🌱 How will Anheuser-Busch’s $23M bet reshape Fort Collins brewery jobs?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Anheuser-Busch's $23M bet reshape Fort Collins brewery jobs?
• How Fort Collins' record heat could affect CSU students this fall

Also on today's calendar: Make-n-Take: Honey Bees and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 82 and low of 54 degrees.
• Wednesday: An afternoon thunderstorm, temps: high: 76, low: 56.
• Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 76 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Anheuser-Busch $23M Fort Collins Brewery Investment — Food & Beverage Magazine (fb101.com) — Anheuser-Busch is putting $23 million into its Fort Collins brewery, expanding Michelob ULTRA production, adding 25-ounce cans, boosting rail capacity, and creating a new technical skills training center. For local residents, this means reinforced manufacturing jobs, new workforce training opportunities, and a renewed long-term commitment to Fort Collins' role in the company's U.S. operations.
   

• CSU experts say rising heat will negatively impact academics this fall - The Rocky Mountain Collegian (collegian.com) — Fort Collins just experienced its warmest summer and August on record, and CSU researchers warn the lingering heat could hurt students' sleep, focus, and academic performance this fall. With many campus dorms lacking air conditioning, experts urge short‑term steps like cooling centers, fans, and heat‑safety education while CSU weighs costly building upgrades in a warming climate.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Collins

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Wednesday September 23
• Fleece to Skein: Learn to Spin →
  Lambspun Fort Collins, 1101 East Lincoln Avenue, Fort Collins
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Other local events

Wednesday September 23
• Make-n-Take: Honey Bees →
  Lambspun Fort Collins, 1101 East Lincoln Avenue, Fort Collins
  12:00 pm
• LPT: Agents helping Agents →
  8020 South County Road 5, Fort Collins
  12:00 pm
• Potluck Friday →
  Lambspun Fort Collins, 1101 East Lincoln Avenue, Fort Collins
  12:30 pm
• Tried and True Potholders →
  Lambspun Fort Collins, 1101 East Lincoln Avenue, Fort Collins
  3:00 pm
• Kirtan Wednesdays! New Venue: At the land In the Temple of Trees. →
  Polestar Village Land & Farm, end of West Plum St after Kimball, Fort Collins
  5:30 pm
• Kirtan Wednesdays! →
  Polestar Village Land & Farm, end of West Plum St after Kimball, Fort Collins
  5:30 pm
• CSU RAM TALKS →
  Colorado State University, 900 Oval Dr, Fort Collins
  5:30 pm
• September 23 - Flight Club Pick Up Party- TESORO, FORT COLLINS →
  Tesoro by Sweet Heart Wine, Fort Collins
  6:00 pm
• First-Time Homebuyer Workshop →
  Breckenridge Brewery, 1020 E Lincoln Ave, Fort Collins
  6:00 pm
• Flight Club Pick Up Party- TESORO, FORT COLLINS →
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  6:00 pm
• Polestar Potluck Dinner and SONG CIRCLE! at the Land in the Temple of Trees. →
  Polestar Village Land & Farm, end of West Plum St after Kimball, Fort Collins
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 360,800 birds migrated over Larimer County, Colorado last night.
  Thank you to everyone who has been turning off porch lights and turning the blinds after dusk. Here's the dashboard so you can see how many birds… (Nextdoor Westchase)

• Broadcom, Inc. posted a job opening for Manufacturing Operator 3 in Fort Collins. Apply here.
• i9 Sports Corporation posted a job opening for Youth Sports Instructor - Soccer in Fort Collins. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Collins here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• 12 PSD students named semifinalists for National Merit Scholarships (kansas.com)
• Thomas MacLaren girls win Coronado Classic Invite; Air Academy's Chamorra Cooper wins big schools individual title (gazette.com)

Loveland

• Loveland railroad work closes Fourth Street crossing (reporterherald.com)
• After the Worst Winter on Record, NOAA's October 2026 Outlook Finally Has Good News for the Rockies (snowbrains.com)
• Police make five DUI arrests : Loveland public safety log (reporterherald.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I'll meet you at the corner! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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