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THINGS TO DO IN NORTHERN COLORADO
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Mulberry Office 401 W. Mulberry Street Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 221-0700
The Source in Old Town 121 E Mountain Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 493-0700
Centerra Office 5401 Stone Creek Circle Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 613-0700
Loveland Office 1401 W. 29th Street Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 663-0700
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Out and About Town The Group is a proud sponsor of the Downtown Business Association in Fort Collins and a number of Northern Colorado events throughout the year. From the CSU Ram Jam in April to Loveland Sculpture in the Park in August and then Tiny Tot Halloween in October, The Group is there to meet and greet.
Look for The Group tent at these Northern Colorado events.
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2014 Schedule of Events Fort Collins Gallery Walk Presented by The Group Real Estate 1st Friday of Each Month (6:00 – 9:00 pm) 25th Colorado Brewers’ Festival June 27-29 (11:00 am – 6:00 pm) Loveland BBQ, Beer and Bands July 11-12 Windsor Relay For Life July 11
Loveland Sculpture in the Park August 9-10
Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest August 15 (5:00 – 10:00 pm) August 16-17 (10:00 am – 10:00 pm) Nelsen’s Old Town Car Show September 6
FORToberfest September 19 (5:00 – 10:30 pm) September 20 (11:00 – 10:00 pm) Tiny Tot Halloween October 31 (10:00 am)
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CELEBRATE FORT COLLINS AND NORTHERN COLORADO WITH US!
KATHY JACK-ROMERO, President and Publisher
LAUREN GUSTUS, Executive Editor
Whether you’re relatively new to Fort Collins or if you’ve been here for years, there are new discoveries just minutes from your door. We took a new and different look at Northern Colorado in this edition of FYI, giving you 101 things to do in and around Fort Collins. We hope you enjoy discovering them as much as we did in collecting them. In this issue of FYI, we give you look at what to do in Northern Colorado – from Estes Park to Wellington to Red Feather Lakes. Take in a double feature at one of the state’s few drive-ins. Visit Windsor Lake for paddle boats, or if you’re more adventurous, try paddle boarding. Mark CSU’s homecoming game on your calendar. This year, we’re also giving more space in FYI to our growing brewery scene. We welcomed two cideries, one distillery and three new breweries to the area since FYI last published. And three institutions – Anheuser-Busch, Odell Brewing and CooperSmith’s – are celebrating 25 years in Fort Collins. This community continues to be celebrated, from demonstrated excellence in education at Colorado State University, to our growing reputation as an innovation hub, to our desire to share our time and treasure as volunteers, to our well-deserved status as one of the best places in the country to ride your bike. Celebrate with us, by participating in any number of the activities you’ll find on the ensuing pages. As Fort Collins’ local news leader, it’s our mission to provide the community with in-depth coverage of local issues and breaking news when you need it. Like you, we also enjoy and look to celebrate the things to do and places to go in Northern Colorado. Let this be your introduction to those places and activities. And tell us, too, when you see stories that need to be told. We’d love to hear from you. If you’re new to Fort Collins, welcome to the Choice City. If this is home, we hope FYI is a valuable resource for you as well. We’re proud of our community. We love living here. And we invite you to discover the many hidden gems in Northern Colorado - and in this edition of FYI. Please enjoy it!
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Runners kiss as they cross the finish line in Old Town Fort Collins during the Colorado Marathon May 4, 2014. Erin Hull/The Coloradoan
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Around Fort Collins The Fort Collins Trail Runners and other runners, pictured September 5, 2013, run along the Soderberg trail. Coloradoan Library
TRAILS LEAD THE WAY IN FORT COLLINS Near the top of the list of things that make Fort Collins a cool place to live and work is its recreational trail system. The city maintains more than 35 miles of trails and has plans to build more in the years to come, filling gaps in the present system while building connections to neighborhoods, commercial areas and recreational facilities. The major trails are: Poudre River (10.1 miles) – Follows the river from LaPorte to the Environmental Learning Center through the historic heart of the city and lush natural areas. In time it will be extended to the east and connect with a trail with runs to Greeley. Spring Creek (6.9 miles) – Runs from the foothills to the Poudre River through some of the city’s largest parks. Fossil Creek (5.9 miles) – Cuts through the Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area and connects with the Spring Creek Trail in Spring Canyon Park. Plans call for it to be extended from Shields Street to an underpass of College Avenue and connect to trail segments to the east. Mason (4 miles) – Runs north-south next to the BNSF Railway line connecting the Spring Creek and Fossil Creek trails. Power (3.9 miles) – Follows the Union Pacific Railroad from Edora Park south to Harmony Road. Eventually it will be extended south to connect with Loveland’s trail system. The trails are so wildly popular with bicyclists, runners, walkers (with and without dogs), and skaters that congestion can be an issue. But adherence to the 15 mph speed limit and a friendly “on your left” when passing go a long way toward maintaining peaceful relations. For more information, visit fcgov.com/parks/ trails.php – Kevin Duggan 24 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
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Take the kids to the movies … outdoors You’ve already been to the pool, the park and six play dates with friends. What could possibly keep them entertained for an hour or so? Spin your wheels over to The Holiday Twin Drive-In, one of a handful of drive-in theaters still operating in Colorado and the only one in Larimer County. Holiday Twin has been a staple of Fort Collins for more than 30 years. Located at 2206 S. Overland Trail, it has two screens that each play a double feature every night during the April through August viewing season. FM stereo sound is broadcast to your vehicle’s radio. Movies start showing at dark. The box office opens at 6:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 7 p.m. on Sundays. The line can get long, so plan to arrive early. Prices are: ages 6-9, $5; ages 10 and up, $7; and $5 for seniors 65 and older. The snack bar features classics like popcorn but also dinner options, including cheese burgers and corn dogs. Want to know more? Visit holidaytwindrivein.com or call (970) 221-1244.
Lightning spans the sky over a showing of Men in Black III June 6, 2012. Coloradoan Library
Old school arcade action Arcades for the 21-and-older crowd, commonly referred to as “barcades” are a growing trend. If you’re looking for one in Northern Colorado, look no further than The Bar Fort Collins in Campus West. Be sure to bring a roll of quarters – or at least some cash to convert into change – because this arcade doesn’t put credits on a card for you like at Dave & Buster’s; it sticks to the classic style. The Bar has plenty of classic arcade games, like Galaga, Pac-Man and Street Fighter II, but also gives customers the option to play giant Jenga and ping pong. – Matt Stephens
Take in a baseball game If you want the big stadium feel, then Coors Field and the Rockies are the way to go, but for those seeking a relaxing afternoon watching America’s pastime, try going to a game at City Park. CSU dropped its NCAA baseball team in 1992, but the school still touts one of the best club programs in the nation. The Rams play at City Park South in the spring and draw a nice crowd to their games. Once the CSU club team’s season is over, the Fort Collins Foxes begin their season at City Park. The Foxes are a collegiate summer league team with a roster
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made up of players from colleges around the country. Tickets for Foxes games are $4 for children and $6 for adults. CSU games are free. – Matt Stephens
Hike to the Aggie “A” Want to get outdoors and honor a Fort Collins tradition at the same time? Back in December 1923, a group of Colorado State University students climbed into the foothills behind Hughes Stadium in west Fort Collins. There they formed an “A,” for the Colorado A&M Aggies, on the hillside using rocks. They splashed whitewash across the “A,” which can be seen from miles away at the heart of the CSU campus. The tradition of repainting the icon takes place each year. For this hike, you’ll want to start at Rotary Park, off North County Road 23. From Fort Collins, head up to Horsetooth Reservoir; from County Road 38E (Harmony), turn right on Centennial Drive; then turn left at the stop sign at CR23. Pass over the dam and head up a steep hill; Rotary Park is on the left (reservoir side). Once there, cross the road and head down a path on the other side that leads to the meadow. At the junction, take a right onto a small, easy trail to the
backside of the “A.” Turning left at the junction will take you along the Foothills Trail. – Madeline Novey
Rolling on the Rocks skating parties What do you get when you combine music, costumes, alcohol and roller skating? Rolling on the Rocks roller disco parties. (For those who answered “broken limbs,” the parties have logged no emergency room visits, although signing a waiver is mandatory.) The skating parties are open to those 18 and older (must be 21 to drink) and are held at Qdoba Events Center, 218 Smokey St., Fort Collins. Disco lights, a fog machine, a concertquality sound system and an announcer on skates create a nightclub atmosphere. Drinks are not allowed on the rink. Each party has a retro theme, such as May’s “Work it Out ‘80s Style,” complete with fluorescent spandex. Upcoming themes include rock party (grunge and glam metal attire highly encouraged) on July 26, and MTV party on Sept. 13. Dates for October, November and December parties TBD. Admission is $7 presale; $12 at the door, plus $3 for skate rental. For more information, visit facebook.com/ RollingontheRocks. – Jayme DeLoss FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado « 25
Around Fort Collins Erica Novoa, aka Finkzilla, right, bodychecks Moriah Hummer, aka The Original Skankster, during a FoCo Girls Gone Derby bout May 18, 2013. V. Richard Haro/ The Coloradoan
3-meter and two 1-meter diving boards and separate warm water pool and wading pool. Don’t forget the two ice hockey rinks and a workout room. There are open skates, skating classes and broomball on the ice rinks. Try out an adult hockey league – offered for all levels throughout the week. Figure skating and speed skating classes are also offered. Many clubs, including the CSU club hockey team, play at EPIC. The pool is home to Fort Collins Area Swim Team (FAST) and Team Vortex. Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult in the pool. If the activities inside EPIC aren’t enough, there’s a disc golf course that circles the building,Edora Park is also nearby; it’s to a skate park, tennis courts and baseball fields. For more info, call (970) 221-6683. – Kevin Lytle
Dog parks unleash canine fun
Watch the real deal at FoCo Girls Gone Derby FoCo Girls Gone Derby roller derby league has been delivering hip-checks since 2006 as Northern Colorado’s first women’s league. Modern roller derby is a real, full-contact sport played by athletes, and Colorado has spawned some of the top teams and players in the world. FCGGD was founded by Jerica Martin, who went on to win a national championship with Rocky Mountain Rollergirls and the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup while playing for Team USA. FCGGD is comprised of two travel teams, the Micro Bruisers and Punchy Brewsters, and two home teams, the Cinderhellas and Psycho Sirens. The league hosts home bouts at Qdoba Events Center, 218 Smokey St., Fort Collins, and also faces off in doubleheaders against Slaughterhouse Derby Girls in Greeley. In addition to players, referees and officials also are league members, and all volunteer on various committees to run the organization. FCGGD gives back by donating a portion of bout proceeds and volunteer hours to local nonprofits on a quarterly basis. FCGGD’s season runs from January through November, with its opening bout typically in February or March. For information on upcoming bouts, visit focogirlsgonederby.com or find them on Facebook. Tickets are $10 presale or with a student/military ID; $15 at the door; kids 12 and younger are admitted free. – Jayme DeLoss
Fort Collins Thanksgiving Day Run Hit the pavement for a run with 3,000 other people Thanksgiving morning before you pack on the calories and fall asleep on the couch watching football. Inspired by the famed Thanksgiving Day Manchester Road Race, the Fort Collins Thanksgiving Day Run celebrates its 21st year on Nov. 27. The race features a 1/3-mile long Gobble Gobble kids’ fun run before the main event, which is a 4-mile run/walk. Elite runners compete 26 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
for a prize money and the race regularly draws the fastest in Northern Colorado, including former Olympians. The race starts at the intersection of Mountain and College avenues and winds through City Park before a finish at Oak Street Plaza. Information: fctdayrun.com. – Stephen Meyers
Lace up your skates at Edora Pool Ice Center How many different activities can you fit into one building? At Edora Pool Ice Center, there’s an indoor pool, two
Fort Collins loves dogs as much as it loves beer and sunshine. But letting dogs run free, as they prefer to do, is a problem. Under city law, animals must be on a leash or restrained at all times except in designated areas. To keep dogs and their owners happy, Dog Parks have been built in selected parks that allow dogs to run off leash and socialize. The parks are: Spring Canyon: West of the entrance to the park, which is at the west end of Horsetooth Road. Fossil Creek: Near the park entrance, 5821 S. Lemay Ave. Soft Gold – 520 Hickory St. off North College Ave. Dogs may roam free at the parks, but owners are responsible for cleaning up after them and making sure they are not aggressive toward people or other animals. Dog Parks are expected to be included in future parks planned for the northeast and northwest parts of town. – Kevin Duggan
Try bus rapid transit with MAX Residents and visitors wanting to reach key locations in Fort Collins with minimal hassle might consider riding MAX. The first bus rapid transit system along the Front Range began service in May. The $87 million project is the largest public works project in city history. Specially designed MAX buses run along a 5-mile corridor connecting the South and Downtown transit centers with 12 stations along the way. Areas served include the CSU campus, Midtown commercial areas, including the Foothills Mall, and Old Town. – Kevin Duggan
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Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Opened Nov. 10, 2012, the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery offers a one-of-akind museum experience in Northern Colorado. The museum combines science, history and culture to provide the whole family with a richer, deeper understanding of our natural world. The Fort Collins Museum of Discovery is located at 408 Mason Court in Fort Collins, and it is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. It’s closed for Christmas, New Year’s Day and Thanksgiving. Hands-on exhibits will make you go, “Whoa,” and beautiful outdoor spaces and a state-of-the-art digital dome theater provide all-day fun for the family. Adult entry costs $9.50, and it’s $7 for seniors or students with a valid ID. Kids ages 3-12 get in for $6, and children 2 and under get in free. If you’re planning multiple trips, check out the museum’s various membership options, including an $80/year family pass (1-2 adults and all children under 21). The museum offers a variety of summer programs for kids of all ages. For more information, including summer kids programs signups, visit the museum’s website at fcmod.org. – Tyler Silvy
City Park Pool From shallow pools and a lazy river to a 30-foot drop slide, City Park Pool has something each member of your family will love. City Park Pool, located on Sheldon Lake off of south Bryan Avenue, opens May 24 and will stay open through the summer until Sept. 1. Normal hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Enjoy the outdoor pool with a large play structure and an expansive grassy
area, as well as dedicated picnic tables. Prices are $6 for ages 2-17 and seniors 60 and older and $7 for adults 18-59. Group discounts are available. Venture onto Sheldon Lake with $2.50 paddle boat rentals. Mark your calendar for the Splash Drive-In movies (June 27, July 25 and Aug. 22) and the Pooch Plunge (4-7 p.m. Sept. 1, $5 per dog in advance). – Tyler Silvy
Pub quiz: Show what you know On any given night in Fort Collins, you can test your knowledge in a trivia contest. The most recognizably branded competition is Geeks Who Drink, which offers quizzes six nights a week in nine different locations (10 starting in June). Geeks Who Drink distinguishes itself from other pub quizzes with production value. The company employs quizmasters, writers, fact-checkers, graphic designers and artists. Each quiz incorporates multimedia elements, including musical, visual and audio rounds. Teams can consist of up to six players. There is usually no charge to play, and prizes include free drinks and gift certificates for the hosting venue. Here’s a schedule of GWD quizzes: Monday: 8 p.m. Beau Jo’s Tuesday: 8 p.m. Black Bottle Brewery; 7:30 p.m. Luscious Nectar Wednesday: 8 p.m. Gravity 1020 at the Fort Collins Brewery; 7:30 p.m. The Laboratory (starting June 11); 7:30 p.m. Trailhead Tavern Thursday: 7 p.m. Pateros Creek Brewing; 6:30 p.m. The Hideout Saturday: 8 p.m. Krazy Karl’s Pizza Sunday: 7:30 p.m. The Astoria – Jayme DeLoss
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Bike to Work Day rolls in all weather
Fort Collins is big on bikes. It’s evident in the number of two-wheelers rolling down city streets and trails at all times of the day. Our passion for cycling really shines on Bike to Work Day, a twice-a-year event that celebrates the fun side of bikes (riding and eating) and the pragmatic (commuting). Summer Bike to Work Day is held in June, which is Bike Month in Colorado. The 2014 event is scheduled June 25, marking the 27th anniversary of the event in Fort Collins. If the weather is good, thousands of riders are expected to hit the streets with many visiting one (or more) of the dozens of free breakfast stations set up around town. Maps of stations are posted on the city of Fort Collins website. Some riders carefully plot their morning commutes to score the best food. Others keep an eye out for after-work celebrations. The winter versions of Bike to Work Day is held in December. While smaller than the summer event, it still enjoys a healthy number of breakfast stations, sponsorships and riders, depending on the weather. If the coffee is hot, dedicated cyclists
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roll out no matter how cold the morning might be. For more information, visit fcgov.com/ bicycling. – Kevin Duggan
Ride the Fort Collins Trolley Glide under the canopy on Mountain Avenue on the Fort Collins Municipal Railway. The electric street car runs from City Park to Howes Street along Mountain Avenue on weekend afternoons throughout the summer. Each trip takes about half an hour. It costs $2 for adults, $1 for seniors and children and those under 3 years old ride free. The trip is the work of the all-volunteer Fort Collins Municipal Railway Association. The group restored the mile-anda-half line and the Car 21 trolley in the 1980s. It now leads the Fourth of July parade from City Park to Avery house. It also will have free rides for dads on Father’s Day and for everyone on July 17 and 18, thanks to the Downtown Business Association. – Nick Coltrain
Harvest Farms Fall Festival Get lost in the elaborate corn mazes of the Harvest Farms Fall Festival any weekend in October. Past designs have been elaborate drawings thanking fire fighters and celebrating
sports teams — one had a Colorado Eagles player hoisting a championship cup. General admission is $10 for seniors and children aged 4 to 12 years old. Adults are $15. In addition to the 10-acre corn maze, visitors can check out a petting zoo, scour the pumpkin patch and launch corn cobs out of a cannon. Other animal adventures include watching Bunnington, a miniature town for 20-plus rabbits, a climbing pen for goats and piglet races. The farm is found at 4240 East County Road 66 in Wellington. – Nick Coltrain
Rocky Mountain Raptor Program The largest ambassadors of the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program, including golden and bald eagles, can be viewed free of cost at the Colorado State University Environmental Learning Center in Fort Collins. They are viewable during daylight hours at 2400 N. Environmental Drive. The animals suffered injuries that keep them out of the wild, but it doesn’t diminish the majesty of the birds of prey. They have short bios at the front of the cage. Paying a visit can be a great prologue or epilogue to exploring the trails nearby. The main rehabilitation program isn’t open to the public generally, except for
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Pooch Plunge taps into the wild side For a taste of canine chaos, check out the annual Pooch Plunge at City Park Pool. Typically held on Labor Day and the final day of the pool season, the popular event welcomes dogs to jump in the pool. This year’s Pooch Plunge is scheduled 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 1. Admission is $5 in advance or $8 on the day of the event, which is a fundraiser for the city’s aquatics program. The event includes a silent auction featuring dogfriendly items. Hundreds of dogs and their human friends usually turn out for the event, which is known for its high energy and for being a howling good time. Tickets go on sale Aug. 1 at Advanced Animal Care, 1530 Riverside Ave., and City Park Pool. For more information visit fcgov.com. – Kevin Duggan
Visit City Park Established in 1912, City Park in Fort Collins boasts more than 100 years of family fun and entertainment. Located along Mulberry St., between Shields St. and Taft Hill Road, the 85acre City Park features lighted tennis courts, seven shelters, two playgrounds, a baseball field, ample flat, grassy areas for sports fields, basketball courts and a horseshoe pit. Sit atop City Park hill and look across Sheldon Lake to the foothills west of Fort Collins, or exercise along the jogging paths that dissect the park. The park is at the center of Fort Collins’ Fourth of July celebration, so mark your calendars for a day full of fun. The 12th-annual FireKracker 5K kicks off at 7:30 a.m. A kids fun run starts at
9:10 a.m. For a less strenuous start to your July 4 celebration, take part in the twoperson, better-ball golf tournament at 8 a.m. at the City Park Nine Golf Course. Mosey over to the City Park North Ballfield at 9:30 a.m. for the 33rd annual Old Timer’s baseball game, and then watch the Fort Collins Foxes collegiatelevel summer baseball team host the Loveland Blue Jays at 1 p.m. Tickets for the Foxes-Blue Jays are $6 for adults and $4 for seniors (65 and older) and children ages 5-14. Relax on City Park Hill later in the day, as live music kicks off at 4:15 p.m., and end your day full of fun with a spectacular fireworks display at 9:35 p.m. Free Transfort shuttle service will be available July 4. – Tyler Silvy
The Farm at Lee Martinez Park Open since 1985, The Farm at Lee Martinez Park offers hands-on fun for the family. Located at 600 North Sherwood St., The Farm is an educational and interactive experience where you can learn about the industry or simply get your hands dirty while immersing yourself in farm life. Farm hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, and noon-4 p.m. Sundays through June 1. Starting June 3, and running through Aug. 17, hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sundays. The Farm is closed July 4. Kids 2 and under get in free. All others pay $3, or buy a Barnyard Buddy Pass (family pass good for up to four people) for $60/year. Get your kiddos a pony ride for $5. The Farm also offers childcare, with annual-pass choices such as commercial daycare ($150), home daycare ($72) and nonprofit ($72). For more information, call (970) 221-6665. – Tyler Silvy
Wally, a four-year-old mix, tries to climb out of the pool during the 10th Annual Pooch Plunge at City Park Pool Sept. 2, 2013. V. Richard Haro/ The Coloradoan
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The Gardens at Spring Creek The Gardens at Spring Creek offer your family the chance to explore the living, breathing beauty of Northern Colorado within the community’s gorgeous botanic garden.
A butterfly in flight is lit at the Holiday Lights display at Gardens at Spring Creek Nov. 29, 2012. V. Richard Haro/ The Coloradoan
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Located at 2145 Center Ave. in Fort Collins, The Gardens on Spring Creek include a Children’s Garden, Demonstration Garden, Xeric Parkway Strip, Rock Garden, Sustainable Backyard and a Garden of Eatin’. The gardens are open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Noon-5 p.m. Sunday beginning May 1. Suggested donation is $2, or $5 for a family. Reservations are taken by phone (970) 416-2486, in person, or via the website, fcgov.com/gardens. Mark your calendars for the garden’s special events, including Music in The Gardens (May 25, July 20 and Aug. 24), ARTiculture – a guided walk-through featuring new installations - (6-8 p.m. Aug. 1) and Garden a’Fare – a culinary pairing series – (Aug. 23, wine night, and Sept. 6, beer tour). – Tyler Silvy
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Get messy while creating beautiful pottery at the Fort Collins Pottery Studio. Located at 1541 West Oak St. (the northwest corner of City Park), The Pottery Studio has been open for more than 40 years. It boasts 23 potters’ wheels, a 30-inch wide slab roller, 10 clay varieties and seven kilns, as well as 200 square feet of work surface. The studio offers classes for nearly every age, starting at age 3 and up. Be sure to check out the parents or grandparentsplus-children class 9:30-11:30 a.m. every Thursday for five weeks starting June 5. This class will give you some real quality time with your grandchildren (ages 3-5). Cost is $24. There are numerous other child and adult classes offered throughout the year. For more information, or to sign up for classes, contact the Fort Collins Senior Center (970) 221-6644, or visit The Pottery Studio’s website at fcgov.com/recreation/ potterystudio. – Tyler Silvy
Whether you’re a teenager eager to get scared, or a family in search of fall fun, Something From The Farm has something for you. Located at 7755 Greenstone Trail (just south of Carpenter Road between Timberline Road and Lemay Ave.), Something From The Farm is a local pumpkin patch, corn maze and hay-ride bonanza. Something From The Farm opens toward the end of September and stays open through Halloween. During the day, check out the pumpkin patch for free (pumpkins cost $0.59 per pound), check out the corn maze or take a hay ride. The maze, hay ride and unique Hayground cost $10 for people age 13 and up. It’s $8 for seniors and kids 5-12. Kids 4 and under get in free. Starting at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, start shaking in your boots with the Fear at The Farm haunted maze ($17) and the haunted hay ride ($12). – Tyler Silvy
Downtown Fort Collins « Around Fort Collins Thousands donned costumes and rode bikes through downtown Fort Collins on Aug. 31, 2013, during the New Belgium Tour de Fat bicycle parade. Coloradoan Library
TWO WHEELS HIT STREETS FOR TOUR DE FAT On Aug. 30, Fort Collins will find itself overrun with two-wheeled revelers donning tutus, rainbow-colored wigs and costumes of every kind as part of New Belgium Brewing Co.’s Tour de Fat. The costumed bike parade through the streets of Fort Collins ends at Civic Center Park, where attendees can enjoy a variety of entertainment, including everything from live music to yo-yo performers to vaudeville-style acts. The festival also will feature several bike-themed contests along with the announcement of the winner of the car-forbike swap. Each year a volunteer is selected to trade his or her car keys for a $2,250 stipend to buy aown commuter bike and must commit to one year of living carfree. New this year, Tour de Fat also will feature brewing education opportunities and a “Bicycle Revival” to showcase the power of two-wheeled transportation. Last year, Tour de Fat attracted more than 25,000 people, along with raising money for local charities. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the parade starts at 10 a.m.. The celebration will go from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit newbelgium.com for more information. – Stacy Nick FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado « 31
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Around Fort Collins » Downtwon Fort Collins David Dahl-Hansson, who is ranked 428 internationally, plays in a pinball tournament on Dec. 14, 2011, at PinBall Jones arcade in Old Town Fort Collins. Coloradoan Library
Attend a First Friday poetry slam From laugh-out-loud rhymes to deeply thought-out lyrics, you’ll be amazed at the underground local talent that packs the Bean Cycle for its monthly poetry slam the first Friday of each month. Coinciding with art walks across Old Town, dozens of poets and residents pack the wood-floored coffee shop and bookstore along College Avenue for an evening with wordsmiths. From first-time performers to veteran poets, this free event showcases just how talented and supportive the Fort Collins community is – and it might even make you think a little deeper about the world around you. Or laugh. A lot. It’s turned into a tradition for many, and you’ll see repeat performers if you stick around from month to month. The slams begin around 7:30 p.m. the first Friday of each month and last until closing, but if you want a spot up close to the fun, make sure to get there early. – Jason Pohl
Take a Fort Collins ghost tour Explore the dark alleys and secret passages beneath the Choice City on a guided Fort Collins Ghost Tour. Offered year-round on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., these journeys into and under the city highlight haunting pasts, ghostly sightings and historic happenings around downtown. And in the fall and winter, be sure to check out the haunted pub tours, which make stops at watering holes across downtown while sharing ghostly lore. Tours start in Old Town Square in front of the visitor’s center and last approximately 90 minutes. These tours 38 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
frequently sell out days in advance – especially around Halloween. For more information or to get tickets, which usually cost $15 per person, go to fortcollinstours.com – Jason Pohl
Head to PinBall Jones At the base of a stairway below Old Town Square is a portal to another time, to a past era when gaming was a more tactile experience, before the advent of the Xbox. PinBall Jones is an old-school arcade with more than 20 games. In addition to pinball, video games Multi-Cade (20 classic arcade games on one machine), Ms. Pacman and an arcade bowling game offer players a retro fix. You can have a good time literally for pocket change, and it’s a lot more fun than doing laundry with those quarters. The pinball hall is now serving beer and cider by the bottle. The site hosts tournaments, and if you are competitive or looking to improve your pinball prowess, you can join a league. The business also services games. PinBall Jones is located at 107 Linden St., Fort Collins. For more information and hours, visit pinballjones.com. – Jayme DeLoss
Sometimes bad movies are the best Are you a fan of “B” movies? How about whatever ranks below B? Films shown at Lyric Cinema Cafe’s Bad Movie Nite would fall into this category. On the first Saturday of every month, the Lyric features a hilariously horrible film, along with absurd commercials and other bizarre random clips. The cheesier and lower the budget, the better. Most of the material is sourced from the ‘80s and early ‘90s, a gold mine for unintentionally
Downtown For Collins « Around Fort Collins awful fads and fashion, and special effects that are now laughable. Raucous crowds enhance the viewing experience by shouting out quips. Movies are kept secret before the showing, but you can find a clue on Bad Movie Nite’s Facebook page. For more information, visit lyriccinemacafe.com/bad-movie-nite. – Jayme DeLoss
Pick up a brush at Pinot’s Palette Looking for a fun date idea or a unique birthday party with friends? Pinot’s Palette offers classes that combine painting with a selection of beers and wines. Classes are offered Wednesday through Sunday. Cost is $35 or $45. On family days, cost is $25. All painting supplies are provided and wine, beer and snacks are available for purchase. Pinot’s Palette is located in Old Town at 159 W. Mountain Ave. No art experience is necessary to take part in the fun. For more information or to sign up for a class visit pinotspalette. com/fortcollins. – Kevin Lytle
Walk like a zombie in Old Town Every October, the “undead” rise up and take over Old Town Fort Collins for the
Old Town Zombie Fest. Inspired by the Denver Zombie Crawl, this night for the living dead features a crawl through Old Town shops and restaurants for zombies of all ages, along with music and games in Old Town Square. A 21-and-older ball wraps up the night, featuring creepy concoctions, costume contests and music. The annual event raises funds for the local at-risk youth support group Turning Point. Old Town Zombie Fest is Oct. 2. Admission is TBA. Visit oldtownzombie. com for more information. – Stacy Nick
Don costumes for Tiny Tots Halloween Looking to take a bit of scare out of Halloween for the little ones? Get the kids dressed up and head to Old Town Fort Collins for the annual Tiny Tot Halloween. While the schedule isn’t yet set for 2014, the event in previous years featured trick or treating through Old Town, followed by a nearby party. Kids can creep their way through downtown on Halloween and visit friendly characters that line the streets giving them candy. The events are free and typically designed for children 7 years or younger. Your heart will certainly melt when you gaze upon all the tiny princesses, ghosts and cowboys. – Madeline Novey
Heather Chantler carries her unborn undead, who carries a Pabst, on Oct. 19, 2013, as they dance during the Zombie Crawl, a benefit event for Turning Point, in Old Town Fort Collins. Coloradoan Library
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Around Fort Collins » CSU
Colorado State volleyball fans dance in the student section on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, during the Rams’ win against the New Mexico Lobos at Moby Arena in Fort Collins. Coloradoan Library
FILL UP ON GREAT FOOD AND WATCH FOOTBALL AT AG DAY There’s nothing quite like the annual Ag Day football game at CSU’s Hughes Stadium. The pregame barbecue features the state’s best agricultural products, from fruits and vegetables to pork and beef. Purchase your barbecue tickets early, because the event usually sells out. Proceeds fund scholarships for students in the school’s agricultural programs. Enjoy the food, a beverage or two, and throw a football or Frisbee around in the parking lot before heading inside the stadium to see the Rams face Tulsa in the Oct. 3, 2014, contest. Jim McElwain, the offensive coordinator for national championship teams at Alabama in 2009 and 2011, is entering his third season as Colorado State University’s coach. The Rams are coming off their first eight-win season since 2002 and first bowl appearance since 2008. CSU ended the 2013 season with a thrilling 48-45 overtime win over Washington State in the New Mexico Bowl. The Rams trailed by 22 points early in the game and by 15 with three minutes remaining. CSU wears orange jerseys and helmets with an orange, bone-style Rams’ horn for its Ag Day game each year to honor the school’s agricultural past. Fans are encouraged to wear orange for this game, too. The original colors of Colorado A&M, as CSU was formerly known, were pumpkin (orange) and alfalfa (green). For game tickets, call (970) 491-7267 or visit CSURams.com. – Kelly Lyell 40 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
Wish CSU a happy birthday On Feb. 11, 1870, Colorado Territorial Gov. Edward McCook signed the Colorado Morrill Act, establishing the State Agricultural College in Fort Collins. Fast forward to 2015 and CSU has 145 candles on its birthday cake. Each year in February, the university and Fort Collins communities come together to celebrate CSU’s teaching, research and engagement with events on campus and at the State Capitol. The schedule for 2015 isn’t yet set, but typical festivities include a performance by one of CSU’s bands, a showing of CSU cheerleaders and an appearance by the one and only CAM the Ram. In 2014, there was also a birthday party specifically for the beloved mascot, which had plenty of kid-centric activities. The university also awards the prestigious Founders Medal at a ceremony and reception. – Madeline Novey
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Cam the Ram mascot high-fives spectators along The Oval on Colorado State University’s campus on Oct. 11, 2013, during the school’s 99th annual homecoming in Fort Collins. Coloradoan Library
Have lunch with CSU’s President
Each September, as is tradition, the president of Colorado State University hosts the Fall Address. Standing before a crowd gathered on the historic Oval, the president celebrates the land-grant university’s successes and sets goals for years to come. It’s where former CSU President Larry Penley once pledged to achieve various green and energy efficiency marks, and where current President Tony Frank in September 2013 charged university students and staff to make CSU the best place for women to work and learn, and the best place to work as an adjunct faculty member. There’s lunch and typically a performance by CSU’s marching band. But more than that, this is a time and place to talk with elected officials, CSU’s administrators and faculty in a casual setting. It’s an event at which people who care about CSU – or simply its impact on the community – can go to hear where things stand. It’s a good opportunity to get a highlevel sense of where things stand with an institution funded by our tax dollars.
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Check out the Border War basketball game There’s nothing quite like a CSUWyoming men’s basketball game at Moby Arena. Fans of both teams turn out in full force, sometimes selling out the 8,745seat facility, for the biggest rivalry game of the year. The rival schools, located just 65 miles apart across a state line, have played 221 times in a series that began during the 1910-11 season with a 20-17 win by the Rams. Wyoming holds a 129-92 edge, but CSU has won eight of the past 10 games. Each school has won 52 of the 104 games they’ve played against each other in Fort Collins, according to CSU’s records. Wyoming reports the Rams have a 55-51 edge in Fort Collins. Either way, it’s a great matchup between intense rivals battling to finish ahead of one another in the conference standings. For game tickets, call (970) 491-7267 or visit CSURams.com. – Kelly Lyell
Take in a CSU track meet CSU’s track and field teams regularly are among the best in the Mountain West Conference, and the home track meets at Jack Christiansen Track on the southeast side of campus bring in top competition every year. Olympians like former CSU standouts Janay DeLoach Soukup, Casey Malone, Loree Smith and Denver resident Lance Reynolds, among others, often show up to compete against the top college athletes from schools throughout the region. The Rams usually host two meets a year, the Fum McGraw meet in late March and the Jack Christiansen Invitational in late April. It’s great competition for a great price. Admission is free. – Kelly Lyell
Celebrate Homecoming Whether or not you call yourself a Rammy, you’d be hard pressed to not don green and gold in October. Thousands of people will gather in Fort Collins over the course of four days, Oct. 16-19, to celebrate the history and traditions of Colorado State University. Established in 1870, CSU is the only landgrant university in the state and educates roughly 31,000 students. So what’s a family to do? Kick things off from 3:30-6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, with live music, bounce houses, food trucks and carnival games on CSU’s historic Oval. Then from 4:30-6 p.m., take a seat – or stand and cheer – as dozens of floats and colorfully-dressed, candy-tossing people pass by as the Homecoming & Family Weekend parade winds through the heart of campus. End that Friday evening on CSU’s West Lawn with a bonfire, fireworks and the traditional lighting of the Aggie “A.” All three events are free and open to the public. Round the weekend out with the Homecoming 5K Race, from 8-9:15 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, on the Oval, and encourage the kids to take part in the Fun Run at 9 a.m., led by CAM the Ram. And of course, you couldn’t have a good ‘ole fashioned homecoming without tailgating before CSU takes on Utah State at Hughes Stadium at 5 p.m. Visit http:bit.ly/csufamweekend in June for a complete schedule of events. – Madeline Novey
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Around Northern Colorado » Windsor
Hot air balloons prepare for flight Sunday morning during the Harvest Festival. Windsor Beacon Library
Get a taste of Northern Colorado’s heritage with Volgafest In a departure from kitschy and clichéd Oktoberfest celebrations, the town of Windsor will host its second Volgafest in September, honoring the heritage of the thousands of German-Russian immigrants who came to the Windsor area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The celebration started in the late 90s as an informal gathering at Windsor’s historic Park School building, where Germans from Russia came together to celebrate their history. In more recent years, it morphed into a larger Oktoberfest event before the town made a name change and placed a new emphasis on the specific German from Russia heritage. Taking its name from the Volga River region in central Russia, Volgafest is Sept. 27 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Windsor’s Community Recreation Center, 250 N. 11th St., and includes traditional German-Russian foods and Dutch Hop dancing. As a major chapter in Windsor’s history, many German-Russian families came to the town and took to the fields farming sugar beets — a crop that easily became what Windsor was known for until the Great Western Sugar Company factory closed in the 1960s. “Volgafest is important to the town of Windsor because it commemorates a large ethnic group who came to this area to start new lives for themselves and made significant contributions to the local economy and culture,” said Windsor Arts and Heritage Manager Carrie Knight. “We have the privilege of celebrating that history and giving those individuals of German-Russian heritage an opportunity to celebrate that publicly,” she added. – Erin Udell
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around. Starting with a balloon festival that Saturday at 7 a.m. at Eastman Park in Windsor, the festival will then include a town barbeque at Boardwalk Park, 100 N. Fifth St., at 4 p.m. A street dance concert will follow the barbeque, with fireworks over Windsor Lake wrapping up the day’s festivities. On Sunday and Monday, there will be arts, crafts and food booths at Main Park, 300 Locust St. The parade, weaving through Seventh and Walnut Streets and Eastman Park Drive, starts at 9 a.m. on Labor Day. – Erin Udell
Blast into the past with Windsor’s Museum at Boardwalk Park Immerse yourself in history and see what Windsor was like in days of old with a tour of historic structures at Windsor’s Museum at Boardwalk Park. Located adjacent to the Town of Windsor Museum and Windsor Lake, the Museum at Boardwalk Park features refurbished and restored buildings that are central to town history. From the old train depot to a prayer meeting house, schoolhouse and beet farm shanty – visit these semi-permanent historic structures to get a first-hand look at Windsor history. The museum will be open Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. this summer until August 31, 2014. – Erin Udell
Walk through a Windsor wonderland Make sure you’re on the nice list this holiday season as Santa comes to Windsor. Main Street Windsor will be transformed again in December as the town prepares for its annual Windsor Wonderland event in the downtown area. Get your picture with Santa, sip some hot chocolate or take a horse-drawn wagon ride as winter activities abound Dec. 6 from noon to 5 p.m. on Fifth and Main Streets. Also, take a stroll down Main Street, visiting local downtown businesses and their holiday displays. In Windsor Wonderland tradition, a tree lighting at Boardwalk Park will conclude the festivities at dusk. – Erin Udell
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Help with the harvest at High Hops Brewery’s annual hop harvest Are you a beer drinker looking for something different? High Hops Brewery, located on the edge of Windsor, makes many Northern Colorado residents just a hop and sip away from a unique experience not found at other breweries in the area. High Hops is located inside the Windsor Gardener greenhouse and garden center, where there’s a focus on trying new things and making “all types of beer for all types of people,” according to Zach Weakland, head brewer. Live music will take place all summer on Friday, Saturday and Sundays, Weakland said, adding that the brewery plans to also host its next harvest party over Labor Day weekend. Open to everyone, the harvest party allows people to enjoy a few beers while helping with the brewery’s hop harvest. And, aside from enjoying the harvest, people can also enjoy the view all summer long. “You sit on the porch, look out at the hop field and behind that is the mountain view,” Weakland said. “It’s absolutely gorgeous.” – Erin Udell
Soak up some sun, fish at Windsor Lake With pristine views, a small-town feel and one of the area’s few free swim beaches, Windsor Lake is the place to be this summer.
Catch a fish, get a tan or get on the water in a rented paddle boat, kayak or canoe. Rentals are available all summer until September 22 and the swim beach is open year round at everyone’s own risk. Generally stocked with yellow perch fingerling, blue gill, channel catfish and trout, fishing is allowed year-round when ice is not present. A valid fishing license is required and fishing off the dock or on the swim beach is prohibited. So hit the lake, located at Boardwalk Park (100 N. 5th St.), for some summer or fall fun. – Erin Udell
Catch free tunes at Windsor’s Summer Concert Series In its 13th year, Windsor’s Summer Concert Series will hit Boardwalk Park this summer, showcasing the talents of 10 local bands from various backgrounds. From Motown, reggae, funk, soul, pop, classic rock and country, 10 concerts are set for every Thursday, except for the week of July 4 when it will take place Friday, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the park, 100 N. Fifth St. All concerts are free. This year’s line-up includes: July: 4 – The Jurassicasters (Class rock) 10 – Dixie Leadfoot (Rockabilly) 17 – Euforquestra (Reggae/Funk/Soul) 24 – Rebecca Frazier and Hit & Run (Bluegrass) 31 – 6 Million Dollar Band (80s) August: – Kory Brunson Band (Country) – Erin Udell
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SADDLE UP FOR THE LARIMER COUNTY FAIR AND RODEO Reconnect with the county’s agricultural roots at the Larimer County Fair and Rodeo from Aug. 1-5 at the Ranch, 5280 Arena Circle, just east of Interstate 25 off the Crossroads Boulevard exit. Check out the livestock raised by local youths in the 4-H program, as well as clothing and food displays. There’s a nightly rodeo, beginning at 7 p.m., Aug. 3-5, along with daily musical entertainment, carnival rides and a Dog & Pony Show at 7 p.m. Aug. 2. Ticket prices and other information are available online at larimercountyfair.org. – Kelly Lyell
View more than 130 sculptures in the park Few places in the country have a collection of sculptures as large as those found in Loveland’s Benson Sculpture Garden, 2908 Aspen Drive. There are 139 pieces, situated around a lagoon surrounded by trees, flowers and natural habitat areas. Mountains to the west provide an impressive backdrop for the artwork, which draws tens of thousands of visitors a year. Proceeds from the annual Sculpture in the Park show, sponsored by the Loveland High Plains Art Coucil and scheduled for the weekend of Aug. 9-10 this year, pro-
vide the funding to purchase additional sculptures and maintain the grounds, which are open to the public throughout the year. The LHPAC was established as a private, nonprofit organization in 1984 to promote sculptural arts. Additional information is available online at sculptureinthepark.org or by calling (970) 663-2940. – Kelly Lyell
Fireworks over Lake Loveland Bring your own picnic and celebrate the nation’s birthday on the Fourth of July with a party in the park throughout the day. The party is followed by the larg-
est and longest-lasting fireworks show in the region. The City of Loveland’s annual celebration at North Lake Park, 2626 N. Taft Ave., includes food and game booths sponsored by local nonprofit organizations throughout the day, as well as dance and musical performances. Last year’s celebration began with a flag-raising ceremony by a local Boy Scout Troop at 10 a.m. and included a vintage car show. The fireworks show, which begins about 9:15 p.m. each year and runs for approximately 30 minutes, draws more than 20,000 spectators a year. Admission is free. – Kelly Lyell
Cheer on the Colorado Eagles If you’re looking for high-level action without the hassle or cost of driving to Denver to see Colorado’s pro teams, head to the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland. The Colorado Eagles play in the ECHL, hockey’s version of baseball’s Double-A. The familyfriendly Eagles concluded their 11th season in April. After winning two championships in the Central Hockey League, the Eagles moved up to the ECHL three seasons ago. The BEC seats 5,289 for hockey games and there’s not a bad seat in the house. The Eagles’ season runs from October to April and tickets are available for less than $20 at comcasttix.com. – Kevin Lytle
Sunset over Carnival Americana is shown at the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo August 2, 2013. Coloradoan Library
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Around Northern Colorado » Greeley
GET WESTERN AT THE GREELEY STAMPEDE
Jenna Zappia, 3, of Fort Collins admires a Texas Longhorn steer at the Greeley Stampede, June 26, 2005. Coloradoan Library
It could be the most Western-themed event in Northern Colorado every summer. This year the Greeley Stampede will take over Island Grove Regional Park in Greeley from June 26 until July 6, bringing with it musical superstars, down-home cooking and all the high-flying rodeo action you can handle. Now in its 92nd year, the Greeley Independence Stampede has grown from small rodeos and Model-T Ford “free for all” races in 1922 to a full-fledged, 11-day family extravaganza. Now complete with pro rodeos, daily parades, fried everything-on-a-stick foods, a demolition derby, art walks and national-caliber concerts, The Stampede has emerged as one of the gems among Colorado summer festivals. This year’s performers taking the grand stage include country music superstar Jake Owen on June 27, rockers Three Days Grace on June 28 and smooth-talking country singer Billy Currington on June 29. Martina McBride will headline a show on July 4 and “America’s Technicolor cowboys” Big & Rich will take the stage July 5. The festival wraps up on Sunday, July 6, with a mud-flinging, engine-roaring demolition derby that has entertained sold-out crowds for years. If you’ve got cowboy boots and a 10-gallon hat tucked deep in your closet, dust ‘em off. From classic rodeos and trick roping to kid’s rodeos and mutton bustin’ there’s something for everyone. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a Fourth of July parade bigger than the one that marches down 10th Avenue, drawing tens of thousands of people every year. For more information including complete schedules and ticketing details, go to greeleystampede.org – Jason Pohl
Check out a show at the Union Colony Civic Center Building on an emerging downtown, the City of Greeley takes pride in the Union Colony Civic Center – its recently remodeled gem. The performing arts venue is owned by the city and is home to the 1,690 seat Monfort Concert Hall and the more intimate 214-seat Hensel Phelps Theater. Each year, the sprawling facility hosts more than 100 events including Broadway musicals, symphony concerts and worldrenowned acts and comedians. The 25th anniversary season brought in well-known acts including comedian Dana Carvey and even international sensation Celtic Women. It’s something organizers hope to build on – they are planning more than 30 performances across a wide range of interests and even in different languages for the upcoming season. “We view ourselves as an integral part of the downtown community,” said Jason Evenson, manager of cultural affairs with the UCCC. “It’s getting easier each week to catch a bite in an amazing restaurant, come see a show and then catch that post show drink or even a late night band.” 46 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
Situated near Lincoln Park, you won’t have any problem turning your event-going experience into a full night on the town. For a complete listing of shows once they are announced, go to ucstars.com. – Jason Pohl
Explore the Poudre River Trail Corridor in Greeley Everyone who visits Fort Collins knows the city is recognized for its intricate trail system, but those same esteemed trails stretch well into neighboring cities to the east. Skirting across the northern reaches of the city, the Poudre River Trail winds through rural farmlands west of the city toward Windsor and meanders along lake shores north of Greeley all the way to Island Grove Regional Park. Whether you want to check out wildlife along the densely forested areas, go fishing in one of several ponds, or simply head out for a run in a new spot, the trail system in Greeley has something for everyone. For more information including printable maps across the entire region, go to poudretrail.org. – Jason Pohl
Wellington « Around Northern Colorado
CATCH A VINTAGE BASEBALL GAME The uniforms are out of date. Gloves are nonexistent. The game: Baseball as it was played 150 years ago. It’s an anachronistic Field of Dreams, minus Kevin Costner, held annually at the Bee Family Farm, at 4320 East County Road 58 in Fort Collins. The game, usually between a team fielded by the Colorado Vintage Baseball Association and a Wellington team, is often held in September but was moved up to early early June in 2014. The 2015 date is to be determined, acting farm director Liz Harrison said. “Anything goes for a bat, and just a stick will work,” Harrison said. “When they make a run, they have to make it to a table and ring a bell for it to count.” The game is played in a field behind the buildings in a setting Harrison described as “pretty rustic.” It usually draws about 100 people. She joked that the game doesn’t quite have the crowd or professionalism seen at Coors Field. Seeing the game requires paying the normal farm museum charge of $7 for an adult, $5 for seniors, $3 for children ages 3 to 12 years old and free for children under three. It also gets you into the museum after the dust has settled and old-timey mustaches twirled in victory (or defeat). – NIck Coltrain
Lawnmower races over the Fourth in Wellington What’s Fourth of July without lawnmower races? Whatever it is, it’s not in Wellington. The Independence Day festival about 20 minutes north of Fort Collins is the town’s biggest event for out of towners, said Patty Lundy, the town hall liaison for the Wellington Community Activities Commission. The day is filled with fair games and family events — sack races, a milk bottle toss and inflatables. The town plans to bring back the street dance with 4H dance groups acting as hosts and inviting people into the party. Seniors will also be hooting and hollering for people to play the cake and cookie walk, a sweet-tooth version of musical chairs to raise money for the senior center. Then, there’s the dirt area, home of the lawnmower races and other celebrations of gears and oil. Last year featured an antique tractor pull and dirt drag races in cars.
A batter swings in the Bee Family Farms annual vintage baseball game. Photo courtesy of Bee Family Farms.
“Some of them are kind of nice cars,” Lundy said of the dusk-kicking competitors. “They race them to the end.” The event kicks off with a pancake breakfast that runs 7 to 10 a.m. on Cleveland Avenue, which acts as the route for the 10 a.m. parade as well. The car show and Family Fun Fest, running 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., respectively, are held at the library at 3800 Wilson Avenue. The “dirt area” events will run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sixth Avenue, though the exact area has not been set. Fireworks will start at dusk. – Nick Coltrain
Harvest Day in Wellington Get ready to race trikes at Wellington’s annual Harvest Day. The giant trikes are big enough for adults to ride and race, Patty Lundy, the town hall liaison for the Wellington Community Activities Commission, said. And if that doesn’t appeal to you, there are tractor races also. The event promotes farmers and local produce, Lundy said. Firefighters, the
sheriff and local businesses will also have booths. The Sept. 6 event runs all day at Centennial Park and is rounded out by a movie in the park. – Nick Coltrain
Christmas Parade benefits food bank Celebrate Christmas with a variety of opportunities to give back at the Wellington Christmas Parade. The Dec. 6 event, as it is traditionally held on the first Saturday of December, makes for a morning of giving, with toy drives through Toys for Tots and the Larimer County Sheriff’s Santa Cops event. During the event, food for the Wellington Food Bank is also collected. Then, the main event Christmas Parade starts at 5 p.m. and runs down Cleveland Avenue. All can participate in the parade, free of cost. Judges pick first, second and third place participants for a cash prize. – Nick Coltrain FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado « 47
Around Northern Colorado » Timnath/LaPorte A dinosaur like creature welded from old farm machinery parts, is shown with a castle structure at the Swetsville Zoo Jan. 6, 2011. Coloradoan Library
SWETSVILLE ZOO BRINGS CHARACTERS TO LIFE What do Snoopy, a two-headed dragon and Thomas the Tank Engine all have in common? They all live in Timnath at the Swetsville Zoo. OK, so maybe it’s not a real dragon or the original concept art for the classic animated characters, but the Swetsville Zoo brings them to life in a new way, using scrap metal, broken down cars and old farming equipment. Near the entrance to the zoo, which doesn’t have any live creatures outside of the many tourists that visit, Charles Schulz’s iconic Snoopy dressed as the Red Baron greets guests as they arrive on the property, located at 4801 East Harmony Road. The variety of art exhibits covers everything from pop culture, to current events, to good old fashioned creativity from the mind of creator Bill Swets. It began as a hobby for Swets in 1985, when he decided to place one of his creations on his lawn. It drew attention, so he started adding more and suddenly, the Swetsville Zoo was born. Make an afternoon of it and bring a lunch; there’s plenty to see. Admission is free, but the family does accept donations for zoo upkeep. – Matt Stephens
Timnath Reservoir Disc Golf Seasoned disc golfers should consider checking out the course at Timnath Reservoir. It’s one of the most challenging in the area with plenty of hills, few holes are on even terrain with the tee and fairways are narrow, often leaving discs in shrubs or near cacti. Be sure to watch your step as you progress, to make sure you don’t fall into one of the many snake holes that riddle the lower areas of the course. Due to its challenging setup and location east of Fort Collins, there are rarely many golfers on the course, allowing you to play at your own pace. – Matt Stephens
Play a round at Harmony Club As one of the finest golf courses in Northern Colorado, the Harmony Club requires a membership to play but isn’t exclusive to property residents. The 18-hole golf course is 5,007 yards from the red tees, extending to 7,331 from the gold, with luscious greens and fairways contrasting the Colorado plains. The club is planning to open a gym aquatics center, tennis, pickle ball and basketball courts and an event pavilion in summer 2014. The CSU men’s and women’s golf teams also call the Harmony Club their home. – Matt Stephens 48 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
The new Fort Collins group, Young Ancients, perform on Dec. 14, 2013 at Swing Station in Laporte, CO. Erin Hull/The Coloradoan
SWING STATION OFFERS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE FUN If you’re looking for entertainment a little off the beaten path, visit Swing Station in Laporte. The bar features live music six nights a week and has a unique combination of inside and outside space that’s perfect for warm summer evenings. There is one music stage inside and another on the spacious outdoor patio. From the street, Swing Station doesn’t seem to be very big, but once you walk through the doors your realize there’s much more than it appears at first look. If you’re feeling competitive, there’s a horseshoe pit available and a ring-swing game to play. Inside, there’s a pool table, darts and shuffleboard. Looking for a unique sound? There’s an open mic every Wednesday night. Happy hour is 3-7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and there are discounts for riding your bike to the bar. Swing Station is located just seven minutes northwest of Fort Collins and two minutes off the bike path at the corner of North Overland Trail and Highway 287. – Kevin Lytle
Stop in at Vern’s Place With a comfortable small-town feel, Vern’s Place is a perfect spot to get a meal in a friendly atmosphere. Vern’s Place, with its mounted animal heads on the walls, has long been a favorite stopping place for bikers and tourists headed up or returning from Rist Canyon. The menu offers a wide selection of favorites, but Vern’s Place is probably best known for its giant cinnamon rolls. Located at 4120 County Road 54G, stop by the next time you’re headed up to Rist Canyon and give the cinnamon rolls a try for yourself and see where they rank. Kevin Lytle
Cache La Poudre disc golf course Disc golf is similar to ball golf, but instead of a ball and clubs, players throw a disc or Frisbee into a basket. The Cache La Poudre disc golf is the ultimate tease. It’s relatively short, giving the impression that low scores are easy. Don’t be fooled, though. The course is sneaky, with heavy woods, and three of the nine holes have water hazards that are easy to throw into. The course is located on the grounds of Cache La Poudre Middle School, so on school days it’s not open until after 3 p.m. The course is free to the public. Kevin Lytle
Red Feather « Around Northern Colorado
RED FEATHER LAKES IS ANGLER’S PARADISE Red Feather Lakes, about 45 miles northwest of Fort Collins and surrounded by the Roosevelt National Forest, is an angler’s paradise. Fourteen lakes (six open to the public), including Dowdy and West lakes, are filled with brown, rainbow, brook and cutthroat trout. First-time anglers can sit on the shore and wet their line, while masters of fly fishing can wade in the water, or float from their kayak, canoe or tube. For information visit fs.usda.gov/arp. – Pat Ferrier
Scenic camping with lake views Tucked in the ponderosa pines with scenic lake views, Red Feather Lakes provides some of the region’s most scenic camping in the Roosevelt National Forest. West Lake, Bellaire and Dowdy Lake campgrounds are all owned by the U.S. Forest Service. Bellaire and Dowdy have campsites with water and electric hookups for tents or RVs. West Lake has electric but no water hookups. Campgrounds are generally open between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Before heading to Red Feather Lakes to camp call the Arapaho and Roosevelt national forests because some campgrounds may close periodically. For information visitf s.usda.gov/arp – Pat Ferrier
Red Feather Lakes offers one of region’s largest July 4th fireworks shows July 4th in this mountain community northwest of Fort Collins brings a two-day celebration on the first weekend in July capped off by one of the largest fireworks shows in the region. The celebration on July 5 features a crafts fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., parade and barbecue at 1 p.m. in the Property Owners Association building as well as fire station, followed by fireworks at dusk, weather and fire conditions permitting. The fireworks draw between 2,000 and 3,000 spectators, says Harriet Orr, office manager for the Red Feather Lakes Property Owners Association. “It’s quite an event for the community,” she said. The weekend is capped off with the Mountain Lions Pancake breakfast at the POA building beginning at 6:30 a.m. – Pat Ferrier
Greening of Red Feather Lakes The annual Greening of Red Feather Lakes, usually held the first weekend in December will be held at the Fellowship Hall/ Community Building that is attached to the Chapel in the Pines off County Road 74E to pull in more people who visit the area to cut their own Christmas trees. The two-day event sponsored by the historical society features a large art and craft show, bake sale, Santa and Homestead House. For information email info@redfeatherhistoricalsociety.org. – Pat Ferrier
Anglers fish from the shore on West Lake near the community of Red Feather Lakes, 45 miles northwest of Fort Collins. Stephen Meyers/ The Coloradoan
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Around Northern Colorado » Estes Park/Boulder
Bike to Farm Dinners Make this weekly event part of your summer schedule. These bike tours, run by Sol Y Sombra and Awestruck Outdoors, start in downtown Boulder and follow the creek trail to a local farm. Tour riders will get a tour of the farm, live music, wine tasting, and a three course farm dinner, all for $39. For more information visit awestruckoutdoors.com/bike-to-farm-tours.html – Ryan Handy
Colorado Shakespeare Festival Colorado’s own Shakespeare Festival in Boulder has several classics, and some new experiments, to showcase this summer. This season, the group will perform The Tempest, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry IV, and a spoof, I Hate Hamlet. The plays are at night, in the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre. For more information visit coloradoshakes.org/about – Ryan Handy
Boulder Craft Beer Festival This is a new event for Boulder. The inaugural festival on Aug. 23 offers a selection craft beer tasters, live music, and food for purchase. Tickets are $30 ahead of time, $35 day of the event. – Ryan Handy The mountain of Rocky Mountain National Park loom over the town of Estes Park March 6, 2014. V. Richard Haro/ The Coloradoan
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK FREE ENTRANCE DAY Rocky Mountain National Park has a few free-entrance days throughout the year. The last one during the summer season is Aug. 25. While the park is generally thronged with visitors all summer long, a late August trip before Labor Day could be a last summer hurrah. You can reserve campsites in the park, stay in Estes Park, and spend a few days hiking, biking, and seeing some of the best wildlife viewing Colorado has to offer.
Catch the Glow Celebration and Parade This iconic Estes Park tradition is great way to kick-off the holiday season, with a parade down Elkhorn Avenue featuring thousands of lights, twinkling angels, mythical creatures and Santa Claus. The day’s activities start at noon on Nov. 28, and the floats in the Catch the Glow parade will start rolling through downtown Estes Park at 5:30 p.m. The celebration will also feature marching bands and other forms of entertainment. – Ryan Handy
Scandinavian Midsummer Festival There’s no better way to herald the summer solstice than by invading a Viking camp. Estes Park will be celebrating the solstice on June 28 and June 29 with a Scandinavian festival, featuring a Maypole, traditional dancing, and booths selling Scandinavian foods and decorations. The Fjellborg Vikings of Colorado will put together a mock Viking encampment, and will demonstrate swordsmanship among other ancient crafts. A silent auction will round off the event, with a chance to win a Scandinavian trip on Iceland Air. – Ryan Handy 50 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
The Nutcracker, Boulder Ballet and Boulder Philharmonic This holiday season classic will start staging on Nov. 28 and run through Nov. 30. It’s a sumptuous experience, with 80 dancers, a live orchestra and beautiful costumes. The show runs for two hours, with one intermission. For more information visit bouldernutcracker.org – Ryan Handy
RUN THE BOLDER BOULDER More than 50,000 bodies get geared up for this race, which is run on Memorial Day in Boulder. The popular 10K race finishes at Folsom Field on the University of Colorado, Boulder campus. There are more than 90 starting line waves – so those who run fast, slow and anywhere in between are grouped together. The international team challenges, and crowds gather at Folsom Field to cheer them on and partake in post-race fun. Once you cross the finish line, grab your keepsake snack back and head to the RaceDay EXPO outside the stadium, which showcases over 75 companies waiting to load you up with more food and other samples. Finally, the Memorial Day Tribute concludes with a jump by skydivers carrying flags from each military branch, a military jet flyover and a ceremony honoring local military heroes. Cost to enter is from $50. Visit www.boulderboulder.com for more info. – Ryan Handy
Whether you’re taking advantage outdoor activities or stepping out for dinner and show, there’s never an excuse for being bored in Northern Colorado.
Jenny Kubla paddles her daughter, Dravyne, 7, along the swim beach on July 27, 2013, during the inaugural Rocky Mountain Stand Up Paddle Races at Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort Collins. Coloradoan Library
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Playing » Arts & Entertainment The first night of Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest kicked off Aug. 16, 2013, with Samuel Mouton, Shel, Fierce Bad Rabbit and The Samples in Old Town Fort Collins. Coloradoan Library
Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest Whether you’re new to the Fort Collins music scene or a longtime fan, Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest has something new for you. The three-day event features more than 70 music acts, eight performance stages and 200-plus food and craft vendors. While the event’s focus is on Colorado bands, each night wraps with a major headliner. Past performers include Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite, The B-52s and Melissa Etheridge. This year, catch Pat Benatar and Big Head Todd and the Monsters, among others. Not bad for a free festival, right? You heard correct. Admission to Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest is free. The festival typically attracts an estimated 100,000 people to downtown Fort Collins, making parking a bit tricky, so commuting by bus, bike or on foot is highly recommended. Attendees also are free to bring water and food into the festival, though outside alcohol is not allowed in. Neither are chairs during the evening headliner events. The event is family-friendly with several kid-themed areas including the Kids’ Music Adventure Stage, featuring music performances and hands-on music workshops. Some of the headliner shows also will include satellite stages so that folks not into the large crowds can watch the show a bit more comfortably. Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest, Aug. 15-17, downtown Fort Collins. Admission is free. Visit bohemiannights.org for more information. – Stacy Nick 54 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
Head downtown for First Friday Gallery Walks With more than a dozen museum and gallery stops, the monthly First Friday Gallery Walk is a chance to see Fort Collins’ creative side. Sponsored by the Downtown Business Association, this selfguided art tour allows attendees to check out exhibits and artists at their own pace. Most events are free and many galleries host special events around the gallery walk, including live music. First Friday Gallery Walk is 6 to 9 p.m. on the first Friday of every month in downtown Fort Collins. Admission is free. Visit downtownfortcollins.com for more information and a map of participating museums and galleries. – Stacy Nick
Fort Collins Music eXperiment It started as an experiment but the Fort Collins Music eXperiment, or FoCoMX as it is better known, has turned into one of the biggest “little” music festivals around. Featuring more than 200 bands at 20 locations, this two-day music festival focuses on local bands, giving audiences the chance not only to see some of their favorite acts but discover some new ones, too. It’s also an opportunity for those in the music industry to network and attend educational panels to increase their audience reach. Fort Collins Music eXperiment is held in April at a variety of downtown Fort Collins venues. Admission is TBA. Visit focomx.org for more information. – Stacy Nick
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Check out a flick at New Belgium Three passions for Fort Collins – bikes, beer and entertainment – converge each summer when New Belgium Brewing Co. invites the community over for outdoor movie nights. Participants are urged to ride bikes to the brewery, 500 Linden St., set up lawn chairs or blankets, and enjoy a movie projected on an inflatable screen set up in the parking lot. Movie nights are tentatively planned for the four Thursdays in August. Weather permitting, the shows will start at dusk. Hundreds of people of all ages typically turn out for Bike-In Movie nights, with the size of the audience determined by what’s being shown. Admission is $2. All proceeds from ticket and beer sales go to benefit Wolverine Farm Publishing. Information: newbelgium.com/events – Kevin Duggan
Take in a play Whether you prefer high drama, big comedy or tuneful musicals, with more than a dozen local theater troupes Northern Colorado has something for you. Among the longest running theater groups are OpenStage Theatre & Co. (now in its 42nd year) and Bas Bleu Theatre
Co. (going into its 23rd year), where you can see everything from traditional Shakespeare to edgier productions by new playwrights. If musicals are more your forte, the Midtown Arts Center brings Broadway to Colorado with a variety of old favorites and new hits (the venue is known for getting Broadway regional and state premiers). Need family-friendly? The Fort Collins Children’s Theatre and Debut Theatre put on productions that audiences of all ages can enjoy. Visit coloradoan.com/entertainment to learn more about upcoming shows. – Stacy Nick
Attend a free outdoor concert When the weather heats up, everything heads outside and the music scene is no different. In spring, the free outdoor concerts begin popping up with the flowers, starting with the Ben & Jerry’s FAC Concert Series held every Friday starting in late May in Old Town Square. In the summer, free outdoor shows can be found throughout the week including Wednesday’s Lagoon Summer Concert Series at the CSU lagoon and Bohemian Nights’ Thursday Night Live series in Old Town Square. They lead up to the largest free music festival, Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest on Aug. 15-17 in downtown Fort Collins. Visit coloradoan.com/entertainment for more details. – Stacy Nick
Briana Sprecher-Kinneer plays Colombia in OpenStage Theatre’s production of “The Rocky Horror Show” at the Magnolia Theatre at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins. Coloradoan Library
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Playing » Dining Danny Christopher, right, and Sean Wellfare takes swigs of beer during the second day of the Colorado Brewers’ Festival on June 24, 2012. Coloradoan Library
Have lunch at a food truck
SAMPLE CRAFT BEERS AT THE COLORADO BREWERS’ FESTIVAL This annual festival started 25 years ago with the founders of CooperSmith’s Pub and Odell Brewing, together with the Fort Collins Downtown Business Association. Now it attracts more than 50 brewers from around Colorado for two days of beer tasting fun at Civic Center Park in late June. The 2014 Colorado Brewers’ Festival starts June 27 with an “All Brewers’ Eve” party and continues June 28-29 with the main daytime events. Visitors can buy a wristband Beer Pass for two days of bottomless beer samples along with Festival Bucks for food and attractions. An activity area will feature rock climbing, ziplining, bull riding and bungee trampolining. A vendor area will sell Colorado travel gear and beer schwag. A specialty area offers rare brews on tap and a chance to meet the brewers. Of course no festival would be complete without commemorative glasses, brats and a lineup of local bands. For more info, visit downtownfortcollins.com. – Josie Sexton
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Part of what makes Fort Collins great is its food. And its weather. And its downtown district. Mix up all three by ordering lunch at one of the many food trucks that dot street corners and parks and that stage themselves across Old Town and around the city. Offering culinary masterpieces that range from fried chicken and gravy waffles at The Waffle Lab to less artery-busting tofu and rice bowls with Umami, the options for foodies across the spectrum are varied. And if you’re not craving a meal, there are plenty of coffee carts and even the Cupcake Cruiser offering midday pick-me-ups all summer long. Food trucks are known to collaborate, too, so you might find a group of them set up at one of the city’s numerous music festivals. – Jason Pohl
Eat, drink and craft hunt at Taste of Fort Collins An excuse to eat, drink and be merry, Taste of Fort Collins is spread out over three days in June and across two stages, with more than 20 bands playing. Local vendors will sell arts and crafts; restaurants and food trucks will provide the fodder. Wilbur’s Total Beverage will sponsor wine and craft beer tents, with New Belgium and Odell selling small
batch beers in the latter. Tickets for each day, $5 before 3 p.m. and $10 after 3 p.m., can be purchased at the entrance, with all proceeds donated to Kiwanis Club, which benefits preschool through college-aged children in Fort Collins. For 2015 dates and information, go to tasteoffortcollins.com. – Josie Sexton
Find fresh produce at local farmers markets Fort Collins has four farmers markets throughout the year, with vendors and farmers selling their crafts, seasonal produce and animal products. Over the summer, three markets operate around town, starting from April to June and continuing through October or November. There is a small break in the season before the Winter Farmers’ Market starts up in January. Here are more details: Drake Road Farmers’ Market, 802 W. Drake St., April-October, Saturdays 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Fort Collins Farmers’ Market, Harmony and Lemay, May-October/ November, Wednesdays and Sundays 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Larimer County Farmers’ Market, Larimer County Courthouse parking lot at Oak and Mason, June-October, Saturdays 8 a.m. – noon. Winter Farmers’ Market, Opera Galleria 123 N. College Ave., January-April, Saturdays 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Josie Sexton
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RAFT THE POUDRE RIVER One of the region’s best attractions, rafting on the Cache la Poudre River is a thrill ride for families and whitewater enthusiasts alike. Five Fort Collins companies commercially raft Colorado’s only designated Wild and Scenic river, which features Class II to Class IV whitewater with classic rapids like Pine View Falls, Cardiac Corner, Mishawaka Falls, Tunnel Rapid and Three Rock. The 11-mile half-day trip from Steven’s Gulch to Bridges Takeout is a fun mix of mellow floating and rollicking roller coaster rapids. The trip takes you past the Mishawaka, the canyon’s iconic restaurant/bar/outdoor concert venue and through the humble community of Poudre Park, a privately-owned section of the river. Around every bend of the river is a new twist you have to conquer, and the threat of falling out of the raft and taking a ride down the chilly Poudre is enough to keep your adrenalin pumping. River trips run from 1½ to four hours. Day trips start at $50. Mountain Whitewater Descents offers an overnight trip for $295. One must-do after floating the river is stopping in at Mountain Whitewater Descent’s popular Paddler’s Pub to grab a beer or glass of wine. The commercial rafting season on the Poudre River runs from mid-May to late August. – Stephen Meyers
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TEST DRIVE: 2014 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER
A wide stance, high riding hood and a fresh driver-in-mind interior make the new 2014 Toyota Highlander a memorable test drive. After taking the 2014 Highlander up and over the dams of Horsetooth reservoir, it is easy to say that this new redesign from Toyota does not disappoint. There’s enough room inside for the whole family, and all the
gear that Colorado women need in order to take on our great state’s landscape. With a new powerful 3.5L V6, 6-speed automatic transmission and AWD capabilities, the new Highlander seems like a com-
THE HOME SCREEN: Reorder your aps and completely personalize your in-dash touch screen, making the home screen totally customizable for the lowest level of distraction and the highest level of information.
PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATIC TAILGATE: A simple feature which allows you to adjust the height in which the rear door opens. This can make it is easier to reach for the shorter family members and also easier to grab your groceries under those low-hanging garage doors.
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pletely different car than its earlier models. The grille is larger and reminiscent of the Tundra, while the interior is refined with a move toward Avalon-esque luxury, taking a step away from its sporty past.
After jetting through the foothills, our test-drive extraordinaire picked out the features she sought to be most advantageous and important for the women of our great Mile High state.
Favorite Features for the
2014
HIGHLANDER
SEATS HEATED AND COOLED SEATS: Cool off or warm upthe leather seats with the touch of a button. Ultimate luxury and comfort, another reason to call shotgun.
SPECIAL PROMOTION
THE THIRD ROW: An all weather removable cargo cover, with extra depth in the seat, more leg room, making the rear end a spacethat definitely wont go forgotten.
VERITABL VERITABLE VALVE TIMING INTELLIGENCE: Next time you are headed to summit county or up Poudre Canyon you aren’t going to lose power with the increase of altitude. Instead the simultaneous valve timing system will enable drivers to keep the vehicle up to speed! With no loss in power. It’s a fun drive.
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LET’S GET THE
JOURNEY STARTED The Best discoveries are the ones we can share, the ones where the journey is just as fun as the destination. The 2014 Toyota Highlander, with seating for up to eight, advanced luxury and stylish design, is eager to help you explore. Let’s live life to the fullest with every trip, no matter where we’re headed.
The 2014 Toyota Highlander
PEDERSEN TOYOTA 4455 S. College Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80525 888.591.0784 PedersenToyota.com
Prototypes shown with options. Production model may vary.
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Playing » Outdoors Laurel Martindale gets a strike on July 12 at Rolland Moore Park in Fort Collins. Coloradoan Library
Join a kickball league Move over softball! Kickball is the new king of adult recreational sports and Fort Collins has two leagues to choose from, and a variety of competition levels. The city of Fort Collins hosts a six-week league in the spring and an eight-week session in the summer. For newcomers to the sport, try to join the spring league first to see if you like it before committing to summer or use the early session to shake off the rust from the winter offseason. Games last seven innings or 45 minutes – whichever comes first – with a mercy rule setting in if one team is up by 10 runs after the fifth inning. ten players can be on the field at once, but males can’t outnumber females. The city league has two tiers, recreational and competitive. Team uniforms aren’t provided, but the league asks that teams try to wear matching outfits. The other kickball option in town, besides playing on your own, is GO Kickball, part of a national organization. The league is more laid back, plays with a larger ball and uses C.B. & Potts as its designated bar for postgame activities. GO plays spring and summer leagues at Spring Canyon Park, competing in a field versus a softball diamond. It plays a variety of postseason tournaments while the city league ends after the regular season. Alcohol is not allowed on the field 62 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
at Rolland Moore Park, site of the city league. – Matt Stephens
Virginia Dale has last remaining stage station on Overland Trail Built in 1862 by Jack Slade, the Virginia Dale Stage Station is the only stage station still standing on the historic Overland Trail. Slade reportedly established the stage station in 1852 which served as a refuge from Indian attacks for travelers and local residents. Slade later became infamous for killing Jules Beni, a one-time Overland Stage agent at Julesburg and was widely suspected of being in cahoots with stage robbers during his time as stage agent. Slade was hanged by the local vigilance committee in 1864 after leading a group of outlaws in Virginia City. Preserved by the Virginia Dale Community Club, the station and adjacent Hurzeler House are located off U.S. Highway 287 in Virginia Dale, about 45 miles northwest of Fort Collins. The club holds an annual open house and dance in mid-June that raises money for preservation and maintenance. The Hurzeler House, built in 1909, was the personal residence for those who operated a general store and post office inside the stage station. Tours are available by calling Virginia Dale Community Club President Sylvia Garofalo at (970) 495-1828. – Pat Ferrier
Dip your toes – or more in Horsetooth Reservoir Nothing says “summer in Fort Collins” quite like swimming or boating at Horsetooth Reservoir. The area’s most popular body of water, the 2,040-surfaceacre reservoir stretches 6.5 miles between the foothills’ ridges west of Fort Collins and is a mecca for boating, fishing, water skiing, riding Jet Skis, paddling, partying and camping. If you have a wet suit, pack it, as the water’s temperature hovers between 66 and 72 degrees during the summer, making for a refreshing (or chilly) escape from the summer heat. Swimming is allowed at the South Bay and Sunrise swim beaches. Rent Jet Skis, pontoons, canoes, kayaks and stand-up paddleboards from the Inlet Bay Marina (inletbaymarina.com). Make a weekend of it and camp at one of the 155 campsites, including 15 boat-in-only sites and one silver Airstream trailer. South Bay and Inlet Bay can accommodate tents and RVs (Cost: $15-$30 per night). Reserve a camping spot at larimercamping.com. The reservoir hosts events throughout the year, including triathlon training, the Horsetooth Openwater Swim and, if you’re brave, the Polar Plunge in January. Fees: $7 per vehicle daily; $14 per vehicle and
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Explore Lory State Park Just a 15-minute drive west of Fort Collins, Lory State Park is a gem in the foothills with 26 miles of trails. Popular with trail runners, mountain bikers and horseback riders, Lory’s trails vary from the rolling hills of the East and West Valley trails to the technical ride up Timber Trail and the short, steep ascent to Arthur’s Rock at 6,780 feet. Spring is a beautiful time to visit the park as stunning wildflowers bloom and creeks trickle along the trails. Well Gulch Nature Trail is a top local wildlflower visit and a must-do with kids thanks to its interpretive signs and self-guided tour. Lory hosts several races throughout the year, including the Quad Rock 50, Xterra Lory Triathlon and 40 in the Fort. Backcountry camping is also available. Fees: $7 daily pass. Information: cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/parks/Lory. – Stephen Meyers
St. Walburga invites quiet contemplation The Abbey of St. Walburga, a small community of Benedictine nuns, nestled in a valley surrounded by foothills, about 45 miles north of Fort Collins invites quiet contemplation, whether in walks around the pristine grounds or weekend retreats to recharge and think. The contemplative nuns spend much of their day in prayer and visitors are welcome to join in prayer or visit the church at any time to pray. The Abbey Retreat House is open to individuals for non-structured, undirected retreats and parts of its grounds are open to the public. A popular walk is the “Way of the Cross” that goes up a hill that overlooks the entire valley. The nuns request that anyone entering the church dress modestly, meaning no low cut shirts, no shorts or short skirts. There’s also space for group retreats. The buildings provide a small library and a gift shop. Rates are $65 per person including three meals; $20 for day use including lunch. A new retreat house should be completed in August or September, said Mother Maria Michael. Reservations are required and can be made by calling (970) 484-1887 between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. or 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday or email aswretreats@gmail.com. For more information visit walburga.org. – Pat Ferrier
Hike Horsetooth Rock The peculiar rock visible from Fort Collins is the city’s marquee landmark, named by European settlers for its resemblance to a horse’s tooth. From the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space parking lot, The
Richard Reoch presses a small Phurbha into Annie Cox’s hand on June 19, 2012 at the Shambhala Mountain Center. Coloradoan Library
family-friendly trail is 2.5 miles one-way, rising from 5,755 feet to 7,255 feet, with some steep sections near the summit. Views from the top are splendid. On a clear day, you can see Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park to the west and Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs to the south. In the spring, double-up and visit Horsetooth Falls. The parking lot quickly fills by noon on weekends with nice weather, so try to hike during the week, or early mornings or evenings to avoid the rush. Trailhead: Take Larimer County Road 38E west around the south end of Horsetooth Reservoir for about 6 miles to Horsetooth Mountain Open Space parking lot. Fees: $6 daily pass. – Stephen Meyers
Run or cheer at the Colorado Marathon If you’re a runner and looking for a Boston Marathon qualifying-time, the Colorado Marathon is your race. The gentle downhill race has seen, on average, 16 to 18 percent of participants hit a Bostonqualifying time, one of the best marks in the country. The course is not only fast, it’s also beautiful, starting 17 miles up the picturesque Poudre Canyon at Steven’s Gulch day use area. The 26.2-mile race emerges from the canyon at Ted’s Place and hits the Poudre Trail near Laporte where participants again run next to the Poudre River on their way to the finish at Old Town Square. Typically run the first weekend in May, the weather is favorable for runners and spectators alike. The event also features a half marathon, 10K and 5K. Don’t wait to register as the marathon and half marathon typically hit capacity in January. Information: ftcollinsmarathon.com. – Stephen Meyers
Horsetooth Half Marathon The oldest race in Northern Colorado, and one of the oldest races in the state
will run for a 42nd time in April 2015. If you’re thinking of running, be warned: The first five miles is practically all uphill. Starting near Hughes Stadium, the 13.1mile Horsetooth Half Marathon takes runners up and over the steep hills of Horsetooth Reservoir. But hey, it’s all downhill from there - save for the jaunt up Bingham Hill. The race hits the Poudre Trail and finishes at New Belgium Brewing, 500 Linden St., where a party awaits. Beer is served and live music blares at the finish line, helping the race earn best post-race party from Colorado Runner magazine in 2007. Information: horsetoothhalfmarathon.com. – Stephen Meyers
Shambhala Center offers hiking, meditation Located at about 8,000 feet, 45 miles northwest of Fort Collins, the nonprofit Shambhala Mountain Center in Red Feather Lakes features 600 acres of native forests, meadows and valley. The center has been open for more than 40 years and is home to the 108-foottall Great Stupa of Dharmakaya, the largest Buddhist monument in North America, built as a memorial to Buddhist teacher Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, who founded more than 100 meditation centers. The center also offers eight miles of wilderness trails for hiking, a gift store and about 100 year-round offerings featuring indigenous wisdom traditions, body awareness practices, contemplative arts, mindful living or other paths of personal transformation, according to its website. The Dalai Lama visited the center in 2006. Because the center can be closed for special programs, it is best to call guest services at (970) 881-2184, ext. 230 to plan ahead. For more information visit shambhalamountain.org. – Pat Ferrier FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado « 63
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JOIN MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY, OR WEEK, IN LARIMER COUNTY Making a difference is something we can all do every day of the year. But if you need a little push, join your fellow Americans Oct. 25, 2014 for Make a Difference Day.
Nancy Tessari, right, puts a filled bag into a box as she and volunteers stuff treats and other stuff into bags during the Treatsylvania bag stuffing at The Farm at Lee Martinez as part of Make A Difference Day Oct. 21, 2013. V. Richard Haro/The Coloradoan
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This national day of giving back encourages people to participate in countless service projects benefitting their local communities. Here in Larimer County we take it a step further and participate in a week of service to complete hundreds of projects. This year’s Make a Difference Activities in 2014 will begin Oct. 20 and end Oct. 26. Serve lunch at one of our local homeless shelters, rake leaves, clean up graffiti — you name it. More than 3,000 Larimer County residents participated in 120 projects of every shape and size in 2013. “Whether you’ve volunteered before or not, this is a great opportunity to become familiar with an organization and give back to the community,” says Jamie Suess, United Way of Larimer County volunteer engagement manager. “And helping others makes you happy, so it’s a win-win for everybody.” Volunteering comes at no cost to participants. You will need to sign a liability and photography release waiver to participate. All volunteers receive a free t-shirt commemorating their service. Registration opens Sept. 9 at uwaylc.org. Pick a project (or several) and dive in. Take your friends, your family or your colleagues and get to know our service organizations. Want extra credit? Use your experience as a starting point for continued volunteerism. – Sarah Kyle
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Volunteer with a local animal rescue Northern Colorado loves its furry, scaly and feathery friends. Why not chip in and help give some loveable pets a second chance at one of our local animal shelters? Here’s where you can help: Fort Collins Cat Rescue and Spay/Neuter Clinic handles mostly our feline companions. However, a low cost vaccine and spay/neuter clinic included dogs. There are locations in both Fort Collins and Loveland to volunteer. Learn more at fccrsnc.org. Larimer Humane Society handles just about as many animals as Noah did. Help dogs, cats, lizards, rabbits, barnyard animals and more find their special home by volunteering at their Fort Collins facility. Learn more at larimerhumane.org. All Aboard Animal Rescue is a fosterbased animal rescue serving primarily our canine population. They’re seeking a home but currently need foster families to take in dogs until they find their forever home. Learn more at aaarescue.org. Animal House Rescue and Grooming is a shelter serving mostly dogs. Exercise and play with the loveable pups. They’ll stay with the shelter until they find a home. Learn more at animalhousehelp.org. These are just four examples of great animal rescues in our community. Follow the Coloradoan’s Causes section online at coloradoan.com/life/causes to learn more about local nonprofits helping the community. – Sarah Kyle
Nurture our planet with Wildlands Restoration Volunteers If you love our planet and getting your hands dirty, try volunteering with Wildlands Restoration Volunteers. This volunteer-centered charity helps run more than 60 ecological restoration projects on Colorado public lands each year, including many to help Northern Colorado recover from the recent fires and floods. Available volunteer experiences include alpine restoration, fire restoration, forest restoration, grassland restoration, stream restoration, road removal, seed collection, trail projects, invasive species removal, wilderness/backcountry projects and wildlife projects. Sign up today at wlrv.net. You will receive all the training you need to successfully heal and restore the land. Projects require varying physical levels and some even include a weekend of camping in Colorado’s beautiful scenery. – Sarah Kyle
Become a mentor with Partners Mentoring Youth Nearly 100 Northern Colorado youth are waiting for a role model to step up at Partners Mentoring Youth, a North-
Buttercup, a jack russell terrier looks for attention at Animal House March 4, 2013. Animal House is a no-kill dog rescue shelter. V. Richard Haro/ The Coloradon
ern Colorado program that pairs youth in need of a little extra support with an adult. What’s your volunteer commitment if you sign on? Be there for somebody. Have fun. Community based Senior Partners (mentors) spend around three hours a week with one youth for at least a year. School Senior Partners spend about an hour a week with one youth for the entire school year, helping with academic, social and personal challenges. These relationships only have to last one year, but often last a lifetime. Learn how you can help at partnersmentoringyouth.org. – Sarah Kyle
Brighten up the holidays with a frozen bird The best part about the holidays for many people is the food, but many families in Larimer County lack the means to provide Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. Food Bank for Larimer County seeks to help these families every year by asking the community for thousands of frozen turkeys. These turkeys are in turn distributed through local nonprofits and other agencies providing food baskets and holiday meals. Drop your donation off at 1301 Blue Spruce Dr. in Fort Collins beginning in November and make the holidays just a little brighter for a family in need. For more information about the Food Bank for Larimer County’s holiday and year-round needs, visit foodbanklarimer.org. – Sarah Kyle
Give your dough for Colorado Gives Day
Love using your pocketbook to support local charities? Then Colorado Gives Day is for you. This 24-hour online giving event generated more than $7,000 for more than 90 Larimer County charities in 2013. Stop by coloradogives.org on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 to make your tax-deductible donation. All participating nonprofits are required to provide financial information, share about their mission and vision and tell you where their money goes. What makes this day so special? Philanthropists and businesses donate matching funds and incentives to bring more bang to your buck. – Sarah Kyle
Celebrate diversity at Colorado Person-First Festival Celebrate the contributions and talents of Northern Colorado residents with disabilities at the Colorado Person-First Festival 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 13, 2014, at Civic Center Park in Fort Collins. Person-First encourages residents to consider a person with disabilities as just that – a person before anything else. Start your day with a parade beginning and ending at the park, then stick around for food and the festivities. Phamaly Theatre Company and The Seers will provide inspirational entertainment throughout the day, as all performers at this civic event have some form of disability. Visit coloradoperson-firstfestival.org for a full schedule of events and performers. – Sarah Kyle
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Calendar » 2014 The crowd follows along as members of the Kizumba Salsa Band demonstrate a Latin dance on Thursday, June 13, 2013, during the Bohemian Nights Thursday Night Live concert series at the Old Town Square stage in Fort Collins. Coloradoan Library
EVENTS CALENDAR 2014 July July 1 Noontime Notes Concert Series, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Oak Street Plaza, Fort Collins Promenade Kid Days: Patriotic, Main Plaza at The Promenade Shops at Centerra, 11am -2pm, free activities, More information: ThePromenadeShopsAtCenterra.com Greeley Independence Stampede, Through July 6 at Island Grove Park, 600 N. 14th Ave., Greeley. Park admission prices vary by age. Guests under the age of 6 are Free Guests age 6-12 and over 61 are only $2. Guests age 13-60 are $5. All arena tickets include one park admission entry. More information: greeleystampede.org.
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prices vary by age. Guests under the age of 6 are Free Guests age 6-12 and over 61 are only $2. Guests age 13-60 are $5. All arena tickets include one park admission entry. More information: greeleystampede.org.
Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay, Ace Hardware parking lot, through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com
July 3 Greeley Independence Stampede, Through July 6 at Island Grove Park, 600 N. 14th Ave., Greeley. Park admission prices vary by age. Guests under the age of 6 are Free Guests age 6-12 and over 61 are only $2. Guests age 13-60 are $5. All arena tickets include one park admission entry. Ticket and event information: greeleystampede.org. Mishawaka Summer Concert, 8 p.m., July 3, Dark Star Orchestra at Mishawaka Amphitheatre, 13714 Poudre Canyon Highway, Bellvue. More information: 877.840.0457 or mishawaka. ticketforce.com
July 4 FireKracker 5k, 7:30 a.m., Kids fun run at 9:10 a.m., City Park, Citizen’s Run/Walk, Elite Race & Kids Race. More information: fortcollinsrunningclub.org/ firekracker-5k 4th of July Parade, 10:00am on Mountain Avenue, beginning at Jackson Avenue and ending at Howes Street, More information: fcgov.com/july4th Fort Collins 4th of July Celebrations, 4:15-9:30 p.m., City Park, Join the celebration at City Park with live music and fireworks, Fireworks to begin at approximately 9:35 p.m., More information: fcgov.com/july4th Downtown Summer Sessions Concert, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, Showcasing Been There Done That for timeless and soulful rock and roll, More information: downtownfortcollins. com 2014 Windsor Summer Concert Series, The Jurassicasters (Classic Rock), 7:00 P.M. – 9:30 P.M., Boardwalk Park (100 N. 5th Street), Free Admission,
2014 « Calendar Fireworks begin after concert ends, More information: www.windsorgov.com/ summerconcerts Ben & Jerry’s FAC Concert Series, 7-9 p.m., Old Town Square Stage, BeenThereDoneThat, timeless and soulful rock & roll.
July 5 Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street, through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Drake Road Farmers Market, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 802 W. Drake Road, through Sept. 27, More information: drakeroadfarmersmarket.com Greeley Independence Stampede, Through July 6 at Island Grove Park, 600 N. 14th Ave., Greeley. Park admission prices vary by age. Guests under the age of 6 are Free Guests age 6-12 and over 61 are only $2. Guests age 13-60 are $5. All arena tickets include one park admission entry. More information: greeleystampede.org.
July 6 Greeley Independence Stampede, Through July 6 at Island Grove Park, 600 N. 14th Ave., Greeley. Park admission prices vary by age. Guests under the age of 6 are Free Guests age 6-12 and over 61 are only $2. Guests age 13-60 are $5. All arena tickets include one park admission entry. More information: greeleystampede.org. Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay, Ace Hardware parking lot, through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com
Open Water Swim & Tri Training Series, Beginning 6 p.m., Horsetooth Reservoir - South Inlet Bay Swim Beach, Don’t miss this opportunity to train for your next open water swim every Wednesday through August 6, More information: horsetoothtritraining.com Lagoon Summer Concert Series, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Lagoon at Colorado State University, Danielle Ate the Sandwich, More information: lagoonseries.com
Noontime Notes Concert Series, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Oak Street Plaza, Fort Collins
2014 Windsor Summer Concert Series, Dixie Leadfoot (Rockabilly), 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Boardwalk Park (100 N. 5th Street), Free Admission, More information: www.windsorgov.com/summerconcerts
July 11 Downtown Summer Sessions, 7-8 p.m. and 8:30-10:30 p.m., Old Town Square, Free concerts featuring Colorado bands, local craft beers and great summer fun. More information: downtownfortcollins.com. Mishawaka Summer Concert, 8 p.m., An Evening with Joan Baez at Mishawaka Amphitheatre, 13714 Poudre Canyon Highway, Bellvue. More information: 877.840.0457 or mishawaka.ticketforce.com Shop Late Fridays, 10 a.m.- 8 p.m., July 11, Downtown Fort Collins shopping. Late-night shopping every second Friday
Fitness in the Park, July 11 through August 15, Friday at 9:00 a.m., Chapungu Sculpture Park, More information: Centerra.com
Greyweather unplugged, 4-6 p.m., Odell Brewing Co., 800 E. Lincoln Ave., Fort Collins. Local band, Greyweather, performs on the second Wednesday of every month at Odell Brewing. Cost: free. More information: greyweathermusic.com Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lema,Ace Hardware parking lot, through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com
Bohemian Nights presents Old Town Thursday Concerts, 7-9 p.m., July 14, Old Town Square, Max Wagner Quartet
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity Hammer ’n’ Ale, 6:30 p.m., AnheuserBusch Tour Center, 2351 Busch Drive, Fort Collins, More information: fortcollinshabitat. org/newsevents/hammer-n-ale
Bohemian Nights presents Old Town Thursday Concerts, 7-9 p.m. July 7 Kenny Cordova & the Olde Rock Band, Old Town Square.
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Movies on Main at Centerra: Frozen, Main Plaza at The Promenade Shops at Centerra, Preshow fun starts at 7pm, free movie starts around 9pm., More information: ThePromenadeShopsAtCenterra.com
July 12 Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street, through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Drake Road Farmers Market, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 802 W. Drake Road, through Sept. 27, More information: drakeroadfarmersmarket.com
Promenade Kid Days: Science, Main Plaza at The Promenade Shops at Centerra, 11am -2pm, free activities, More information: ThePromenadeShopsAtCenterra.com
July 16 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay, through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com Open Water Swim & Tri Training Series, Beginning 6 p.m., Horsetooth Reservoir - South Inlet Bay Swim Beach, Don’t miss this opportunity to train for your next open water swim every Wednesday through August 6, More information: horsetoothtritraining.com Lagoon Summer Concert Series, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Lagoon at Colorado State University, Mark Sloniker, More information: lagoonseries.com
July 17 2014 Windsor Summer Concert Series, Euforquestra (Reggae/Funk/ Soul), 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Boardwalk Park (100 N. 5th Street) Free Admission, Taste of Windsor, More information: www. windsorgov.com/summerconcerts
July 18 Downtown Summer Sessions, 7-8 p.m. and 8:30-10:30 p.m., Old Town Square, Free concerts featuring Colorado bands, local craft beers and great summer fun. More information: downtownfortcollins.com. Mishawaka Summer Concert, 8 p.m., Dead Floyd plays Dark Side of the Mish at Mishawaka Amphitheatre, 13714 Poudre Canyon Highway, Bellvue. More information: 877.840.0457 or mishawaka. ticketforce.com Downtown Fort Collins Foodie Walk, 5-8 p.m., various stores downtown, every third Friday of the month, enjoy a self-guided tour of spice, specialty and culinary-oriented shops in downtown Fort Collins FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado « 67
Calendar » 2014 Sounds of Centerra, July 11 through August 15, Friday nights 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., Chapungu Sculpture Park, More information: Centerra.com. Fitness in the Park, July 11 through August 15, Friday at 9:00 a.m., Chapungu Sculpture Park, More information: Centerra.com Movies on Main at Centerra: The Smurfs 2, Main Plaza at The Promenade Shops at Centerra, Preshow fun starts at 7pm, free movie starts around 9pm., More information: ThePromenadeShopsAtCenterra.com
July 19 Mishawaka Summer Concert, 8 p.m., Hot Buttered Rum & Tea Leaf Green at Mishawaka Amphitheatre, 13714 Poudre Canyon Highway, Bellvue. More information: 877.840.0457 or mishawaka. ticketforce.com Breathe Yoga & Wellness Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Walt Clark Sports Fields & Cafeteria, 2605 Carlisle Drive, Loveland. With your $25.00 2-day pass you get 10 Yoga Classes to choose from, and access to “The Relaxation Station” where you can receive massage, Reiki or Acupuncture at an additional cost. More information: 719492-3075 or breatheforyou.com French Nest Open Air Market, 9:003:00 p.m., Civic Center Park, An openair market featuring vintage, antique, artisan, handmade and handcrafted goods from more than 30 vendors. More information:thefrenchnestmarket.com Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street, through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Drake Road Farmers Market, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 802 W. Drake Road, through Sept. 27, More information: drakeroadfarmersmarket.com
July 20 Music in the Gardens, 6-8 p.m. July 20: The Matt Smiley Quintet Featuring Kelsey Shiba. Tickets are available for purchase in advance and also at the door- $10 for adults, $5 for ages 18 and under and seniors 65+ and no cost for children 5 and younger. More information: 970.416.2486 or fcgov.com Mishawaka Summer Concert, 4 p.m., Hard Working Americans at Mishawaka Amphitheatre, 13714 Poudre Canyon Highway, Bellvue, More information: 877.840.0457 or mishawaka.ticketforce.com Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay, through midNovember. Information: fortcollinsfm.com 68 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
Open Streets Fort Collins, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Laurel St. and Whedbee St., Open Streets provide a safe and comfortable space for people to walk, bicycle, jog, rollerblade and play! More information: fcgov.com/bicycling/openstreets
July 21 Bohemian Nights presents Old Town Thursday Concerts, 7-9 p.m., July 21, Old Town Square, Liz Barnez Band
July 22 Noontime Notes Concert Series, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Oak Street Plaza, Fort Collins
July 23 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay, through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com Open Water Swim & Tri Training Series, Beginning 6 p.m., Horsetooth Reservoir - South Inlet Bay Swim Beach, Don’t miss this opportunity to train for your next open water swim every Wednesday through August 6, More information: horsetoothtritraining.com
July 24 2014 Windsor Summer Concert Series, Rebecca Frazier and Hit & Run (Bluegrass), Boardwalk Park (100 N. 5th Street) 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Free Admission, More information: www. windsorgov.com/summerconcerts
July 25 Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com Kenny Cordova & The Olde Rock Band, 7-10 p.m., MacKenzie’s Pub and Grill, 5750 S. Lemay Ave., Fort Collins. ’50s & ’60s Rock & Roll. Open to the public —- drink and food specials on the patio at MacKenzie’s Pub & Grill at Southridge Golf Course Cost: No charge. More information: 970.217.6114 or kennycordova.com.
Fitness in the Park, July 11 through August 15, Friday at 9:00 a.m., Chapungu Sculpture Park, More information: Centerra.com Movies on Main at Centerra: Turbo, Main Plaza at The Promenade Shops at Centerra, Preshow fun starts at 7pm, free movie starts around 9pm., More information: ThePromenadeShopsAtCenterra.com
July 26 Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street, through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Drake Road Farmers Market, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 802 W. Drake Road, through Sept. 27, More information: drakeroadfarmersmarket.com 31st Annual Fort Collins Human Race, Civic Center Park, Half Marathon, 10k, 5k & Kids 1 Mile, More information: fortcollinshumanrace.com
July 27 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay, through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com
July 28 Bohemian Nights presents Old Town Thursday Concerts, 7-9 p.m., July 28, Old Town Square, Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams
July 29 Noontime Notes Concert Series, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Oak Street Plaza, Fort Collins Promenade Kid Days: Transportation, Main Plaza at The Promenade Shops at Centerra, 11am -2pm, free activities, More information: ThePromenadeShopsAtCenterra.com
July 30 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay, through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com
Downtown Summer Sessions, 7-8 p.m. and 8:30-10:30 p.m., Old Town Square. Free concerts featuring Colorado bands, local craft beers and great summer fun. More information: downtownfortcollins.com.
Open Water Swim & Tri Training Series, Beginning 6 p.m., Horsetooth Reservoir - South Inlet Bay Swim Beach, Don’t miss this opportunity to train for your next open water swim every Wednesday through August 6, More information: horsetoothtritraining.com
Sounds of Centerra, July 11 through August 15, Friday nights 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., Chapungu Sculpture Park, More information: Centerra.com
Lagoon Summer Concert Series, 6:308:30 p.m. at the Lagoon at Colorado State University, Colorado Swing Big Band, More information: lagoonseries.com
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July 31 Mishawaka Summer Concert, 8 p.m., James McMurtry with special guest Johnny Burke at Mishawaka Amphitheatre, 13714 Poudre Canyon Highway, Bellvue. More information: 877.840.0457 or mishawaka.ticketforce.com 2014 Windsor Summer Concert Series, 6 Million Dollar Band (80’s), 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Boardwalk Park (100 N. 5th Street) Free Admission, More information: www.windsorgov.com/summerconcerts
August August 1 Downtown Summer Sessions, 7-8 p.m. and 8:30-10:30 p.m., Old Town Square, Free concerts featuring Colorado bands, local craft beers and great summer fun. More information: downtownfortcollins.com. Larimer County Fair & Rodeo, Larimer County Fair & Rodeo from August 1-5, including PRCA Rodeo, 4-H exhibits, music, food and carnival, at The Ranch complex, 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland. More information: larimercountyfair.org Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak St.,Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com/ First Friday featuring Gallery Walk, 6-9 p.m., downtown Fort Collins, featuring more than 15 galleries and special exhibits every month. More information: downtownfortcollins.com
August 2 Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street, through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Drake Road Farmers Market, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 802 W. Drake Road, through Sept. 27, More information: drakeroadfarmersmarket.com Sounds of Centerra, July 11 through August 15, Friday nights 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., Chapungu Sculpture Park, More information: Centerra.com Fitness in the Park, July 11 through August 15, Friday at 9:00 a.m., Chapungu Sculpture Park, More information: Centerra.com
Movies on Main at Centerra: The Lego Movie, Main Plaza at The Promenade Shops at Centerra, Preshow fun starts at 7pm, free movie starts around 9pm., More information: ThePromenadeShopsAtCenterra.com
2014 Windsor Summer Concert Series, Kory Brunson Band (Country), 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Boardwalk Park (100 N. 5th Street) Free Admission, Street Dance, More information: www.windsorgov.com/ summerconcerts
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Larimer County Fair & Rodeo, Larimer County Fair & Rodeo from August 1-5, including PRCA Rodeo, 4-H exhibits, music, food and carnival, at The Ranch complex, 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland. More information: larimercountyfair.org
Shop Late Fridays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., late night shoppping until 8 p.m. every second Friday in downtown Fort Collins.
Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay, through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com
August 4 Bohemian Nights presents Old Town Thursday Concerts, 7-9 p.m., August 4, Old Town Square, Euforquestra
Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com/ Downtown Summer Sessions, 7-8 p.m. and 8:30-10:30 p.m., Old Town Square. Free concerts featuring Colorado bands, local craft beers and great summer fun. More information: downtownfortcollins.com.
Larimer County Fair & Rodeo, Larimer County Fair & Rodeo from August 1-5, including PRCA Rodeo, 4-H exhibits, music, food and carnival, at The Ranch complex, 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland. More information: larimercountyfair.org
Loveland Sculpture Invitational, 920 West 29th, Loveland, CO, 9:30 a.m. 2 p.m., More information: lovelandsculptureinvitational.org
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Sounds of Centerra, July 11 through August 15, Friday nights 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., Chapungu Sculpture Park, More information: Centerra.com
Noontime Notes Concert Series, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Oak Street Plaza, Fort Collins Larimer County Fair & Rodeo, Larimer County Fair & Rodeo from August 1-5, including PRCA Rodeo, 4-H exhibits, music, food and carnival, at The Ranch complex, 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland. More information: larimercountyfair.org
August 6 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay, through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com Open Water Swim & Tri Training Series, Beginning 6 p.m., Horsetooth Reservoir - South Inlet Bay Swim Beach, Don’t miss this opportunity to train for your next open water swim every Wednesday through August 6, More information: horsetoothtritraining.com Lagoon Summer Concert Series, 6:308:30 p.m. at the Lagoon at Colorado State University, Mama Lenny & the Remedy, More information: lagoonseries.com
August 7 Bohemian Nights Presents: Thursday Night Live Concert Series, 7-9 p.m. Old Town Square.
Fitness in the Park, July 11 through August 15, Friday at 9:00 a.m., Chapungu Sculpture Park, More information: Centerra.com
August 9 Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street, through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Drake Road Farmers Market, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 802 W. Drake Road, through Sept. 27, More information: drakeroadfarmersmarket.com Loveland Sculpture Invitational, 920 West 29th, Loveland, CO, 9:30 a.m. 6 p.m., More information: lovelandsculptureinvitational.org Crazy Days at Centrra, at The Marketplace at Centerra, More information: Centerra.com
August 10 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay, through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado « 69
Calendar » 2014 Loveland Sculpture Invitational, 920 West 29th, Loveland, CO, 9:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m., More information: lovelandsculptureinvitational.org
Fitness in the Park, July 11 through August 15, Friday at 9:00 a.m., Chapungu Sculpture Park, More information: Centerra.com
Crazy Days at Centerra, at The Marketplace at Centerra, More information: Centerra.com
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August 11 Bohemian Nights presents Old Town Thursday Concerts, 7-9 p.m., August 11, Old Town Square, The Acidophiles
August 12 Promenade Kid Days: Animal, Main Plaza at The Promenade Shops at Centerra, 11am -2pm, free activities, More information: ThePromenadeShopsAtCenterra.com
August 13 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay, through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com Greyweather unplugged, 4-6 p.m., Odell Brewing Co., 800 E. Lincoln Ave., Fort Collins. Local band, Greyweather, performs on the second Wednesday of every month at Odell Brewing. Cost: free. More information: greyweathermusic.com Lagoon Summer Concert Series, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Lagoon at Colorado State University, Post Paradise, More information: lagoonseries.com
August 15 Downtown Fort Collins Foodie Walk, Enjoy a self-guided tour of spice, specialty and culinary-oriented shops in downtown Fort Collins. Information: downtownfortcollins.com. Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest, 5-10 p.m., August 15 in Old Town Fort Collins. A free, three-day music festival celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Three internationally known headliners anchor main stage performances, with dozens of other bands performing throughout Fort Collins. More information: bohemiannights.org. Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com Sounds of Centerra, July 11 through August 15, Friday nights 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., Chapungu Sculpture Park, More information: Centerra.com 70 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street , through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Drake Road Farmers Market, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 802 W. Drake Road, through Sept. 27, More information: drakeroadfarmersmarket.com French Nest Open Air Market, 9:003:00 p.m., Civic Center Park, An openair market featuring vintage, antique, artisan, handmade and handcrafted goods from more than 30 vendors. More information:thefrenchnestmarket.com Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest, 5-10 p.m., August 15 in Old Town Fort Collins. A free, three-day music festival celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Three internationally known headliners anchor main stage performances, with dozens of other bands performing throughout Fort Collins. More information: bohemiannights.org 10th Annual Run for Hope, 8:00 a.m., City Park, Empowering People to Fight Cancer, More information: runforhope.net
August 17 Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest, 5-10 p.m., August 15 in Old Town Fort Collins. A free, three-day music festival celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Three internationally known headliners anchor main stage performances, with dozens of other bands performing throughout Fort Collins. More information: bohemiannights.org Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay, through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com
August 18 Bohemian Nights presents Old Town Thursday Concerts, 7-9 p.m., August 18, Old Town Square, Jesse Solomon High Energy Instrumental Guitar Show
August 20 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay, through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com Fort Collins’ 150th anniversary, Fort Collins celebrates 150 years with a variety of activities. More information: fcmod.org
August 22 Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
August 23 Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street, through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Drake Road Farmers Market, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 802 W. Drake Road, through Sept. 27, More information: drakeroadfarmersmarket.com
August 24 Music in the Gardens, 7-9 p.m. August 24: Ethos West Presenting “The Colors of Jazz,” Tickets are available for purchase in advance and also at the door- $10 for adults, $5 for ages 18 and under and seniors 65+ and no cost for children 5 and younger. More information: 970.416.2486 or fcgov.com Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay, through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com
August 25 Bohemian Nights presents Old Town Thursday Concerts, 7-9 p.m., August 25, Old Town Square, Kids Create the Music All-Stars
August 27 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay, through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com
August 29 Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
2014 « Calendar Kenny Cordova & The Olde Rock Band, 7-10 p.m., MacKenzie’s Pub and Grill , 5750 S. Lemay Ave., Fort Collins . 50s & 60s Rock & Roll. Open to the public - drink and food specials on the patio at MacKenzie’s Pub & Grill at Southridge Golf Course Cost: No charge. More information: (970) -217-6114 Website: kennycordova.com
spanning nearly 50 years, Buddy Guyis one of the world’s leading bluesmen. This six-time Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee recently released the first double-album set of his career, titled “Rhythm and Blues.” More information: lctix.com
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First Friday featuring Gallery Walk, 6-9 p.m., downtown Fort Collins, featuring more than 15 galleries and special exhibits every month. More information downtownfortcollins.com for details.
Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street (Larimer County Courthouse parking lot), through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Drake Road Farmers Market, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 802 W. Drake Road, through Sept. 27, More information: drakeroadfarmersmarket.com Tour de Fat, Fort Collins Civic Center Park, 9-10 a.m. Registration; 10-11 a.m., Parade; 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Revival. Meet for a bike parade like no other, sponsored by New Belgium Brewery. Costumes are encouraged! Stay for the music and theatrics and maybe a beer or two. More information: newbelgium.com.
August 31 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com
September September 1 Pooch Plunge, 4:00-7:00 p.m., City Park Pool, It’s canine time at City Park Pool! Each pooch can bring two human friends (no swimming with your four-legged friends, please). Bid on the Silent Auction items while you are there, Fido deserves it! Tickets go on sale beginning August 1. $5 More information: fcgov.com
September 2 Loveland PEDAL Club Ride, Loveland A moderate ride at a medium pace with difficulty increasing through the spring and summer. More information: Call Kathie at (970) -667-6957 for details.
September 3 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through midNovember, More information: fortcollinsfm.com Buddy Guy, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $60/45/35, Singles: $65/50/40, With a career
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Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
September 6 Nelsen’s Old Town Car Show, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., downtown Fort Collins. Hot-rods, vintage cars and classic trucks are on display. Live music and a beer garden. Free for spectators. More information: (970) 484-6500. Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street (Larimer County Courthouse parking lot), through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Drake Road Farmers Market, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 802 W. Drake Road, through Sept. 27, More information: drakeroadfarmersmarket.com Open Board Game Night, 6-10 p.m., The Haunted Game Cafe, 3307 S College Ave #107, Fort Collins. Come Play at the Cafe with friends! Bring your favorite board game or play one of 160 from our OPEN GAME LIBRARY. See list on our website: The Games link. We are a full coffee house, +chai, smoothies, Italian sodas. Look Alive! Don’t stay a restless spirit a moment longer! Visit The Haunted Game Cafe for Spirited Fun! Cost: 1 drink per guest. Information: (970) -402-2466 More information: hauntedgamecafe.com Black Squirrel Trail Half Marathon, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lory State Park, 708 Lodgepole Drive , Bellvue. The Black Squirrel Trail Half Marathon will take place on the trails of Lory State Park. The trail half marathon course offers a tour of the outer boundaries of Lory State Park, providing breathtaking views to the east of Horsetooth Reservoir, Fort Collins and the Great Plains; and to the West of the aweinspiring Rocky Mountain swell. Cost: $45 early registration, $55 regular registration, $65 late registration. More information: gnarrunners.com/black-squirrel-half FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado « 71
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Calendar » 2014 WineDown The Summer at Centerra, at Chapungu Sculpture Park, More information: Centerra.com
September 7 Loveland PEDAL Club Ride, Loveland Meet at Centennial Park, 977 W 1st Street, Loveland, near the inline hockey rink, for a medium-paced “Show and Go Ride” of 30-60 miles. More information: Call Sue V. at (970) -218-8665 for meeting time and destination. Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com
September 9 Loveland PEDAL Club Ride, Loveland A moderate ride at a medium pace with difficulty increasing through the spring and summer. More information: Call Kathie at (970) -667-6957 for details.
September 10 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com Greyweather unplugged, 4-6 p.m., Odell Brewing Co., 800 E. Lincoln Ave., Fort Collins. Local band, Greyweather, performs on the second Wednesday of every month at Odell Brewing. Cost: free. More information: greyweathermusic.com
September 12 Shop Late Fridays, 10 a.m.- 8 p.m., July 11, Downtown Fort Collins shopping. Late-night shopping every second Friday Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
September 13 Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street (Larimer County Courthouse parking lot), through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Drake Road Farmers Market, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 802 W. Drake Road, through Sept. 27, More information: drakeroadfarmersmarket.com 74 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
September 14 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com Open Streets Fort Collins, 10 a.m.3 p.m., Elizabeth St., Open Streets are temporary events that invite people to experience public streets in ways other than driving. By temporarily closing streets to motorized traffic, Open Streets provide a safe and comfortable space for people to walk, bicycle, jog, rollerblade and play! More information: fcgov.com/ bicycling/openstreets
September 16 Loveland PEDAL Club Ride, Loveland A moderate ride at a medium pace with difficulty increasing through the spring and summer. More information: call Kathie at (970) -667-6957 for details.
September 17 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com
September 19 Downtown Fort Collins Foodie Walk, 5-8 p.m., various stores downtown, every third Friday of the month, enjoy a self-guided tour of spice, specialty and culinary-oriented shops in downtown Fort Collins FORToberfest, 5-10:30 p.m., Sept. 19, Old Town Square Stage only, celebrating everything Fort Collins with beer, bikes and bands. Free admission. Participants are encouraged to come in costume and to ride their bikes. Featuring Fort Collins and Colorado bands from funk to bluegrass and rock to indie. Headliner is 12 Cents for Marvin. More information: downtownfortcollins.com Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
September 20 Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street (Larimer County Courthouse parking lot), through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org
2014 « Calendar Drake Road Farmers Market, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 802 W. Drake Road, through Sept. 27, More information: drakeroadfarmersmarket.com French Nest Open Air Market, 9:003:00 p.m., Civic Center Park, An openair market featuring vintage, antique, artisan, handmade and handcrafted goods from more than 30 vendors. More information:thefrenchnestmarket.com Sustainable Living Fair, 10:00 a.m.– 7:00 p.m., The 15th annual weekend festival along the scenic Cache La Poudre river unites people through renewable energy, alternative transportaiton and sustainability, More information: sustainablelivingassociation.org FORToberfest, 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m., Bohemian Foundation Music Sponsor Main Stage, noon-9 p.m., Old Town Square Stage, Celebrating everything Fort Collins with beer, bikes and bands. Free admission. Participants are encouraged to come in costume and to ride their bikes. Featuring Fort Collins and Colorado bands from funk to bluegrass and rock to indie. Tenpercent of event profits and 100 percent of tips will be donated to local flood-relief efforts. More information: downtownfortcollins.com. Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Take Steps Walk, 3-7 p.m., City Park , 1500 W. Mulberry St., Fort Collins. Take Steps Walk to benefit the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation (CCFA) brings together the community in a fun atmosphere with food, music, kids area and more! CCFA provides education, support services & other assistance, including a life-changing camp in Northern Colorado for children and teens with IBD. Join us and Take Steps to help us find a cure! Cost: No cost - donations encouraged. Information: 303-639-9163 More information: cctakesteps.org/fortcollins
September 21 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com Equinox Half Marathon & 5 Mile, Mishawaka - Poudre Canyon, More information: equinoxhalfmarathon.com
September 24 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com
September 26 Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to
blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
September 27 Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street (Larimer County Courthouse parking lot), through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Drake Road Farmers Market, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 802 W. Drake Road, through Sept. 27, More information: drakeroadfarmersmarket.com
September 28 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com
October October 1 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com
October 3 First Friday featuring Gallery Walk, 6-9 p.m., downtown Fort Collins, featuring more than 15 galleries and special exhibits every month. More information downtownfortcollins.com for details. Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
October 4 Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street (Larimer County Courthouse parking lot), through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org
October 5 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado « 75
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Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com
Downtown Fort Collins Foodie Walk, 5-8 p.m., various stores downtown, every third Friday of the month, emjoy a self-guided tour of spice, specialty and culinary-oriented shops in downtown Fort Collins
Greyweather unplugged, 4-6 p.m., Odell Brewing Co., 800 E. Lincoln Ave., Fort Collins. Local band, Greyweather, performs on the second Wednesday of every month at Odell Brewing. Cost: free. More information: greyweathermusic.com
October 9 Cirque Mechanics’ Pedal Punk, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9-11. Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $40, Singles starting at: $45, A rowdy steam punk circus on wheels that combines traditional circus disciplines with innovative mechanical apparatus to tell a charming story that will thrill you with its daring. More information: lctix.com
October 10 Cirque Mechanics’ Pedal Punk, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9-11. Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $40, Singles starting at: $45, A rowdy steam punk circus on wheels that combines traditional circus disciplines with innovative mechanical apparatus to tell a charming story that will thrill you with its daring. More information: lctix.com
October 11 Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street (Larimer County Courthouse parking lot), through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Cirque Mechanics’ Pedal Punk, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9-11. Matinee at 2 p.m. Oct. 11. Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $40, Singles starting at: $45., A rowdy steam punk circus on wheels that combines traditional circus disciplines with innovative mechanical apparatus to tell a charming story that will thrill you with its daring. More information: lctix.com.
October 12 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com
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Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
October 18 Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street (Larimer County Courthouse parking lot), through Oct. 25, *Market accepts SNAP benefits, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Drake Road Farmers Market, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 802 W. Drake Road, through Sept. 27, More information: drakeroadfarmersmarket.com French Nest Open Air Market, 9:003:00 p.m., Civic Center Park, An openair market featuring vintage, antique, artisan, handmade and handcrafted goods from more than 30 vendors. More information:thefrenchnestmarket.com 9th Annual Cemetery Crawl, 10 a.m., Grandview Cemetery, 1900 W. Mountain, The artists and musicians behind the history of Fort Collins are waiting to tell you all about their lives, Advanced ticket sales are $6 a ticket at the Grandview office and at the Senior Center, Tickets will also be available at Grandview the day of the Crawl, More information: fcgov. com/recreation
October 19 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com
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Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com
Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com
2014 Old Fashioned Corn Roast Festival, Downtown Loveland, parade, festival, entertainment and more. More information: loveland.org/ TheCornRoastFestival
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October 24 Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com Dead Celebrity 5K, 7-9 p.m., Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant, 143 W. Mountain Ave., Fort Collins. More information: deadcelebrun.com Old Town Zombie Fest, 2 p.m. family friendly Kidz Krawl through Old Town Square, All ages Zombie Crawl starting at 5 p.m. in Old Town Square, and the Zombie Ball at Washington’s starting at 10 p.m. for the 21+ crowd More information: oldtownzombie.com
October 25 Larimer County Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, 200 W. Oak Street (Larimer County Courthouse parking lot), through Oct. 25, More information: larimercountyfarmersmarket.org Halloween Hullzbaloo at Centerra, 12PM to 4PM, at The Marketplace at Centerra, More information: Centerra.com
October 26 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through midNovember. More information: fortcollinsfm.com
October 29 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through midNovember, More information: fortcollinsfm.com
October 31 Tiny Tot Halloween, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Old Town Square. Trick-or-Treaters take over downtown. More information: donwtownfortcollins.com Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
November November 2 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware
parking lot), through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com
November 5 Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November, More information: fortcollinsfm.com Mummenschanz, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $32, Singles starting at: $35, In this wordless universe, the ordinary becomes extraordinary as common materials and colorful abstract shapes spring to life offering timeless insight on the human condition and transcending cultural barriers. More information: lctix.com
November 7 Holiday Lights Ceremony, Downtwon Fort Collins, Thousands of strands of LED lights will light up downtown to kick off the holiday season. The lights will remain up until mid-February, More information: downtownfortcollins.com Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
November 9 Lewis Black, 7 p.m., Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia.Tickets: $59.50/$45, Standup comedian Lewis Black is a passionate performer who makes compelling points about the absurdity of our world while causing his audience to laugh themselves into incontinence. More information: lctix.com Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com
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November 14 Shop Late Fridays, 10 a.m.- 8 p.m., July 11, Downtown Fort Collins shopping. Late-night shopping every second Friday Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
November 21 Downtown Fort Collins Foodie Walk, Enjoy a self-guided tour of spice, specialty and culinary-oriented shops in downtown Fort Collins. More information: downtownfortcollins.com. Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
November 22 Santa Arrives & Workshop Opens, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, Join in the holiday fun and greet St. Nick as he makes his annual debut in Old Town, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
November 23 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
November 24 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
November 25 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
November 26
Fort Collins Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony and Lemay (Ace Hardware parking lot), through mid-November. More information: fortcollinsfm.com
Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
Greyweather unplugged, 4-6 p.m., Odell Brewing Co., 800 E. Lincoln Ave., Fort Collins. Local band, Greyweather, performs on the second Wednesday of every month at Odell Brewing. Cost: free. More information: greyweathermusic.com
Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30
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Calendar » 2014 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com Canyon Concert Ballet’s presents The Nutcracker, The Rialto, Loveland, More information: ccballet.org
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Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
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I Love Lucy Live Onstage, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4-6, Matinee at 2 p.m., Dec. 6 at the Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $49, Singles starting at: $53., It’s 1952 and you are a member of the Desilu playhouse studio audience where you experience firsthand the filming of two hilarious i Love Lucy® episodes, complete with charming host, ’50s-style harmonies from the Crystaltone Singers and the sidesplitting antics of America’s favorite foursome — Lucy, ricky, Fred and Ethel. More information: lctix.com
Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
December 2 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
December 3 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
Santa’s Workshop at Centerra, 11AM to 3PM, More information: Centerra.com
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I Love Lucy Live Onstage, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4-6, Matinee at 2 p.m., Dec. 6 at the Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $49, Singles starting at: $53., It’s 1952 and you are a member of the Desilu playhouse studio audience where you experience firsthand the filming of two hilarious i Love Lucy® episodes, complete with charming host, ’50s-style harmonies from the Crystaltone Singers and the sidesplitting antics of America’s favorite foursome — Lucy, ricky, Fred and Ethel. More information: lctix.com
December 5 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com I Love Lucy Live Onstage, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4-6, Matinee at 2 p.m., Dec. 6 at the Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $49, Singles starting at: $53., It’s 1952 and you are a member of the Desilu playhouse studio audience where you experience firsthand the filming of two hilarious i Love Lucy® episodes, More information: lctix.com First Friday featuring Gallery Walk, 6-9 p.m., downtown Fort Collins, featuring more than 15 galleries and special exhibits every month. More information: downtownfortcollins.com. Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. 78 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
information: downtownfortcollins.com
December 8 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
December 9 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
December 10 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com Greyweather unplugged, 4-6 p.m., Odell Brewing Co., 800 E. Lincoln Ave., Fort Collins. Local band, Greyweather, performs on the second Wednesday of every month at Odell Brewing. Cost: free. More information: greyweathermusic.com
December 11 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
December 12 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
2014 « Calendar Canyon Concert Ballet’s presents The Nutcracker, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, More information: ccballet.org Shop Late Fridays, 10 a.m.- 8 p.m., July 11, Downtown Fort Collins shopping. Late-night shopping every second Friday Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
December 13 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com Canyon Concert Ballet’s presents The Nutcracker, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, More information: ccballet.org Santa’s Workshop at Centerra, 11AM to 3PM, More information: Centerra.com
December 14 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com Canyon Concert Ballet’s presents The Nutcracker, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, More information: ccballet.org
December 15 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
December 16 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com An Irish Christmas, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $27, Singles starting at $29, As seen on PBS, this rip-roaring celebration of Christmas from the heart of Ireland features a host of actors and singers celebrating rich irish traditions with glorious music, traditional dance, lively storytelling, laughter and plenty of Irish soul.
December 17 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
December 18 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
December 19 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
December 20 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com Santa’s Workshop at Centerra, 11AM to 3PM, More information: Centerra.com Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
December 21 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
December 22 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
December 23 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
December 24 Santa’s Workshop, Noon–6:00 p.m., Old Town Square, Fort Collins, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
December 31 First Night Fort Collins 2014, Activities are filled with entertainment for everyone. Events are indoors. Performance seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. More information: downtownfortcollins.com
2015 January January 2 Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado « 79
Calendar » 2014-15 Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
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Shop Late Fridays, 10 a.m.- 8 p.m., July 11, Downtown Fort Collins shopping. Late-night shopping every second Friday
Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com
January 10 Rosanne Cash: “The River & The Thread” in Concert, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $60/45/35, Singles: $65/50/40, This Grammy Award-winning singer/ songwriter pays poetic homage to the places and people of the American South, the place of her birth and the home of her ancestors, in a collection of original songs from her new album, “The River & The Thread.”
January 16 Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am. More information: fortcollinsblues.com Downtown Fort Collins Foodie Walk, 5-8 p.m., various stores downtown, every third Friday of the month, emjoy a selfguided tour of spice, specialty and culinaryoriented shops in downtown Fort Collins
January 17 Del McCoury plays Woody Guthrie, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $33, Singles starting at: $35 An evening of unheard lyrics from America’s folk poet, Woody Guthrie, set to music by the most awarded artists in the history of Bluegrass, The Del McCoury Band, including a multi-media presentation of Guthrie’s works. More information: lctix.com 80 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and March, Old Town Square to CSU, Colorado State University and community partners will help honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a community march, More information: downtownfortcollins.com
January 24 Front Range Freeze Polar Plunge & Sweaty Sweater 5k, Horsetooth Reservoir - South Inlet Bay Swim Beach, More information: frontrangefreeze.com
January 29 Mama Mia!, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29-31; matinee at 2 p.m. Jan. 31, at the Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $49, Singles starting at: $55. MAMMA MIA! is the ultimate feel-good show. Now it’s your turn to have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA’s greatest hits with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. See the show that has the whole world coming back for more, because every time feels like the first time at MAMMA MIA! More information: lctix.com
January 30 Mamma Mia!, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29-31; matinee at 2 p.m. Jan. 31, at the Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $49, Singles starting at: $55. MAMMA MIA! is the ultimate feel-good show. Now it’s your turn to have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA’s greatest hits with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. See the show that has the whole world coming back for more, because every time feels like the first time at MAMMA MIA! Information: fcgov.com/lctix/pdf/ lcseason2014.pdf Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am.. Website: fortcollinsblues.com
January 31 Mamma Mia!, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29-31; matinee at 2 p.m. Jan. 31, at the Lincoln
Calendar » 2015 Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $49, Singles starting at: $55. Now it’s your turn to have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA’s greatest hits with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. More information: lctix.com.
February February 6 Indigo Blues weekly blues dance, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Indigo Blues, 225 W. Oak Street, Fort Collins. Learn how to blues dance and deepen your connection with others every Friday at Indigo Blues in the Masonic Temple. Lesson at 8:30 p.m. Dance 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Cost: $4 until 9pm. $5 from 9pm to 1am.. Website: fortcollinsblues.com
February 21 Dancing with the Stars of Fort Collins, 7-10 p.m., Agave Room, 143 W. Mountain Ave, Fort Collins. Canyon Concert Ballet proudly presents Dancing with the Stars of Fort Collins on Saturday, February 21st, 2015, at the Agave Room above the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant in downtown Fort Collins-doors open at 7 p.m. and performance begins at 8 p.m. Enjoy an evening of fun as you see 10 couples take the dance floor with styles ranging from swing to tango to the Lindy hop to disco. Ticket prices- $60 each, which includes two drink tickets, heavy appetizers and desserts. Cost: $60. Information: (970) 472-4156 Website: ccballet.org
February 26 Peter and the StarCatcher, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26-28, matinee at 2 p.m., FeEb. 28, at the Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia, Season: $49, Singles starting at: $55. Winner of five Tony Awards, this swashbuckling prequel to Peter Pan features a dozen actors that play more than a hundred unforgettable characters, all on a journey to answer the century-old question: How did Peter Pan become The Boy Who Never Grew Up? Information: lctix.com
February 27 Peter and the StarCatcher, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26-28, matinee at 2 p.m., FeEb. 28, at the Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $49, Singles starting at: $55. Winner of five Tony Awards, this swashbuckling prequel to Peter Pan features a dozen actors that play more than a hundred unforgettable characters, all on a journey to answer the century-old question: How did Peter Pan become The Boy Who Never Grew Up? Information: lctix.com 82 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
February 28 Peter and the StarCatcher, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26-28, matinee at 2 p.m., FeEb. 28, at the Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia. Season: $49, Singles starting at: $55. Winner of five Tony Awards, this swashbuckling prequel to Peter Pan features a dozen actors that play more than a hundred unforgettable characters, all on a journey to answer the century-old question: How did Peter Pan become The Boy Who Never Grew Up? Information: fcgov.com/lctix/pdf/lcseason2014.pdf
March March 15 Lucky Joe’s St. Patricks Day Parade, Downtown parade and activities tentatively scheduled for March 15, in downtown Fort Collins. Information: downtownfortcollins.com
Upcoming events in 2015 Great Plates of Downtown, March 1–14, Downtown Fort Collins, Numerous downtown restaurants will offer amazing dining specials for two full weeks, Donations accepted for Larimer County Food Bank at participating restaurants, More information: downtownfortcollins.com FoCoMX, April 24–25, Over 200 bands, artists and DJ’s will play at this 7th annual music even at over 20 Fort Collins venues, More information: focomx.focoma.org The Taste, a food-and-drink event benefiting the Food Bank for Larimer County, in April. More information: tastebenefit.org. Colorado Marathon, May 23–24, Old Town Square, Fort Collins, The Colorado Marathon, a Boston Marathon qualifier, is the fastest, most scenic marathon in Colorado, More information: ftcollinsmarathon.com Realities Ride and Rally, May 23–24, Put on by Realities for Children, nearly 3,000 motorcyclists will ride in this annual poker run to raise money for Larimer County Youth, More information: realitiesride.com Taste of Fort Collins, June 13–14, Downtown Fort Collins, The 18th annual community celebration of food, with family friendly activities, national and local bands, craft brews, wine, cocktails and of course, great eats, More information: tasteoffortcollins.com The Colorado Brewer’s Festival, late June. More information: downtownfortcollins.com
Workers used two large cranes to lift a big foot bridge over the rail road tracks and the Max guideway in midtown Fort Collins Feb. 12, 2014. V. Richard Haro/The Coloradoan
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Need to get in touch with your elected officials on a state or national level? Here’s a quick guide to the people in charge.
Governor Governor John W Hickenlooper 136 State Capitol, Denver, 80203-1792 (303) 866-2471 colorado.gov/governor
U.S. Senators U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D) 458 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington D.C. 20510 (202) 224-5852 1127 Sherman St., Suite 150, Denver, Colorado 80203 (303) 455-7600 bennet.senate.gov
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall (D) 328 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-5941 999 18th Street, Suite 1525, North Tower, Denver, CO 80202 (877) 768-3255 (toll free) markudall.senate.gov
U.S. Representatives U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, R District 4 (Longmont and Greeley) 213 Cannon HOB, Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 225-4676 123 N College Ave., Suite 220, Ft. Collins, CO 80524 (970) 221-7110 gardner.house.gov/
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, R District 2 (Fort Collins, Loveland, Boulder) 1433 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-2161 300 E. Horsetooth Rd. #103, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 226-1239 polis.house.gov/
Colorado State Senators: State Sen. John Kefalas, D
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District 14 (Fort Collins area) 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 303-866-4841 john.kefalas.senate@state.co.us johnkefalas.org/
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Services Âť Government Fort Collins City Council chambers are about half full to start their meeting March 4, 2014. V. Richard Haro/The Coloradoan
Weld County Commissioners County Commissioner Mike Freeman, District 1 (North Weld County) 1150 O St., P.O. Box 758, Greeley, CO 80632 (970) 336-7204 mfreeman@weldgov.com
County Commissioner Douglas Rademacher, District 2 (Western Weld County) 1150 O St., P.O. Box 758, Greeley, CO 80632 (970) 336-7204 drademacher@co.weld.co.us
State Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R District 15 (Represents Larimer County, outside of Fort Collins) 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-4853 kevin@kevinlundberg.com kevinlundberg.com
State Sen. Vicki Marble, R District 23 (Weld County, located near Broomfield and along the I-25 corridor) 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 (970) 491-9977 Vicki@vickimarble.com vickimarble.com
State Sen. Scott W. Renfroe, R District 13 (Greeley, Windsor and other northern Weld county communities east of Fort Collins) 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-4451 senatorrenfroe@gmail.com scottrenfroe.com
State representatives State Rep. Dianne Primavera, D House District 33 (Broomfield and Superior) 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 303-866-4667 dianne.primavera.house@state.co.us primaveraforcolorado.com/
State Rep. Brian DelGrosso, R House District 51 (Loveland) 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-2947 brian@briandelgrosso.com briandelgrosso.com
State Rep. Randy Fischer, D House District 53 (Southwest Fort Collins) 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-2917 randyfischer@frii.com randyfischer.org
State Rep. Joann Ginal, D House District 52 (Central and south Fort Collins) 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-4569 joann.ginal.house@state.co.us joannginal.com/
State Rep. Perry Buck, R House District 49 (North Fort Collins, Welling-
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ton, Berthoud, Red Feather Lakes, Estes Park) 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-2907 perrybuck49@gmail.com perryforcolorado.com/
State Rep. Stephen Humphrey, R House District 48 (Johnstown, Milliken, Firestone, Erie, La Salle) 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-2943 rephumphrey48@yahoo.com humphreyforhouse.org
State Rep. Jerry Sonnenberg, R House District 65 (Eaton and Ault, just north of Greeley) 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-3706 jerry@repsonnenberg.com electsonnenberg.com
County Commissioner Barbara Kirkmeyer, District 3 (Southern Weld County) 1150 O St., P.O. Box 758, Greeley, CO 80632 (970) 336-7204 bkirkmeyer@co.weld.co.us
Fort Collins City Council Mayor Karen Weitkunat 300 LaPorte Ave., P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522 (970) 416-2154 kweitkunat@fcgov.com fcgov.com/council/kweitkunat.php
City Manager Darin Atteberry 300 LaPorte Ave., P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522 (970) 221-6505 datteberry@fcgov.com fcgov.com/citymanager/ contact-us.php
State Rep. Dave Young, D
Councilmember Bob Overbeck,
House District 50 (Greeley and Evans) 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-2929 dave.young.house@state.co.us repdaveyoung.com/
District 1 (Northeast area, east of N. College Avenue) 300 LaPorte Ave., P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522 (970) 988-9337 boverbeck@fcgov.com boboverbeck.com
Larimer County County Commissioners: County Commissioner Lew Gaiter III, District 1 (northern third of Larimer County) 200 W. Oak St., P.O. Box 1190, Fort Collins, CO 80522 (970) 498-7010 lgaiter@larimer.org lewgaiter.com
County Commissioner Steve Johnson, District 2 200 W. Oak St., P.O. Box 1190, Fort Collins, CO 80522 (970) 498-7010 johnsosw@co.larimer.co.us larimer.org/bocc/bios.htm
County Commissioner Tom Donnelly, District 3 200 W. Oak St., P.O. Box 1190, Fort Collins, CO 80522 (970) 290-2431 donnelt@co.larimer.co.us tom4larimer.com
Councilmember Lisa Poppaw, District 2 (Eastern area, along E. Horsetooth Road) 300 LaPorte Ave., P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522 (970) 223-4136 lpoppaw@fcgov.com fcgov.com/council/lpoppaw.php
Councilmember Gino Campana, District 3 (Southeast area, south of E. Harmony Road) 300 LaPorte Ave., P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522 (970) 460-3629 gcampana@fcgov.com ginoforcouncil.com/
Councilmember Wade Troxell, District 4 (Southwest area, west of S. College Avenue) 300 LaPorte Ave., P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522 (970) 219-8940 wtroxell@fcgov.com fcgov.com/council/wtroxell.php
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Services Âť Government Councilmember Gerry Horak,
Councilmember Charles Archibeque, Ward 1
District 6 (Northwest area, west of N. College Avenue) 300 LaPorte Ave., P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522 (970) 217-2993 ghorak@fcgov.com fcgov.com/council/ghorak.php
1000 10th St., Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 353-2876 Charles.Archibeque@greeleygov.com
Loveland City Council Mayor Cecil Gutierrez 500 East 3rd St. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 962-2190 Mayor@ci.loveland.org ci.loveland.co.us/index.aspx?page=75
City Manager Bill Cahill 500 East 3rd St. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 962-2306 cahilb@ci.loveland.org ci.loveland.co.us/index.aspx?page=367
Councilmember Donna Sapienza, Ward 2 1000 10th St., Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 336-4294 Donna.Sapienza@greeleygov.com
Councilmember John Gates, Ward 3 1000 10th St., Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 336-4296 John.Gates@greeleygov.com
Councilmember Michael Finn, Ward 4 1000 10th St., Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 590-1523 michael.finn@greeleygov.com
Mayor Pro Tem Daryle Klassen, Ward 1 500 East 3rd St. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 962-2191 daryle.klassen@ci.loveland.org ci.loveland.co.us/index.aspx?page=82
Councilmember Sandi Elder, At-Large 1000 10th St., Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 336-4293 sandi.elder@greeleygov.com
Councilmember Chauncey Taylor, Ward 1 500 East 3rd St. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 962-2192 Chauncey.Taylor@ci.loveland.org ci.loveland.co.us/index.aspx?page=1649
Councilmember Joan Shaffer, Ward 2
Councilmember Robb Casseday, At-Large 1000 10th St., Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 336-4292 mailto:Robb.Casseday@greeleygov.com
500 East 3rd St. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 962-2193 joan.shaffer@ci.loveland.org ci.loveland.co.us/index.aspx?page=903
Windsor Town Board:
Councilmember Phil Farley, Ward 2
Mayor John Vazquez
500 East 3rd St. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 962-2198 Phil.Farley@ci.loveland.org ci.loveland.co.us/index.aspx?page=1650
Councilmember Hugh McKean, Ward 3 500 East 3rd St. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 962-2195 hugh.mckean@ci.loveland.org ci.loveland.co.us/index.aspx?page=911
Councilmember John H. Fogle, Ward 3
301 Walnut St., Windsor, CO 80550 (970) 674-1679 jvazquez@windsorgov.com
Board Member Miles Baker, District 1 301 Walnut St., Windsor, CO 80550 (714) 924-4672
Board Member Don Thompson, District 2
500 East 3rd St. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 962-2194 John.Fogle@ci.loveland.org ci.loveland.co.us/index.aspx?page=1651
301 Walnut St., Windsor, CO 80550 (970) 686-5686
Councilmember Ralph Trenary, Ward 4
301 Walnut St., Windsor, CO 80550 (970) 237-0194
500 East 3rd St. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 962-2196 Ralph.Trenary@ci.loveland.org ci.loveland.co.us/index.aspx?page=1652
Councilmember Dave Clark, Ward 4 500 East 3rd St. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 962-2197 Dave.Clark@cityofloveland.org cityofloveland.org/index.aspx?page=1870
Greeley City Council
Board Member Jeremy Rose, District 3
Board Member Kristie Melendez, District 4 301 Walnut St., Windsor, CO 80550 (970) 686-7389
Board Member Robert Bishop-Cotner, District 5 301 Walnut St., Windsor, CO 80550 (970) 686-9761
Mayor Tom Norton 1000 10th St., Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 350-9772 Tom.Norton@greeleygov.com
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Board Member Ivan Adams, District 6 301 Walnut St., Windsor, CO 80550 (970) 674-8969
Patient Bill Therrien speaks with his doctor, Anne Robinson, during his Aug. 23, 2012, appointment at Associates in Family Medicine in Fort Collins. Coloradoan Library
HEALTHCARE University of Colorado Health As a private, locally-owned nonprofit organization, University of Colorado Health is dedicated to providing worldclass healthcare to Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming. UCHealth operates 20 hospitals and health clinics in Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Windsor and Estes Park. University of Colorado Health 2315 E. Harmony Rd., Suite 200, Fort Collins, CO 80528 (970) 495-7000 or (800) 252-5784
Poudre Valley Hospital 1024 S. Lemay Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 495-7000
Harmony Campus 2127 E. Harmony Rd., Fort Collins, CO 80528
Medical Center of the Rockies 2500 Rocky Mountain Ave., Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 624-2500
Mountain Crest Behavioral Health 4601 Corbett Dr., Fort Collins, CO 80528 (970) 207-4800 or (800) 523-1213
North Colorado Medical Center Located in Greeley, the Banner Health North Colorado Medical Center (NCMC) is a private, non-profit facility serving southern Wyoming, western Nebraska, western Kansas and northeastern Colorado. Operating 372 beds, and four other community care clinics in northern Colorado, NCMC is one of the region’s largest hospital provider, according to the NCMC’s official website. Banner Health also operates McKee 90 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
Medical Center, a 132-bed, acute-care hospital in Loveland. NCMC also offers around 30 different health care services.
Banner Health North Colorado Medical Center 1801 16th St., Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 352-4121
Banner Health McKee Medical Center 2000 Boise Ave., Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 669-4640
Estes Park Medical Center As a 25-bed critical access acute care facility, Estes Park Medical Center offers a 24-hour emergency department and ambulance service, emergency air transport, surgical services, obstetrics, home health care and hospice, according to the center’s official website. Located next to the primary care facility, Prospect Park Living Center is a nursing facility that provides 24-hour care, physical, speech and occupational therapy to patients. The Family Medical Clinic also specializes in family medicine, obstetrics, general surgery, pediatrics and orthopedics. Estes Park Medical Center 555 Prospect Ave., P.O. Box 2740, Estes Park, CO 80517 Contact: (970) 586-2317
EPMC Family Medical Clinic Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to Noon Contact: (970) 586-2200
EPMC Specialty Clinic Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact: (970) 577-4408
UTILITIES
Trash haulers and recycling companies in Larimer and Weld Counties
1582 West 1st St. Loveland, CO (888) 824-4010
Gallegos Sanitation, Inc. (Fort Collins)
(800) 783-1375
(970) 484-5556
Qwest Communications
Ram Waste Systems, Inc. (Fort Collins)
(970) 377-6408
(970) 226-3396
Telewire of Colorado
Waste Management (Fort Collins)
(970) 224-4714
(970) 482-6319
US Cable
Clean Air Compost (Fort Collins)
(800) 480-7020
(970) 224-4732 (Pick-up services for food waste and compostable materials)
Ultrastar Satellite
National Recycling, Inc. (Fort Collins) (970) 493-7478
Waste Management of Northern Colorado (Ault) (970) 674-2500
Waste-Not Recycling (Loveland) (970) 669-9912
City Of Loveland Solid Waste Division (970) 962-2529
Northern Colorado Disposal (Greeley) (970) 353-4090
Bunting Disposal, Inc. (Evans) (970) 373-5088
Cable companies in Larimer and Weld Counties: A Ace Dish
DirecTV
(970) 484-6448
Utility companies in Larimer County: Fort Collins: Anheuser-Busch Inc. (970) 472-3615
City of Fort Collins Electric (970) 224-6154
City of Fort Collins Engineering (970) 221-6605
City of Fort Collins Water (970) 221-6809
East Larimer County Water District (970) 493-2044
Fort Collins-Loveland Water District (FCLWD) (970) 226-3104
(888) 569-9818
South Fort Collins Sanitation District (SFCSD)
Access Dish Tv
(970) 226-2484
(866) 722-0633
Platte River Power Authority
Comcast Communications (800) 934-6489 Local offices: 1201 University Ave. Fort Collins, CO (888) 824-4010
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3737 W 10th St. Greeley, CO (800) 266-2278
(970) 226-4000
Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association, Inc. 1200 U.S. 287 Fort Collins, CO (877) 504-5587
(970) 282-6434
Spring Canyon Water District (970) 226-5605
Fort Collins utilities worker, Steve Martinez, left, talks with co-worker, Randy Boley at the intersection of Mulberry Street and Meldrum Ave. July 21, 2010. V. Richard Haro/ The Coloradoan
Sunset Water District (970) 482-1907
Broomfield: Level 3 Communications
(970) 225-7848
(ICG Comm) (877) 366-8344 x 2
Loveland:
Level 3 Fiber Lines
Xcel Energy Natural Gas/ Electric
(970) 621-8504
Communications (720) 888-2061
Bald Mountain Water Association
Estes Park:
Arkins Water Association
(970) 667-4603
City of Loveland Utilities (970) 962-3561
City of Loveland Water Department (970) 962-3754
Magpie Operating, Inc (970) 669-6309
Western Area Power Authority (970) 472-2306
Xcel Energy High Pressure Gas (970) 225-7851
Wellington: Kinder Morgan/ KN Energy (303) 833-3313
Baja Communications (970) 214-3036
Town of Estes Park (970) 577-3586
Frederick: Kinder Morgan (303) 833-3313
Johnstown: Town of Johnstown (970) 587-4664
LaPorte: West Fort Collins Water District (970) 484-4881
Northern Colorado Water District
Lucerne:
(970) 568-3975
North Weld County Water District
Wellington Public Works
(970) 356-3020
(970) 568-3381
Berthoud: Little Thompson Water District (970) 532-2096
North Carter Lake Water Association (970) 663-4632
Town of Berthoud Public Works
Mead: AT&T Fiber (303) 620-2730
Timnath: Town of Timnath (970) 224-3211
(970) 532-2643
Windsor:
Greeley:
Town of Windsor
City of Greeley Water
(970) 686-7476
(970) 350-9814
Wray:
Xcel Energy
CenturyTel Engineering
(970) 395-1229
(970) 332-0007
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Services » Vehicles
HOW TO GET A DRIVER’S LICENSE For Colorado residents over the age of 21, you must: • Pass the written knowledge test • Pass a vision screening test • Present identification that proves your identity, age, name and lawful presence in Colorado (one example of this would be a Colorado driver’s license that expired less than 10 years ago) -Present proof of your current Colorado address • Obtain a Colorado Instruction Permit • Pass a road test Are you new to Colorado? In order to transfer your license, permit or ID card from another state, you must bring the following into your local license office: • Your current license, permit or ID • Proof of your current address in Colorado • Money to purchase your new card New to Colorado and between the ages 16 and 21? To get a driver’s license, you must: • Get a Colorado Instruction Permit and hold it for at least one year • Complete a Drive Time Log (if under 18) • Pass a road test
Or – • Present an out-of-state permit that meets Colorado’s permit requirements • Pass a road test • Additional identification may be required in select cases. For more information, visit the Department of Motor Vehicle’s website, colorado.gov/ revenue/dmv. Need to register your vehicle? Things you will need: • If the vehicle was titled in another state, VIN verification has to be completed. • Title assigned in owner’s name or current out of state registration. • A form of secure and verifiable identification (an in-state or out-of-state driver’s license that expired less than one year ago) • Proof of Colorado Vehicle Emissions • Proof of Insurance • Payment for registration taxes and fees You need to register your vehicle: • Within 60 days after purchasing it • Within 90 days after you become a Colorado resident • If you own a foreign vehicle operated within Colorado • If you are a non-resident who operates a
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HIGHER EDUCATION In the late 1800s, Greeley and Fort Collins were just a couple of ordinary agricultural hubs – a dime a dozen back in that day. But, with the opening of the now major universities, Fort Collins’ Colorado State University and Greeley’s University of Northern Colorado, both cities are home to vibrant communities based in education, research and innovation. As the two major higher education institutions in the northern Colorado area, both CSU and UNC manage to stay true to their original roots. CSU, which is Colorado’s land-grant university, is still home to renowned agricultural and research programs. And UNC, which was founded as the State Normal School of Colorado, still has a strong basis in liberal arts and teacher education. For those not interested in taking the traditional four-year approach, other schools like Aims Community College and Front Range Community College also help to shape northern Colorado communities and their residents. FRCC, the largest community college in the state with three campuses, prides itself on preparing its students for the “real world.” By offering associate degree programs in established and emerging industries like Clean Energy Technology and Health Information Technology, FRCC hopes to give students the tools they need for lasting success. As another two-year learning institution, Aims Community College offers its students more than 160 degree certificate programs, online classes and an affordable education. No matter the scope or size of higher education institutions in northern Colorado, each school doesn’t just mold minds; it also molds the areas surround-
ing it. Without CSU, Fort Collins wouldn’t be the city it is today. Without schools like Aims Community College, residents of the region would not get the flexible opportunities and programs in continuing education. And without its residents constantly looking to improve through education, northern Colorado wouldn’t be an area built off of the ideas of hard work and perseverance._
Larimer and Weld County higher education institutions Aims Community College As a public, two-year secondary education institution, Aims Community College has more than 160 degree and certificate programs. It also has three campus, day and evening classes and online courses. 5401 West 20th St., Greeley, CO 80634 (970) 330-8008 aims.edu
Colorado State University As a public research institution and Colorado’s only land-grant university, CSU has a student population of almost 30,000. One of the leading research universities in the country, CSU is best known for its land sciences, engineering and business programs. Also in the CSU system are a Pueblo campus and CSU Global — an online learning community 711 Oval Dr., Fort Collins, Colo. 80523 (970) 491-6444 colostate.edu/
Front Range Community College Serving more than 25,000 students with three campuses, outreach sites and a learning center, FRCC is the largest community college in Colorado. 3645 West 112th Ave. Westminster, Colo. 80031 (303) 404-5000 frontrange.edu
College America As an institution with associate, bachelor’s and master’s degree programs, College America
offers curriculum in healthcare, business, information technology and graphic art. 4601 South Mason St., Fort Collins, Colo. 80525 (970) 221-2769 collegeamerica.edu/fort-collins
DeVry University With flexible hours and scheduling, DeVry offers associate, bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in Business and Management, Engineering and Information Sciences, Health Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences and Media Arts and Technology. 1870 West 122nd Ave., Westminster, Colo. 80234 (303) 280-7400 wes.devry.edu
Institute of Business and Medical Careers IBMC’s mission is to deliver a wide range of opportunities “to promote personal, social and career development.” Fort Collins College 3842 S. Mason St., Fort Collins, Colo. 80525 (970) 223-2669 Greeley College 5400 West 11th St., Suite D, Greeley, Colo. 80634 (970) 356-4733 ibmc.edu
University of Northern Colorado A higher education institution offering more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs, UNC’s mission is to help students explore their passions. 1700 9th Ave., Greeley, Colo. 80639 (970) 351-1890 unco.edu
University of Phoenix With almost 200 campuses across the U.S., the University of Phoenix offers northern Colorado residents with a chance to take their education to the next level through online and on-campus courses. 2720 Council Tree Avenue #200, Fort Collins, Colo. 80525 (970) 226-1781 phoenix.edu
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Peyton Jesse and Jacelynn Knaus watch as balloons are released during CSU’s Little Shop of Physics science demonstration with students from Tavelli Elementary School April 17, 2014 on the CSU campus. Coloradoan Library
SCHOOLS With 178 school districts, 1,780 schools, 130,000 educators and more than 840,000 students in Colorado’s K-12 public schools, it’s a wonder that any institutions can manage to stand out. But, even in this time of tremendous growth for the state’s school system – with a student population increase of 10,949 just this past year – northern Colorado districts are doing just that. With three of the largest districts in the state – Poudre, Greeley-Evans and Thompson – the northern region is home to schools focused on furthering their students, faculty and staff. Poudre School District As the largest district in northern Colorado, with 27,510 students and 50 schools, Poudre covers almost 2,000 square miles of the state. Among its 50 schools in communities like Fort Collins, LaPorte, Timnath, Wellington, Livermore and Red Feather Lakes, more than 20 have received recent awards, including John Irwin School of Excellence Awards and an International Tech and Engineering Educations Excellence Award. With focuses on everything from science to theatre, PSD students are taught to succeed in everything they do. Of the 11 Colorado students who earned perfect ACT scores this year, two attended high schools in Poudre School District. Greeley-Evans School District 6 With 25 district-run schools and three 96 » FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado
charter schools in the Greeley-Evans School District, its superintendent, Dr. Ranelle Lange, said, in a statement on the district’s website, that it is a blessing to have staff members who exemplify dedication, commitment and care. “Amazing, wonderful things happen in our district every day,” Lange wrote. Among those amazing and wonderful things, the district touts its students’ academic performance rising steadily over the past five years, with its graduates receiving honors, awards and scholarships to colleges across the country. It also partners with the University of Northern Colorado and Aims Community College on initiatives and projects. Thompson School District As the top employer in Loveland and the 16th largest school district in Colorado, the Thompson School District has 11 early childhood centers, 20 elementary schools, two charter schools, five middle schools and five high schools. And that’s not all; Thompson is also home to teacher Jane Ballard and Principal Mark Johnson, district faculty who both received prestigious honors like the Boettcher Foundation Annual Teacher Recognition Award and a Merit Award at the Colorado Association of Career and Technical Education. Students in the district have received praise as well in recent years, showing improvement in all areas of the ACT test. According to the district’s website, 11th grade students in 2008 outscored the state in all areas. Estes Park School District R-3 Compared to other districts in the area, Estes Park School District R-3 isn’t the
largest by far. With only four schools, it’s dwarfed in size by nearby neighbors. But bigger isn’t always better, just ask Park’s superintendent, Linda Chapman, who was selected as the National Superintendent of the Year for 2011, beating out much larger programs across the country. The Estes Park School District’s goal is to provide “excellent education for every student in every classroom every day.” Not only are district officials committed to academic excellence, they also want to give students opportunities in athletics in extra-curricular activities that they call “an essential part of an excellent education.”
School districts in Larimer and Weld counties Larimer County Estes Park School District Re-3 1605 Brodie Ave., Estes Park, CO 80517 (970) 586-2361 With full-day kindergarten classes, Estes Park School District Re-3 offers early admission to 4 year olds who qualify for the gifted program. It also offers 4-day-a-week preschool and provides transportation to students who live inside the district. Student count: 1,160 Teacher count: around 70 Number of schools: 4 Estes Park K-5 School: grades Pre-K–5 Estes Park Options School: grades K–12 Estes Park Middle School: grades 6–8 Estes Park High School: grades 9–12 Poudre School District Re-1 2407 LaPorte Avenue,
Schools « Services Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 482-7420 psdschools.org Poudre School District offers both halfday and full-day kindergarten programs while also allowing students in the area to “choice” into a school outside of their neighborhood boundary based on space and availability. Student count: 26,923 Teacher count: 1,785 Number of schools: 31 elementary schools, 10 middle schools, 7 high schools, 2 charter schools and 1 K-12 online school Pre-Kindergarten Barton Pre-Kindergarten Elementary Schools Shepardson Middle School Bauder Elementary School Linton Elementary School Irish Elementary School Olander Elementary School Rice Elementary School Eyestone Elementary School Traut Core Elementary School McGraw Elementary School Bacon Elementary School Moore Elementary School Putnam Elementary School O’Dea Elementary School Harris Bilingual Elementary School Cache La Poudre Elementary School Beattie Elementary School Tavelli Elementary School Johnson Elementary School Kruse Elementary School Werner Elementary School Bennett Elementary School Zach Elementary School Dunn Elementary School Lopez Elementary School Laurel Elementary School Bethke Elementary School Timnath Elementary School Riffenburgh Elementary School Livermore Elementary School Stove Prairie Elementary School Red Feather Lakes Elementary School Middle Schools Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School Webber Middle School Preston Middle School Lesher Middle School Boltz Middle School Blevins Middle School Lincoln Middle School Cache La Poudre Middle School Wellington Middle School High Schools Rocky Mountain High School Poudre High School Fossil Ridge High School Fort Collins High School Centennial High School Poudre Transition Center New Vista Academy Frontier High School Other Schools Lab Elementary School for Creative Learning: Kindergarten-6th grade Liberty Common Charter School:
Kindergarten-9th grade Ridgeview Classical Charter Schools: Kindergarten-12th grade PSD Online Academy: 6th–12th grade Peak Alternative Program: 6th–12th grade Polaris Expeditionary Learning School: 6th–12th grade Pioneer Charter School: 7th to 12th grade Mountain View Junior High: 7th to 9th grade Thompson School District: 800 South Taft Ave., Loveland, CO (970) 613-5000 Thompson School District provides halfday, extended-day and full-day kindergarten options, with an open enrollment policy that allows students to attend outside of their district boundaries. Student count: 15,667 Teacher count: 1,037 Number of schools: 32 schools in Loveland, Berthoud, Fort Collins and Larimer, Weld and Boulder counties (including two charter schools and 11 early childhood centers). Preschool Berthoud Early Childhood Center Madison Early Childhood Center Elementary Schools Berthoud Elementary School B.F. Kitching Elementary School Big Thompson Elementary School Carrie Martin Elementary School Centennial Elementary School Cottonwood Plains EL Coyote Ridge Elementary School Garfield Elementary School Ivy Stockwell Elementary School Edmondson Elementary School Lincoln Elementary School Mary Blair Elementary School Monroe Elementary School Namaqua Elementary School Ponderosa Elementary School Sarah Milner Elementary School Stansberry Elementary School Truscott Elementary School Van Buren Elementary School Winona Elementary School Middle Schools Bill Reed Middle School Conrad Ball Middle School Lucille Erwin Middle School Turner Middle School Walt Clark Middle School High Schools Berthoud High School Ferguson High School Loveland High School Mountain View High School Thompson Valley High School Other Schools Thompson Online: Kindergarten to 12th grade
Weld County Weld County School District Re-1 14827 Weld County Road 42 Gilcrest, Colorado 80623 weld-re1.k12.co.us (970) 737-2403
Elementary Schools Platteville Elementary School Gilcrest Elementary School Pete Mirich Elementary School Middle Schools South Valley Middle School North Valley Middle School High Schools Valley High School Weld County School District Re-2 200 Park Ave Eaton CO, 80615, Weld County (970) 454-3402 Elementary Schools Galeton Elementary School Middle School Eaton Middle School High School Eaton High School Other Schools Eaton Elementary School: Pre Kindergarten to 2nd grade Benjamin Eaton Elementary School: 3rd grade to 5th grade Weld County School District Re-3 99 W. Broadway St., Keenesburg, CO 80643 re3j.com/ (303) 536-2000 Hoff Elementary School: Pre Kindergarten to 6th grade Hudson Elementary School: Pre Kindergarten to 6th grade Lochbuie Elementary School: Pre Kindergarten to 6th grade Cardinal Community Charter School: Kindergarten to 8th grade Weld Central Junior High School: 7th and 8th grade Weld Central Senior High School: 9th to 12th grade Weld County School District Re-4 11583 Grand Ave., Windsor, CO 80550 weldre4.k12.co.us/ Phone: (970) 686-8636 Elementary Schools Grandview Elementary School Skyview Elementary School Range View Elementary School Middle School Severance Middle School High School Windsor High School Other Schools Windsor Charter Academy: Kindergarten to 8th grade Tozer Primary School: Pre Kindergarten to 2nd grade Mountain View Elementary School: 3rd to 5th grade Weld County School District Re-5 110 South Centennial Dr., Milliken, CO 80543 weldre5j.k12.co.us/ (970) 587-6050 Elementary Schools Letford Elementary School Milliken Elementary School Middle School FYI: Your Guide to Northern Colorado « 97
Milliken Middle School High School Roosevelt High School Other Schools: Pioneer Ridge Elementary School: Kindergarten to 5th grade Knowledge Quest Academy: Kindergarten to 8th grade Weld County School District 6 1025 9th Ave., Greeley, CO 80631 greeleyschools.org (970) 348-6000 Elementary Schools Christa Mcauliffe Elementary School Frontier Academy Monfort Elementary School Scott Elementary School Meeker Elementary School Ann Heiman Elementary School Shawsheen Elementary School Madison Elementary School Centennial Elementary School Bella Romero Elementary School Jackson Elementary School East Memorial Elementary School Dos Rios Elementary School Billie Martinez Elementary School Maplewood Elementary School Middle Schools Brentwood Middle School Heath Middle School Franklin Middle School John Evans Middle School
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High Schools Greeley West High School Greeley Central High School Northridge High School Jefferson High School Other Schools Chappelow Magnet School: Kindergarten to 8th grade Harold Winograd Elementary School: Kindergarten to 8th grade University Schools: Kindergarten to 12th grade Trinity Lutheran Church: Pre-Kindergarten to 8th grade Adventist Christian School: Kindergarten to 8th grade St. Mary’s School: Kindergarten to 8th grade Dayspring Christian Academy: Pre-Kindergarten to 12th grade Mountain View Academy: Pre-Kindergarten to 8th grade Greeley Sda School: Kindergarten to 8th grade Union Colony Preparatory School: 6th to 12th grade Weld County School District Re-7 P.O. Box 485, Kersey, CO 80644 Phone: (970) 336-8500 Platte Valley Elementary School Platte Valley Middle School Platte Valley High School
Weld County School District Re-8 301 Reynolds St., Fort Lupton, CO 80621 Phone: (303) 857-3200 Twombly Elementary School Leo William Butler Elementary School Fort Lupton Middle School Fort Lupton High School Weld County School District Re-9 P O Box 68, Ault, CO 80610-68 Phone: (970) 834-1345 Highland Elementary School Highland Middle School Highland High School Weld County School District Re-10 P O Box 125 Briggsdale, CO 80611 Phone: (970) 656-3417 Briggsdale Elementary School Briggsdale Undivided High School Weld County School District Re-11 P.O. Box 68 New Raymer, CO 80742 Phone: (970) 437-5351 Prairie Elementary School Prairie Junior-Senior High School Weld County School District Re-12 P O Box 220 Grover, CO 80729 Phone: (970) 895-2222 Pawnee Elementary School Pawnee Junior-Senior High School
Childcare « Services
CHILDCARE Ault Highland Early Childhood Education Center 102 Alpine Ave. Ault,CO 80610-8061 (970) 834-1326 highlandearlychildhoodcenter.org
Berthoud Raising Daisies Daycare 710 Bunyan Ave. Berthoud,CO 80513-1115
Eaton Eaton Early Learning Center 25 S Cottonwood Ave. Eaton,CO 80615-3591 (970) 454-9400 eatonelc.com
Faith Pre-School 36980 County Road 37 Eaton,CO 80615-8713 (970) 454-3244
Erie Childrens House Weld County 3801 Godding Hollow Pkwy. Erie,CO 80516-9416 (303) 651-3215 childrenshousewc.com
Jaquelyn Martinez, 2, left, and Erica powers, 2, middle, dance to the music of Jerry Phillips March 4, 2010. V. Richard Haro/ The Coloradoan
Vista Ridge Academy
Mountain Top Preschool & Child Care
3100 Ridgeview Dr. Erie,CO 80516-7981 (303) 828-4944 vistaridge.org
1250 Woodstock Dr. Estes Park,CO 80517-7482 (970) 586-6489 mountaintopchildcare.com/
Exploring Minds Academy Erie,CO 80516 (303) 828-3696 exploringmindsacademy.com
The Goddard School 3000 Village Vista Dr. Erie,CO 80516-2522 (303) 828-5202 goddardschool.com
Primrose School At Vista Ridge 2998 Ridgeview Dr. Erie,CO 80516-4701 (303) 665-3444 primroseschools.com
The Wee School Preschool 690 Briggs St Erie,CO 80516-8051 (303) 828-2939 weeschoolpreschool.com
Estes Park Estes Valley Recreation District 380 Community Dr. Estes Park,CO 80517 (970) 586-8189
Evans Centennial Headstart 1400 37th St. Evans,CO 80620-1906 (970) 339-3085 centennial.greeleyschools.org
Little Britches Learning Center Tri-pointe 3001 8th Ave. Evans,CO 80620-1201 (970) 346-7880 northlblc.com
Chappelow-Bright School Age Center 2001 34th St. Evans,CO 80620-1800 (970) 339-5330 chappelow.greeleyschools.org
Fort Collins Basecamp 1241 Riverside Ave. Suite 200 Fort Collins,CO80524-3206 (970) 266-1734 mybasecampkids.org
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Services » Childcare The Family Center
Christfellowship Church
309 Hickory St. Fort Collins,CO 80524-1184 (970) 221-1615 thefamilycenterfc.org
3850 Ziegler Rd. Fort Collins,CO 80525-9012 (970) 223-0682 christfellowshipchurch.net
Little Acorns Infant Center
Seven Oaks Academy
3507 Richmond Dr. Fort Collins,CO 80526-5977 (970) 206-9200
3513 Richmond Dr. Fort Collins,CO 80526-5977 (970) 229-0300
Little Bears Child Care Inc
Family Care Connection Inc
1900 S Lemay Ave. Fort Collins,CO 80525-1257 (970) 472-1984 littlebearschildcare.com
2521 Bedford Ct Fort Collins,CO80526-5228 (970) 223-9026 familycareconnection.com
Hearts In Hand
Frederick
2464 Marquette St. Fort Collins,CO 80525-1839 (970) 223-1245 heartsinhandschool.com
Tots On The Spot Event Childcare Fort Collins,CO 80521 (970) 214-8373 totsonthespot.com
Young Peoples Learning Center 209 E Plum St. Fort Collins,CO 80524-3326 (970) 482-1212 youngpeopleslcco.com
The Goddard School 6427 Carmichael St. Fort Collins,CO 80528-7219 (970) 482-1003 goddardschool.com
G K’S Gymnastics 2026 Lowe St. Fort Collins,CO 80525-3473 (970) 226-0306 gk-gymnastics.com
First United Methodist Church 1005 Stover St. Fort Collins,CO 80524-3849 (970) 482-2436 fccrosswalk.com
Spring Creek Country Day School 1900 Remington St. Fort Collins,CO 80525-1400 (970) 224-4240 springcreekschool.com
Harmony School Christian Early Childhood Center 2112 E Harmony Rd. Fort Collins,CO 80528-9504 (970) 225-9757 harmonyschoolonline.com
KinderCare Learning Center 1100 Rocky Mountain Way Fort Collins,CO 80526-2432 (970) 372-4402
Teaching Tree Early Childhood Learning Center 424 Pine St. Fort Collins,CO 80524-2421 (970) 493-2628 teaching-tree.org
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Creative Years Learning Center 6501 Frederick Way Frederick,CO 80530-7085 (303) 833-9001 creativeyears.org
Carbon Valley Academy Preschool 157 E 5th Ave. Frederick,CO 80504-1485 (303) 833-3868 cvapreschool.org
Ft. Lupton Many Blessings Child Care 138 Mckinley Ave. Fort Lupton,CO 80621-1950 (303) 857-2359 manyblessingschildcare.com
Greeley Weld County Family Child Care Associates 6717 34th Street Rd. Greeley,CO 80634-9459 (970) 302-0703 weldcochildcare.org
Wee Love Preschool 3800 W 20th St. Greeley,CO 80634-3418 (970) 339-3305 trinitygreeley.org/html/weelove.html
ABC Child Development Centers 5000 W 11th St Greeley,CO 80634-2150 (970) 352-2222 abccdc.com
Adventure Child Center 5800 W 18th St. Greeley,CO 80634-2917 (970) 330-5437
Adventure Day Camp 5800 W 18th St Greeley,CO 80634-2917 (970) 330-0632
Hillside Baptist Child Development Center 2436 9th Ave. Greeley,CO 80631-7037 (970) 352-7001 hbc-greeley.org
Childcare « Services Starline Preschool
Victory Childcare Center
Kindermusik By Priscilla
2418 19th Ave. Greeley,CO 80631-8124 970-673-4085 starlinepreschool.com
6101 W 10th St. Greeley,CO 80634-9755 (970) 351-8400 vcfofgreeley.org
617 40th Ave. Greeley,CO 80634-1504 (970) 324-3362
Discovery Montessori School
KinderCare Learning Center
2802 W 22nd St. Greeley,CO 80634-6508 (970) 506-9055
2802 W 22nd St. Greeley,CO 80634-6508 (970) 506-1919
4059 W 11th St. Greeley,CO 80634-2530 (970) 352-0721 kindercare.com
Miss Nancy’s Preschool And Childcare
Headstart Madison
1801 15th St. Greeley,CO 80631-4524 (970) 351-0693 missnancyspreschool.vpweb.com
500 24th St. Greeley,CO 80631-7171 (970) 353-2796
Headstart Plaza Del Milagro North Colorado Medical Center Childcare Center 2101 16th St. Greeley,CO 80631-5116 (970) 353-4183
Early Childhood University 6525 W 18th St. Greeley,CO 80634-8674 (970) 506-7000 universityschools.com
Gloria Christi Lutheran Church & Preschool-Daycare 1322 31st Ave. Greeley,CO 80634-6328 (970) 353-2554 gloriachristi.org
2500 1st Ave. Suite Cc Greeley,CO 80631-7442 (970) 356-5036
Children’s Health Place 1601 25th Ave. Greeley,CO 80634-4907 (970) 356-2600 thechildrenshealthplace.com
Ilas Learning Center 218 1/2 10th St. Greeley,CO 80631-4233 (970) 356-3511
First Steps 1610 29th Avenue Pl. Suite 101 Greeley,CO 80634-6800 (970) 353-4192
Montessori Academy Of Northern Colorado
My Friends & Me Learning Center 4601 W 9th St. Greeley,CO 80634-2019 (970) 330-7040
Theresa’s Tall Giraffes Day Camp Center 1542 7th Ave. Greeley,CO 80631-4136 (970) 395-0156
First Christian Church Pre-School 2230 13th St. Greeley,CO 80631-4555 (970) 352-1292 fccgreeley.com
Shepherd Of The Hills Lutheran Church 950 43rd Ave. Greeley,CO 80634-1401 (970) 353-6582 sothgreeley.org
St Peter’s Preschool 1112 9th Ave. Greeley,CO 80631-4016 (970) 346-9777 stpetergreeley.org
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Sonshine Preschool
United-Day Care Center
3000 W 16th St Greeley,CO 80634-6803 (970) 352-2600 ag.org
2109 Maple Dr. Loveland,CO 80538-3958 (970) 667-7240 teaching-tree.org
Johnstown
Carrie Martin Early Childhood Center
New Horizons Academy Preschool And Fine Arts 33 S Harding Ave Johnstown,CO 80534-8411 (970) 587-5224
Monroe Early Childhood Center
LaSalle
Sarah Milner Early Childhood Center
My Friends & Me Learning Center 300 1st Ave. La Salle,CO 80645-3221 (970) 284-5131
Loveland The Sunshine House 1801 Piney River Dr. Loveland,CO 80538-8733 (970) 635-0111 sunshinehouse.com
Camy Cares Day Care 4203 Julesberg Dr. Loveland,CO 80538-6134 (970) 663-0200
Resurrection Preschool(RCS Preschool) 6502 E Crossroads Blvd. Loveland,CO 80538 (970) 612-0632 rezpreschool.com
Duncebusters Play & Learn 6065 Sky Pond Dr. Loveland,CO 80538-9042 (970) 593-1716
Edmondson Early Childhood-East Cottage 307 W 49th St. Loveland,CO 80538-1701 (970) 613-6313
1500 Monroe Ave. Loveland,CO 80538-4035 (970) 613-6507 743 Jocelyn Dr. Loveland,CO 80537-6755 (970) 613-6709
Nunn CO State Government Child Care Services 472 Roosevelt Ave Nunn,CO 80648-1094 (970) 897-2975
Platteville Cdi Head Start Weld County 1202 Main St. Platteville,CO 80651-7568 (970) 785-2324
Wellington Creative Kids Corner 4103 Hayes Ave Wellington,CO 80549-8054 (970) 568-0780 creativekidscorner.com
Billingtons Busy Bee Daycare 6900 Loudon St. Wellington,CO 80549-2278 (970) 568-1138
Windsor KinderCare Learning Center
3312 Douglas Ave. Loveland,CO 80538-2550
4755 Royal Vista Cir Windsor,CO 80528-9301 (970) 223-0056 kindercare.com
KinderCare Learning Center
Faithsteps Preschool
Lincoln Early Childhood-Cottage
2755 N Garfield Ave. Loveland,CO 80538-3260 (970) 663-0754
1020 Walnut St. Windsor,CO 80550-4754 (970) 686-7307
Lacy’s Childcare
Kid’s Haven
303 Reagan Dr. Loveland,CO 80538-2726 (970) 635-2516 lacyschildcare.com
The Windmill Child Enrichment Center
Children’s Workshop-early Learning Center 1425 Diana Dr. Loveland,CO 80537-6905 (970) 663-3146 4601 Sunview Dr. Loveland,CO 80538-5707 (970) 613-9424 childrens-workshop.com
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4129 Joni Ln. Loveland,CO 80537-7431 (970) 613-5789
1399 Water Valley Pkwy Windsor,CO 80550-6230 (970) 686-5664 1215 Automation Dr. Windsor,CO 80550-3172 (970) 674-0004 windmillcec.com
Noah’s Ark Animal Workshop Windsor,CO 80528 (970) 674-0901 noahsarkworkshop.com
Churches ÂŤ Services
CHURCHES Adventist churches
Campion Seventh-Day Adventist Church 300 42nd St. SW Loveland, CO 80537-7520 (970) 667-7403 campionchurch.org
Loveland Seventh Day Adventist Church 950 Cleveland Ave. Loveland, CO 80537-4719 (970) 667-1295 lovelandsdachurch.@juno.com
Seventh-Day Adventist Church 502 E Pitkin St. Fort Collins, CO 80524-3817 (970) 482-7365 fcsdachurch.org
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Churches St Luke Orthodox Christian Church 722 Austin Ave. Erie, CO 80516-2481 (303) 665-4013 churchoffice@stlukeorthodox.org
Apostolic Churches Apostolic Christian Tabe 1058 Koss St. Erie, CO 80516-5419 (303) 993-7702
Calvary Apostolic
900 Northrup Ave. Fort Lupton, CO 80621-2303 (303) 857-2311 adventist.org
201 S Lincoln Ave. Loveland, CO 80537-6487 (970) 635-0965
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Baptist Churches
1002 21st Ave. Greeley, CO 80631-3655 (970) 353-1661 adventist.org
Anglican Churches
American Baptist Church 600 S Shields St. Fort Collins, CO 80521-3540 (970) 482-2173 abcfortcollins.org
Christ Our Hope Anglican Church
Bethel Baptist Church
4036 S. Shields St Fort Collins, CO 80525-1212 (970) 218-9036 coh.anglican@gmail.com
2307 17th Ave Greeley, CO 80631-6816 (970) 352-7373 bethelgreeley.com
Bridgett Scott, holds her grandson, Nehemiah Tufts, 2, as she sings with the Abyssinian Christian Church choir during the annual Dr. Martin Luther King March Monday Jan. 20, 2014. V. Richard Haro/ The Coloradoan
Bethel Baptist Church 833 S Taft Hill Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80521-3233 (970) 484-9575 bethelcolorado.com
Bible Baptist Church 5050 N. County Line Rd Erie, CO 80516-9317 (303) 828-5109 biblebaptisterie.com
Briggsdale Baptist Church 419 Main St. Briggsdale, CO 80611-8927 (970) 656-3880
Calvary Baptist Church 100 Mckinley Ave. Fort Lupton, CO 80621-1950 (303) 857-2355 calvarybaptistchurch.com
Calvary Baptist Temple 2420 Laporte Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80521-2212 (970) 416-0143 parksutton@comcast.net
Canyon Baptist Church 4608 Rist Canyon Rd, 52E Laporte, CO 80535-9422 (970) 416-8742 canyonridgechurch.org
Church First Baptist Of LaSalle 102 S Walnut St. La Salle, CO 80645-3101 (970) 284-7814
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Services Âť Churches Community Baptist Church
Foothills Baptist Church
15559 County Road 2 Brighton, CO 80603-9706 (303) 659-6487
4000 W 22nd St. Loveland, CO 80538-8613 (970) 669-1767 foothillsbaptistchurch.com
Cornerstone Baptist Church 1200 Cornerstone Dr. Windsor, CO 80550-5531 (970) 686-7214 windsorcornerstone.org
Crossroads Christian Church 3451 23rd Ave. Evans, CO 80620-1721 (970) 330-8407 crossroadschristianchurchevans.com
Derby Hill Baptist Church 207 19th St. Loveland, CO 80537-7379 (970) 669-6423 encore-derbyhill.com
Eaton First Baptist Church 228 2nd St. Eaton, CO 80615-3442 (970) 454-2116 eatonbaptist.com
Emmanuel Baptist Church
625 E Harmony Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80525-3232 (970) 223-5757 frontrangebaptist.org
Galilee Baptist Church 2525 Van Buren Ct. Loveland, CO 80538-3067 (970) 669-3274 galileebaptist.org
Gateway Baptist Church 325 S Taft Ave. Loveland, CO 80537-6285 (970) 663-3835 gbcloveland.org
Gilcrest Baptist Church 802 Birch St Gilcrest, CO 80623 (970) 737-2207 gilcrestbaptistchurch.org
Gospel Light Baptist Church
404 E 3rd St. Loveland, CO 80537-5665 (970) 402-6215
2025 Buckeye Ave Greeley, CO 80631-4620 (970) 506-3811 gospellight-baptist.com
Estes Park Baptist Church
Grace Baptist Church
2200 Mall Rd. Estes Park, CO 80517-8844 (970) 586-2463 epbc.net
Faith Bible Baptist Church
6400 W 20th St. Greeley, CO 80634-9686 (970) 330-1340 gracegreeley.org
Greeley Baptist Temple
320 35th Ave. Greeley, CO 80634-1143 (970) 353-7635
1400 9th St. Greeley, CO 80631-3112 (970) 353-1778
Firestone Baptist Church
3415 34th Street Rd. Greeley, CO 80634-9423 (970) 346-9458
4040 Coriolis Way Frederick, CO 80504-5449 (303) 736-9959 firestonebaptist.com
First Baptist Church 1003 W 6th St. Loveland, CO 80537-5342 (970) 667-4418 abc-usa.org
Life Point Church 900 E Prospect Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80524-3822 (970) 484-4053 sharethelife.org
First Baptist Church 21 S Denver Ave. Johnstown, CO 80534-8602 (970) 587-4506 abc-usa.org
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Front Range Baptist Church
Greeley Missionary Baptist Church
High Plains Independent Baptist Church Milliken Community Complex at 1101 Broad St Milliken, CO 80543 (970) 227-9465
Highland Hills Free Will Baptist Church 2101 Fairway Ln. Greeley, CO 80634-3636 (970) 330-3374
Journey Christian Church 4754 W. 31st St Greeley, CO 80634-8005 (970) 304-9567 journeychristian.org
Loveland Baptist Church 4044 Duffield Ave. Loveland, CO 80538-2158 (970) 461-5930 lovelandbaptistchurch.org
First Free Will Baptist Church
Mountain Range Baptist Church
320 W Trilby Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80525-4031 (970) 266-0421 snowyridgechurch@gmail.com
3601 S Shields St. Fort Collins, CO 80526-3010 (970) 223-3040 mountainrangechurch.com
Churches « Services Orchards Baptist Church
Church Saint Williams Catholic
1825 W 37th St. Loveland, CO 80538-2039 (970) 667-1313 orchardchurch.com
1025 Fulton Ave. Fort Lupton, CO 80621-2614 (303) 857-6642 saintwilliamchurch.org
Platteville Baptist Church
Grace Community Bible Church
311 Salsbury Ave. Platteville, CO 80651-8065 (970) 785-2932
3501 11th Ave Evans, CO 80620-2103 (970) 330-2700
Saint Dimetrie The New Church
Guardian Angels Catholic Church
6060 Puritan Ln. Frederick, CO 80516-9411 (303) 833-3520
Sherwood Park Baptist Church 3333 W 16th St. Greeley, CO 80634-6804 (970) 356-3365
South Side Baptist Church 620 W Horsetooth Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526-2701 (970) 223-4235
The Windsor Baptist Church 664 Academy Ct. Windsor, CO 80550-3101 (970) 686-5000 wbcwindsor.com
Tri-Town Baptist Church 420 Johnson St. Frederick, CO 80530-8030 (303) 833-2826 tri-townbaptist.com
Two Rivers Fellowship Assembly Of God 2424 23rd Ave. Greeley, CO 80634-6902 (970) 351-6622 tworiversfellowship.org
West Greeley Baptist 3251 W 22nd St. Greeley, CO 80634-6502 (970) 330-0786 westgreeleybaptist.com
West Side Baptist Church 6260 W 4th St. Greeley, CO 80634-4245 (970) 346-8610 wbcgreeley.org
Victory Baptist Church 231 W. 67th Ct. Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 461-7754 baptistchurch.com
Buddhist Centers Heruka Buddhist Center 825 Remington St. Fort Collins, CO 80524-3334 (970) 493-3224
15179 County Rd 7 Mead, CO 80542-8054 (970) 535-0721
Liberal Catholic Church St. Albertus 430 10th St. Greeley, CO 80631-4237 (970) 356-0654 liberalcatholic.com
Our Lady Of The Valley 1250 7th St. Windsor, CO 80550-6217 (970) 686-5084 ourladyofthevalley.net
Our Lady Of The Mountains Catholic Church 920 Big Thompson Ave. Estes Park, CO 80517-8905 (970) 586-8111 olmestes.org
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church 5450 South Lemay Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 226-1303 seas-parish.org
St. John The Baptist Catholic Church 809 Charlotte St. Johnstown, CO 80534-8405 (970) 587-2879 saintjohns-johnstown.com
St. Joseph Catholic Church 101 N. Howes St. Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 482-4148 stjosephfc.org
St. Gabriel Archangel Anglican Catholic Church 1103 10th Ave. Greeley, CO 80631-3813 (970) 356-2786 holycatholicanglican.org
St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church 1730 W 12th St. Loveland, CO 80537-4438 (970) 635-5800 saintjohns.us
St. Mary’s Church
Catholic churches
2222 23rd Ave. Greeley, CO 80634 (970) 352-1724 stmarygreeley.org
Blessed John XXIII University Center
St. Peters Catholic Church
1220 University Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80521-4555 (970) 484-3356 john23.com
915 12th St. Greeley, CO 80631-4023 (970) 352-1060 stpetergreeley.org
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Services Âť Churches St Nicholas Catholic Church
Celebration Congregation
Community Of Christ
514 Marion St. Platteville, CO 80651-8065 (970) 785-2143
Promenade Shops At Centerra Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 584-7543
St. Scolastica Catholic Church
Celebration Church At Loveland
503 E 7th St. Loveland, CO 80537-4901 (970) 663-2505 cofchrist.org
575 Wells St. Erie, CO 80516-8051 (303) 828-4221 stscolasticaerie.org
186 S Wilson Ave. Loveland, CO 80537-6003 (970) 667-1675 celebrationchurch.me
St Theresa Catholic Church
Chapel In The Pines
436 E 5th Ave. (Parish Office) 502 Walnut St. (Church) Frederick, CO 80504-1503 (303) 833-2966 sttheresafred.org
Community churches Abyssinian Christian Church 516 Crestmore Pl. Fort Collins, CO 80521-3260 (970) 495-0818 abyssinianftc.org
Altitude Community Worship Center 2130 W Mulberry St. Fort Collins, CO 80521-3221 (970) 221-1111 altitudeworship.com
Chapel of the Annunciation 290 E County Road 56 Fort Collins, CO 805249544 (970) 484-4868 saintisidore.org/ft.collins.htm
Berthoud Family Church 3982 Nations Way Berthoud, CO 80513-9586 (970) 532-0717 berthoudfamilychurch.org
Bethel Family Praise Center 19950 County Road 78 Eaton, CO 80615 (970) 454-3505
Blue Sky Church 1003 W 6th St. Loveland, CO 80537-5342 (970) 593-8547
Calvary Chapel Of Greeley 2602 W 27th St. Greeley, CO 80634-8012 (970) 330-1717 calvarychapelgreeley.com
Calvary Chapel Loveland 276 E 29th St. Loveland, CO 80538-2733 (970) 667-0321 calvaryloveland.org
Calvary Chapel Of The Front Range 717 Whedbee Fort Collins, CO 80524-4783 (970) 224-2750 calvaryfortcollins.org
23947 County Rd 74 E Red Feather Lakes, CO 80545-8054 (970) 881-3508 redfeatherchapelinthepines.com
Christ Fellowship Church 3850 Ziegler Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80525-9012 (970) 223-0682 christfellowshipchurch.net
Christian Church Of Estes Park 4655 US Highway 36 Estes Park, CO 80517-8852 (970) 586-8586 funchurch.publishpath.com
The Church at Loveland 1825 W. 37th St Loveland, CO 80537-6675 (970) 667-1442 churchatloveland.org
Church Of Christ 1470 Fish Creek Rd. Estes Park, CO 80517-7314 (970) 586-4793 estesparkchurchofchrist.com
Church Of Christ 4100 S Taft Ave. Loveland, CO 80537-7432 (970) 667-3322 church-of-christ.org
Church Of Christ 731 Roosevelt Ave. Loveland, CO 80537-5462 (970) 581-0335 church-of-christ.org
Church Of Christ Meadowlark 2810 Meadowlark Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80526-2838 (970) 223-7788 meadowlarkchurch.org
Church Of God Of Prophecy 430 10th St. Greeley, CO 80631-4237 (970) 356-2185 cogop.org
Columbine Church Of Christ 2403 9th Ave. Greeley, CO 80631-7036 (970) 353-2045 paulandsherimcwilliams.com
Calvary United Reformed Church
Presbyterian Community Church Of The Rockies
3901 14th St SW Loveland, CO 80537-9159 (970) 667-0603 calvaryurc.org
1700 Brodie Ave. Estes Park, CO 80517-5434 (970) 586-4404 pccrusa.org
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Community Of Christ 2813 W 13th St. Greeley, CO 80634-6301 (970) 353-6474 cofchrist.org
Community Of Christ 220 E Oak St. Fort Collins, CO 80524-2827 (970) 482-9206 cofchrist.org
Cornerstone Family Church 5124 S College Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80525-3865 (970) 282-1290 cornerstonefamilychurch.net
Creative Living Church 1113-1115 8th Ave Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 351-8122 creativecsl.org
Crossroads Church 5420 N. Taft Ave. Loveland, CO 80538-6259 (970) 203-9201 crossroadscolorado.com
Crossroads Ministry 851 Dry Gulch Rd. Estes Park, CO 80517-9733 (970) 577-0610 Crossroadssafehouse.org
Day Spring Christian Church 8005 Highland Meadows Pkwy. Fort Collins, CO 80528 (970) 225-0401 dayspringchristianchurch.com
Summit Wesleyan Church 1600 Manford Ave (Estes Park High School) Estes Park, CO 80517-7149 (970) 577-1158 estesparkchurch.org
Faith Now Ministries 1416 Fleta Ct. Loveland, CO 80537-6736 (970) 461-1220 faith-now.org
Fellowship Church 2376 47th Ave. Greeley, CO 80634-3215 (970) 339-4011 fellowshipgreeley.org
First Congregational Church 2101 16th St. Greeley, CO 80631-5116 (970) 353-0828 firstconggreeley.com
First Christian Church 2000 N Lincoln Ave. Loveland, CO 80538-3806 (970) 667-1318 lovelanddisciples.org
Churches ÂŤ Services Fort Collins Bible Church
His Place Christian Church
Life Church Of Fort Collins
2550 S Taft Hill Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526-1440 (970) 221-2777 fortcollinsbiblechurch.com
700 8th St. Greeley, CO 80631-3910 (970) 352-3476
1501 Academy Ct. Fort Collins, CO 80524-8955 (970) 282-0888 lifechurchfc.org
Good Shepherd Church
100 N Ash St. Keenesburg, CO 80643-9072 (303) 732-1089
3429 Monroe Ave. Loveland, CO 80538-2756 (970) 669-3675 gschurch.tv
Grace Christian Church PO Box 1008 Fort Collins, CO 80522-1008 (970) 222-2420 gracechristianchurchfortcollins.org
Grace Community Church 240 Barberry Pl. Loveland, CO 80537-7124 (970) 593-0473 gracecomm.org
Grace Fellowship 1201 N College Ave.
Holy Family Hall
Hope Springs Community Church 559 Denver Ave. Loveland, CO 80537-5127 (970) 593-9701 hopespringscc.com
Immanuel Christian Reformed Church 1900 S Taft Hill Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526-1227 (970) 484-3583 immanuel-crc.org
Iasis Christ Fellowship
Fort Collins, CO 80524-1211 (970) 484-0074 gracereconciliationministries.org
363 Jefferson St. Fort Collins, CO 80524-2414 (970) 416-9392 iasischristfellowship.org
Grover Community Church
Kersey Community Church
305 Cheyenne Ave. Grover, CO 80729-8072 (970) 895-2240
26221 County Road 53 Kersey, CO 80644-9801 (970) 353-3969 kerseycommunitychurch.com
Heart Of The Rockies Christian Church Disciples Of Christ 6501 Brittany St. Fort Collins, CO 80525-5918 (970) 223-1230 heartoftherockies.org
Lifespring Covenant Church 743 S Dotsero Dr. Loveland, CO 80537-6726 (970) 667-4730 lifespringchurch.org
Lifesong Church Of Erie 470 Briggs St. Erie, CO 80516-8051 (303) 828-1040 lifesongchurch.org
Lighthouse Community Church 307 S 3rd St. La Salle, CO 80645-3016 (970) 284-5544
Livermore Community Church 284 County Road 74E Livermore, CO 80536-9724 (970) 493-9081 livermorecc.org
LaPorte Church Of Christ
Loveland Bible Church
3206 W. County Road 52 LaPorte, CO 80535-9419 (970) 484-5803 church-of-christ.org
400 North Adams Ave. Loveland, CO 80537-5755 (970) 667-5707 lovelandbiblechurch.org
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Metropolitan Community Church Family In Christ 301 E Drake Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80525-1730 (970) 221-0811 mccchurch.org
Morning Star Community Church 23628 W County Road 74 Red Feather Lakes, CO 80545-9304 (970) 881-2640 morningstarrfl.com
Mountain Life Church 5236 S County Road 7 Unit Main Fort Collins, CO 80528-9603 (970) 223-8567 mountainlifechurch.com
Mountain View Community Church 328 Remington St. Fort Collins, CO 80524-2937 (970) 490-2262 mvcchurch.org
New Freedom 175 S Madison Ave. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 669-1480 newfreedomministry.com
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New Life Community Church 630 47th Ave. Greeley, CO 80634-2038 (970) 353-6181 newlifegreeley.com
New Horizons Christian 530 Cherry Street Dacono, CO 80514 (303) 833-3013 nhcc-tritowns.com
Northern Colorado Cowboy Church 631 Birch St. Windsor, CO 80550-5052 (970) 686-7557
Northern Colorado Cowboy Church 33131 US Highway 85 Lucerne, CO 80646 (970) 214-4649 norcocowboychurch.com
Park Fellowship Church 340 S Saint Vrain Ave. Estes Park, CO 80517-6329 (970) 586-4340 parkfellowship.org
Peak Community Church 500 Mathews St. Fort Collins, CO 80524-3010 (970) 484-2236 peakchurch.org
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Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church in Fort Collins was one of the venues used during CSU’s Organ Camp June 13, 2013. V. Richard Haro/ The Coloradoan
Pinewood Springs Community Church
Shepherd Valley Church
260 Button Rock Rd. Lyons, CO 80540-8278 (303) 823-6272
225 S 6th St. La Salle, CO 80645-3042 (970) 284-5101 shepherdvalleylutheran.netfirms.com
Pleasant Valley Church Of Christ 5220 Rist Canyon Road Bellvue, CO 80512 (970) 484-4761
Prairie Community Church 9993 County Road 11 Firestone, CO 80520 (303) 651-1640
Plymouth Congregational Church 916 W Prospect Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526-1924 (970) 482-9212 plymouthucc.org
Prospect Community Church
The Pursuit Church
Salvation Army
2112 E. Harmony Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80528 (970) 206-9600
1215 8th Ave Greeley, CO 80631-4012 (970) 352-9140 salvationarmy.org
Risen Hope Foursquare Church
South Gate Church
1621 W Harmony Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526-3466 (970) 223-2367 erisenhope.org
6541 S College Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80525-4041 (970) 530-4283 southgatefc.com
St John’s United Church Of Christ
Summit View Community Church
3815 W 20th St. Greeley, CO 80634-3417 (970) 330-8657 church-of-christ.org
1601 W Drake Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526-1666 (970) 530-1001 summitview.com
33374 Highway 52 Keenesburg, CO 80643-8503 (303) 732-4351
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Services » Churches Summit View Community Church 122 W 29th St. Loveland, CO 80538-2257 (970) 461-0725 summitview.com
Summit View Community Church 801 37th St. Evans,CO 80620-2224 (970) 356-4777 summitviewcommunity.com
First Christian Church Of Windsor 530 Walnut St. Windsor, CO 80550-5146 (970) 686-2958
Timberline Church
Vineyard Church Of The Rockies - Loveland Campus 900 Josephine Ct. Loveland, CO 80537-3226 (970) 667-8668 lovelandvineyard.org
Jewish congregations Beth Israel Congregation 1625 Reservoir Rd. Greeley, CO 80631-5300 (970) 353-0869 bethisraelcolorado.org
Congregation Har Shalom
2908 S Timberline Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80525-2402 (970) 482-4387 timberlinechurch.org
725 West Drake Road Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 223-5191
Trinity Church In The Pines
Episcopal churches
604 Lake Dr. Lyons, CO 80540 (970) 627-3510 trinitychurchinthepines.org
Unity Church Of Ft Collins 1401 W Vine Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80521-1612 (970) 482-1620 unityfc.org
Unity Of The Light Church 1342 Washington Ave. Loveland, CO 80537-4861 (970) 622-0000 unityofthelight.org
Waypoints Faith Community 614 8th Ave Greeley, CO 80631-3050 (970) 352-7000
Wellington Community Church 8445 3 St. Wellington, CO 80549-8054 (970) 568-3884 wellingtoncommunitychurch.com
West Valley Community Church
All Saint’s Episcopal Church 3448 Taft Ave. Loveland, CO 80538-2556 (970) 667-0303 allsaintsloveland.org
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church 880 Macgregor Ave. Estes Park, CO 80517-9065 (970) 586-4504 stbartsestes.org
Trinity Episcopal Church 3800 W 20th St. Greeley, CO 80634-3418 (970) 330-1877 trinitygreeley.org
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
Evangelical Free Church Of Eaton 1325 3rd St. Eaton, CO 80615-3679 (970) 454-3411 efcofeaton.org
Faith Evangelical Church 2707 Wilson Ave. Loveland, CO 80538-2963 (970) 663-0522 faithepc.org
Faith Evangelical Free Church 3920 S Shields St. Fort Collins, CO 80526-3015 (970) 226-2095 faithefc.org
Mountain View Evangelical Free 6253 W 28th St. Greeley, CO 80634-8963 (970) 330-1830 mountainviewchurchgreeley.org
Rocky Mountain Evangelical Free Church 451 Promontory Dr. Estes Park, CO 80517-7938 (970) 586-0873 rockymountainchurch.com
Greek Orthodox Churches Saint-Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church
Islamic Centers
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Windsor Church Of Christ
700 Pine Dr. Windsor, CO 80550-5603 (970) 686-5471 efcwindsor.org
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Windsor Community Church
1019 10th Ave. Greeley, CO 80631-3849 (970) 395-0082 womensministriescenter.org
Evangelical Free Church Of Windsor
745 E 5th St. Loveland, CO 80537-5743 (970) 667-5778 stspyridons.org
2000 Stover St. Fort Collins, CO 80525-1545 (970) 493-7512 stlukesfortcollins.com
Women’s Ministries Center
4825 S. Lemay Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80525-9401 (970) 223-6507
311 6th St. Windsor, CO 80550-5229 (970) 686-9658 saintalbanswindsor.com
809 30th Ave. Greeley, CO 80634 (970) 353-6372 westvalleycommunitychurch.net 700 Automation Dr. Unit D Windsor, CO 80550-3119 (970) 674-5018
The Evangelical Covenant Church
1208 W Elizabeth St. Fort Collins, CO 80521-4509 (970) 482-2668 episcopalchurch.org
Evangelical churches Christ Community Evangelical Free Church
Islamic Center 900 Peterson St. Fort Collins, CO 80524-3323 (970) 221-2425 icfc.org
Jehovah’s Witnesses Ault Congregation Of Jehovah’s Witnesses 303 S 3rd Ave. Ault, CO 80610 (970) 834-0387 watchtower.org
East Greeley Spanish Congregation of Jehovah’s Witness
102 Elm St. Windsor, CO 80550-5242 (970) 686-0131 windsorchurchofchrist.com
1301 15th St. Greeley, CO 80631-4721 (970) 353-1159 cccgreeley.org
Valley Christian Church
Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses
2328 S Douglas Ave. Loveland, CO 80537-7052 (970) 663-5996 valleychristianchurch.homestead.com
35 S Carlson Blvd. Johnstown, CO 80534 (970) 587-5088 knowgrowandgo.org
3408 34th St. Rd. Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 330-6294 watchtower.org
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3408 34th Street Rd Greeley, CO 80634 (970) 330-6294
Churches « Services Kingdom Hall 2217 W Vine Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80521-1508 (970) 484-9719 watchtower.org
Jehovah’s Witnesses 1760 Olympian Ln. Estes Park, CO 80517-9419 (970) 586-3405 watchtower.org
Jehovah’s Witnesses 628 Ptarmigan Run Loveland, CO 80538-1830 (970) 669-9071 watchtower.org
Pheasant Run English Congregation Of Jehovah’s Witness 4702 W. 3rd St Greeley, CO 80634 (970) 352-7658 watchtower.org
Union Colony Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses 4702 W. 3rd St Greeley, CO 80634 (970) 352-7658 watchtower.org
Korean Churches and Organizations The First Korean Church Of Fort Collins
Jehovah’s Witnesses Berthoud Colorado 309 N. County Road 21 Berthoud, CO 80513-9430 (970) 532-4643 berthoudcolorado.com
Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall 2104 Kechter Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80528-9639 (970) 206-1023 watchtower.org
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses 1531 Vista View Dr. Longmont, CO 80504-5241 (303) 651-9220 watchtower.org
601 S Whitcomb St. Fort Collins, CO 80521-3645 (970) 223-4331
Latter-Day Saints Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints 630 S Meldrum St. Fort Collins, CO 80521-2827 (970) 530-0805
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints 600 E Swallow Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80525-2223 (970) 226-3747
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints 6521 Carmichael St. Fort Collins, CO 80528-7195 (970) 206-0507
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints 3800 Mountain Lion Dr. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 530-2298
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints
1445 W 28th St. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 667-3906
1320 W Harmony Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 226-1806
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
550 Spartan Ave. Berthoud, CO 80513 (970) 532-2155
3435 Brunner Blvd. Johnstown, CO 80534-8053 (970) 587-1012 lds.org
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Services » Churches Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints 2030 10th Ave. Greeley, CO 80631-6901 (970) 475-0067 lds.org
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints 501 49th Ave. Greeley, CO 80634-1212 (970) 587-1013 lds.org
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church
Greeley Mennonite Church
950 N Saint Vrain Ave. Estes Park, CO 80517-6346 (970) 586-4646
402 11th St Greeley, CO 80631-4241 (970) 353-7224 greeleymennonite.org
Mount Olive Lutheran Church 3411 S Taft Ave. Loveland, CO 80537-7405 (970) 669-7350 mountolivelutheranchurch.360unite.com
Our Saviors Lutheran Church
Lutheran churches
1800 21st Ave. Greeley, CO 80631-5212 (970) 352-4818 greeleylutheran.org
Abiding Love Lutheran Church
Peace With Christ Lutheran Church
2825 E 1st St. Loveland, CO 80537-6237 (970) 622-2030 abidinglovechurch.org
Bethel Lutheran Church 328 Walnut St. Windsor, CO 80550-5142 (970) 686-2863
Bethesda Lutheran Communities 2629 Redwing Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526-6315 (970) 484-2559
Faith Lutheran Church 3999 W South 1st St. Johnstown, CO 80534-9143 (970) 587-6460 faithjohnstown.com
Grace Lutheran Church 400 Cherry St. Hudson, CO 80603-6402 (303) 536-4734 gracehudsonlcms.org
Lutheran Church Of Hope 2595 Monroe Ave. Loveland, CO 80538-3286 (970) 663-6500 lchloveland.com
Trinity Lutheran Church And School 3000 35th Ave. Greeley, CO 80634-9418 (970) 330-2485 trinitylutherangreeley.com
Bethel Lutheran Church 328 Walnut St. Windsor, CO 80550-5142 (970) 686-2863
Immanuel Lutheran Church 1865 14th Ave. Greeley, CO 80631-5305 (970) 352-3003 immanlutheran.org
King Of Glory Lutheran Church
1412 W Swallow Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526-2413 (970) 226-4721 pwchrist-fc.org
Shepherd Of The Hills Lutheran Church 950 43rd Ave. Greeley, CO 80634-1401 (970) 353-6582 sothgreeley.org
Shepherd Of Mountain Lutheran Church 2000 Ptarmigan Trail Estes Park, CO 80517-9760 (970) 586-3900
Spirit Of Joy Lutheran Church Fort Collins, CO 80525-8052 (970) 206-4901
St. John’s Lutheran Church 305 E Elizabeth St. Fort Collins, CO 80524-3705 (970) 482-5316 stjohnsfc.org
St Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church 4610 Hogan Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80525-3704 (970) 226-3481 stpeterwels.com
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Methodist churches: Christ United Methodist Church 301 E Drake Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80525-1730 (970) 226-2341 cumc-fc.org
Community United Methodist Church 195 Main St. Keensburg, CO 80643 (303) 732-4319
Eaton United Methodist 303 Maple Ave. Eaton, CO 80615-3449 (970) 454-3938
Erie United Methodist Church 604 Holbrook St. Erie, CO 80516-8051 (303) 828-3906 erieumc.org
First United Methodist Church 533 N Grant Ave. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 667-0876 seekchristtoday.org
First United Methodist Church 917 10th Ave. Greeley, CO 80631-3811 (970) 353-5522 fmucgreeley.org
First United Methodist Church 503 Walnut St. Windsor, CO 80550-5145 (970) 686-2368 firstumcwindsor.com
First United Methodist Church
7263 W 4th St. Greeley, CO 80634 (970) 673-8775
306 Park Ave. Fort Lupton, CO 80621-1930 (303) 857-2257 fumc-fortlupton.org
Redeemer Lutheran Church
First United Methodist Church
7755 Greenstone Trail Fort Collins, CO 80525-8409 (970) 225-9020 redeemerconnect.com
Rejoice Lutheran Church 3413 Lowell Ln. Erie, CO 80516-7828 (303) 828-3953 rejoicelutheranchurch.com
Trinity Lutheran Church 3333 Duffield Ave. Loveland, CO 80538-3510 (970) 667-5769 trinityloveland.com
1005 Stover St. Fort Collins, CO 80524-3849 (970) 482-2436 fcfumc.net
First United Methodist Church Of Platteville 316 Elizabeth Ave. Platteville, CO 80651-8065 (970) 785-6158 plattevilleumc.com
First United Methodist Church Of Berthoud
Mennonite churches
9th & Lake Ave. Berthoud, CO 80513-8051 (970) 532-2142 berthoudumc.org
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church
Ft. Collins Mennonite Fellowship
Johnstown United Methodist Church
650 S Park Ave. Fort Lupton, CO 80621-1231 (303) 857-6827 mtcalvaryluth.org
300 E. Oak St. Fort Collins, CO 80524-2915 (970) 412-7510 fcmennonite.org
108 King Ave. Johnstown, CO 80534-8446 (970) 587-4444 umchurchjohnstownco.org
2919 Wilson Ave. Loveland, CO 80538-2461 (970) 669-5983 aplace2grow.org
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Churches ÂŤ Services Mead United Methodist Church 511 Palmer Ave. Mead, CO 80542-8054 (970) 535-4249 meadumc.org
Rinn United Methodist Church 3783 County Rd 20 Frederick, CO 80504-9417 (303) 776-1578 rinnumc.org
Trinity United Methodist Church 801 Cleveland Ave. Loveland, CO 80537-4716 (970) 667-4381 tumc-loveland.org
United Methodist Church Of Estes Park 1509 Fish Hatchery Rd. Estes Park, CO 80517-9207 (970) 586-4153 estesparkumc.org
Nazarene churches Abundant Life Tabernacle
Presbyterian churches: Buckhorn Presbyterian Church 8762 N County Road 27 Masonville, CO 80541 (970) 667-2308 buckhornpres.org
Cornerstone Presbyterian Church 1516 W Prospect Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526-1537 (970) 484-5231 cornerstonefortcollins.org
Family Of Christ Presbyterian Church 2410 35th Ave. Greeley, CO 80634-4121 (970) 330-0301 familyofchristgreeley.org
First Presbyterian Church 531 S College Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524-3001 (970) 482-6107 firstpresfc.org
First Presbyterian Church
1000 Country Acres Dr. Johnstown, CO 80534-8442 (970) 587-5094
1321 9th Ave. Greeley, CO 80631-4607 (970) 352-3030 firstpresgreeley.org
Celebration Pointe Church Of The Nazarene
First United Presbyterian Church
4100 W 20th St. Greeley, CO 80634-3326 (970) 330-7949
400 E 4th St. Loveland, CO 80537-5637 (970) 667-0605 firstonfourth.com
Church Of Nazarene
Grace Church Presbyterian
807 W 29th St. Loveland, CO 80538-2659 (970) 667-4323
Greeley First Church Of The Nazarene 2515 W 16th St. Greeley, CO 80634-4901 (970) 353-0944 greeleyfirst.com
Non-denominational churches First Church Of Christ Scientist 826 9th St Ste 100 Greeley, CO 80631-1143 (970) 352-0109
Orthodox Christian Churches St James Orthodox Christian Church 2610 Se Frontage Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80525-9096 (970) 221-4180
300 Whedbee St. Fort Collins, CO 80524-2934 (970) 568-8649
Harmony Presbyterian Church 400 Boardwalk Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80525-3212 (970) 226-0603 harmonypres.com
LaPorte Presbyterian Church 3820 W. County Road 54 Laporte, CO 80535-9361 (970) 482-0151
Lasalle First Presbyterian Church 51 Church Ct. La Salle, CO 80645-3045 (970) 284-7810
Milliken Presbyterian Church 201 N Olive Ave. Milliken, CO 80543-8004 (970) 587-2378 millikenpres.org
Mountain View Presbyterian Church
Pentecostal churches
2500 N Garfield Ave. Loveland, CO 80538-3234 (970) 663-3810 mtnviewpres.com
Harvest Time Tabernacle
Presbytery Of Plains & Peaks
3040 11th Ave. Evans, CO 80620-1102 (970) 356-9251 harvesttime.net
7257 W. 4th St. Unit 4 Greeley, CO 80631-6408 (970) 352-6496 plainsandpeaks.org
St Patrick Presbyterian Church 803 10th Ave. Greeley, CO 80631-1109 (970) 346-8812 saintpatrickpc.org
Timnath Presbyterian Church 4020 Main St. Timnath, CO 80547-2618 (970) 493-8996 timnathpres.org
Westminster Presbyterian Church 1709 W Elizabeth St. Fort Collins, CO 80521-4358 (970) 482-7214 westpresftc.com
Zion Lutheran Church 815 E 16th St. Loveland, CO 80538-4063 (970) 667-1468 zionloveland.com
Zion Lutheran Church 8322 2nd St. Wellington, CO 80549-8054 (970) 568-9301
Reformed Churches Loveland Protestant Reformed Church 707 East 57th Street Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 667-1347
Romanian Orthodox Churches Saint Dimetrie The New Church 6060 Puritan Ln. Frederick, CO 80504 (303) 833-3520
Spanish Language Churches Bargas Felicias For Eaton Spanish Church 401 Park Ave. Eaton, CO 80615-3520 (970) 454-2908
Primera Iglesia Bautista 1200 3rd Ave. Greeley, CO 80631-4213 (970) 352-1126
Unitarian churches Foothills Unitarian Church 1815 Yorktown Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80526-1658 (970) 493-5906 foothillsuu.org
Unitarian Universalist Church 929 15th St. Greeley, CO 80631-4627 (970) 351-6751 greeleyuuc.org-
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Crew leader and independent contractor Kirk Lemmon affixes a plate that reads that the picnic table has been donated by the Fort Collins Coloradoan Oct. 27, 2012, during Make a Difference Day. Coloradoan Library
CAUSES BY SARAH JANE KYLE SARAHKYLE@COLORADOAN.COM
Advocacy
With more than 300 active nonprofits in Larimer County — the majority of which are within Fort Collins’ city boundaries — the charitable at heart can do anything from supporting the wild animals who keep our ecosystem thriving to helping a homeless man find his way off the streets. Of the $60,193,193 Coloradans donated through the United Way in the most recent fiscal year, more than $6.7 million came from Larimer County. The majority of those funds were donated locally to help one of the 347 registered nonprofits. In an effort to better cover the philanthropic heart that is Fort Collins, the Coloradoan recently celebrated the first birthday of our Causes section to highlight the work of volunteers and the nonprofits they serve in our community. As homeless prevention activist Sister Mary Alice Murphy once put it: “Few of us can sit down and write a big check for the charity we believe in, but each of us can give something: some money, some talent, some time. If each of us gives what we can, we can make a better community.”
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Sarah Jane Kyle is the Coloradoan reporter covering volunteerism, nonprofits and philanthropy. Follow her on Twitter @sarahjanekyle or on Facebook at facebook. com/ reportersarahjane.
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alternativestoviolence.org (970) 669-5150 Committed to the intervention, education and prevention of domestic violence, sexual assault and other acts of violent crime, Alternatives to Violence (ATV), a non-profit organization based out of Loveland, provides volunteer opportunities for those interested in becoming advocates, fundraisers or office volunteers.
CASA Inc. of Larimer County fortnet.org/CASA 201 LaPorte Ave. Suite 100 Larimer County Justice Center Ft. Collins, CO 80521 (970) 377-9445 Created in 1977 with the mission of protecting abused and neglected children, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) allows volunteers to be the voice of these children and break the cycle of abuse by helping them be placed in safe homes.
Sexual Assault Victim Advocate (SAVA) Center savacenter.org 331 S. Meldrum Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 472-4204) 929 38th Ave. Ct #106 Greeley, CO 80634
(970) 472-4204 By providing a 24-hour hotline, support groups, counseling and education, the SAVA Center aims at supporting sexual assault victims and their family and friends.
Crossroads Safehouse crossroadssafehouse.org (970) 530-2353 As a shelter for battered women, Crossroads Safehouse’s mission is to eliminate domestic violence through education, advocacy and support.
Tiyospaye Winyan Maka winyanmaka07.webs.com/ 1304 Ponderosa Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80521 (773) 972-5105 Focused on the Lakota (Sioux) tribes living in the South Dakota, Tiyospaye Winyan Maka works to create a support network and promote alternative housing and educational sovereignty for indigenous women and their families.
PathWays to Spirit pathwaystospirit.org 4307 Goldeneye Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 282-8573 Founded in 1996, PathWays to Spirit is a nonprofit organization that works to provide assistance to Native Americans while striving to help them preserve their culture.
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Animals Ally’s Habitat allyshaven.net 755 N. County Rd. 29 Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 669-8374 By providing horses in need with rehabilitation, Ally’s Haven serves as a sanctuary where these animals are allowed a good quality of life.
Fort Collins Cat Rescue & Spay/Neuter Clinic fortcollinscatrescue.com 2321 E. Mulberry #1, Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 484-8516 A no-kill shelter for homeless cats and kittens, Fort Collins Cat Rescue & Spay/Neuter Clinic provides a safe place and services like a lowcost spay/neuter clinic to pet owners and pets in need. In addition to preventing pet overpopulation, the rescue also helps find permanent homes for homeless and abandoned cats.
Denkai Animal Sanctuary and K-9 Bed & Biscuit 14253 Hwy 392 Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 352-5330 Denkai Animal Sanctuary and K-9 Bed & Biscuit is a no-kill pet shelter that is always in need of volunteers who can take the time to walk dogs, groom cats or donate supplies or money for medications.
Hearts and Horses heartsandhorses.org P.O. Box 2675 163 N. Carter Lake Rd. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 663-4200 Offering therapeutic horseback riding to people with special needs, Hearts and Horses helps their clients challenge themselves and meet individual goals while also improving their muscle tone, posture, range of motion and social skills.
The Rocky Mountain Raptor Program RMRP.org 720 B East Vine Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80524 970-484-7756 Originally organized as a program where veterinary students could treat injured birds, the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program is now well-known in the community as a way for volunteers to help feed, medicate and rehabilitate injured birds of prey before placing them back into the wild.
Friends of Retired Greyhounds friendsofretiredgreyhounds.org (720) 352-7563 Dedicated to find permanent homes for retired Greyhounds, Friends of Retired Greyhounds is a non-profit organization that educates the public about the Greyhound breed and works with veterinarians, kennel operators and adoption groups in the northern Colorado area.
Larimer Humane Society
Horsetooth Productions
larimerhumane.org 6317 Kyle Ave. (Shelter) 5137 South College Ave. (Admin) Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 226-3647 Larimer Humane Society, an independent non-profit organization of the northern Front Range, provides care, shelter and rehabilitation to homeless and abandoned domestic animals.
trimediafestival.org P. O. Box 271370 Fort Collins, CO 80527 (970) 372-1155 Horsetooth Productions, a non-profit educational organization, produces the TriMedia Film Festival in Fort Collins and hosts several workshops and seminars for actors, writers and crew members interested in film, TV and theatre productions.
Animal House Rescue & Grooming animalhousehelp.org 1104 W. Vine St. Ft. Collins, CO 80526 (970) 224-DOGS (3647) As an animal rescue in Fort Collins, Animal House partners with over-populated and underserved shelters to increase the number of healthy, happy and adoptable animals.
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Wolverine Farm Publishing
The Blend Chorus theblendchorus.org (970) 485-2244 Made up of 40 women from northern Colorado and southern Wyoming, The Blend Chorus sings acapella music in barbershop harmony, even competing in regional and international events.
The Colorado Coalition of Artists cocoaart.com 148 West Oak St. Suite C Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 221-3019 The Colorado Coalition of Artists (CoCOA) supports local artists by providing a common meeting ground, encouraging a creative environment and education and creating a dialogue between artists and the community.
Beet Street beetstreet.org 19 Old Town Square, Suite 234 Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 419-8240 Based out of Fort Collins, Beet Street’s mission is to develop the city into a nationally recognized arts and culture center with a vibrant economy and well-developed downtown area.
The Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art fcmoca.org 201 S. College Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 482-2787 The Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art relies on volunteers to help engage the community and promote an appreciation of visual art. Volunteers assist with events and exhibition openings.
Central Rockies Old-Time Music Association (CROMA) theCROMA.org (970) 797-2834 By hosting public events and educational programs, the Central Rockies Old-Time Music Association hopes to fulfill its mission of preserving, promoting and presenting old-time music in the Rocky Mountain region.
danceexpressfc.org 633 South College Ave. Suite H Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 493-2113 With a mission to improve people’s lives through dance, Dance Express is an inclusive dance company for individuals with disabilities like Down syndrome or developmental delays. wolverinefarmpublishing.org 144 N College Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 472-4284 As a non-profit organization linked to Fort Collins’ Matter Bookstore, Wolverine Farm Publishing is focuses on publishing literature and art “that mindfully engages humans with the world.”
Community The Fort Collins Bike Library fcbikelibrary.org 13 Old Town Square Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 419-1050 In a city with such a prominent cycling culture, the Fort Collins Bike Library is a free service that allows residents and visitors to borrow bikes for anywhere from one hour to one week. As a volunteer-run program, the library relies on grants and donations to help educate people on bike safety, benefits and maintenance.
American Red Cross Northern - Colorado Chapter coloradoredcross.org 120 Saturn Dr. Fort Collins , CO 80525 (970) 226-5728 Offering support through health and safety, disaster services and armed forces emergency services programs, The American Red Cross is a volunteer-led humanitarian organization that helps victims of disaster.
Meals on Wheels fcmow.org (970) 484-6325 The Meals on Wheels program has been active in Fort Collins for the past 37 years, delivering meals to homebound seniors and adults with disabilities.
Volunteers of America - Northern Colorado Services voacolorado.org 405 Canyon Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 472-9630 Seeking to identify and serve the basic needs of
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Services » Causes individuals and families in the community, the Volunteers of America Colorado Branch offers volunteer options ranging from a grandparent foster program, to meals of wheels, to a therapeutic horseback riding program for veterans.
Mosaic in Northern Colorado mosaicinfo.org/northern_colorado 6833 N. Franklin Ave. Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 461-2400 Mosaic in Northern Colorado’s mission is to provide individuals with intellectual disabilities support and empowerment as they pursue their goals. Mosaic does this by offering supported living services, host homes, apartments and community-based group homes.
Poudre School District Volunteers & Partnerships psdschools.org/partnerships 1630 South Stover St. Fort Collins ,CO 80525 (970) 490-3208 The Poudre School District’s mission is to inspire children to think, learn, care and graduate prepared to be successful. The District’s Volunteers & Partnerships program oversees its volunteer program and creates partnerships with local businesses.
MeadowView of Greeley meadowviewofgreeley.com 5300 W 29th St. Greeley, CO 80634 (970) 353-6800 Located less than 50 miles outside of Denver’s north suburbs, MeadowView is an alternative assisted living community that is designed to keep its residents active and involved individuals.
SAINT Volunteer Transportation saintvolunteertransportation.org 333 W. Drake Rd #42 Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 223-8604 Based in northern Colorado for more than 26 years, SAINT volunteers have been helping the area’s residents stay independent by providing rides to seniors and people with disabilities.
The Loveland Chamber of Commerce loveland.org 5400 Stone Creek Circle Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 667-6311 The Loveland Chamber of Commerce aims to promote business and community prosperity by collaborating with local businesses and improving the area’s economic climate.
Hand Up Cooperative handupcooperative.org 242 Conifer St. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 587-3839 The Hand Up Cooperative works to train and support homeless individuals before matching them with job opportunities and giving them the chance they need to become self sufficient.
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program 2601 S Lemay Ave. Suite 187 Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 599-1794 For the past 40 years, VITA volunteers have been providing free tax help to people who don’t have the means to purchase professional assistance.
Larimer County Search and Rescue larimercountysar.org 1303 N. Shields St. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 498-5314 Larimer County Search and Rescue provides the Rocky Mountain region with personnel and technical resources as well as public education on mountain safety topics.
The Colorado Life Sharing Community Initiative (CLCI) ColoradoLife-Sharing.org P.O. Box 7485 Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 663-6696 By providing respite care, day programs and residential opportunities, The Colorado Life Sharing Community Initiative aims to create a sense of community for individuals with special needs.
United Way of Larimer County uwaylc.org 424 Pine St., Suite 102 Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 407-7000 Over the past 50 years, United Way of Larimer County has been leading fundraising efforts throughout the community and directing donations to help better the northern Colorado area.
Fort Collins Jaycees fortnet.org/jaycees (970) 377-3861 The Fort Collins Jaycees is a people development organization that trains individuals from 18 to 40 years old to become better leaders by improving personally and professionally.
Homeless Gear HomelessGear.org 424 Pine St. Suite 102 Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 581-4921 Homeless Gear’s mission is to collect unwanted outdoor gear, clothing and hygiene items for homeless individuals in the northern Colorado area while also raising awareness of the region’s homeless population.
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Bicycle Cooperative of Fort Collins fcbikecoop.org 331 North College Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 484-3804 The Fort Collins Bike Co-op’s mission is to educate the public on bike safety and maintenance while also offering a shop open to Fort Collins residents and visitors.
Causes « Services Larimer County Sheriff’s Office
Mercy Housing SW
Food Bank for Larimer County
2501 Midpoint Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 498-5147 Established in 1994, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office Victim Response Team provides assistance to crime victims 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
3851 S. Taft Hill Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 204-9618 With the mission of strengthening healthy communities, Mercy Housing SW provides a 63-unit apartment community for individuals and families in need.
1301 Blue Spruce Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 493-4477 By organizing service programs and providing food, the Food Bank – a non-profit agency – strives to reduce hunger in Larimer County.
Larimer County Fair
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity
larimercountyfair.org 5280 Arena Circle, Suite 100, Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 619-4013 The Larimer County Fair offers a unique volunteering opportunity while also honoring the heritage of the Northern Front Range.
fortcollinshabitat.org 4001 S. Taft Hill Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 530-0068 Dedicated to bringing people together and building affordable housing for those in need, Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity, Inc. also runs a supply store.
Loveland Habitat for Humanity
Rocky Mountain Center for Cultural Interchange
Lovelandhabitatforhumanity.org 5250 N Garfield St. P.O. Box 2561 Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 669-7343 As a not for profit thrift store and housing ministry, the Loveland Habitat for Humanity builds affordable homes and tries to make affordable housing a common matter on people’s minds.
Downtown Loveland Association downtownloveland.org (970) 278-4065 Dedicated to promoting unity, public awareness and economic vitality, the Downtown Loveland Association is a volunteer-run organization seeks to spur the growth of the area.
cci-exchange.com 1220 West Mountain Ave. Ft. Collins, CO 80521 (888) 440-8750 By placing exchange students with host families, The Rocky Mountain Center for Cultural Interchange is an organization dedicated to global peace, academic development and cultural understanding.
TEAM Fort Collin teamfortcollins.org (970) 224-9931 TEAM Fort Collins is a community partnership that strives to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent drug and alcohol abuse.
Education Teaching Tree Early Childhood Learning Center 424 Pine St. Suite 100, Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 493-2628 Committed to providing quality and affordable care for preschool children, Teaching Tree volunteers help the program to ensure an educational environment that stimulates individual growth, comfort and security.
Education and Life Training Center (ELTC) eltcenter.org 401 Linden St. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 482.4357 As a 45-year-old nonprofit organization, ELTC provides support for Fort Collins families in terms of employment and economic stability by hosting affordable educational training and GED preparation classes.
The Hester J. Hodgdon Libraries for All librariesforall.org 1716 Del Norte Ave. Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 227-9287
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Services » Causes As the first lending and mobile library program in the fishing village of San Juan del Sur, Hester J. Hodgdon Libraries provides a community center, Internet access and study club facilities to people in Nicaragua.
Aims Community College aims.edu 5401 W 20th St. Greeley, CO 80632 (970) 339-6383 Aims Community College’s Student Support Services program aims to help students achieve their academic goals and graduate.
Studies Abroad for Global Education sageprogram.org 19 Old Town Square Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 482-3188 The Studies Abroad for Global Education program gives youth and educators travel, volunteer and study abroad opportunities with the overall mission of helping them gain an understanding of the world.
Junior Achievement Inc.
Fort Collins Public Library
151 S. College, Suite J Ft. Collins, CO 80524 (970) 490-1035 Junior Achievement Inc. aims to educate students about workforce readiness and financial literacy through its programs and curriculum.
fcgov.com/C_LIBRARY 201 Peterson St. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 224-6183 Fort Collins Public Library serves 150,000 people, has a local history archive and also provides programming for individuals ranging in age from infants to the elderly.
The Thompson Education Foundation fc.thompson.k12.co.us/~tef/ 800 S. Taft Ave. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 613-5067 By providing financial support for educational opportunities within the Thompson School District, the foundation implements teaching programs and runs an elementary music program.
Alpine Robotics alpinerobotics.com 201 Impala Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 488-6182 By helping high school students construct robots during a six-week building period, Alpine Robotics hopes to create an environment where engineers can mentor young people.
Colorado Science and Engineering Fair
The Little Shop of Physics
csef.colostate.edu (970) 491-7716 As an organization that aims to honor excellence in science, engineering and technology, Colorado State Science Fair, Inc. gives Colorado students opportunities in science, promotes professional skills and allows youths to present their research.
littleshop.physics.colostate.edu Physics Department Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 (970) 491-5131 As a travelling hands-on science museum, The Little Shop of Physics presents programs to more than 15,000 students across Colorado.
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Environment Nicodemus Wilderness Project wildernessproject.org mail@wildernessproject.org Dedicated to environmental restoration and the protection of neglected public lands, the Nicodemus Wilderness Project organizes volunteer events across the world, including northern Colorado.
Larimer County Natural Resources larimer.org/nrvolunteer 1800 SCR 31 Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 679-4552 According to the Larimer County Natural Resources mission statement, the county department is committed to fostering a sense of community and appreciation for the agricultural heritage of Larimer County by managing the areas parks, reservoirs and open spaces.
Causes « Services Boyd Lake State Park As a popular northern Colorado destination for boating and fishing, Boyd Lake State Park – located five miles west of I-25 on Highway 34 outside of Loveland – has been protected for the enjoyment of its visitors.
The Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Foundation arp-foundation.org P.O. Box 1443 Fort Collins, CO 80522 (970) 295-6600 (Ext. 4822) The Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forest Foundation works to expand and coordinate public opportunities to help support Colorado’s forests and natural grasslands.
Larimer County Parks & Open Lands larimer.org/parks/volunteer/ 1800 S. County Rd. 31 Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 679-4553 The Larimer County Parks & Open Lands Department works to establish, protect and maintain regional parks and open spaces while fostering a sense of respect and appreciation for the area.
USDA Forest Service CLRD 2150 Centre Ave, Building E Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 295-6721 Dedicated to public resource management, the Canyon Lakes Ranger District in Roosevelt National Forest aims to care for Colorado’s lands and serve its people.
The Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Association sustainablelivingfair.org 415 Mason Court, Unit 1 Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 224-3247 As a volunteer-run non profit organization, The Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Association, which is based in Fort Collins, aims at raising awareness of living sustainably by using renewable energy sources and sustainable building materials.
City of Loveland Natural Areas Parks and Recreation - Admin. 500 E. Third St. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 962-2725 By preserving Loveland’s open spaces and natural areas, the Natural Areas Program aims to foster a sense of respect for private and public lands.
Loveland Youth Gardeners lovelandyouthgardeners.org 231 West 4th Street #202 Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 669-7182 Operating from May to September, the Loveland Youth Gardeners program helps students grow their own gardens and develop job, social and life skills.
Trees, Water & People treeswaterpeople.org 633 Remington Street Fort Collins 80524 (970) 484-3678
Trees, Water & People strives to help communities establish sustainable forests, wetlands and watersheds.
Backcountry Snowsports Alliance backcountryalliance.org (303) 494-5266 By working with the US Forest Service, Colorado State Forest Service and Colorado State Parks, The Backcountry Snowsports Alliance’s mission is to preserve quiet recreation opportunities by hosting seminars and organizing outreach opportunities.
Rocky Mountain National Park nps.gov/romo 1000 Hwy. 34 Estes Park, CO 80517 (970) 586-1252 Rocky Mountain National Park’s mission is to provide enjoyment to people of the area by conserving its scenery and wildlife.
Faith-based Catholic Charities - Fort Collins ccdenver.org 460 Linden Center Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80522 (970) 484-5010 Dedicated to helping people of all ages, faiths and backgrounds, Catholic Charities works with individuals and families to help them meet their needs and build a compassionate society.
The Salvation Army salvationarmyfortcollins.org 3901 South Mason St. Fort Collins, CO 80525 970-207-4472 As a worldwide church in 109 countries, The Salvation Army’s mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and meet human needs without discrimination.
Fields of Grace Presbyterian Church P.O. Box 7206 Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 593-2110 Based in Loveland, the Fields of Grace Presbyterian Church aims to serve the city of Loveland, the northern Colorado region and the world.
Fort Collins Friends Meeting quakerfinder.org 2222 W. Vine Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 491-9717 or (970) 207-1933 As a worshiping congregation of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Fort Collins Friends Meeting worships at 10 a.m. on Sunday mornings.
Lutheran Family Services lfsrm.org 2032 Lowe Street, Suite 200, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 266-1788 Lutheran Family Services operates and serves people in need with the mission of inspiring others through services that ìheal, strengthen and provide hope.
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Services » Causes Good Shepherd Church
The Alzheimer’s Association
3429 Monroe Ave. Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 669-3675 Good Shepherd Church’s mission is to lead people to experience and share a relationship with Jesus Christ in everyday life.
alz.org/co 415 Peterson St. Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 472-9798 With more than 65,000 Colorado residents living with Alzheimer’s disease, The Alzheimer’s Association works to meet the needs of these people while improving their quality of life and helping them on their journey.
Group Workcamps groupworkcamps.com 1515 Cascade Ave P.O. Box 599 Loveland, CO 80539 (970) 292-4201 Group Workcamps runs short-term summer mission trips for high school students interested in Christian growth.
Health The American Cancer Society cancer.org 8221 W 20th St. Suite A Greeley, CO 80634 970-350-5015 With the mission of educating the public about cancer prevention and implementing programs to help make cancer patients’ journeys more manageable, the American Cancer Society relies on volunteers for fundraising efforts and furthering the organization’s overall goals.
The Muscular Dystrophy Association mdausa.org 2625 Redwing Rd. #370 Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 282-1320 As a voluntary health agency, The Muscular Dystrophy Association aims to help people with neuromuscular disorders by supporting life-saving research.
AlterMed Research Foundation AlterMedResearch.org 1342 Jayhawk Dr. Suite 200 Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 310-3030 With the mission of promoting the scientific research and education of alternative medicine, AlterMed Research Foundation raises funds for educators and researchers to work in the field.
Centennial Area Health Education Center cahec.org 4650 W. 20th St. Suite A Greeley, CO 80634 970-330-3608 Through free classes and cooking programs, CAHEC teaches low-income families about good nutrition and nourishment. The Center hopes to empower families and give them the skills they need to make healthy and affordable meals.
The McKee Medical Center Foundation mckeefoundation.com 1805 E. 18th St. Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 593-6038 The McKee Medical Center Foundation raises funds for the health and wellness of the northern Colorado community. Volunteers can help the foundation by assisting at special events and becoming community advocates.
Fort Collins Baseball Club (FCBC) fortcollinsbaseballclub.org 211 S. Bryan Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80521 970-484-3368 As a private non-profit organization, FCBC has served Fort Collins since 1961, enrolling more than 3,300 players from ages five to 18. With spring, summer, fall and winter leagues, FCBC has more than 250 teams and emphasizes the importance of recreational baseball.
Fort Collins Soccer Club soccerfortcollins.org 2721 S. College Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 226-6842 The Fort Collins Soccer Club’s mission is to advance the game of soccer throughout the community by furthering the importance of sportsmanship, leadership, service, education and opportunity.
Youth The Autism Society of Larimer County 6221 Treestead Court Fort Collins, CO 80528 (970) 377-9640 As a chapter of the Autism Society of America, the Larimer County chapter aims to increase resources and opportunities for individual affected by autism.
StudentMentor.org
Hope Lives! Breast Cancer Support Center
Partners Mentoring Youth
2629 Redwing Rd. Suite 260 Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 225-6200 As the only non-profit organization in northern Colorado that offers free Integrative Oncology services to women with breast cancer, Hope Lives! helps the about 130 women in the county currently battling breast cancer.
Poudre Valley Health System 1024 Lemay Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 495-8580 Poudre Valley Health System is a non-profit organization that provides a full-service health system to the people of northern Colorado, southern Wyoming and western Nebraska.
Colorado Healthcare Directors of Volunteer Services
Poudre Valley Hospital Foundation
coloradohealthvolunteer.org 1024 S. Lemay Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 495-8580 Dedicated to representing healthcare facilities in Colorado, the Directors of Volunteer Services promotes development in volunteer and healthcare management.
pvhs.org 1024 S. Lemay Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 495-7400 The Poudre Valley Hospital Foundation’s mission is to support and promote activities that serve the health interests of the Larimer County community.
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studentmentor.org With 4 out of 5 low-income college students failing to earn degrees before their mid-twenties, StudentMentor.org seeks to match these students with professionals who will mentor them and help them realize and achieve their future career goals. Mentors are free to decide the length of the mentorship and can meet their mentor online or in person.
partnersmentoringyouth.org 530 South College Ave., Unit 1 Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 484-7123 If you have three free hours a week and are looking to make a difference in someone’s life, Partners Mentoring Youth may be a perfect fit. This northern Colorado volunteer program helps match positive adult role models with youths aged eight to 17. Senior Partners willing to make a one-year commitment to forming a mentoring relationship that will positively affect their junior partners for years to come.
Fort Collins Youth Broadcasting, Inc. klikradio.org 2200 Airway Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (888) 212-5545 KLIK Radio, a non-profit Internet radio station, helps prepare high school students for their futures while giving them real-world experience in business, journalism, media and computer science.
Youth For Understanding yfu-usa.org (866) 493-8872 ext. 7224 As a 60-year-old organization with programs in 64 countries, Youth For Understanding provides individuals and families with the opportunity to host or mentor international students looking to immerse themselves in local culture.
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Services » Causes Center for Family Research
The Matthews House
344 Foothills Parkway 4E, Fort Collins, CO 80525 970-495-0084 The Center for Family Research aims to help youth of Larimer County challenged by substance abuse and mental health issues by providing individual assessments and education.
thematthewshouse.org 726 Mathews St. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 472-4293 The Matthews House provides support and opportunities for at-risk youth ages 16 to 21 who don’t have positive family lives.
Larimer County DHS Children, Youth & Family Division
ASSE International Colorado/Wyoming
2555 Midpoint Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 980-2239 The Larimer County DHS Children, Youth & Family Division volunteer program helps match individuals with families and children in need. The program hopes to benefit both the families and the volunteers through a rewarding and enriching experience.
The March of Dimes marchofdimes.com/colorado (303) 709-5849 The March of Dimes aims to prevent birth defects and improve the health of babies through fundraising, research, education and advocacy.
Colorado Youth Outdoors coloradoyo.org 209 E 4th St. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 663-0800 Colorado Youth Outdoors (CYO) is a program aimed at strengthening parent-child relationships through after school classes on outdoor activities and survival.
asse.com (970) 231-4286 ASSE’s mission includes promoting global learning and leadership by creating a worldwide community though the promise of its youth. Educo School of Colorado educocolorado.org 619 S. College Ave. Suite 16, Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 494-0785 The Educo Adventure School works to provide wilderness-based adventures to youths ages nine to 18, giving them skills in leadership, compassion and purpose.
Public Allies Fellowship Program at Eagle Rock School & Professional Development Center publicallies.org/eaglerock 2750 Notaiah Rd., Estes Park, CO 80517 (970) 586-0600 Public Allies’ mission is to identify talented young individuals and teach them leadership skills through full-time, paid apprenticeships at non-profit organizations.
The Child Advocacy Center larimercac.org 5529 S. Timberline Rd., Fort Collins, CO 80528 (970) 407-9739 While forensic interviews can be intimidating for alleged victims of child maltreatment, The Child Advocacy Center aims to create a welcoming environment during a scary time in a child’s life.
The Learning House Foundation for Early Childhood Development thelearninghouse.org 3533 Riva Ridge Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 266-0844 As a non-profit early childhood school, The Learning House offers playgroups, math and science based preschool classes and parent workshops.
The Early Childhood Center of Larimer County ecclc.org 3000 S College Ave. Suite 206, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 377-3388 The Early Childhood Center of Larimer County provides child care resources, provider professionalism and technical training.
Harmony House Visitation Center for Children 3105 E. Harmony Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80528 (970) 223-5966 As a part of CASA Inc. of Larimer County, Harmony House provides supervised visits for children in foster care or children whose parents are divorcing.
The Family Center thefamilycenterfc.org 309 Hickory St. Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 221-1615 The Family Center’s mission is to provide information and support to promote safe and stable families.
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Bright Beginnings Warm Welcome 1025 Pennock Place, Suite 115, Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 495-8875 Bright Beginnings strives to make Colorado a good place to raise a child by supporting young children and their families.
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CONTENTS 6 RISE OF THE MICROMALTSTER
Colorado cottage industry fills niche among craft brewers
8 SOME LIKE IT SOUR
Sour beers are on the rise in Fort Collins
10 ODELL BREWERY CELEBRATES 25 YEARS Fort
Collins’ first craft brewers look back at 25 years of success
12 ANHEUSER-BUSCH MANAGER REFLECTS BACK ON 25 YEARS Fort
Collins first brewers look back at 25 years of success
14 COOPERSMITH’S BREWPUB TURNS 25 Founder Smith looks back as he hands over the reins
16 SIGN UP FOR A BS IN BREWING
New fermentation science major will turn students into brewmasters
20 N. COLORADO BREWERY MAP 22 AMERICA’S BEST BEER BARS
Mayor of Old Town, Tap and Handle make the list
23 N. COLORADO ON TAP 24 FORT COLLINS BREWERY TOURS 25 ‘FLAVOR REVOLUTION’ Beer boom in Fort Collins shows no sign of slowing
ON THE COVER: Photos by V. Richard Haro/The Coloradoan and Coloradoan Library. Illustration by Erika Moore.
Noel Bennett, testing room anager at High Hops Brewing Co. in Windsor, pours a Fresh Hop Pale Ale, with a “Hop Shot,” Oct. 29, 2013. The Hop Shot is a pint of beer hopped up with an ounce of hops in a french press to give it a hoppy kick. V. Richard Haro/The Coloradoan
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Twila Henley of Grouse Malting and Roasting in Wellington, stands in the room she plans to be used as a tasting room Feb. 10, 2014. She wants to bring in a new brewery to Wellington. V. Richard Haro/The Coloradoan
The rise of the micromaltster In 18th-century England, it was not uncommon to ride up to a parish, say, Shrewsbury in Shropshire, and find a handful of domestic brewers. Had you asked any of them, they would have pointed you in one direction to the town’s only maltster or maltstress.
These days you have to drive to Wellington to find her. “I’m trying to bring back that name,” said Twila Henley, founder and maltstress at Grouse Malting and Roasting Company. In the fall of 2013, Henley, 28, moved her startup malting operation into a 3,000-square-foot converted grain elevator off Wellington’s Main Street. She took a one-metric-ton dairy tank and used it to make the equipment. She put a roaster in a shed out back for fire code reasons. Not only is Henley the first micro malt producer in Northern Colorado, she’s also entirely gluten-free, using, instead of barley or wheat, mostly millet. “We’re taking it one step further,” Henley said from her sunny office, inside the charming but far from finished malt house. “(Gluten-free) is definitely not as developed as the craft malting market.” Craft malting, the small-scale production of carefully sprouted and roasted grain for use in beer making, is still hidden behind a black curtain, according to Henley. “People think, ‘Oh, brewers don’t do that?’” she mused. But the process that takes the grain from the farm to its sweet, toasted, brewing-ready state, is entirely separated
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from the process of brewing. As Henley will attest, it is a weeklong labor of love and yet another untapped niche in the craft beer business. In Feb., 2014, with Henley as secretary, the Craft Maltsters Guild launched its website. Of the 14 founding members, located across North America from Reno to Quebec, two were from Colorado. In Alamosa, fourth-generation barley farmer Jason Cody started making malt in 2009. At that time, he was only the second micro maltster in the country. Now, he says, he is the biggest in North America “by a long shot.”
MAKING IT MALT Malting is a weeklong process that takes grains such as barley, wheat and millet from just-harvested to brewing-ready. The process starts with a 36-hour steep, followed by a controlled germination over several days, removal of the carefully sprouted rootlets and then a blast of dry, heated air in the kiln. Before being shipped off to the brewery, the malted grain is finally roasted, like a coffee bean, for added texture and flavor.
For Cody, the move to malt making from barley growing was a logical, if not seamless, transition. Like Henley, he started with an old stainless steel dairy tank and converted it for malting. In the first year, Cody produced around 30,000 pounds of malt. In 2013 he produced around 450,000 pounds, and in 2014 he is adding two new tanks, projecting production to reach about 700,000 pounds. “The curve is pretty steep to how fast we’ve gone from very little to just insane,“ Cody said. “We’re really just a blip on the radar.” With his projected 2014 production, Cody could supply a brewery the size of Odell’s with a little less than two months of malt. Instead, he gets most of his business from brewpubs around the state, working with the larger craft brewers, including New Belgium, on limited edition and one-time brews. These businesses as well as micro brewers, distilleries and, in Henley’s case, gluten-free brewers and bakers, are the craft maltster’s ideal customers. Secure them, and, according to Cody, you’ll have just enough of a market “to make it work.” When asked why breweries choose to buy malt from a craft maltster as opposed
to a large-scale producer (Cargill is one of the biggest in the United States), Cody responded, “It’s definitely not the price.” At Colorado Malting, he charges a flat rate of $1 per pound for base malts and around $2 per pound for specialty malts. While larger malting facilities will price their malt to scale, a brewery could be paying around one-third of that price for bulk orders.
The French term originally applied to wine has been applied to craft beer, especially as ingredients are grown closer to home; local hops are touted for their distinct terroir. New Belgium even has a beer named after it. “The value that craft malt has is that with it we can create so many different flavors,” Henley said, speaking to the smaller specialty malts that can be used
Looking at malting right now is “like looking at specialty coffee in the early ’80s. ” “But we’re local,” Cody said. “They are actually putting grain into their beer that was grown here in the state of Colorado. ... We take it all the way from the field to the glass.” “It has the ‘terroir’ that craft beer is all about,” he added. Malted and roasted grain, which gives beer its nutty, biscuity, toasted or honeyed flavor profiles, before hops are added in to balance the sweetness, is akin to a grape used for wine making. Just like the grape, the grain will take on characteristics of its environment, also known as the region’s terroir.
for a limited release batch of beer. Pateros Creek has used Henley’s millet malt for an all-grain, gluten-free brown ale. Henley, who won an entrepreneur challenge at the University of Northern Colorado in 2013 that led her to financial backers and from the greenhouse of Nunn’s Hediger Farm to her own brickand-mortar, is working around the clock and poised to scale-up production. She said her next phase of growth will increase malt capacity fivefold. At the same time, a second maltster is on his way to Fort Collins. Christopher Schooley plans to combine his craft cof-
Maltstress and CEO, Twila Henley, moves millett around during the germination process at Grouse Malting and Roasting in Wellington Monday Feb. 10, 2014. V. Richard Haro/ The Coloradoan
fee background with craft beer at their natural point of intersection — roasting, and by extension, malting. “Looking at malting right now is like looking at specialty coffee in the early ’80s,” Schooley said of an industry on the verge. By entering the malting market, he hopes to get better barley prices for Colorado farmers, as well as begin to put a name to the product. Until then, all brewers point to Wellington, where Henley finds herself in the wee hours out back with her roaster. On nights when the temperature drops below freezing, she said she has to warm the machine’s thermometer in her hand before it will get cranking. All the while she’s thinking, “This has to work.”
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Tools, wood splints and bee’s wax are used to plug leaks on the new French Oak wine barrels in the New Belgium Brewery’s wood barrel section they used for sour beer production. V. Richard Haro/ The Coloradoan
Some like it sour New Belgium’s barrels are leaking. “Hydration,” Lauren Salazar corrected me. We were standing in the Fort Collins brewery’s latest wood cellar expansion, and cellar manager and blender Lauren Salazar was keeping an eye on 12 giant, upright barrels, or foeders (pronounced FOO-ders), recently moved from California, where they were long-ago emptied of their red and white wine and have since just been losing weight, sitting in storage. “As they dehydrate, the wood shrinks,” Salazar explained, moving toward one to touch an exposed gap in the wood. “So you’ll be able to see the daylight through them. Basically we just need to plump them back up.” At their new Fort Collins home, the foeders were down some 1,500 pounds in water weight. During the next weeks, they would be pumped with water, which would weep out through cracks and crevices for days, until ready. They would be joined eventually by 20 more behemoth oaks, which would naturally need to hydrate, weep and fatten, as well, before they could be innoculated with bacteriafilled beer. Then it would be months or years before the beer was soured and ready to be tapped. “They’re hungry,” Salazar said of her oak foeders, many of which she also refers to by name. In the cellar, those 32 French oaks joined an existing family of 32 to effectively double New Belgium’s wood beer
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capacity, including its sours. On this particular day, the new foeders were drinking and the old foeders were being hooked-up to pipes for blending — 2014 Vintage La Folie. They were also are listening to the Beatles, or maybe that was the cellar workers. For all the time and effort that goes into producing a sour beer, the category
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We have one barrel, Pixie Dust; she makes these crazy, high-pitched, almost metallic sours
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still remains one of the smallest in nationwide market beer share. But the taste for sours is growing rapidly. According to Guest Metrics, which tracks on-premise beer sales in more than 10,000 restaurants and bars nationwide, Belgian sours remained at the bottom of the list in 2013, still with 0.0 percent of market share. But, out of 27 beer styles, sours were the fastest growing category, with year-over-year growth from 2012 to 2013 at more than 200 percent. At the Great American Beer Festival,
there are now four separate categories for sour beers, and entries in those categories have more than doubled during the past five years. Fifteen years ago, New Belgium started making its first sour, La Folie, out of just seven small wine barrels. Salazar said the name was appropriate, “the folly,” because they didn’t expect to make any money with it.
Something in the way she sours Eli Kolodny, quality control manager at Odell Brewing, calls the process of souring a beer “rustic” and “romantic.” Lauren Salazar said the foeders have to be found, or “acquired,” the tools to repair them are usually primitive and wild (such as reeds from out back). “I read once to smash garlic cloves and throw that on the weeping hole,” Salazar said of one particularly sad barrel. Once patched-up, the tannin-stripped oak is downright “dangerous.” “The tannic acids found in wine barrels are very antimicrobial,” Salazar said. “Once you pull wine out of there two, three, four times, you also pull out those tannic acids.” At that point, when the barrel can no longer stave-off infections, a winery may toss it aside, which is precisely when a brewery may want to use it. “That oak becomes a wonderful home for wild yeast and souring bacteria. You put beer in there and innoculate it with souring bacteria, and they will take residence in that wood.” According to Salazar and Kolodny, the
wild yeast consumes sugars and dextrins in the beer, as lactobacillus and other bacteria create lactic, malic and acetic acids which chemically alter the beer, lowering its pH and turning it sour. Some barrels work aggressively, some take their time, some will make a better sour than others. “We have one barrel, Pixie Dust; she makes these crazy, high-pitched, almost metallic sours” Salazar said. “There is a moment that, if you don’t take that beer out, it’s all over, like 70-barrels over.” Salazar describes her job as “making the souring bacteria happy.” Kolodny paints a similar picture — “We’re just babysitters, essentially.”
Babysitting the next big beer Odell recently released its 2013 Friek, a lambic sour that takes about a year to make with five micro fermentations. While the brewery has been making Friek since 2008 and other pilot sours for years, Kolodny said it can take a while for startup breweries to delve into the style. “It takes finesse and a little bit of research to keep those bugs alive,” Kolodny said. “I associate sour beers with farmhouse, with ‘this is a small town, this is the beer we make, like it or not, there’s another brewery down the street.’” Down the street, Fort Collins Brewery released its first sour last year, Flemish
Eric Salazr, left, wood-aged beer specialist, and ex-wife, Lauren Salazar, cellar manager/blender, stand in the wood barrel section of New Belgium Brewing Co. where they produce sour beer. V. Richard Haro/The Coloradoan
Red, and 3-year-old Funkwerks Brewery released its second sour, Oud Bruin. These local varieties, along with a handful of national sours were tapped in late 2013 at The Mayor of Old Town, where owner Kevin Bolin held his first “Pucker Club,” a group dedicated to sour beer, with more than 250 fans on Facebook. At The Mayor, La Folie was the 2012 top seller. The year before, it was Double Jack IPA. “When we opened in 2011, we were hitting the back-end of the IPA craze,” Bolin said. “People were going hoppier and hoppier, and it seemed like there was no
place to go after that.” Bolin said the next trend could have gone smoky or it could have gone sour. “When we got Eric’s Ale (a New Belgium sour blend named after wood-aged beer specialist Eric Salazar), we never turned the tap off,” Bolin said. “It went that fast. “That demand showed me that this club could work,” he added. At the first Pucker Club, reservations were required, and available seats filled quickly, within minutes. Attendees were introduced to sour beer by Lauren Salazar, Kolodny and Funkwerks brewer Gordon Schuck. Salazar then went to William Oliver’s Publick House for a similar event, and the tapping of four New Belgium sours — Bière de Peach, Odd Couple, Le Terroir and La Folie. In between events, she said sour drinkers are have come a long way on their “beer journeys.” “When La Folie first came out, there weren’t that many people drinking it,” Salazar said. “Which was good, because we didn’t have that much beer. Now, New Beligum’s growth and age kind of mimic the amount of craft beer drinkers out there. It’s amazing to me; I’ll be sitting at The Mayor and people are actually talking about the thing that they’re drinking. They’re on that journey. It is kind of a badge of honor, to say, ‘Yes, I am drinking a sour beer.’”
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SILVER SHILLING
Odell Brewery celebrates 25 years Fort Collins saw its first brewery Anheuser Busch – and first brewpub – CooperSmith’s - open in 1989. Shortly after and in that same year, Odell Brewing Co. created a new niche as the town’s first craft brewery. In the 25 years that followed, founders Doug, Wynne and Corkie Odell grew their family business while still focusing on Colorado, and specifically Fort Collins.
“So what kind of business are you going to put in here anyway?” Eckles asked. “A brewery,” the buyer responded.
FORT COLLINS — SPRING OF 1989 Realtor Dan Eckles remembers the call like it was yesterday. The caller was interested in an old mill property, across the railroad tracks and in a tired Fort Collins neighborhood. At the time the price per square foot was high, at around $1. The buyer drove up to 119 E. Lincoln Avenue in a small pickup truck. He said he would take it. “So what kind of business are you going to put in here anyway?” Eckles asked. “A brewery,” the buyer responded. “Well we already have a brewery in Fort Collins. It’s called Anheuser Busch,” Eckles remembers saying. “No,” the buyer said, “it’s going to be a microbrewery.” At the time Eckles, and most of
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Fort Collins, “didn’t know anything about microbreweries.” Doug Odell invited Eckles to his home, where he showed Eckles one of his beers, pulling an earlyedition 90 Shilling out from under the sink. “It was real different for me,” Eckels said. “I was used to drinking Coors and Budweiser, and this had some great, strong flavor ... it’s my favorite beer now.” It’s a favorite for many in Fort Collins. And elsewhere. At the time, Eckles remembers asking Odell if he was sure he wanted to risk his whole livelihood on the concept. “We just didn’t see that market coming, but it sure is great to have (the Odells) here,” Eckles says now.
LONDON – ABOUT TWO YEARS EARLIER Doug and Wynne Odell were on a belated honeymoon in the U.K., popping in and out of pubs for pints. The waiters would ask Doug what he was drinking. And, thanks to her visible baby bump, they would turn to Wynne and say, “And what will you have a half-pint of?” On the same trip, Doug learned the Scottish system of naming beers, which was based on the amount of taxes paid on them in shillings. He became interested in British brewing history and its processes. He enjoyed the bigger, bolder flavors of the English styles more than he did the current American-style offerings. “I had a pretty small landscaping business,” Doug said. “And after we got married, we wanted to be self-employed.” The couple knew Wynne would oversee the finances, and the question they asked themselves was, “What can you do, Doug?” “We figured we could either build up the landscaping company, or we could open a brewery. My friends were telling me I was making beer as good as you could buy,” Doug said. “It was more of a, ‘What couldn’t you do, Doug?’” Wynne recalls. As Wynne puts it, her husband is “the person you’d want to be stuck on a desert island with ... sort of a classic entrepreneur.”
On the horizon
Odell is planning a birthday celebration. In November 2014 the brewery will also release a limited edition English Strong Ale in collaboration with Boulevard Brewing of Kansas City, MO. Both breweries celebrate 25 years in November. For more info, visit odellbrewing.com.
SEATTLE — 1988 In the late 1980s, Doug was living in a city where craft brewing was already starting to boom, working in landscaping and homebrewing at the same time. Wynne worked at a business in Seattle and wanted to keep their plans to open a brewery quiet. One day, she saw an article about Wynkoop Brewing on a coworker’s desk. It was the first brewpub to open after Colorado law changed to allow for such establishments, and her coworker was an original investor in Wynkoop. Doug’s big sister Corkie was in Colorado with her husband and children, living in a small university town of about 75,000. “I think Fort Collins would be good,” Corkie said to Doug and Wynne over the phone, in one of many initial conversations. “And that was the extent of our market research,” Wynne says, laughing.
“I think Fort Collins would be good.”
MAY TO NOVEMBER 1989 — 119 E. LINCOLN AVE. For the move and the six months of renovation that followed, Doug and Corkie’s parents came out to help from California Wynne took a full-time job at Hewlett Packard. Her boss laughed when she told him why they had moved to Fort Collins. Doug was at the Lincoln Avenue millturned-microbrewery full-time, and Corkie came in two days a week to help him mop the floors and clean out tanks. Doug started brewing Golden Ale for one of their first clients, The Moot House. When he sat down with the restaurant’s owner, Steve Taylor, Doug told him, “These are representations of what we’re going to brew. It’s not the actual beer.” Taylor said, “OK, let me get this right. You’re going to brew beer right here in Fort Collins?” Without even tasting the batch, he said, “I’ll take it.” Soon after Doug brewed 90 Shilling and a wheat beer that later evolved into Easy Street — two of the brewery’s now signature styles.
“You’re going to brew beer right here in Fort Collins?” Without even tasting the batch, he said, “I’ll take it.”
1994 TO 2013 — 800 E. LINCOLN AVE. After five years and with the addition of six fermentation tanks, the Odell family was outgrowing its original location. In 1994 Doug again recruited Eckles, who found him eight acres on which to build an 8,000 square-foot brewery and a 50-barrel brewhouse that would last them almost 19 years. In an article published that November in The Coloradoan, Wynne said the new brewery would allow the Odells to finally sell beer in Denver, Boulder and Laramie, Wyo.
MAY 2014 — 800 E. LINCOLN TAPROOM Odell recently re-released Footprint, a strong ale made with one ingredient from each state in the brewery’s distribution network — now up to 11 in the U.S. and overseas in one country, the United Kingdom. The release was a symbolic one, because at the start of the brewery’s 25th year, and following a 2013 expansion that more than tripled potential barrel production, Odell began distributing in Texas. The move meant an initial increase of 30 percent in total yearly volume and a near doubling of potential Odell beer drinkers. But they still stick to the idea of a regional craft brewery. “We figure we have a lot of work ahead of us (for Texas),” said Wynne, who is now CEO. “In the first quarter of this year we grew 28 percent in Colorado, and we’ve been here for 25 years, so it’s our last choice to add territory. We want to really just be more engrained in the areas we’re in… With Colorado being our top focus.” She says 65 percent of the brewery’s output is sold in-state. At the new Fort Collins brewhouse, local support is obvious. On any given day Wynne might run numbers, while Doug envisions the next brewing project and Corkie trains new staff. Alongside them are more than 100 coworkers, including three of their own kids. “They’re just part of the team,” Doug said — a team that recently celebrated one co-worker’s 20th anniversary, with another soon to follow. As for the founding three, they are “actively involved in figuring out” retirement, watching a mostly well-oiled machine operate bigger and better than they ever could have imagined. Before running off to meetings to discuss a new packaging line and what to do with the old 50-barrel brewhouse, they praise those who helped build the brewery at every step along the way. “They’re why we are who we are,” Wynne said. “I mean if it were the three of us muddling around here, arguing with each other, we’d never be anywhere.”
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Fort Collins A-B manag As beer giant AnheuserBusch celebrates its 25th year in Fort Collins, Northern Colorado plant Genreal Manager Kevin Fahrenkrog is celebrating his silver anniversary with the company. Fahrenkrog, who is trained as a chemical engineer, started in 1989 at the company’s St. Louis research pilot brewery. Before he came to Fort Collins in 2008, he worked at A-B plants across the country, in Florida, California, New Hampshire and Ohio. The Coloradoan recently sat down with him to discuss A-B’s place in “The Napa of Beer.” Question: What has been your main focus while working 25 years with A-B? Answer: Probably 20 of the 25 years I’ve worked for Anheuser-Busch were spent predominantly on the brewing process, quality and engineering side. Q: What changes have you seen during
that time? A: There have been several changes. One of the more notable changes has been the changes in innovations. When I started, the Fort Collins brewery, for example, was only making three brands: Budweiser, Bud Light and Michelob. The packaging was simple; we did 12-ounce bottles, 12-ounce cans, 16-ounce cans, 12- and 24-packs. Today, we make over 25 different brands, and the number of packages we provide to our consumers are many. Q: How has the craft beer movement affected Anheuser-Busch? A: I’d say the interest that it has brought to the consumer. There is a lot more interest in beer today, and I think a part of that is coming with the different craft beers. For Anheuser-Bush, we have a role to play in the craft beer segment also. ... In addition to Shock Top, we had in 2012 two of the most successful new product launches. We rolled out the Bud Light Platinum, and we also rolled out Bud Light Lime-A-Rita, which has done very well. Then in 2013, we rolled out a Budweiser Black Crown and then a line extension off
Kevin Fahrenkrog, the general manager at Anheuser-Busch Fort Collins, stands in the site’s warehouse on Friday, January 10, 2014. Anheuser-Busch is celebrating its 25th year in Fort Collins and Fahrenkrog is celebrating 25 years with the company. Erin Hull/The Coloradoan
ger reflects on 25 years of the Budlight Lime-A-Rita, with StrawBer-Rita and Cran-Ber-Rita. ... And on the craft beer side, specifically, we make Goose Island. And we make several of the Goose Island beers in our Fort Collins facility — the 312, the IPA and the Honker’s. Q: Can you compare Fort Collins’ brewery to the others where you have worked? A: I would say the one thing that is unique about our facility here in Fort Collins is that our focus as a brewery is more on that craft-centric, and we’re kind of a craft-beer innovation center for our company. Q: What about employment at the brewery? How has that changed over the years? Has there been growth? A: The brewery has gone through three expansions since it started up 25 years ago — the original capacity being around 6 million barrels and then today the capacity being approximately 10 million barrels. Regarding specifics on employment and numbers, we normally don’t give that out because it varies from season to season. I can tell you that we have approximately 500 full-time employees here. Q: Has that number grown? A: From the end of 2008 until now, that
number is pretty flat. When we have somebody retire, we’re replacing them. Q: Can you talk more specifically about the merger with InBev, and what changes have come out of that? A: As a company, we used to have an innovations team, and now there are departments and groups focused on innovations pipelines and bringing new beers, new profiles that are meeting the consumers’ demands. Q: How does the company continue to compete moving forward? A: I believe the industry is going to continue to be driven by the consumer, who is going to continue to have preferences. ... We currently have two of the best-selling beers in the world in Budweiser and Bud Light, but we also have brands that are very successful in the craft segment, such as Shock Top. I think it’s going to continue to grow, and I think that’s why you’ve seen the evolution of innovations becoming a big part of our industry. ... You’ll see line extensions, brand extensions. ... I think next year you’re going to see the rollout of a mango flavor, MangO-Rita.
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Scott Smith, center, founder of CooperSmith’s Pub and Brewing in Old Town, poses with Sandra Longton, general manager, left, and Chris O’Mara, operations manager, Feb. 10, 2014. V. Richard Haro/The Coloradoan
CooperSmith’s: The hub of brewpubs in Fort Collins Before Charmaine Stavedahl and Bruce Jancin moved their young family from Northern California to Northern Colorado, they came scouting. It was almost winter, 1994, and Stavedahl had been out to visit a few months earlier, reporting back to Jancin with two cities for his follow-up trip. She knew she had a clear favorite and had noticed two “very different vibes,” but she wanted her husband’s unbiased opinion of their future hometown. That cold November, Stavedahl sent Jancin first to Boulder, where he remembers a real estate agent driving him from house to house in a sports car, the kind with heated leather seats. It was, he said, the first time he had ever sat in them. Then she sent him to Fort Collins, with
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specific instructions to stop at CooperSmith’s Pub & Brewing. They moved with two kids to the Choice City not long after. “You wouldn’t believe how many stories I get like that,” said Scott Smith. Smith, 54, is the founder and president of CooperSmith’s, which turns 25 in November, 2014. Since its modest beginning in 1989 as Fort Collins’ first brewpub, Smith has grown his company to employ 120 workers. He’s stretched it across Old Town Square, over two outdoor patios and two separate buildings, and with the help of original brewer Brad Page and current brewer (soon to be President) Dwight Hall, he’s gone from four house beers on tap to about 20. Selling upward of 2,000 barrels of beer each year, CooperSmith’s is consistently placed among the U.S.’s top 20 beer-producing pubs, according to Smith. And throughout the years, a handful of successful spinoffs have sprung up across the country, using CooperSmith’s as their model.
Sitting in the restaurant during a steady Monday lunch hour, Smith now exudes a certain preretirement energy. In February, 2014, he is waiting on the paperwork that will effectively pass ownership of his brewpub to the three current managing partners, Dwight Hall, Sandy Longton and Chris O’Mara. The father of Fort Collins brewing, Smith feels that in handing over his business, he is keeping CooperSmith’s in the family. His three replacements have been with him practically since the beginning, when they started as a dishwasher and line cooks. Just as important to Smith, they are actively involved in their community. “You can’t be a local restaurant when your owner is fishing in Wisconsin during six of the busiest months of the year. ... You’ve got to wake up and think, ‘How do I make this better?’ Now it takes me until noon to think that.” At this point, Smith said, he doesn’t wake up “hungry” anymore in the morning. Instead, he said, “I’m fat and happy.”
Smith is stepping out of a business in its seasoned prime, in a town that he said is once again “on the cusp of greatness.” When he and his wife Jane Liska decided to get out of CooperSmith’s this year, by selling most of their shares back to the brewpub, which will in turn sell those shares to Hall, Longton and O’Mara, the couple also sent out a notice to other stockholders. “And nobody wanted out,” Smith said. “If I had done that 10 years ago, there might have been this panic, but the confidence is already there in these three people. Everybody wants to see them succeed.” Smith said he then approached First National Bank to finance the turnover, and the response was, “Absolutely.” Twenty-five years earlier, the young entrepreneur faced a much rougher landscape when he entered into Fort Collins. “Banks wouldn’t even talk to us,” he said. “First of all, it was the restaurant business, and nobody in their right mind
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“We were just instantly popular,” Smith said. Just like a proud father (CooperSmith’s was named after Smith and Liska’s only son), when he talks about Fort Collins, and specifically Old Town, Smith can’t help but divide time into two categories — before and after his brewpub. A man who is “big on symbolism,” he received in addition to guidance and financial support a very good deal on that 5 Old Town Square location. “It was about all we could afford,” Smith laughed. With Old Town Square at the time in foreclosure, Smith rented the pub’s first building from a Chicagobased insurance company, who had hired a California-based marketing company to assess the Square’s business problem. That marketing firm practically wrote Smith into its report. “ ‘You don’t have a big anchor that draws people day and night. You need a
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puts money into a restaurant. Also, nobody knew what a brewpub was.” When CooperSmith’s opened in November 1989, it was only the third brewpub in the state. Denver’s Wynkoop Brewing Company, famously started by Gov. John Hickenlooper, had opened in October a year earlier, while Durango’s Carver Brewing came quickly behind it. At that time, Smith was managing Old Chicago in Fort Collins, and he had just introduced the World Beer Tour at the restaurant. His customers seemed very thirsty for just that sort of thing. “When we put a beer list of 110 beers into Old Chicago, and the place was packed every night with people tasting and making notes, I thought, ‘Yeah, we’re onto something here.’ ” Before 1988, Colorado law prohibited the on-premise production and retail sale of beer in the same establishment. That year, just off his Beer Tour success and attending a restaurant auction, Smith met a chef who introduced his Denver business as a new brewpub. To a very baffled Smith, the chef explained, “Well, now the law is changing.” After that initial meeting, Wynkoop’s founders were crucial to the start of CooperSmith’s. “I knew the restaurant business probably better than they did. But I had no brewing experience, no experience owning a business and no access to capital, and they helped me with that. They took a small piece of the pie up here, and I took a piece of the pie and then we sold to about 30 separate individual investors who all bought one percent.” As soon as CooperSmith’s opened, the response from the public was “huge.”
big restaurant or possibly even a brewpub.’ ” But Smith said there were other problems plaguing downtown in the late 1980s. “We still have our very first menu; the whole back page was teaching people how to use the parking garage and where to park ... . The image was that you couldn’t park downtown. That was one of the problems. But there really wasn’t any synergy going on down here either.” As Smith tells it, the synergy started immediately after CooperSmith’s opened, “like two days after,” when a second brewery came to Fort Collins. “I’d wander downstairs, and there would be Doug Odell in the brewer’s office, rummaging through our tools, looking for something. ... We both really helped each other, I think, initially.” Since their rummaging start, Smith has seen the town of Fort Collins build around him, from micro and nano-breweries to, most recently, downtown housing and “really sophisticated restaurants.” He admitted that when he and Liska moved to Fort Collins, to help his parents run a baked potato restaurant, they thought they might stay for a couple of months, then move on to Boulder. They never ended up making that move, instead bringing up a family and a brewpub in Fort Collins while spending summers and now retirement at their lake house in Wisconsin. Fort Collins, though, may be moving closer and closer. “Yes, we are going to get a little more gentrified, whether we like it or not,” Smith said. “But I see great things for the future of Fort Collins. I’ll just sit back and watch it happen.”
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Jeff Callaway, a PhD student at CSU sits in the room where the new CSU fermentation sciences program will be housed Dec. 4, 2013. V. Richard Haro/ The Coloradoan
New fermentation science major looks to future at CSU In late Nov. 2013, the CSU brewing science and technology class held a party at Odell Brewing. At the event, the class’s capstone project was released to the public, by the glass, in the form of a malty seasonal beer called Stache-On Strong Ale. As a student in the class, doctoral candidate Sarah Hibbs-Shipp, put it, “The snow had started to really come down that night, and the roads were just terrible, but it was amazing to me how many people showed up to support this.” On that snowy night, Odell’s taproom was packed with supporters of the students and their beer. In the eight years that brewing science and technology has been offered as an upper-level course at CSU, it has made quite a name for itself within the community. Every semester,
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a tapping party is held to release the student-made beer, and every year, a few of those students go on to work at local and national breweries. But the celebration wasn’t just about beer and a brewing class. Toward the end, and behind closed doors, a group of university officials and local brewers gathered to talk seriously, and excitedly, about the next step. “This brewing science and technology course has somewhat been a model,” doctoral student Jeff Callaway said to the crowd. “We see the fermentation science and technology program just expanding on that.” Callaway and his colleagues at CSU were asking brewers for their continued support of a new undergraduate major introduced this semester in the College of Health and Human Sciences. The fermentation science and technology major at CSU is one of the first of its kind in the country, adding to a small list of similar programs already offered at schools such as Oregon State University and Appalachian State University. CSU’s program, which Callaway and department head Michael Pagliassotti
already consider to be the most comprehensive out there, was approved in January 2013. A year later, at the end of its first semester, 17 students enrolled in the first graduating class, and the fermentation major reached a crucial point for its creators. In the next weeks, months and years, the program would be growing — in the number of students, in professorship, in scope, in space, and, CSU officials hoped, in funding. While fermentation has been around for centuries, Callaway remembers the idea of a college major coming up in 2007. At that time, there was one other fermentation science major offered in the country, at Oregon State University. At CSU, professor Jack Avens had been teaching his brewing course for two years already. Callaway, who was then working on his master’s in animal science, enrolled in the class as Avens’ graduate teaching assistant. “Even back then, we talked about how awesome it would be to have a larger program available, and in Fort Collins, it made sense,” Callaway said. “I moved back here two years ago, and I bumped
ing when they see the program, ‘Oh, this is into Jack and found out this program was fermentation science,’ ” Weir said. “We’re finally coming online.” taking it a step beyond production to look As Pagliassotti puts it, a combination at how this affects the human body.” of factors — including the success of the For now, required classes for the ferbrewing class, the “explosion of the entire mentation major focus less on internal fermentation area,” including fermented fermentation. Students begin with animal foods, and the potential for fermentabiology and general chemistry and tion’s broader implications in health — work their way up to organic chemistry, led the faculty to develop a fermentation fermentation microbiology, microbial science and technology major. biology, food chemistry and, of course, “We’re trying to look forward to what are the places where we think we can have an impact, and, quite frankly, how can we serve the community better,” Pagliassotti said. In August 2013, a third major was added to the Department of Food Science and Human nutrition, and according to Hibbs-Shipp, the feat was nothing short of amazing. “When I was an undergrad, I would have never thought this was even possible,” she said. “Fermentation science ties into a section of food science that has been historically missing from the field. It takes us back to the roots of food preservation. It’s an interesting marriage of science and food that people don’t normally think about. It’s also a booming industry right now. Just look at all the flavors of Yoplait on the shelves, and The present fermentation that’s just the tip of the icelab for the fermentation berg.” science program at CSU
A 21st century program
Dec. 4, 2013. V. Richard Haro/ The Coloradoan
If beer and Yoplait are at the tip, then the human gut would be somewhere closer to the bottom. As it stands, the new major is three-pronged, with courses that focus on external fermentation of beverages (beer, wine, kombucha, etc.) and food (yogurt, bread, cheese), and research options that reach internally to the body’s own fermentation during digestion. Tiffany Weir, assistant professor in the department, is particularly interested in intestinal health as it relates to fermentation. “Traditionally, when you think of probiotic organisms, you think of things in yogurt, but we’re finding that there are a lot of these different microbes that are native to our intestines,” Weir said. She is working with various graduate and undergraduate students to study the connections between things such as artificial sweeteners and gut microflora or probiotics and post-traumatic stress disorder. “These are aspects that people are interested in, but they aren’t necessarily think-
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tation science, which is coursework and laboratory experience here, and then having students go to this microbrewery where they can do practicum and activities.” Callaway added, “Students can have their internships there and then go out into the industry for externships and work.” He emphasized the flexibility of the program as they move forward with its development. “This is a 21st century program, so being adaptable and dynamic are the key parts. I think gone are the days of the static program, of ‘This is it, like it or not.’ ”
The days ahead Callaway and Pagliassotti were both excited and nervous as they ended the first semester and looked toward the second, and beyond. They foresaw creating sub-specializations (such as food fermentation or Weir’s internal fermentation) and more experiential internships in those areas. By spring 2014, Pagliassotti hoped to hire a new faculty member. He had already talked with 35 to 40 new students interested in starting the program’s spring semester. The department’s target was to add 25 students with each annual class and to have 100 students overall. “We’re probably going to be more than that, maybe 100 to 200, when it’s in full bloom,” he said. Callaway, who was taking a break from his Ph.D. to focus solely on developing the fermentation program, spent his days in meetings with industry professionals and architects, and also doing quite a bit of fundraising. On the first floor of CSU’s Gifford Building, construction is underway on a new 2,000-square foot classroom, laboratory and brewing area, dedicated to the major. In Dec., 2013, Callaway hoped that with the proper funding it would be finished by fall 2014. With or without that new space, Pagliassotti said the program is moving forward and is already receiving attention. Other universities, interested in starting similar degrees, have begun to contact him. “I think there’s no doubt that this is going to grow,” he said. “Other universities are going to start developing these programs, and it’s going to become very competitive. We’re going to hope to stay out in front, though. Our goal is to be nationally and internationally recognized.”
Even back then, we talked about how awesome it would be to have a larger program available, and in Fort Collins, it made sense.
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brewing science and technology. “First and foremost, we wanted it to be a science-based major,” Pagliassotti said. “It’s very science-heavy; it’s also very practical. The last stage will be experiential learning opportunities that we’ll create with the Lory Student Center and the microbrewery that will be developed there.” He said the hospitality management program’s student-run Aspen Grille will provide the model for students in fermentation science, who will utilize the microbrewery currently under construction at the Ramskeller pub. “We have a similar concept for fermen-
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HIGH HOPS BREWERY: EXCEPTIONALLY LOCAL
SPECIAL PROMOTION
Northern Colorado is a pretty special place to call home. Spectacular views, blue skies, and sunshine. Great food, locally grown, and the most delicious brews in the nation. Friendly people, world class talent, and a passion for keeping things right in our own backyard. These are some of the shared values in our Colorado community, and they are exemplified by High Hops Brewery in Windsor. While you may have heard some
hobby shared between a father
there, please ask them to carry
in how exceptionally local this
buzz about awards and tasty
and son, grew to include a hops
High Hops beer!
place is: growing the ingredients
beers thrown around with their
farm and brewery on the same
While we have many “home-
to brew its own beer, displaying
name, before visiting the brew-
grounds as the family business,
grown” Colorado beers (lucky
local art both in its taproom
ery you can’t appreciate exactly
the Windsor Gardner, and is
us!), none are quite as literal as
and on all its labeling, provid-
how “Colorado” High Hops is.
now an exploding taphouse run
High Hops. Not only do they
ing a venue for local musicians,
From the hops in the ground to
by the whole family and their
source as many of their ingre-
serving food from local vendors,
the beer touching your lips, this
close friends. And, with the help
dients locally as they can, they
creating another way for Colora-
brewery exemplifies the idea of
of another local business, Amer-
grow a large percentage right
dans to enjoy the beauty of our
Colorado home-grown. The en-
ican Eagle Distributing, High
on the premises. Sitting in the
home, and maintaining itself as
terprise started as a backyard
Hops can be found in your local
taproom or out on the covered
family owned and operated.
liquor store wherever you call
porch or open deck, you are
The atmosphere here is unique,
home in northern Col-
definitely right in the thick of
even amongst the incredible
orado. If it’s not
things. Looking out at the fab-
cohort of breweries that call
ulous mountain views, you can’t
northern Colorado home. While
help but notice you are right next
there, you may get the chance to
to the hops field. In fact, de-
meet the family behind the scene
pending on when you happen to
(be sure to say hello), while en-
be enjoying your beer, you might
joying the sun, local music, and
get to watch the hops being
a fantastic beverage. The family
tended by one of the dedicated
feeling, from pride in their prod-
High Hops crew. Just behind the
uct to their genuine enjoyment
stage is the brewery itself, where
in the fruits of their labor, comes
the magic, from ingredient prep
through
to brewing to bottling and label-
warmth from the moment you
ing, all happens in house. It is
walk in the door until the last
hard to overlook how remarkable
drop of your beer hits your lips.
our community is when you take 18 Northern Colorado Brewery Guide
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welcoming
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1. Odell Brewing Company 800 E Lincoln Ave, Fort Collins (970) 498-9070
2. New Belgium Brewery 500 Linden St, Fort Collins (970) 221-0524
3. CooperSmiths Pub & Brewing 5 Old Town Square, Fort Collins (970) 498-0483 20 Northern Colorado Brewery Guide
4. Equinox Brewing Company 133 Remington St, Fort Collins (970) 484-1368
5. Hops and Berries 125 Remington St, Fort Collins (970) 493-2484
6. C.B. & Potts 1415 W. Elizabeth St, Fort Collins (970) 221-1139
7. Funkwerks 1900 E Lincoln Ave, Unit B, Fort Collins (970) 482-FUNK
8. Fort Collins Brewery 1020 E Lincoln Ave, Fort Collins (970) 472-1499
9. Anheuser Busch 2351 Busch Drive, Fort Collins (970) 221-0922
13. Estes Park Brewery 470 Prospect Village Drive, Estes Park (970) 586-5421
14. Grand Lake Brewing 9921 U.S. 34, Grand Lake (970) 627-9404
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15. Crabtree Brewing 2961 29th St , Greeley (970) 356-0516
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1800 Pike Road #B, Longmont (303) 776-1914
17. Left Hand Brewing 1265 Boston Ave, Longmont (303) 772-0258
18. Pumphouse Brewery 540 Main St, Longmont (303) 702-0881
242 N. College Ave, Fort Collins (970) 484-7222
30. Loveland Ale Works 118 West 4th St, Loveland (970) 619-8726
31. Pitcher’s Brewery & Sports Shack 2501 11th Ave, Greeley (970) 353-3393
32. C.B. & Potts Collindale 1441 E. Horsetooth Road, Fort Collins (970) 226-0148
33. Black Bottle Brewery 1605 South College Ave, Fort Collins (970) 493-BEER
19. Avery Brewing 5763 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder (303) 440-4324
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20. New Planet Beer 3980 Broadway, Ste. 103, Boulder (303) 842-5656 76
21. Twisted Pine 3201 Walnut St, Boulder (303) 786-9270
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29. Pateros Creek Brewing Company
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22. Coors 13th and Ford St, Golden (303) 277-2337
23. Golden City Brewery
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920 12th St, Golden (303) 279-8092
34. Verboten Brewing 1550 Taurus Ct, Loveland (970) 988-6333
35. Fiesty Spirits 1708 E Lincoln Ave #1, Fort Collins (970) 444-2386
36. CopperMuse Distillery 244 N College Ave, Fort Collins (970) 999-6016
37. Scrumpy’s 215 North College Ave., Fort Collins (970) 682-1944
24. Del Norte
Denver
1390 W. Evans Ave, Unit 2-0, Denver (303) 935-3223
25. Wynkoop Brewery 1634 18th St, Denver (303) 297-2700
10. High Hops at The Windsor Gardener 6461 State Highway 392, Windsor (970) 674-2841
11. Grimm Brothers Brewhouse 547 N. Denver Ave, Loveland (970) 624-6045
12. Rock Bottom Brewery 6025 Sky Pond Drive, Loveland (970) 622-2077
26. TommyKnocker Brewery 1401 Miner St, Idaho Springs (303) 567-2688
27. Dancing Pines Distillery 1527 Taurus Court, Loveland (970) 635-3426
28. Big Beaver Brewing 2707 Eisenhower Blvd, Unit 9, Loveland bigbeaverbrew.com
38. Compass Cider 216 N College Ave., Fort Collins (970) 372-1350
39. Freedoms Edge Brewing Company 224 Linden St., Fort Collins (970) 493-1494
40. Horse and Dragon Brewing 124 Racquette Dr, Fort Collins (970) 631-8038
41. 1933 Brewing Company 4025 S Mason St, Fort Collins (970) 377-4107
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Mayor of Old Town bar manager Michelle Peth fill glasses with Firestone Waker’s 15th Anniversary July 24, 2012 at the Mayor of Old Town. Coloradoan Library
Two Fort Collins beer bars make America’s Best In 2014, Fort Collins pubs The Mayor of Old Town and Tap and Handle made Draft Magazine’s annual list — America’s 100 Best Beer Bars. “This is the second time in three years for us, and we are really proud,” Kevin Bolin, owner of The Mayor, said. Tap and Handle made it onto the list for the first time, which is OK by owner Jeff Willis. The bar celebrated its two-year anniversary in April, 2014. “They don’t normally put you on (the list) in your first year,” Willis said. The list, divided by U.S. geographical region (Northeast, South, Midwest and West), included just three bars in the state of Colorado. The third was Falling Rock of Denver. Draft Magazine has published its Top 100 for the past seven years. For 2014, the magazine tried to hone its selection criteria.
What does it take to get a mention? “Having well-cared for, thoughtfully selected beer with an eye toward variety, trends and tradition, in the kind of place you’d want to stay awhile, delivered by someone who knows their stuff,” according to the article.
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Bartender, Ali Miller, gets ready to serve a beer at the Tap & Handle Jan. 31, 2012. V. Richard Haro/ The Coloradoan
NORTHERN COLORADO ON TAP Big Beaver Brewing Company
Grimm Brothers
The tap room at Big Beaver Brewing Company, 2707 W. Eisenhower Blvd., Loveland, is open 2 p.m to 9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 2 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
The tap room at Grimm Brothers, 623 Denver Ave. Loveland, is open 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday – Thursday, noon p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.
Equinox Brewing Company
The tap room at High Hops Brewing, 6461 Highway 392, Windsor, is open noon to 6 p.m. Monday, noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, noon to 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday., noon to 7 p.m. Sunday. highhopsbrewery.com
The tap house at Equinox Brewing Company, 133 Remington St., Fort Collins, is open noon to 8 p.m. Monday -Wednesday, noon to 9 p..m. ThursdayFriday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday.
Crabtree Brewing
The tap room at Crabtree Brewing, 2961 29th St, Greeley, is open 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, noon to midnight Friday-Saturday and 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday.
Funkwerks
The tap room at Funkwerks, 1900 E. Lincoln Ave., Unit B, Fort Collins is open from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; noon to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Fort Collins Brewery
The tap room at Fort Collins Brewery, 1020 E. Lincoln Ave., Fort Collins, is open from 12 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday–Wednesday and 12 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday–Saturday. Tasters are available until 30 minutes before closing; pints are available until 15 minutes before closing; and, beer to go is available until closing.
Black Bottle Brewery
The tap room at Black Bottle Brewery, 1605 South College Ave., Fort Collins, is open 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday-Sunday.
High Hops Brewing
Loveland Aleworks
The tap room at Loveland Aleworks, 118 W. Fourth Street, Loveland, is open 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, Noon-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday:
New Belgium Brewing
The Liquid Center at New Belgium Brewing, 500 Linden St., is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
Odell Brewing Company
The tap room at Odell Brewing Company, 800 E. Lincoln Ave., is open from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 11 a.m.-7 Friday and Saturday.
Pateros Creek Brewing Company
The tap room at Pateros Creek Brewing Company, 242 N. College Ave., is open from 3 p.m.-9.m. Monday, noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; noon to 10 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday; noon to 7 p.m. Sunday.
Verboten Brewing
The tap room at Verboten Brewing, 1550 Taurus Ct, Loveland, is open 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 1 p.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m.-7p.m. Sunday.
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BREWERY TOURS IN FORT COLLINS
Anheuser-Busch Inc.
2351 Busch Drive The Anheuser-Busch Brewery offers complimentary tours where guests discover how beers are crafted and packaged. Tours are offered 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday to Monday Oct. 1-May 31. For more information, visit budweisertours.com or call (970) 490-4691.
Equinox Brewing
133 Remington St., Fort Collins The brewery staff offers casual tours as people visit the facility. For more information, visit equinoxbrewing.com
Fort Collins Brewery
1020 E. Lincoln Ave., Fort Collins Want to see where the brewers at Fort Collins Brewery spend their days? Visit the facility for tours conducted on the hour from 1–7 p.m. every Saturday. No reservations are necessary. Tours are free of charge and last about 20 minutes. For more information, visit fortcollinsbrewery.com.
Funkwerks
1900 E. Lincoln Ave., Unit B, Fort Collins The brewery staff offers tours at 2 p.m. each Saturday. For more information, visit funkwerks.com. 24 Northern Colorado Brewery Guide
New Belgium Brewing
500 Linden St., Fort Collins To tour New Belgium Brewing reserve tour tickets online at newbelgium.com. Beer sampling occurs throughout the tour. Guided tours run every half hour from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Reservations are required and can be made online up to two months in advance. For more information, visit newbelgium.com.
Odell Brewing Company
800 E. Lincoln Ave., Fort Collins Tours are conducted on first-come, first-served basis at 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Tour guides walk participants through the brew house and offer an up-closeand-personal view into the craft brew culture and brewing methods. Tours last about 25 minutes. Registration begins 30 minutes before tours start. For more information, visit odellbrewing.com.
Pateros Creek Brewing Company
242 N. College Ave., Fort Collins The brewery staff offers casual tours as people visit the facility. For more information, visit pateroscreekbrewing.com.
Caption: Owner Jason Havelone poses for a portrait Friday with his distiller at Coppermuse Distillery on North College Avenue in Fort Collins. Havelone is waiting for his federal distilling permit to open the distillery and bar. Erin Hooley/The Coloradoan
New breweries tap ‘Flavor revolution’ In 2014, the year of the beverage, a cidery, four distilleries and at least five new breweries are set to open in Fort Collins. In the state that ranks second for breweries per capita, tracking new ones can be a tricky thing. “We’ve taken a shift from monitoring it, just because it’s so crazy. It’s so big.” Steve Kurowski is the head of marketing and communications for the Colorado Brewers Guild. When he needs to track brewery openings in Colorado, he uses the Brewers Association website, where there are 346 breweries listed across the state and, of those, just 200 already open and operating. “If you look at that list, there’s 146 people thinking the same thing, and it’s pretty amazing,” Kurowski said. What they’re thinking is they want to open a brewery. More than a dozen breweries are already open in Fort Collins; and
according to the Brewers Association, more are “in planning.” Added to that mix are four more distilleries (up from one in 2013) and one cidery (Scrumpy’s and Branch Out both
What you’re “seeing is a flavor revolution going on in a lot of what we consume.
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started in 2013). Potentially, the city could more-than double its alcoholic beverage options in 2014. Julia Herz of the Brewers Association
says the trend is understandable. “What you’re seeing is a flavor revolution going on in a lot of what we consume,” Herz said. “You’re also seeing a localization movement going on. Where that happens, you’re seeing different types of beverage producers thrive. Now, we’ve got different beverages for different occasions coming of age.” From beer to spirits and cider, the Front Range is booming. Already home to the largest craft brewing market in the United States, the Front Range also has the highest concentration of cideries in the region. According to Dick Dunn, president of the Rocky Mountain Cider Association, Denver and Fort Collins are leading the way. “Fort Collins has a disproportionate number of breweries, and correspondingly, they’re going to have a disproportionate number of cideries,” Dunn said. As far as breweries are concerned, Herz said there is no sign of slowing. “The future looks very bright for decades. Decades,” Herz said.
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