Tag: Loveland

Relay for Life

June 25, 2016 – a day of celebration! The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life is from 2 to 10 pm. on the track at Mountain View High School, 3500 Mountain Lion Dr., Loveland. It’s a day of fun for the whole family. Team campsites lining the track are decorated with the year’s theme, ‘May …

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Visual Artist of the Year

Larimer County Department of Natural Resources has selected painter Lyse Dzija as its 2016 Visual Artist. Dzija will create a work of art inspired by Larimer County’s parks and open spaces. Dzija was juried into and attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the oldest art school in the U.S., before launching her career …

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Volunteers Build New Trail at Devil’s Backbone Open Space

On a recent Saturday, more than 60 volunteers assisted Larimer County Department of Natural Resources with building a new trail at Devil’s Backbone Open Space. With support from Larimer County staff, the volunteers constructed roughly 1,000 feet of trail, part of the new Hidden Valley Trail coming to the open space west of Loveland, Colorado. …

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Local Housing Boom Impacts Seniors

In a February, 2016 Denver Post article, RealtyTrac cited that Fort Collins has the 2nd lowest vacancy rate in the country (0.2%), where the national average is 7.1%. The Coloradoan reported in November 2015 that Loveland’s vacancy rate is 3.8% and Greeley’s is 5.7%. RealtyTrac stated, “The ripple effect of a 0.2% vacancy rate is …

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2016 Small Grants Support Wildlife, Agriculture, & More

Larimer County Department of Natural Resources proudly awarded $20,748 in grant funds to support a dozen community and neighborhood projects that help connect people to the land. The awards were given to a variety of individuals and organizations in Larimer County through the department’s Small Grants for Community Partnering program. They were presented to grantees …

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