Loveland & South, CO May 2024

Celebrating Women of Strong Character & Tenacious Spirit

When I think about the number of women who have inspired, encouraged, and elevated me throughout my life both personally and professionally from a very young age, I find myself overwhelmingly grateful and honored that I know so many incredible women with such a strong sense of self. Being surrounded with amazingly strong, smart, powerhouse women who write their own stories, make their own way, and run so that others behind them can walk, is something that I pray everyone finds in their lives. They elevate and challenge those around them and they make people better just by being who they are and changing the atmosphere in the spaces surrounding them.

Women like this have taught me how to find compassion, to own my actions, to love others without judgment, and how to be kind but implement my backbone when needed. To keep a thick skin when It comes to what others think but to always follow my heart. To carry a warrior's spirit but continually display kindness and grace towards others.

As you read about some of the local women who are creating their own stories, (make sure to check City Scene and Business Monthly too) I encourage you to find inspiration and motivation to author some main character plot twists into your story and choose to surround yourself with women you want to be like.

Find your peace and speak unapologetically from your truth.

Always strive to elevate those around you, and to leave people better than you found them, be the shift in the room that you want to see, because everything you want is on the other side of fear.

DESIREE GUSTAFSON, PUBLISHER @LOVELANDANDSOUTHLIFESTYLE

CITYLIFESTYLE.COM/LOVELANDANDSOUTH

May 2024

PUBLISHER

Desiree Gustafson | desiree.gustafson@citylifestyle.com

EDITORIAL COORDINATOR

Sarah Erickson | sarah.erickson@citylifestyle.com

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Desiree Gustafson, Sarah Erickson

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Dana Martin Creative, Fort Collins City Lifestyle for The Skin Lounge

Corporate Team

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CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Matthew Perry

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HR Janeane Thompson

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Josh Klein

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WHERE NEIGHBORS

1: Desiree Gustafson, Brook Hupp, Katie Johnson, & Rylee Hupp at Scheels Ladies' Night! 2: A cool shot of Miriam Veigel of Wally's Speed Shop, the women behind the camera in the custom car world! 3: Men's Networking Group "The Hustle Hour" at Sky Bear Brewery. Be on the lookout for their events! 4: Sonny Miles, Katy Luna, Christina Walston, & Susan Smedley at Grimm Brothers Brewery for our cover shoot.

5: Bumble Bee Blinds' Ribbon Cutting for the Loveland Chamber of Commerce! 6: Lucas Gillis, Desiree Gustafson, Katie Johnson, & Ty Montgomery at the Realties for Children Pinwheel Gala. 7: Tessa Weishaupl at Thunder Mountain's Pooch Party to help Big Bones Canine Rescue dogs find their FURever homes!

Taylor Groves Owner of Rosie's Barbershop & Bar

Taylor opened the doors to her business in 2019. The sole proprietress of Rosie's Barbershop & Bar, Taylor single-handedly created a true labor of love at Rosie's. In 2022, she spent close to two years cutting hair during the day and renovating the cocktail bar at night. Whether she's manning the lead barber chair 5 days a week or bar backing on the weekends, Taylor Groves continues to be an inspiration to young business-minded females everywhere.

Solana Studios Now Open!

Solana Studios, a permanent jewelry, ear piercing + curation, and single needle tattoo studio in the heart of downtown Loveland is now open! Owners Monique & Bella have created a space that specializes in producing an experience that embraces and celebrates each person's individuality. Picosa Ink is offering fine line, single needle tattoo art while Solana Studios offers ethically sourced metals and carefully curated 14k gold, rose gold and sterling silver chains and findings. Learn more at www.solanastateofmind.com.

Fly Fitness is Now Open!

A brand new high-powered, community-based fitness studio and gym is now open in downtown Loveland. Fly Fitness offers members a one-of-a-kind experience with classes focused on cycle, strength, barre, yoga & pilates. Owner, Stacy Lawson is dedicated to providing high-quality workouts that create community and offer members a home away from home. With a variety of classes to choose from and an energetic tribe of teachers, Fly Fitness is creating positive change. Learn more at wwww.feelsfly.com/studio/loveland/

Photography by Troy Sinatra

Photography by Dana Martin Creative

Photography by Dana Martin Creative

WOMEN MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY

UPSTANDING

Women of Merit

ARTICLE BY SARAH ERICKSON AND DESIREE GUSTAFSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANA MARTIN CREATIVE

For our annual ladies' issue, we're highlighting the women in our community who are spearheading positive change. Whether through business savvy, creative inspiration or community influence, here are a few upstanding women who are making a positive impact.

Dixie Daly

Living your purpose with passion. For Loveland’s Dixie Daly, this is a daily focus and something she works to instill within everyone she encounters. Fueled with love for the Sweetheart City and passion for connecting and elevating those around her, she inspires, mentors, and encourages entrepreneurs and business owners to reach their goals and pursue their dreams. Calling Loveland home for over 40 years, she invests in local community and is known for being the woman in pink. This has become her calling card and she has built several very successful businesses that incorporate her love for pink, family, self-growth, and community. She is currently Loveland’s Business/Membership Director for the Chamber of Commerce and has over 35 years of networking experience and business education for entrepreneurs. Aside from her role as a pillar within the local community, some of her other businesses include Tickled Pink products, three greeting card lines that share her love and talent for poetry, and four books launched on Amazon. Her latest is a journal titled “A Conversation with My Soul” that can also be found at Loveland’s Barnes & Noble.

Whether she’s sharing her wisdom, creating products to help others grow, or supporting her local community, it's clear she lives her purpose with passion, a flair all her own, and a touch of pink!

She lives her purpose with passion and a touch a pink!

Dixie Daly

For Loveland artist and owner of Big Picture Creative Co., Alisha Lee Jeffers, the process of making art is life-giving. And engaging her unique perspectives in the business world has taken her life to a whole new level.

Described as life coaching for rebel minds and unconventional thinkers, Big Picture Creative Co. empowers creatives at any level to unlock their full potential. Alisha became a Certified Professional Life Coach because she wanted to help others connect with their “why” in life. Her methods include illustrated vision maps, coaching conversations, and workshops that put clients in contact with arts & crafts in a therapeutic way.

An unconventional thinker herself, she’s developed a framework to visually navigate life’s challenges. She uses this creative tool along with artful play to help unlock personal wisdom, insight, and confidence in a visual and non-intimidating way. She finds that it’s empowering for people to know that everyone has their own process, particularly creatives, and that they’re all valid. It’s through these processes that she connects people back to their inner playfulness and creativity.

“My favorite part of what I do is the authentic connections I make. When I can inspire someone, show them that they are seen and valued, I feel their energy lift. They see that another way to succeed is possible. That gives me the biggest heart-smile.”

Alisha Lee Jeffers at Big Picture Creative Co.

“When I can inspire someone, show them that they are seen and valued, I feel their energy lift.”

Alisha Lee Jeffers From Big Picture Creative Co.

Katie Johnson

As the Development and Events Director at Be The Gift, a nonprofit that serves Northern Colorado single moms and their children through home repair assistance, Katie Johnson has seen transformations that are truly making a difference. Since 2008, their team of project managers and volunteers have worked together to provide safer, healthier, and more functioning homes so that single moms can focus on the task at hand—raising their children.

With the organization since its onset, Katie explains, “My favorite part is getting to know the women that we help, hear their stories, and then getting to see their home transformation. It’s like a weight has been lifted off their shoulders. You get to see the security that comes from that and it's life-changing."

She goes on to explain, "These ladies are such heroes and being able to help these moms and their kids is so rewarding."

“These ladies are such heroes and being able to help these moms and their kids is so rewarding.”

Katie Johnson From Be The Gift

“My goal is to provide a healing experience that connects you to your own wisdom and guides and supports.”

Healing is deep yet intensely rewarding work and nobody knows this better than Dr. Sonny Miles, Loveland integrative medicine physician and founder of Healing with Intention Integrative Medicine. Always fascinated by health, the body, and healing, Dr. Miles’ work has run the gamut. With training in conventional medicine as well as experience with reiki, acupuncture, shamanic practice, and other healing modalities, meeting her patients with expertise and empathy and transforming their healthbody, mind, and spirit - has become her life’s work.

Dr. Sonny Miles at

with Intention Integrative Medicine

Dr. Miles has traveled a winding path of healing modalities from conventional to alternative and has learned that everybody’s path to healing is unique. It was through her internal medicine residency that she quickly realized that patching people up in a revolving door environment wasn’t her calling and was where her interest in holistic medicine began. She was especially impacted by her time in palliative care. It’s from this experience that she began to recognize that going through the medical system frequently isn’t a healing experience, rather a triggering one.  Through these experiences, she created a practice that recognizes everyone’s unique perspectives, traumas, and bodies, and by exploring each of these, she is able to offer a unique path to healing. She explains, “I believe that the journey to health is personal, transformative, and often internal and I feel honored to accompany patients on their own unique journey to wholeness and healing.”

Healing

Dr. Sonny Miles of Healing With Intention Integrative Medicine

“There are so many benefits of being outside, particularly when you’re fly fishing. It forces you to be exactly where your feet are.”

Dylan Demery and Emily Anderson

at She's Fly®

Created out of the pronounced gap in offerings for women in the fly fishing industry, Dylan Demery and Emily Anderson, co-founders of She's Fly® in Northern Colorado , knew that they could do better for women. And they have. In an industry dominated by men, they strive to provide ergonomically correct fishing gear that suits women’s bodies as well as create safe, fun, and non-intimidating environments to teach women how to fly fish.

“We want to show women that you can be here too,” explains Dylan.

After using fly fishing as a way to work through grief in her own life, Dylan knows the healing capabilities of fly fishing firsthand. Emily has also experienced the cathartic nature of the sport and explains, “There are so many benefits of being outside, particularly when you’re fly fishing. It forces you to be exactly where your feet are.”

Emily and Dylan believe that everyone deserves to feel comfortable in the outdoors and through She's Fly® they’re here to help you get there.

Dylan Demery and Emily Anderson at She's Fly®

Wild Mushroom Soup

FEATURED RECIPE FROM LOCAL LOVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD EATERY, TASTE LOCAL

ARTICLE BY TASTE LOCAL OWNER VICTORIA BITTNER

Taste Local Owner Victoria Bittner

Wild Mushroom Soup

INGREDIENTS

• 1 tbsp olive oil

• 1 tbsp garlic

• 4 cups roasted wild mushrooms

• 1/2 cup sweet onion

• 4 tsp thyme

• 2 cups white wine

• 3 cups veggie broth

• 3 cups cream

• 4 tsp gluten free thickener with enough water to make a slurry

• salt and pepper

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat olive oil in stock pot. Add garlic, wild mushroom and onion, salt and pepper. Sauté until onion and garlic are fragrant.

2. Add thyme and wine and degla ze.

3. Add stock and cream and bring to a boil.

4. Reduce heat to medium and add thickener slowly u ntil incorporated and simmer until thick.

5. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.

Wild Mushroom Soup

REDEFINING BEAUTY AND WELL-BEING WITH AMNA RAFIQ

The Skin Lounge

ARTICLE

BY SARAH ERICKSON | PHOTOGRAPHY BY FORT COLLINS CITY LIFESTYLE

Skin Lounge Owner, Amna Rafiq

““We are empowering our clients through beauty and selflove. We look at our clients as a whole.”

What was once a childhood dream is now a reality in the form of The Skin Lounge, a boutique skincare studio in Northern Colorado founded by licensed aesthetician and skincare transformation coach, Amna Rafiq. Not just any skincare studio, The Skin Lounge strives to transform the way guests perceive beauty and overall wellness by going beyond superficial societal standards. They do this by equipping their guests with knowledge, tools, and ongoing support to empower them to prioritize not only their skin, but their well-being in all aspects of their lives.  Their commitment to their clientele goes far beyond superficial beauty standards. At The Skin Lounge they believe that true beauty is a holistic concept that encompasses physical, mental, and emotional well-being. They aim to inspire confidence, nurture self-love, and help customers embrace their

unique and authentic beauty. From education to providing the best, custom curated treatments the industry has to offer, they’re redefining beauty from the inside out. Amna explains, “We are passionate about what we do and ultimately we are trying to improve people’s lives—empowering our clients through beauty and self-love. We look at our clients as a whole.”

Amna was born and raised in Pakistan and moved to Colorado in 2001. She’s loved skin care and makeup for as long as she can remember and many of her techniques are inspired by Asian skin care standards. She started The Skin Lounge in 2019 with the intention of providing skin care services that are not only relaxing and enjoyable but also deliver lasting results. She is particularly passionate about helping women over 35 transform their skin through non-invasive treatments and expert guidance.

We firmly believe that self-care is not a luxury but an essential part of a fulfilling life.

”

“I want everyone to feel included and heard,” Amna explains. “I want my clients to feel at ease that not only is their skin being taken care of but we also want to make a positive difference in each and every one of their lives. It’s far more than beauty.”

As soon as you walk through the door of the Skin Lounge you are immediately enveloped by the calm, nurturing, and elegant atmosphere. Rooted in kindness and attentiveness as well as cutting-edge techniques, The Skin Lounge is proud to offer an array of transformative skin care services, premium products, and unique treatments. They start with comprehensive skin consultations and custom curate all the treatments according to their clients’ needs. Their services include Advanced Bespoke Facials, Plasma Fibroblast, Jett Plasma, Oxylight® Facial, Gua Sha + Buccal Massage, facial and

head massages, and skin consultations. They also carry scientifically backed brands like Environ and Alastin skincare.

“We firmly believe that self-care is not a luxury but an essential part of a fulfilling life and we are honored to be part of our guests' personal growth and well-being,” Amna shares.

When it comes to Amna making self-care a priority in her own life she admits that self-care for her is not just an action but a philosophy. “Simply put, self-care is all about recognizing that you are ‘worth’ your time.”

Customized, transformative and imparted with love, The Skin Lounge is not simply a skin clinic. It’s a luxury mind-body experience and their greatest passion is empowering their clientele through selfcare and providing the tools to celebrate their natural beauty and ignite confidence.

Insurance Agent Cristina Walston

SPECIALIZING IN PROTECTION, SECURITY AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

ARTICLE BY SARAH ERICKSON | PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANA MARTIN CREATIVE

Cristina Walston

Jake Hastings (Personal Lines Specialist), Kaitlyn Luna (Office Manager), & Cristina Walston

Local insurance agent, Cristina Walston, is following in the entrepreneurial footsteps of a strong lineage of successful females in her family. With deep ties to the Loveland community for many years, her family has owned successful businesses in the area. Now as an agent with American Family Insurance for the past nine years, Cristina has pulled inspiration from watching the women in her life conquer the challenges of entrepreneurship and succeed. She explains, “A lot of the women in my life have been entrepreneurs or have had supportive roles in large corporations. Watching these women be successful has driven me to be successful as well.”

And successful she has been. Cristina has been an agent with American Family Insurance for nine years and has acquired a team of six that all bring their own unique background, training, and expertise to the table. Together they have amassed a number of awards and accolades in the local community including Agent of the Year in 2021 and 2022 and voted Best of NoCo in 2023.

And while she knows that selling insurance may sound dull, she finds it extremely fascinating and rewarding. She has found intense pride in providing financial protection for when the unexpected occurs. Her team provides auto, home, business, life, umbrella, and farm & ranch insurance—you name it, they’ve got it. “Whatever the need, I'm ready to provide the caring support and dependable service you deserve. Insurance does not have to be complicated, it just needs to be correct.”

She admits that working with small business owners is one of her favorite aspects of her career. She enjoys digging into what her clients do and what they want and then crafting the perfect policy to protect their

business. Hand-in-hand with her dedication is her passion for educating her clients. She believes that it’s extremely important for people to understand why they have insurance and what it does. After all, if you’re paying for something you may as well truly understand what it does and have full confidence that you’re not only getting what you pay for, but what you need.

In fact, true success to Cristina is knowing that her customers are not only educated but content and feel secure in what they’re being provided. She explains, “If my phone is ringing because my clients have no understanding of what’s going on, that means something is wrong.” She believes that it’s the combination of dedication and education that has resulted in her success as an agent, as well as her and her team’s honesty and transparency as advisors. She takes her role as an advisor very seriously and finds it extremely important to demonstrate that she’s not just here to sell a product, rather that she’s providing strategic protection.

Her decision to partner with American Family Insurance is strategic as well. She loves being a part of the family that is American Family Insurance and finds them to be incredibly supportive as well as philanthropic. In fact, they just partnered with Habitat for Humanity and will be building a home in every state that they currently are operating in, with a build planned in Northern Colorado this month. “I’m really proud of the company that I work for.”

When she’s not strategically securing the futures of her clients, she loves the outdoor activities that Northern Colorado provides including hiking and backpacking with her dogs.

“Whatever the need, I'm ready to provide the caring support and dependable service you deserve. Insurance does not have to be complicated, it just needs to be correct.”

GIRL CRUSH

ARTICLE BY ROSIE'S BARBERSHOP & BAR

PHOTOGRAPHY BY TROY SINATRA AND DANA MARTIN CREATIVE

A Distinctive Combination of Flavors

Girl Crush Recipe

A savory cocktail crafted with mouthwatering flavors that combine unexpected ingredients together to bring depth and new experiences. Featuring La Gritona Reposado Tequila, which is a subtle rested tequila distilled by Melly Barajas and her staff of women at her small distillery in Valle De Guadalupe, Jalisco.

ingredients:

• 2oz La Gritona Reposado

• .50oz lime juice

• .50oz agave hibiscus syrup

• .25 dry, red wine

• orange peel

directions:

Add all ingredients except wine to a cocktail shaker with ice, shake for fifteen seconds, dirty dump into a rocks glass, top with red wine and garnish with a dried lime slice.

(originally crafted by Rae Doyle)

Rosie's Bar

Girl Crush

IT TRULY TAKES a village

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ARTICLE BY DESIREE GUSTAFSON | PHOTOGRAPHY BY WOMENGIVE

UNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY'S WOMENGIVE

left to right: Cecilia Reynolds, WomenGive Program Manager Delilah Lopez, Hayley Hunt, Tiffany Arredondo WomenGive Recipients

WomenGive Recipient Linley Campbell and her daughter Bella Camacho looking at the MASK they created for the MASKs exhibit at the Museum of Art in Fort Collins

As our focus this month is centered around women, we have featured several powerhouse females creating change in our community throughout numerous sections of this issue.  As we sat down to learn more about so many local inspirations and their stories, we discovered a common thread and theme weaved into each of them, and those are community and support. So many success stories and achieved dreams include a tribe of people who believe in you, support you, hold you accountable and help you to advance.  Because of that, we decided that it is just as imperative to share and bring awareness to organizations and humans that are focused on the mission of supporting, encouraging, and finding ways for women to grow and chase their dreams no matter what circumstances they come from or that they are currently in.

So many women pursuing their dreams do so to create a better life and future for themselves and their families, and to provide more opportunities and security for their children. The bravery and fearlessness that is required to chase your dreams is doubled when you are a single mother. You are the caretaker, the breadwinner, and the glue that holds it all together daily. For many single mothers, the cost of the childcare needed to pursue a higher education is something that can make their goal to create a better life seem daunting. The average cost of full-time quality childcare in Larimer County is $1,277 per month, per child, which is a number outside of most single parents’ reach.

WomenGive recipient Kelli Howlett speaking at the 2024 WomenGive Luncheon

The ripple effect from these small acts of kindness by the WomenGive members and donors reaches across generations.

WomenGive, a program of the United Way of Larimer County, was created in 2006 by a group of passionate and caring women with an aim to create any opportunity for women in the Larimer County community to come together to help and uplift the women around them. Today that group of women has transformed into a dynamic network of more than 500 members who focus their financial resources to help women in Larimer County achieve economic self-sufficiency. They provide childcare scholarships and financial assistance to single mothers pursuing postsecondary education. Helping families achieve self-sufficiency allows them to focus on their studies with the peace of mind that comes from knowing that their children are receiving the best care possible in a safe environment.

To date this program has awarded 893 childcare scholarships, benefiting 429 children, and resulting in 135 recipients graduating. And all of this is done through the power of giving.  The ripple effect from these small acts

of kindness by the WomenGive members and donors reaches across generations, not only affecting that mother and child directly, but their future families and extended network as well. Those children get to watch their mothers achieve their dreams and work towards their goals all while being in environments that allow them safety and support. The generosity from the members and donors of WomenGive allow this organization to strengthen the lives of other women and their families in our communities every single day. The saying “it takes a village” seems cliché, but that is exactly what the members and community of The United Way of Larimer County’s WomenGive are; a village making sure their tribe of women can succeed and in turn, those women then invest and pour into their own families and the communities surrounding them.

To learn more about becoming a WomenGive Member or WomenGive Business Member, contact Justin at  jburry@uwaylc. org  or (970) 407-7052.

HANDMADE

BREAKING BREAD

ARTICLE BY ANGELA BROOCKERD | PHOTOGRAPHY BY JANIE JONES

Making homemade bread is coming back, and while the convenience of buying a pre-made loaf is readily available, there is nothing like the taste of a warm, homemade loaf right out of the oven. This easy-to-follow recipe is exploding with flavor and is simple to make.

FOCACCIA

This recipe is quick and easy to make with just a few simple steps. It tastes great on its own, but dipping it in olive oil infused with fresh herbs adds an extra level of flavor.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 ¾ cups warm water

• 2 ½ teaspoons sugar

• 1 package active dry yeast

• 4 cups flour

• 2 teaspoons salt

• 4 tablespoons olive oil

Optional:

• Fresh rosemary

• Coarse sea salt

• Fresh pressed garlic

INSTRUCTIONS:

Use a stand mixer with a fitted dough hook, and stir together the water and sugar. Sprinkle the yeast on top and stir again. Set mixture aside for 5 minutes. Mixture should be foamy. Next, add the flour and salt and mix on low until a shaggy dough forms. Increase speed and mix for an additional 4-5 minutes. Brush a large bowl with olive oil. Transfer the dough to the bowl and cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a damp towel. Set aside for about 1 to 1 ½ hours until the dough has doubled in size.

Brush a 9x13-inch baking dish with 2 tablespoons of oil. Uncover the dough and rub hands with olive oil. Slide your hands under the dough and fold it onto itself. Continue to work your way around the edge of the bowl, folding the dough onto itself until there is a ball that you can lift from the bowl. Place the dough in the prepared pan and press the dough to the edges. Cover the pan with plastic wrap or a damp towel and set aside to rise for about 45 minutes until the dough has doubled in size.

Preheat the oven to 425°F. Drizzle the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil over the dough. Rub your hands with olive oil and use your fingers to make indentions on the surface of the dough. Sprinkle it with salt and rosemary and any desired toppings. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown.

MAY 2ND

Brighton Trunk Show & Launch Party at The Spruced Goose

5971 Sky Pond Dr # C100, Loveland, CO 80538 | 3:00 PM

Please join us on Thursday May 2nd from 3-7 PM to meet our "Brighton Expert" Moria, and let her show you what is new for spring 2024. Featuring a trucker hat bar by Capped Up!

MAY 4TH

The 2024 Down & Derby Party

The Grainhouse at Raindance 1781-B RainDance National Dr Windsor, CO 80550 | 2:00 PM

The Down & Derby Party celebrates all the pageantry and excitement of the 150th Kentucky Derby Colorado-style. Enjoy tasty fare, beverages, games, the traditional Mint Julep as your welcome cocktail (or champagne), Run for the Roses Raffle, auction, hat contest, live music, dancing and more! All event proceeds go to benefit NOCO Unify which supports NoCo youth organizations. www.downandderbyparty.com

MAY 4TH

Cinco De Mayo Fiesta in Johnstown

Downtown Johnstown | 1:00 PM

A community event that provides fun for the whole family, the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta brings the Johnstown community together to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with food, activities and entertainment! Family activities and entertainment will include a mariachi band, heritage dancers, hourly piñata's, Mexican food trucks, downtown specials and so much more! www.visitdowntownjohnstown.com/ cincodemayojdda

MAY 5TH

Rooftop Cinco De Mayo Tequila Tasting

Desk Chair Workspace 201 East 4th Street Loveland, CO 80537 | 1:00 PM

The Loveland Chamber of Commerce is kicking off the rooftop season with a bang, bringing you an unmissable tequila-tasting event in collaboration with the fabulous folks at Wilbur's Total Beverage. Featuring Steve Denny's live flamenco and Latin music, Mechitas Food Truck, and an exclusive tequila tasting and education session led by Matt Dinsmore, owner of Wilbur's Total Beverage. www.eventbrite.com/e/rooftop-cinco-de-mayo-tequila-tasting-tickets-800280940837?aff=oddtdtcreator

MAY 8TH

Neighbor to Neighbor Morning Meet and Eat

Life Center 1511 E. 11th St., Loveland, CO | 8:00 AM

Save the date and come network with the community and learn more about Neighbor to Neighbor's role and impact on Loveland's affordable housing. Come join us and learn how you or your business can get involved in keeping Loveland's families housed. Breakfast and beverages will be provided! www.n2n.org

MAY 9TH

Mon Petit Salon et Spa Medical Open House

1480 Cascade Ave #201, Loveland, CO 80538 | 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Mon Petit Salon et Spa Medical is hosting a launch party sales event you don't want to miss! Educational presentations, food, drinks, raffles, and amazing one-day-only deals you will want to take advantage of!! Come see the best of the best to learn more!

Lemonade Day Berthoud

Throughout the town of Berthoud | 10:00 AM

Lemonade Day is a fun, experiential, community-wide educational program that provides youth with the opportunity to learn how to start, own and operate their first business - a lemonade stand.The foremost objective of Lemonade Day is to empower youth to take ownership of their lives and become productive members of society.www.lemonadeday.org/berthoud

MAY 18TH

Blues & Cruise Car Show

Downtown Loveland | 10:00 AM

Kicking off the One Sweet Summer Event Series in Downtown Loveland is the Blues & Cruise Car Show! Cars will be parked on 3rd, 4th, and 5th street and there will be food trucks and beer tents located in the Foundry Plaza. Blues music can be found in 2 locations downtown including the 5th St. Stage and The Foundry Stage.

MAY 18TH

Annual Free Garden Swap at Berthoud First Presbyterian Church

531 8th Street Berthoud CO | 9:00 AM

Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 18th and join First Presbyterian Church of Berthoud for their Annual Free Garden Swap! Bring your extra plants/seeds and take home new treasures for your garden. Diversify your garden, connect with other green thumbs, and learn about local organizations.