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THE BOULDER COUNTY MASTER OPEN SPACE COMPOSTER PROGRAM WANTS YOU! SURVEY RESULTS � he Department of Land T he Boulder County Master Composter Program is now 1 Management recently accepting applications for the 2003 Master Composter class! completed a This year's course will be held Tuesdays, April 8 - May 13 6:30 - 9:00 PM, survey + 0 with a final class on Saturday, May 17, regarding .204,4[0.9 City owned 9:00 AM- Noon. All classes will be held � 7 r `�=,rte- r�==� _ at the Boulder County Recycling Center, Open Space PO,; r'' :'° X1,4..A.KC?, 1901 63rd Street in Boulder. The cost for property. If•,* r. • the training is $50 in addition to 15 hours you are Nalker of required community service to be interested, the results are now available on our completed before December 31, 2003. �- '`' }a This award winning program, through web site at wwwci.louisville.co.us, the help of local composting and or you can pick up a copy at the gardening professionals, trains a group of Land Management office at 717 30 residents to be composting experts. Main Street. After the training, the Master Composters then volunteer their time to The City contracted with the staff tables and booths about composting at local events such as farmer's Colorado State University markets, festivals, and the county fair. In addition, this group helps Department of Local Affairs to maintain area compost demonstration sites and runs a compost bin sale in conduct the survey. "Information the fall. gathered from this survey will be For an application for the Master Composter program, call the Boulder used to guide management goals for Energy Conservation Center at 303-441-3278 or the Boulder County our open space properties and to be Cooperative Extension at 303-776-4865. You may also stop by their sure that those goals are in line with offices and pick one up before the application deadline of Monday, our residents' wishes," said Land April 1. The class is limited to 30 participants and spaces fill quickly. Managment Director Cindy Lair. This program is a proud partnership of the Boulder Energy The information provided by Conservation Center, the CSU Cooperative Extension-Boulder County, this survey is particularly useful at and the Boulder County Resource Conservation Division. this time, as staff is in the process of writing an Open Space Master INLINE HOCKEY RINK UPDATE Plan for Louisville. One major component of this planning process The City of Louisville is in the process of building a new inline hockey is to classify open space parcels' use rink. It sits just to the west of the tennis courts of the Louisville type for future management direc- Recreation Center on Via Appia. Construction began on the tion. Before this process is com- inline hockey rink in February and it is proceeding on pleted, there will be numerous schedule. We expect it to open for play this spring. The opportunities for Louisville citizens Recreation Center staff is eager to serve the community's to provide their input, regardless of youth and adults through hockey leagues and drop-in skating. whether or not they were involved ■ `- The inline hockey rink was in the planning for many years in the Open Space Survey. and now it is a reality. It will serve as a great community For more information about the gathering place for many generations to come. A grand opening will be survey, please contact Cindy Lair, scheduled for this spring. For more information, please call the Recreation Director of Land Management, at Center at 303-666-7400. 303-335-4731. Spring 2003 8