Chili Fest is September 12th, 3:00-7:00 pm

Chili Fest
September 12th, 3-7 p.m.

The 9th annual Chili Fest will be September 12th from 3:00-7:00 p.m. at Community Park. This year’s event will include two great live bands, inflatables for kids, lots of booths and food, and chili samples to taste. Local favorite Hazel Miller Band will be joining us again, as will exciting Chicago Blues band, The Delta Sonics. Please note that chili taste samples are generously provided by the cooks and are first come-first served. Get there early since the samples always go fast (usually right after the red chili turn-in time at 5:00). The restaurants serve bigger samples and have more chili available (usually until after 6:00). Winners are announced at 6:30. Get more information at townofsuperior.com.


We Need Chili Cooks at Chili Fest

The Chili Fest competition is open to everyone interested, and we need cooks! To compete in the International Chili Society-sanctioned Regional cookoff, please visit www.townofsuperior.com for an application and contest rules. The Town will even pay your annual membership fee for the International Chili Society—a $50 value! Winners advance to the World’s Championship Chili Cookoff in Charleston, West Virginia on October 9-11. Contact Kristi or Dan Audette with questions at 303-544-0359 or email to kristia@townofsuperior.com.


Get Involved – Volunteer at Chili Fest

We need lots of volunteers at Chili Fest in various positions to pull off this huge event, including chili judges. If you or your community group are interested in volunteering for an hour or two at this year’s Chili Fest (and receiving a great event t-shirt for free), please contact Kristi or Dan Audette at 303-544-0359 or email to kristia@townofsuperior.com.


Chili Fest Sample Tickets

To maximize value, convenience and reduce waste from selling tickets, Chili Fest-goers pay $5 for a chili-sampling bag with six heat-resistant compostable tasting cups and a spoon inside—families pay $10 and get two bags of cups and spoons to share. This method allows us to avoid using up thousands of tickets for chili cooks to collect in exchange for individual chili tastes. Also included are free soft drinks, two free beers, and unlimited restaurant and Rocky Mountain Fire District chili samples.

Please note that we have very limited ability to provide change, so please no large bills. All money donated from ticket sales and beer tips goes directly to support the Boulder County Incident Management Team. The BCIMT coordinates with all local public safety agencies to respond to large-scale emergencies throughout Boulder County, including floods, wildfires, hazardous material spills, blizzards, and other significant events. Thank you for supporting this great team of dedicated public safety professionals!

Take Alternative Transportation to Chili Fest

Due to limited parking around Community Park, and to help reduce the amount of waste associated with Town events, we ask that residents walk, bike or carpool to Chili Fest. There will be overflow parking nearby with shuttle service provided by YMCA of Boulder Valley for guests arriving from outside Superior.

Mosquito Spraying August 12 from 8:00 p.m. to midnight

Due to recent high counts of adult mosquitoes and the potential for exposure to West Nile Virus, spraying will occur Wednesday, August 12 between 8:00 p.m. and midnight, along the path through Community Park between McCaslin Blvd and South Rock Creek Pkwy. Residents of homes in this area are encouraged to close windows and doors and turn air conditioning systems to recirculate. For more information, please contact Colorado Mosquito Control at http://www.comosquitocontrol.com or call 303-558-8730.

Temporary Sign Regulations

When posting signs in the public right of way (lost animal signs, garage sale signs, etc.) please keep the following regulations in mind:

Sec. 16-347. Temporary signs in public right-of-way.
(a) Freestanding signs shall be allowed in the public right-of-way on a temporary basis if such signs meet all of the following criteria:
(1) The sign does not remain in the public right-of-way for more than forty-eight (48) hours in any seven-day period, except during election season, when such temporary sign may remain in the public right-of-way for the duration of the election season.
(2) The sign is freestanding and not attached to any utility marker, pole, traffic control device, sign or other improvement in the public right-of-way or a sign of another party.
(3) The surface area of the sign does not exceed three (3) square feet per face.
(4) The sign is:
a. Not within fifty (50) feet of a street intersection; and the top of the sign is not located more than three and one-half (3½) feet above the ground; or
b. Within fifty (50) feet of an intersection, and the top of the sign is located not more than two and one-half (2½) feet above the ground.
(5) No balloons, streamers or similar items are affixed to the sign.

(b) A Town employee may remove and destroy any sign in any public right-of-way of the Town that does not meet all of the criteria set forth in this Article.
(c) It shall be the responsibility of the person placing the sign in the public right-of-way to remove the sign in compliance with the time limitations set forth in this Section. It shall be unlawful for any person other than a Town employee to remove any sign from the public right-of-way that he or she did not place or cause to be placed in the public right-of-way.
(d) This Section shall not apply to traffic control devices or other signs erected by a governmental entity to protect the public health, safety and welfare. (Ord. O-14 §1, 2007)