The Western City Campus (WCC) will be a new centralized location for several city customer service functions and staff offices. By bringing many city departments under one roof, our goal is to provide a consistent and helpful customer experience. This new campus is a key component of the Facilities Master Plan, which will incorporate city values such as sustainability, financial responsibility, inclusivity, and accessibility.
Boulder Wester City Campus Building
This strategic move is intended to provide efficiency and connection for both community members and city staff. Situated on 2.4 acres of the original 8.8-acre Alpine-Balsam site, the WCC will feature a range of essential city services, office spaces, a community space and a parking garage.
The City of Boulder expanded into leased spaces to hold staff and the growing services, leaving services and staff scattered across the city. The current buildings are in a state of disrepair and require substantial investment to maintain. The cost to repair and continue to chase these critical failures is the equal to the price tag as the WCC.
In the city’s current buildings, they are not able to meet our climate action plan goals to electrify buildings because our capital and emergency funding is spent on fixing the failing infrastructure. The WCC will provide a unified space where city staff can work more effectively, moving away from the inefficiencies of being spread across multiple locations. By consolidating many services in one central location, we aim to create a better space for public engagement and provide the community with a consistent, reliable destination for accessing city services, and achieving our climate commitment goals – an approach that is vastly different from our current operations.
Construction begins in 2025 with a grand opening expected in 2027!