Longmont Insider
Catch, release and the art of slowing down
The rich, cool waters around Longmont remain prime for fly fishing, a sport growing in popularity thanks to its meditative qualities.
The happiest of hours
There’s a moment between when work ends and the rest of our lives begin, to socialize, graze on appetizers and sip a low-priced libation....
The Longmont nature guide
In the
city of Longmont, residents have plenty of places to get outside and enjoy
nature, including 41 parks containing a total of 2,242 acres.
“Longmont
puts a...
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...
Pumphouse Brewery: Collective efforts
Upon winning a bid for The Pumphouse Brewery just a year ago, Conrad Legendy knew there were colossal shoes to fill. Longmont’s foremost sports...
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...
Inkberry inquiry
As professors at the
University of Colorado Boulder, Gene Hayworth and Keith Waters know a thing or
two about the written word. So when the chance...
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...
It takes a village
Longmont’s newest neighborhood is going to be a village within the city — a community of tiny homes for veterans who need a little...


















