by Fort Collins Chamber | Oct 20, 2015 | Economy, Government & Policy
To keep you in the loop on efforts to widen I-25, here’s the latest. First, to quickly restate the issue, the 26 mile stretch between Highway 14 (Mulberry) in Fort Collins to Highway 66 north of Longmont is increasingly congested. This is especially true between...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jul 28, 2015 | Economy, Government & Policy
You may have seen the soapbox in the newspaper recently proposing that the Chamber of Commerce merge with city government. The new entity would be called the “City of Commerce.” It was a little hard to follow, but it appears the writer thinks that city...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Apr 8, 2015 | Economy, Elections
Today is Election Day, thankfully. You have to be as tired of reading and hearing about the elections as we are of talking and writing about them. Shortly we’ll know what direction the public wants to take city government and by extension the community itself. Over...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Mar 24, 2015 | Economy, Elections
Two weeks from today is Election Day in Fort Collins. Most Fort Collins voters received their mail-in ballots in the mail yesterday. All elections are important because 7 elected representatives are setting public policy that impacts the rest of us including business....
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jan 20, 2015 | Economy, Government & Policy
On several occasions I’ve reported on the effort to secure funding to widen I-25. It’s not fancy, but go here for a blow by blow report on lobbying activities. It’s a report I submit routinely to the others working on the Fix North I-25...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jan 13, 2015 | Economy, Government & Policy
Last week I commented on the kerfuffle between a City Council Member and Woodward. The Coloradoan editorialized about the issue in this past Sunday’s paper and today’s issue has a soapbox and letter to the editor from residents taking the Council Member to...