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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...