Boulder mobile home residents face summer without critical shade trees after owner cuts them down

Boulder mobile home residents face summer without critical shade trees after owner cuts them down

For decades, towering cottonwood trees provided welcome shade at Table Mesa Village Mobile Home Park, a small, tightly knit community in South Boulder. Some residents moved there specifically for the trees. But now, they’re all gone.  Zane Blackmer, a local real estate investor, bought the park in 2016. Not long after, he removed more than half the trees. Earlier this year, he cut down the rest. He told residents the trees were nearing the end o…