Trinity Lutheran Church

TRINITY COMMONS will be a downtown Central Boulder affordable housing community that is sponsored by the congregation, and inspired by the outreach mission of Trinity Lutheran Church. It is to be located on the church's under-utilized north lot currently used for church and leased parking.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH is a Christian faith-based organization of Boulder area citizens who invite those in the area who qualify for affordable housing, or who simply desire to live downtown, to join with its members to help build a supportive and caring neighborhood.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH desires to reinforce its 100 plus year commitment to the continued success and vitality of downtown Boulder by creating twenty six (26) new mixed income housing units that will enhance the diversity of the surrounding neighborhood.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH contributes to the community in a variety of ways that include providing meeting space for youth, social service and church related activities that the congregation hopes to enlarge and improve through construction of a new 3,900 sqft community room.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH recognizes the occasional impact of attendance at Sunday services, weddings and other functions, and of its other operations on the surrounding streets and neighborhood. Consistent with its intention to be a good neighbor, the congregation intends to build substantial sub-surface parking, on the order of 136 spaces, so as to minimize those impacts and to help alleviate the demand for scarce downtown parking.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH is a historically significant building on the northern edge of downtown Boulder that the congregation plans to expand with a compatible structure that:

• Complements the architecture of the existing church building and neighborhood context;
• Uses rich, durable materials and establishes a human scale at the street level;
• Incorporates environmentally sensitive materials and systems;
• Captures mountain and downtown views;
• Creates open space for individuals and for groups to gather and interact;
• Establishes ceremonial entrances to the residential area; and
• Uses space and materials to minimize the negative impacts of multiple activities.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH undertakes this project to create a durable sustaining asset that will contribute to the long term financial viability of the church and its ability to support its aging and low income parishioners as well as members of the larger community into the future.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH will initiate and maintain open communication and a free exchange of information and ideas regarding the proposed redevelopment with its immediate neighbors, all interested persons and the City of Boulder.