Tom Boyd writes about science, technology, land issues and the outdoors for the Rocky Mountain Post. He has covered three Olympic events, and his work has appeared in The Denver Post, The Rocky Mountain News, and 5280 Magazine among other publications. He is also managing editor of CommunityBuilders.net, a project of the Sonoran Institute.
Rocky Mountain real estate trends away from strip malls, toward downtown re-development
An in-depth study recently released by Community Builders, a project of the Sonoran Institute, shows how commercial real estate in the American West is trending away from single-use malls on…
Detroit Future City: Lessons for the West from a city that learned the hard way
A great experiment is under way in the American Midwest. It didn’t happen by design – in fact, much of what’s happened in Detroit is due to a lack of…
A Colorado county aims to capitalize on real estate’s walkability trend
The trend toward walkable neighborhoods seems to be gaining strength, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors released October 31. Sixty percent of respondents to the…
MAVEN launch: Colorado science, engineering community played large role
Mars can expect another visitor from planet Earth. No peppy rovers were on board the MAVEN mission’s Atlas V Centaur rocket as it successfully escaped the Earth’s gravitational pull, but…
Planned obsolescence all over the living room floor
I was mischievously tempted to reveal the strategy of planned obsolescence to my two-year-old as he stared up at me with sad, confused eyes, wondering why daddy couldn’t fix his…
Busted by the bull: elk hunting on foot in the Eagle’s Nest Wilderness
Editor’s Note: A shortened version of this story first appeared in The Denver Post Outdoors under the title: No bull: Hunting elk not just about trophies. It never ceases to…
Real Estate’s past seems destined to repeat itself
When I hear the phrase, “The past is destined to repeat itself,” it’s usually in a negative context. Well, today I want to use it in a positive context. This…
Construction to creativity, the art of building a better economy in Ridgway, Colo.
There’s little doubt that the ‘Great Recession’ punched a hole in the American economy, but it dealt a particularly crushing blow to the construction industry. Along with manufacturing, construction was…
New gear, attitudes key to fly fishing’s appeal among women
There are no official surveys, and no exact numbers, but by and large it seems like fly fishing once placed fairly high on the list of “male-dominated” activities, and there’s…
Existing home sales spike has local, regional implications
The National Association of Realtors made a big splash with their report on existing home sales this week, showing marked improvement in one of the key indicators for the health of the national…
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