Author: Hap Fry, Special to The Gazette
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CSU and Adams State University team up on mechanical engineering degrees
ALAMOSA • Colorado State University is expanding its engineering and rural footprint, and David Cody and Scott Clayton are a big reason why. The two have worked closely together over the past two years as student and instructor, with Cody graduating as part of the first mechanical engineering cohort partnership between CSU and his hometown,…
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Why Coloradans are forming an expatriate community on this Panamanian island
BOCAS del TORO, Panama • It’s 7:30 p.m. on a Saturday night at Skully’s House, and Brian Noel is holding court at the property’s bar. Noel, 42, a Colorado Springs native, is running the evening’s karaoke event, and he appears to be in his element. There are six other Coloradans at the bar cheering him on, and 13 University of Colorado students celebrating their spring break on the…
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Proposed paid parking in Old Town Fort Collins divides merchants, city
FORT COLLINS • Few longtime Fort Collins residents feel the sense of pride and community spirit Old Town Fort Collins represents more than Jim Hewitt. His father opened The Cupboard kitchen supply store in Old Town in 1972. Hewitt, now 49, grew up in the shop, working part-time in high school and summers off from college before…
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With new medical school set to open, Feinstein will step down as UNC president
GREELEY • Dr. Andrew “Andy” Feinstein, the charismatic president of the University of Northern Colorado, has announced that he will step down from his leadership role just on the cusp of what is perhaps his signature accomplishment being realized. He’ll leave office Aug. 1. Colorado’s third medical school — UNC’s College of Osteopathic Medicine —…
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Greeley voters halt landmark development project
GREELEY – The landscape-altering Cascadia development project has been put on ice, according to unofficial results of a city referendum on the project Tuesday. The proposed development would have included an 8,600-seat multiuse arena and ice center that would be home to the Colorado Eagles, a minor-league affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche; a full-service conference hotel; an indoor waterpark, and housing developments spanning…
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Greeley voters to decide fate of project that includes minor league hockey arena
GREELEY • The fate of the Cascadia development — and quite possibly the future direction of the city — is in the hands of Greeley voters this Tuesday during a special city election on whether the landscape-altering project should be halted. Cascadia is a master-planned community designed to integrate housing, recreation, jobs, and quality-of-life amenities.…
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Greeley-based Alquist emerges as leading 3D construction printing company
GREELEY • One might say that Zachary Mannheimer is a bit of a riverboat gambler — a calculated one, though. As founder and chairman of Greeley-based Alquist 3D, Mannheimer didn’t follow the most conventional path into the world of 3D concrete printing (3DCP) for commercial and home construction. Mannheimer initially thought his calling was the…
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JBS strike could trip up Greeley’s economic surge
GREELEY – The upward trajectory of Greeley has been hard to match by other Colorado communities in the here and now. The city is on the verge of experiencing dramatic growth and change. Greeley is in the midst of developing a state-of-the-art $1.1 billion entertainment district dubbed Catalyst, which will feature an 8,600-seat, multi-use arena and…
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Greeley’s StarRise Apartments offers permanent residency to the homeless
GREELEY – Before 2025, Christine Taulman was not the biggest fan of the holidays. Her feelings were understandable — homeless, she was in and out of shelters for much of her life between 2015 and 2024. But the Greeley resident is warming up to the holidays, particularly after this past season. Her mood began to…
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Denver’s Florence Crittenton prepares teen moms for self-sufficient futures
For a first-time visitor, there is a lot to process at 96 South Zuni Street in Denver, where the omnipresent kinetic energy and stimulation can best be described as electric. On this particular mid-December Thursday, there are no fewer than 20 volunteers from the American Waterworks Association, eager to ensure Christmas packages are distributed to…