Vleet Farmstead is designated a

City of Boulder Historic Landmark.
2010

1942

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.

1910

1938

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.

1960s

1960

1940
Construction of the Boulder-Denver
Turnpike begins.
1950

A memorial sculpture is established at Burke

Park in honor of Admiral Arleigh Burke in
commemoration of his service in the U.S.
Navy.

2001

1951

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.