Author: Hap Fry, Special to The Gazette
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Site selectors praise Colorado workforce — but flag regulatory hurdles | FISCAL ROCKIES
Editor’s Note: Once among the nation’s fastest-growing economies, Colorado today confronts mounting challenges that threaten its momentum. This series reveals how a state once defined by prosperity is navigating economic cliffs and ridges. We explore the impact that increased regulations, tariffs, shifting tax policies, the high cost of living and widening urban–rural divides have on businesses,…
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‘Heat in the kitchen’ nothing new for Emily Francis, incoming mayor of Fort Collins
FORT COLLINS – If ever there was a time for Emily Francis to flinch at work, it may have come while working as a prep cook at the Back Porch Cafe. One of her primary responsibilities at the Fort Collins eatery was to debone the turkeys. The only problem with the assignment was that she…
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Fort Collins is now a USDA regional hub: ‘It began to make sense’
FORT COLLINS – SeonAh Kendall was initially caught off guard when she got word that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had named Fort Collins as one of its regional hubs. That Fort Collins was being lumped in with larger metropolitan cities – Kansas City, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City and Raleigh, N.C. – as a selection…
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Ranked voting debuts in Fort Collins
FORT COLLINS • There isn’t much Delynn Coldiron has not seen or done in her 30-plus year career working as a city government employee — that is, perhaps, until this year. The Fort Collins City Clerk and her staff have been out in force, on the move, and making more public appearances than she can…
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A ‘profound initiative’: UNC will open Colorado’s third medical school
By HAP FRY Special to The Gazette GREELEY – A trip to Carter Hall on an early fall Friday morning to visit the offices of Dr. Andrew “Andy” Feinstein can reveal that the University of Northern Colorado president has the wherewithal to reconfigure space in the most unlikely places. Take an upstairs attic in Carter…
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The rebirth of the iconic Mishawaka Amphitheatre in Poudre Canyon
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BELLVUE — Louie Kucera is jazzed up and feeling content. He’s got a few beers to spare and the rest of the week off. More importantly, the Fort Collins resident is on a shuttle and making…
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Colorado muralist Kendall Kippley succeeds by being true to herself
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kendall Kippley’s world is large, vibrant and full of color. She lives in landscapes, cascades and concepts with lots and lots of water that she seeks to bring to life. More often than not, Kippley…
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Taste of Fort Collins marks the unofficial kickoff of summer
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FORT COLLINS • Joseph McQuain was ready to throw in the towel. Four years into operating his Fort Collins-based barbecue food truck, BIGS Meat Wagon, McQuain’s confidence and energy had wavered in 2016. “The first four…
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From interment camps to pioneer of science, CSU’s Doug Ishii dies at 83
‘He led a life that improved the lives of others,’ said former CSU president.
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FoCoMX now Fort Collins’ flagship musical event
FORT COLLINS – Matthew Mahern is no stranger to monikers. The guitar-playing singer, songwriter, front-man virtuoso goes by many throughout the ever-growing and bustling music scene in Fort Collins. There’s P-Mann, Velvet Johnson and Hank Chestnut, along with a couple of others, that Mahern has been known to colorfully and enthusiastically operate under the guise…