by chambergeneral | Apr 16, 2013 | Community & Quality of Life, Education & Professional Development
Promoting job creation, free enterprise, business connections and community prosperity are what the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce is known for. But did you know we help build our community in other ways? Here are some of the recent or current activities of...
by chambergeneral | Feb 4, 2013 | Community & Quality of Life
Fort Collins and the surrounding area may be home to you, but it’s a refuge for those looking for a great weekend escape. Forbes Magazine labeled us a ‘Great Urban Weekend Escape’ recently, which you can read here. Downtown, dining, the Fort Collins Museum of...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Oct 2, 2012 | Community & Quality of Life
The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce opposes the local ballot measure which would allow medical marijuana dispensaries in Fort Collins, and the Chamber opposes a state ballot measure which would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado. Chamber...
by chambergeneral | Jul 3, 2012 | Community & Quality of Life
We take care of each other. Dr. Hank Gardner of Colorado State University shared that thought with me during a conversation last week about the High Park Fire. He’s right, of course. If there is anything positive about a fire that burned 88,000 acres and 260...
by chambergeneral | Mar 13, 2012 | Community & Quality of Life
Colorado State University’s men’s basketball team is in the NCAA Tournament! It’s only the second time in the past 22 years. Congratulations to Head Coach Tim Miles and his team. They’ve put “fun” back in Moby Arena in recent years....
by chambergeneral | Mar 5, 2012 | Community & Quality of Life
Once again Colorado is the skinniest state in the nation. That’s according to a Gallup-Healthways Well-Being poll. In Colorado, 18.5% of residents are obese compared to a national average of 26.1%. The chubbiest state is West Virginia at 35.3% followed by...
