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LOUISVILLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN <br />Who Are We? <br />The City of Louisville, Colorado is a suburban community, roughly 8.0 square miles in size, located in <br />southeastern Boulder County, six miles east of the City of Boulder and 25 miles northwest of Denver. <br />Louisville is a desirable community with many accolades lauding the city as one of the best places to live in <br />the United States, and winning the top place to live by Money Magazine in 2009 and 2011. High quality of <br />life attributable to a positive economic outlook, strong housing market, natural environment, and education <br />are among the factors driving new growth and development. <br />The founding of Louisville, Colorado dates to the emerging coal mining industry in the late 1800s. Louis <br />Nawatny, Louisville's namesake, opened the first coal mine in the area, Welch Mine, in 1877.1 Part of the <br />productive Northern Coalfield in Boulder and Weld Counties, over 30 mines soon operated within the <br />boundaries of Louisville. In the 1950s the last operating coal mines closed, and over the subsequent <br />decades the town transitioned to the modern city which we know today. <br />Today, Louisville is reaching the practical limits of growth as most of the city limits are built out and there is <br />limited available land for additional annexation. Louisville is, however, continuing to experience commercial <br />and industrial growth concentrated in distinct areas, as demonstrated by the community map in Figure 3. <br />�E. <br />SOU1H BOULLIER RL7 <br />NORTH <br />END <br />HIGHWAY IGI IWAY 42 <br />REVITAI I7ATION ARTA <br />L• <br />.I"I <br />, <br />LORADO <br />TF:I INC)! [)G'+ <br />HILLIPS <br />6.5 <br />CAMPUSr' <br />Figure 3. City of Louisville Map Highlighting Business Areas <br />1 Conarroe, Carolyn. "The Louisville Story". Louisville Chamber. 2016. http://www.louisvillechamber.com/louisville-history/ <br />3 <br />11 <br />