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June 2019
Button Rock Preserve Public Meeting
The City of Longmont Natural Resources Department is holding a public meeting regarding the management plan for Buttonrock Preserve. The date and venue of the meeting have changed: Change Your Calendars! Hello, Your input in the Button Rock Preserve Management Planning Process is important to us and we appreciate all the feedback you have submitted on Engage Longmont. We are starting to host public meetings to further the planning process and to gather your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc. in person.…
Find out more »September 2019
Advisory Panel Meeting to Decide Future of St. Vrain Corridor
Please attend the next advisory panel meeting for the so-called "Building STEAM" (STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, the arts, and maker spaces) initiative on September 13th from 9am to 12pm at the Longmont Museum in the Kaiser Classroom. This advisory panel is planning the future of development along the St. Vrain corridor and it is very important that environmental voices are heard in this effort as most of the voices in the room prior to this have been businesses…
Find out more »9/24/19 City Council to Vote on Approval of Wildlife Management Plan
Longmont City staff have completed a final draft of the Wildlife Management Plan (WMP) update. This draft can be read here. This final WMP will be voted on for approval by City Council on Tuesday, September 24th. The Wildlife Management Plan directly informs the protections for wildlife and habitat and riparian and stream protections within Longmont's Land Development Code. We strongly urge you to write to City Council urging them to approve the WMP and are asking for people to…
Find out more »December 2021
12/14/21 City Council Meeting
On Tuesday, December 14th, City Council will hear the first reading of the annexation of the Rivertown property adjacent to St. Vrain Creek and Roger's Grove Nature Area. There are a number of issues that need to be addressed prior to annexation and any development that occurs on this property. As Council meetings are now virtual, we ask that you send in comments on the annexation prior to the meeting and/or call into the meeting on Tuesday the 14th to…
Find out more »January 2022
1/11/22 City Council Meeting Rivertown Annexation
As Council meetings are now virtual, we ask that you send in comments regarding the annexation to City Council prior to the meeting (contact Council members here) and/or call into the meeting on Tuesday the 11th to express your concerns. You can watch City Council meetings live from your computer through the City of Longmont's YouTube Channel or via the Longmont Public Media Channel at https://longmontpublicmedia.org/watch. Anyone wishing to provide Public Comment must watch the Livestream of the meeting and call-in only when the Chairperson opens the…
Find out more »March 2022
Virtual STEAM/Sugar Mill Community Forum
The City of Longmont is holding a virtual community forum regarding the STEAM and Sugar Mill planning project on Wednesday, March 2nd from 5:00 to 6:30pm. This planning project is intended to come up with a plan for developing the St. Vrain Creek corridor between roughly the E Ken Pratt Blvd & E 3rd Ave intersection on the east and Main St on the west, from 3rd Ave. to Boston Ave. and the railroad tracks. Please consider signing up to…
Find out more »April 2022
8th Annual Longmont Earth Day Celebration
Celebrate Mother Earth at this annual event featuring a full day of kid-friendly programming with a concert by Jeff & Paige, live raptors, baby goats, composting worms, a collaborative art project, and more. The event is in partnership with Sustainable Resilient Longmont. Stand With Our St. Vrain Creek will be one of more than 20 environmental education booths.
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Riparian Bird & Wildlife Walk
Join Stand With Our St. Vrain Creek for a guided evening walk around Roger's Grove Nature Area to look for birds and other wildlife in this vital riparian habitat. We'll meet at 6pm at the Roger's Grove pavilion next to the bathrooms. Bring binoculars and your enthusiasm.
Find out more »July 2022
Save our Swallows Event
Join us at Roger's Grove Nature Area at the picnic pavilion next to the bathrooms on Sunday, July 24th from 9am to 11am to learn about our nesting Bank Swallow colony and sign a postcard to ask the City to protect their habitat. We'll have spotting scopes available for you to view the swallows before they migrate south for the winter. Postcards will be presented to City Council to ask that they and City staff prevent the destruction of their…
Find out more »Storm Drainage Ballot Measure up for Vote at City Council Meeting July 26, 2022
Longmont City Council will be voting on whether to approve a resolution to submit a ballot question to be voted on on election day (November 8, 2022). If Council approves the resolution, voters would be asked to approve issuing up to $20 million of storm drainage revenue bonds to finance the completion of the Resilient St Vrain flood mitigation Project (RSVP). On Tuesday night, City Council can either approve the proposed ballot language, modify the language and approve, or neither…
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