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 …
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
Leadership Fort Collins was invited to learn about Emergency Services this month - each session I'm humbled by the dedication, passion, and leadership embedded throughout our community working to improve Fort Collins inside and out. Programs like LFC and LNC provide a lot of transparency around complex systems and organizations which can appear as black …
Continue reading Leadership Fort Collins: Emergency Services Day
The new City Council will soon set its priorities for the next two years. Having walked over 250 miles to connect with as many neighbors in District 1 as possible, I heard many, many shared priorities - I've listed them below: 1. Demand creative solutions to achieve the best Hughes outcomes, avoid legal fees, and …
Continue reading District 1’s Wishlist for 2021 City Council Priorities
Today's updated election results from the City of Fort Collins Government are posted: https://www.fcgov.com/elections/results Nick Armstrong - 3390 (49.76%)Susan Gutowsky - 3423 (50.24%) It’s easy to become disillusioned when your favored candidate isn’t elected, especially in close races like ours. Disillusioned about the state of things - your neighbors’ priorities, the City, the future. The …
The Coloradoan indicated that a difference of 34 votes makes our race too close to call, and the City Clerk’s office has a number of steps to go to finalize a result and has asked for more time to do that. Mindful that our country just went through a divisive election in November, we should …
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