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...

For a song

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You never know if the next singer you hear at an open mic night will go on to music fame and fortune. Take Nathaniel Rateliff,...

Earthworks

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There’s a lot more than food growing on the farms of Boulder County. Just ask the folks at the Longmont Museum and Boulder Museum...

It takes a village

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Longmont’s newest neighborhood is going to be a village within the city — a community of tiny homes for veterans who need a little...

Outdoor fun for all ages

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With over 400 acres of parks and 1,600 nature areas, Longmont contains the ideal environment for biking, hiking and water enthusiasts alike.  Whether you want...

The Longmont nature guide

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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...

Jack’s Solar Garden: Keep on the sunny side 

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When Byron Kominek moved to his grandfather’s farm in 2016, he saw a seemingly inherent problem in the production of solar energy. Traditional ground-level...

The Sugar Factory Arrives

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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...