The new Rivermaze Coop in Canon City, Colorado is comprised of 35 very happy families! On behalf of the Thistle ROC program, I am happy to announce the successful closing of Colorado’s third Resident Owned Community: the Rivermaze Coop! On Monday, November 25th, Rivermaze board members Cheryl and Kevin sat down with myself and their […]
One of the voices rarely heard in Boulder’s affordable housing discussion is that of people living in affordable homes. Thistle decided to listen. Since 2015, Thistle has been collaborating with researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder on the Boulder Affordable Housing Research Initiative (BAHRI) to learn more about what low-income working families face on […]
Click here for a Letter to the Editor at the Daily Camera, published Saturday, July 15, 2017.
Thistle staff and board attended the inaugural Goose Creek Land Trust event, “Housing a Vital Diverse Boulder” on June 21, 2017. Music, food and drink at the Bohemian Biergarten created a festive networking milieu with attendees including Thistle Board members Jill Grano and Sally Meeker (shown in photo), Thistle staff Mary Duvall, Marguerite Ryback and […]