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Sundance Film Festival Partner Hub

The Sundance Film Festival is coming to Boulder in 2027, and we’re here to help local businesses, property owners, brands, and Festival partners make the most of this landmark cultural moment.

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Tipped Minimum Wage: Whose Burden Is It?

Full-service restaurant jobs are declining in Boulder because restaurants are closing due to added workforce cost strains and many of those that survive are trimming waitstaff, amounting to a loss of nearly 100 jobs between 2024 and 2025. That’s what restaurant owners told us would happen with the recent increase in the minimum wage, particularly for tipped workers, and they have been true to their word.

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A Broad, Hard-beaten Path to Boulder

Specialized industrial facilities, research-ready infrastructure, workforce initiatives, and targeted incentive programs—including newly created CHIPS Zones—create the perfect conditions companies need to develop, commercialize, and scale transformative technologies.

Film Commission Roundtables Help Build Creative Community

Our Film Commission Roundtables are held several times a year to help shape our work plan and determine where we should focus our time and energy for the greatest impact on our creative community.

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From July 1 through July 21, we invite you to complete the 2026 Member Survey and share your perspective on our programs, services, communications, events, advocacy efforts, and overall member experience.

Welcome to the Boulder Chamber

The leader that strengthens business and advances economic vitality to cultivate strong communities in our region.

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What We Do

Whatever the size, scope, or field of your business or nonprofit, there’s a place for you in the Boulder Chamber. Our vibrant community of professionals is waiting to welcome you! Become a member today to build connections and access resources that will elevate your business’s success — and contribute to making Boulder a better place.

Economic Vitality

The Boulder Economic Council sustains economic vitality through direct support of primary businesses and collaboration with industry and community partners.

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Our Policy Programs team analyzes and advocates for a vibrant and prosperous Boulder. We engage decision makers and participate with policy change.

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Boulder Together is a strategic multi-year initiative of the Boulder Chamber designed to address the highest priorities of Boulder's economic and community needs.

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Boulder’s Creative Economy

By courtney.warford | May 3, 2026

Originally published by The Daily Camera, May. 3, 2026.    Boulder prides itself on innovation. We celebrate our startups, our research institutions, and our entrepreneurial spirit. But there’s a critical part of our economy that too often operates just outside that spotlight – our creative sector. Photographers. Filmmakers. Designers. Digital storytellers. They are not just…

The Victory is in the Preparation

By courtney.warford | May 3, 2026

Originally published by The Daily Camera, May 3, 2026.    When relating Robert Redford’s historic ties to Boulder, and the consequential symmetry of moving his iconic Sundance Film Festival to our community, the story inevitably centers on Redford’s relationship with The Sink – one of Boulder’s most iconic and historic restaurants. Before his rise to…

The Colorado Connector Will Make Boulder Better for Businesses 

By courtney.warford | April 29, 2026

By Darcy Kitching Senior Manager of Transportation & Executive Director, Boulder Chamber Transportation Connections    Two weeks ago, I sat in a room full of people who have been waiting a long time for a train. The Front Range Passenger Rail District’s town hall at the East Boulder Community Center drew a crowd that was energized, informed, hopeful,…

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