The City of Boulder is on the ancestral homelands and unceded territory of Indigenous Peoples who have traversed, lived in and stewarded lands in the Boulder Valley since time immemorial. Those Indigenous Nations include the: Di De’I (Apache), Hinono’eiteen (Arapaho), Tsétsėhéstȧhese (Cheyenne), Nʉmʉnʉʉ (Comanche), Caiugu (Kiowa), Čariks i Čariks (Pawnee), Sosonih (Shoshone), Oc’eti S’akowin (Sioux) and Núuchiu (Ute).

The city was incorporated in 1871 as a home rule municipality after settlers, including miners and merchants, began to populate the area. Over its first several decades, Boulder became home to the University of Colorado, multiple federal laboratories, tech companies, and major brands. Today, the city has grown to a population of over 100,000 residents and more than 25 square miles of land at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

The Boulder community values active civic engagement and recreational opportunities, stewardship of and access to nature, a culture of entrepreneurship, and advancing racial equity.