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Old bins (middle) and new (right) 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 [...] Cunningham Corner is a condo complex on the corner of Horsetooth and Shields in Fort Collins. It’s also the name on the yellow barn that sat at that corner before the condos (it’s since been declared a historic landmark and moved elsewhere). And in the 1970s, it was the name of one of the hottest bands in Fort Collins. [...] Beet Street, an enterprise formed to bring tourist dollars to downtown Fort Collins, recently announced a “Homegrown Fort Collins” event for late September. It has something to do with eating local. And by that they mean eating at local restaurants, or eating from local farms, or drinking local beer. But among its partners [...] Chris, musician and anarchist, near the corner of Mulberry and College 3/29/2009 I’ve known about three kinds of anarchists in Fort Collins. 1. Those who break windows anonymously and then claim responsibility anonymously . 2. Those who use the principles of anarchy for personal gain. But then invoke the legal system as soon [...] The Big Thompson Project created a system dams and diversions in the late 1940s. It brings water under the divide and averages our rainfall and snowpack. So if there is a man in Long’s Peak, he’s defunct anyway. [...] Imagine you build a house out of local and renewable materials. And you build it only 500 square feet for the whole family, in walking distance of your job. The yard is big enough for a significant garden, and you raise chickens and hang your own laundry on a clothes line. Nobody gives [...] The milk man took the corner too fast and a crate of full bottles flew off his truck–right onto my street. Some neighbors came out to help clean up. Some just came out to take pictures for their blog. |
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