Longmont Insider
Boom town
Longmont continues to boom. The once-sleepy East County town is still as charming as ever, but its population eclipsed the 100,000 mark between the...
A space for memories
“Three
young people, kids I call them, in our family got married within six months of
one another at very different venues,” says Annie Danielson, who...
From recovery to resilience to recreation
It’s been four-and-a-half years since eight days of rain — what experts would eventually call a “100-year” flood — nearly cleaved Longmont in half....
The Sugar Factory Arrives
The potential for growing sugar beets in the Longmont area had been noted in an early promotional pamphlet for the Chicago-Colorado Colony, with the...
Entrees for grownups
Longmont has some great barbecue and excellent pizza, as
well as outstanding taquerias and top-notch burger and fried chicken spots —
all casual places to grab...
A hub of innovative education
East of Main Street, situated near both the Longmont Recreation Center and the Longmont Museum, looms a building of glass and steel. When the...
