But Buechner told Boulder Weekly that he never actually declined to be interviewed, he just told someone that he’d have to think about it before agreeing to be interviewed. “I’ve said that to a couple of presidencies, too,” says the former University of Colorado president, who has also served as Boulder mayor and state legislator.

The center was constructed over the past year on 10 acres of city-owned land. The site includes a 15,800-square-foot classroom/administration building, a training tower and a burn building.

As part of the final 2010 funding cycle, applications for grants from the citys ClimateSmart Solar Grant Fund must be received by 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 16. For applications and more program information, visit the citys Solar Rebate and Grant Programs website at www.

On July 19, 10 brewercyclists from local breweries Avery Brewing Company and Oskar Blues, as well as Durango-based Ska Brewing, will depart on their bicycles from the Avery brewery in Boulder to kick off the Second Annual Tour of BoulDurango, a five-day, 470mile trek over six mountain passes from Boulder to Durango.

These three measures are very extreme and harm the ability of our state and local governments to function in a normal way, says Chamber Board Chair Eric Long.

LEED standards are considered a U.S. benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. The benefit of meeting LEED standards is the long-term savings for CU-Boulder in energy and water reduction, said Energy Conservation Officer Moe Tabrizi.

Celebrants are encouraged instead to attend the annual professional fireworks show, Ralphies Independence Day Blast, on July 4 at Folsom Field. Gates open at 8 p.m., and the program begins at 8:30 p.m. Details can be found at www.boulder4thofjuly.com.

The transaction is the culmination of a several-year negotiation between Whole Foods Market and the FTC that required Whole Foods Market to divest certain stores and other assets obtained in the 2007 merger with Wild Oats Markets. The purchase price and other details relating to this transaction have not been disclosed.

As part of Boulders Walk Bike Month and Walk Bike to Work Day, the University of Colorado Environmental Center and Community Cycles will host the Fourth Annual Bike Shorts Film Festival and ice cream social at Old Main on the CU campus on Wednesday, June 23.

In a recent paper, he showed that using a rebalancing investment strategy could resolve a Parrondo Paradox, a phenomenon in game theory in which given two games, each with a higher probability of losing than winning, it is possible to construct a winning strategy by playing the games alternately.