Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Attend Longmont’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, at Roosevelt Park, 700 Longs Peak Ave. This event celebrates the culture and honors the health of our community. Come and enjoy the food, shopping and live entertainment including a car show, a break dance competition and a wide variety of free family activities. For more information, visit LongmontCincodeMayo.com.

It’s Air Quality Awareness Week!
Air quality affects our environment, our day-do-day lives and our health. So where does air pollution come from? Well, lots of places! Air pollutants come from both natural sources, like wind-blown dust, and manmade sources, like motor vehicles. Find out more about air quality, monitoring, sources of pollution and more at Colorado.gov/airquality. Sign up for Air Quality alerts from the City at LongmontColorado.gov/enotifications and select “Air Quality” from the news list.

Next Phase for the Sugar Factory + STEAM Plan Begins
Thank you for your continued interest in the Sugar Factory + STEAM subarea plan! The project team is exploring various plan alternatives and we want to hear from you. Please visit the project page on Engage Longmont to learn more about where we’ve been and where we are going as we continue working on this important planning project: https://engage.longmontcolorado.gov/sugar-mill-steam. On this page, we invite you to flip through a short presentation and compete a short survey to provide feedback on several high level plan alternatives. This feedback will be used to develop a preferred alternative, which will form the basis for the final plan that is expected to be presented to City Council this summer.

May Job Fair: Work for Recreation!
Join Longmont Recreation from 4-6 p.m. this Wednesday, May 4, for on-site interviews at the Longmont Recreation Center, 310 Quail Road. Part-time and full-time summer positions are available starting at $15.50/hour and up! We are seeking day camp counselors, lifeguards, field technicians, sports officials, drivers and more! If you can’t make the job fair, check us out online at bit.ly/LongmontRecJobs.

“Washi Transformed” Closing Reception
Explore the world of Japanese paper art and enjoy traditional Japanese music by Koto master Yoko Hiraoka at the Closing Reception on Friday, May 6, in celebration of the Museum’s “Washi Transformed” exhibit. Asian-inspired light appetizers provided; cash bar. Join us before the reception for a free conversation with Asian art specialist Claire Cuccio, Ph.D., as she shares her expertise. Conversation begins at 5 p.m. and the reception runs from 6-8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in advance at LongmontMuseum.org or by calling 303-651-8374.

Make Power-ful Decisions
Knowledge is power — especially when it’s knowledge of your power. Longmont Power & Communications’ commercial building energy benchmarking program can help your business understand and better manage its electric usage, so that you can make the decisions that will allow you to save. Find out more, including how to get an energy score for your commercial or industrial building of 20,000 square feet and larger, at tinyurl.com/LPCbenchmarking or call 303-651-8700.

Registration Begins in May for Triathlons
Swim, bike and run! Longmont Recreation Services presents the annual Kids Triathlon and adult Try-a-Tri on Saturday, Aug. 20. Race information is available at LongmontColorado.gov/rec (Community Events) and RaceEntry.com, or you can fill out a registration form at any recreation facility. Early Bird registration ends July 14. Volunteers are needed! Call 303-774-4694 for details.

Annual Water Line Flushing Program Begins
Each spring, City of Longmont Water Utilities staff flush the main water lines to keep water quality at its highest level and to ensure that fire hydrants are operational. The benefits realized in water quality and fire protection far outweigh the comparatively small amount of water released during the flushing program. The 2022 flushing dates are scheduled now through May 20 (dates subject to change). Visit our interactive map for a weekly timeline of water line flushing by area. This map will be updated regularly to show which areas are upcoming for water line flushing, as well as which areas have been completed.

Longmont Hires New Airport Manager
Levi Brown, a commercially licensed pilot with more than 20 years of experience in the general aviation industry, is Longmont’s new airport manager. Brown’s background includes airport manager at the Lake County airport in Leadville, Colorado, airport project specialist at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield, and most recently as the Chief Pilot for McAir Aviation in Broomfield. He was chosen by Longmont after a nationwide search. He began his duties on Monday, April 11.