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Civitas leads planning for North Boulder Creative Campus project
ColoradoBiz Staff //June 12, 2026//
Renderings courtesy of Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art.
Renderings courtesy of Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art.
Civitas leads planning for North Boulder Creative Campus project
ColoradoBiz Staff //June 12, 2026//
In Brief:
- Civitas selected for landscape architecture and campus visioning
- North Boulder Creative Campus planned as 3-acre mixed-use district
- Project partners include Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and SO–IL
- Site approvals targeted for 2026 with groundbreaking in late 2027
BOULDER, Colo. — Denver-based Civitas has been selected to lead landscape architecture and campus visioning for the North Boulder Creative Campus, a planned 3-acre mixed-use cultural district in North Boulder.
The project is being developed in partnership with the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Emerald Development, architecture firm SO–IL and regional partner Coburn.
The campus is planned to include arts and cultural programming, residential development, public open space and community gathering areas. Civitas will lead the site plan and landscape architecture strategy for the project.
“This project represents an opportunity to rethink how cultural campuses can function within rapidly evolving urban environments,” said Jason Newsome, lead designer at Civitas.
Located in North Boulder, the site is adjacent to arts organizations, trail connections and public infrastructure. Project planners said the campus is intended to support the area’s growth as a mixed-use neighborhood centered on arts and community activities.
The site is located within Boulder’s Wildland Urban Interface zone and the 100-year floodplain, requiring the project team to address wildfire-resiliency regulations, flood-mitigation requirements and landscape codes.
“The North Boulder Creative Campus is envisioned as an open, porous and highly flexible landscape framework,” Newsome said.
Civitas is working with SO–IL, Coburn, Emerald Development, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and civil engineering firm Sanitas on the project.
The North Boulder Creative Campus is in the schematic design phase. Community outreach and city submissions are expected before site approvals planned for 2026. Groundbreaking is targeted for late 2027.
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