BOULDER

Workshop will be held to welcome input on the Fort Chambers/Poor Farm site

Ernest House Jr., the director of the Center for Tribal and Indigenous Engagment, will facilitate a Boulder community workshop from 5 to 6:30 p.m. today at the Open Space and Mountain Parks Hub, 2520 55th St., to discuss how the community can help prioritize the historical Fort Chambers/Poor Farm site project.

The project plans to make the site a space that can educate and provide a reflective healing trail on a location that has a long indigenous history, according to a release. The Fort Chambers/Poor Farm Site was the site where more than 100 Boulder-area men trained before participating in the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, the release stated.

The goal for community members is to help think of potential community-prioritized stories or themes that could be featured along the planned healing trail. Other plans include ecological restoration, visitor access, and farmstead improvements.

This is the second of five community engagement opportunities planned for this project, the release stated. An online public questionnaire will be open through June 30 on the Be Heard Boulder website.

BOULDER COUNTY

Human Services accepts funding applications for programs that support people with disabilities

Boulder County Human Services has released a Request for Application for programs that support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, or brain injury. Applications are due by 5 p.m. June 23.

“Local organizations are invited to apply for funding to create or expand services for the community,” according to a release. “All programs must help increase access, inclusion, and opportunity.”

Applications can be submitted through Boulder County’s Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council website.

The $500,000 in funding was made possible by the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities mill levy, which was first approved in 2002 by Boulder County voters.

“This funding helps fill critical service gaps not covered by state or federal programs,” the release stated. “It aims to create more fair and equal opportunities for everyone.”

ERIE

Grass fire near Erie cemetery quickly contained

A grass fire sparked near the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Erie on Monday was quickly contained.

The grass fire was possibly sparked by a pick-up truck that was stuck in a field near the cemetery, 520 Colliers Blvd., with the fire sparking under the truck, according to Mountain View Fire Rescue spokesperson Rick Tillery. He said that the fire department got the call of the fire at 3:15 p.m. and that by the time crews arrived the fire had spread to nearby railroad ties.

The fire, which burned about a quarter acre, was mostly contained by 4:15 p.m., but the fire crew was taking extra precautions to ensure all heat spots and embers are out, as Tillery said railroad ties can respark fires.

No structures were at risk during the fire.

— Staff reports