Join us to save the minimum wage in Boulder County! Efforts stalled to get Longmont, Louisville and Lafayette to join the regional effort, because the corporate lobbyists went to the state legislator and attempted to stop the gains won by both Boulder and Denver using HB25-1208. While we defeated that effort, it meant advocacy in the other towns faltered. We now have many businesses in Niwot escalating concerns on dealing with paying higher wages. All while their neighbors in the other towns decided to continue to defer discussions on wages, even though most of their own small businesses are already paying higher than minimum wage.

We encourage everyone to advocate for the Boulder County Commissioners to hold the line, keep moving forward with the committed wage schedule because there are many workers who will benefit. We encourage the Commissioners to find alternative solutions for these impacted small businesses that will help their local economies thrive when workers are paid better, and still help small businesses prosper. It is possible to do both!

The county's committed schedule will have minimum wage increasing to $17.99, $14.97 for tipped workers in 2026. A living wage is estimated to be $25.

Sign up here and we will keep you informed of how to get involved with the county's process, which will be a rushed process with really short cycles for community engagement in order to initiate an ordinance in time for January 1st, 2026.

Sign up for the public hearing to speak (virtual and in person available). We encourage submitting written responses the weekend before the hearing to be the most effective.