Cris Jones - Director of Community Vitality, City of Boulder Colorado

Cris Jones will be a presenter at our first-ever St. Pete Development Summit on February 22. Click here for details.

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While technically a native of Colorado,  Cris Jones is, at heart, an army brat with family roots in Utah. He spent his childhood moving around the country experiencing life in a variety of communities and cultures. At 18 years old, he arrived in Boulder, Colorado to attend the University of Colorado where he earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental design with an emphasis in planning.

Cris has worked in local government in a variety of roles for 22 years with more than 15 of them with the City of Boulder. He started with Boulder’s GO Boulder (transportation planning) department in 2001 focusing on the implementation of a variety multimodal projects but left in 2014 to take on a leadership role with Salt Lake City’s Transportation Division, first as the Manager of Transportation Planning and Programs and then as Acting Deputy Director. While in Salt Lake he helped lead the implementation of several “complete streets” projects as well as the adoption of the city’s first ever Transit Master Plan. In 2018, in a bit of a career pivot, he returned to Boulder to take on a role as Deputy Director of the city’s Community Vitality Department where he now serves as Interim Director. The Community Vitality team has long been responsible for supporting great access and vitality for Boulder’s three commercial general improvement districts (Downtown Boulder, University Hill, and Boulder Junction), parking services and economic vitality. Under his leadership, the city’s Arts + Culture and Special Events functions have been added to the department’s mix of services. Cris is looking forward to further leveraging his extensive local government and transportation experience to empower inspired public and private investments that will continue to cultivate Boulder into an even more sustainable and resilient city.

In his spare time, Cris enjoys cooking, hiking, biking, snowboarding, traveling, and spending quality time with friends and family.

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