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Stories I always meant to write. 1: Carillon bells

Posted in Blog business, Municipal, Neighborhoods on February 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The bells at Saint Joes I might miss more than anything in Fort Collins when I go. But there’s also a carillon at the Episcopal church. I would have liked to find out more about them both.

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A Fort Collins midcentury Christmas

Posted in Annual events, Municipal on December 12, 2009 | 14 Comments »

That’s right, I said CHRISTMAS. Colored lights, Stars, Christmas trees, and Santa Claus. In the 1950s, the whole town celebrated Christmas unapologetically. And Ruth B. Dermody took pictures to prove it. Click through to see holiday details. Is that a nativity in front of the courthouse?
Credits
All photos by Ruth B. Dermody.
Thanks to Jim Burrill [...]

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The recycling tub paradox

Posted in Commercial, Grow your own, Municipal on October 16, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Recently, the city of Fort Collins adopted changes to ordinances that, among other things, require trash haulers to offer new, larger recycling bins. This as part of a larger plan to meet “diversion” goals that will send 50% of our city’s waste to recycling rather than the landfill.
Great idea. But what do we do with [...]

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Waiting for a train: Fort Collins courts Amtrak

Posted in Municipal, tagged on October 8, 2009 | 16 Comments »

This past Tuesday, Fort Collins City Council voted to “support …a future Amtrak passenger rail service stop in Fort Collins as part of the national ongoing study for possible reinstatement of Amtrak’s Pioneer route. ” (See Coloradoan story).
The Pioneer route ran 1977-1997 from Seattle to Chicago, via Denver. Last year, the Federal Government ordered Amtrak [...]

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The calaboose part 2: Something baaaad happened here

Posted in Municipal on October 6, 2009 | 14 Comments »

Well, I know at least some of you went looking for the calaboose (see original post here), because local merchants contacted me to ask about people with maps in their alleys.
I think the calaboose site is in the alley right next to LeRoy’s LockSafe Systems (326 Walnut). That’s why, in the first story, I told [...]

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