In the values series finale, host Elisabeth Rios-Brooks gathers Boulder County Parks & Open Space staff to explore our last two guiding values.
For Inclusion, she speaks with Emma Dhimitri (Community Health Specialist, CSU Extension), Jarret Roberts (Deputy Director of Community Amenities), and Lucero Torres (Senior Park Ranger) about building true belonging—from outreach and inclusive hiring to “planning for the outliers” so everyone benefits.

For Resilience, she’s joined by Justin Atherton-Wood (Planning Group Supervisor), Ernst Strenge (Senior Planner), and Sharla Benjamin (Engineer) to examine systems-level resilience: caring for one another, learning from the land, and designing projects that bounce forward after floods and fires.

Topics & themes: trust-building with underserved communities; inclusive hiring and power-sharing; equitable service delivery; accessibility (transcripts & universal design); Indigenous ways of knowing; flood and wildfire recovery; adaptive management on the St. Vrain; caring cultures at work; belonging as a resilience strategy; transparency and long-view planning.

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Original music, including the theme song and all transitional pieces, was composed and performed by Tim Ostdiek.