We've got an election coming up in Fort Collins and there are SO MANY important issues on the ballot. I've put together a quick guide on how I'll be voting below, but I also spent a ton of time with each of the candidates in the upcoming election while interviewing them for Dear Fort Collins, …
Continue reading Thoughts on the City of Fort Collins Election
After the 1997 catastrophic flooding in Fort Collins which killed 5, damaged 2,000 homes, and caused $200M in damage, the City of Fort Collins Government created a Floodplain Management Program. Ours is one of only five communities to achieve top ratings by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Beyond an incredible series of infrastructure projects to …
Continue reading Historical Perspective: the 1997 Floods in Fort Collins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc4xl3nz_Ac If you feel sad today, rather than joyous, that's understandable. The slow erosion and degredations of our freedoms, the utter spinelessness of a full half of the legislature, the complicity of the Supreme Court who plainly prefers to wrangle one party and set loose another, rather than push for responsible judiciary review, and an …
Did you know that City Park is a Certified Level 2 Arboretum? It's true. And yours truly got to help plant some trees in City Park on Arbor Day! You can take a self-guided tour here: https://www.fcgov.com/forestry/tree-tour. A brand new fancy map is coming so you can explore all the different varieties. City Forester Kendra …
We are witnessing a coup of the US Government playing out in real-time. Again. What's happening is an unprecedented power grab rooted in bad faith, with the intent to defraud the American public, undermine and privatize American institutions, erode the Constitution, and subvert the separation of powers of the US Government. The technical term for …
Did you know that Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to integrate an all-white Elementary School in the South, was six when she and her mother arrived with four U.S. marshals for protection to William Frantz Elementary School? She's 70 now. This wasn't ancient history. Did you think her getting to integrate a school was …
Let's talk about values.Do your values align with freezing travel and communications at the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health? The kids fighting for their lives at Children's Hospital want a word about their frozen grants.Do your values resonate with the …
Did you know that City of Fort Collins Parks and Recreation hosted the first-ever Northern Colorado Trails Summit? It featured partners from municipalities and organizations committed to the completion of the Poudre Trail as well as non-car-centric connectivity throughout Northern Colorado. Two things you may not know: #1: almost every trail in Colorado that you …
Today I drove a Poudre School District bus thanks to Nick Peterson and the Leadership PSD team. I also learned a lot about the upcoming PSD mill levy. While PSD staff was very balanced with their information, it doesn't take a genius to recognize the incredible value of voting yes on the mill levy. Here's …
Earlier this year, Poudre School District sounded the alarm to direct attention to the youth mental health crisis actively unfolding for our students, especially the LGBTQIA+ community. I was invited to participate in Poudre School District's State of our Youth two-day conference in January. The event included PSD principles and staff as well as representatives …
Continue reading Connected/Disconnected – The State of our Youth
Nick Armstrong 