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2019 Candidate Questionnaire: Lori Brunswig, Councilmember District 6
As a heads up, this election will be mail only. By March 18 all registered voters will be mailed their ballots and will need to be returned to the City Clerk by 7 p.m. on April 2. All voters will be electing a new mayor, and voters in Districts 2, 4 and 6 will be electing representatives. In addition to those elections, voters will be presented with ballot and financial issues, or...
2019 Candidate Questionnaire: Glenn E. Haas, Councilmember District 1.
As a heads up, this election will be mail only. By March 18 all registered voters will be mailed their ballots and will need to be returned to the City Clerk by 7 p.m. on April 2. All voters will be electing a new mayor, and voters in Districts 2, 4 and 6 will be electing representatives. In addition to those elections, voters will be presented with ballot and financial issues, or...
2019 Candidate Questionnaire: Kristin Stephens, Councilmember District 4
As a heads up, this election will be mail only. By March 18 all registered voters will be mailed their ballots and will need to be returned to the City Clerk by 7 p.m. on April 2. All voters will be electing a new mayor, and voters in Districts 2, 4 and 6 will be electing representatives. In addition to those elections, voters will be presented with ballot and financial issues, or...
2019 Candidate Questionnaire: Fred Kirsch, Councilmember District 6
As a heads up, this election will be mail only. By March 18 all registered voters will be mailed their ballots and will need to be returned to the City Clerk by 7 p.m. on April 2. All voters will be electing a new mayor, and voters in Districts 2, 4 and 6 will be electing representatives. In addition to those elections, voters will be presented with ballot and financial issues, or...
2019 Candidate Questionnaire: Michael Pruznick, Mayor
As a heads up, this election will be mail only. By March 18 all registered voters will be mailed their ballots and will need to be returned to the City Clerk by 7 p.m. on April 2. All voters will be electing a new mayor, and voters in Districts 2, 4 and 6 will be electing representatives. In addition to those elections, voters will be presented with ballot and financial issues, or...
Q&A with Platinum Bicycle Friendly Business: velofix
velofix of Colorado was recently named a Platinum Bicycle Friendly Business by the League of American Bicyclists. As one of four Platinum awards in Colorado, we talked with Trent, owner in Colorado, to see how they got that designation, and tips on how other businesses in the area can follow suit. How does it feel to have earned Platinum designation? It feels great and honestly a little...
Bike Fort Collins Announces Interim Executive Director
Bike Fort Collins (BFC) continues to evolve as an organization. This past year we’ve increased our efforts supporting transportation equity; continued to educate Poudre School District students; promoted bike share use for adults of all income-levels; and encouraged local business support for their employee and customers' bicycling efforts. When our previous Executive Director...
Valentine’s Day Contest
Love riding your bike? Loving having fun? Loving winning prizes? If you said yes to any of those things, we've got a fun Valentine's Day contest for you! From today until February 14, draw a HEART while riding your bike (using any GPS service, including Strava, Garmin, Map My Ride, etc.) send a screenshot to Bike Fort Collins (info@bikefortcollins.org) and you're entered! Interested in more ways...
Safe Routes to School: Fall Semester Wrap-up
Fall Semester Wrap-up Safe Routes to School programming wrapped up the Fall semester last week at Johnson Elementary School! This semester, SRTS reached 2,000 students at 13 different schools in Fort Collins, and checked 1,282 bikes for any maintenance issues thanks to support from Recycled Cycles, Peloton, Trek, Brave New Wheel, VeloFix, Homeward Alliance Bike Repair Team, Joseph Moore, Stuart...
Safe Routes to School Fuels Learning, Elation, Self-confidence in Local Schools
A bike is often a kid’s first taste of freedom. Go farther. Go faster. Go with friends. Just getting to go is at least half the fun. When you live in one of the nation’s most bicycle-friendly cities, having a bike and riding it is very much about belonging to your community. For more than 12 years, Bike Fort Collins (BFC) has partnered with Poudre School District (PSD) and the City of Fort...