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🌱 How Fort Collins’ Heartside Hill just won national housing honors

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Fort Collins' Heartside Hill just won national housing honors
  • Want a say in Fort Collins decisions? Here's how students plug in
  • Step into Ghana without leaving CSU's Morgan Library in Fort Collins

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Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with a t-storm, with a high of 71 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, a little rain, temps: high: 72, low: 51.
  • Thursday: Clouds giving way to some sun, with a high of 70 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Heartside Hill Earns National Housing Honor (northfortynews.com) — A new 72-unit affordable housing community in Fort Collins, Heartside Hill Apartments, has earned national recognition for its resilient design, on-site services, and sustainability features. The campus also includes Habitat for Humanity homes, L'Arche residences, and a planned early childhood education center, expanding lower-cost housing and support options for local families and residents with disabilities.
   

• CSU's Straayer Center hosts seminar on local civics, highlights opportunities - The Rocky Mountain Collegian (collegian.com) — CSU's recent Civics and Voting 101 seminar highlighted concrete ways Fort Collins students and residents can shape local decisions, from serving on city boards and commissions to speaking at City Council meetings. Speakers from Larimer County, the City of Fort Collins and student government also outlined election participation, internships, and advocacy opportunities that influence housing, transportation, and other everyday issues in town.
   

• Morgan Library brings a 'piece of Ghana' home to Fort Collins (collegian.com) — Colorado State University's Morgan Library is hosting a long-running "Gifts from Ghana" exhibit that brings the Ghana Community Engagement Project's experiences home to Fort Collins. Through colorful displays, audio, video, and student storytelling, visitors can explore Ghanaian culture and ideas of transnational solidarity without leaving town, with the exhibit open through May 15, 2027.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • The 12th Annual Tour de Corgi takes over Old Town Fort Collins on Saturday, October 3, 2026!
    Enjoy hundreds of Corgis, hilarious costumes, vendors, a costume contest and the famous Corgi parade. This year's theme, "Sploots in Space," promises… (Nextdoor Harvest Park)
  • My wife and I found a real jewel.
    We went to Turkish Cafe Co. across the street from the Moot House and next to tortilla Marissa's. They have a huge display of beautiful Turkish… (Nextdoor Clarendon Hills)
  • Western States Fire Protection Company, Inc. posted a job opening for Residential Fire Sprinkler Fitter Apprentice in Fort Collins. Apply here.
  • Tradesmen International, LLC posted a job opening for Concrete Worker in Fort Collins. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Collins here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Here's when summer farmers market season ends in Northern Colorado (coloradoan.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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