Parents of Little Leaguers in North Boulder are booing a Boulder County decision to try and market neighborhood baseball fields at Broadway and Iris Avenue for possible residential development after a history of almost 70 years as a Little League park.

County officials are trying to avoid the tag.

The four ball diamonds at Iris Fields lie on the east end of the county’s 17.5-acre North Broadway Office Campus at 1333 Iris Ave. in Boulder, along with five office buildings, adjacent parking lots, paths and a playground. 

The county announced plans in February to sell the parcel, including the ballfields, following a 2024 county space optimization study that had recommended consolidating offices.

Community treasure

Boulder neighbors in surrounding blocks view the fields as a community tre

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