The city council in Boulder, Colorado, voted 6-3 on Tuesday night not to use a sacred prayer site and pioneer burial ground for a sewage sludge plant. Plans for a firefighter training center are still being considered, however.

Elders of the Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming attended the council meeting and urged the city to leave Valmont Butte alone. The site is used for ceremonies.

Non-Indian descendants of pioneers also oppose development. They maintain a cemetery at the site.

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Told to set its sites elsewhere (The Denver Post 8/17)
Boulder rejects sludge plant (The Denver Rocky Mountain News 8/17)
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Relevant Links:
Valmont Butte proposal - http://www.ci.boulder.co.us/publicworks/depts/
utilities/projects/valmontbutte.html

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