City Holiday Schedules
Longmont city government observes the New Year holiday on Friday, January 1. All City facilities will be closed. On Thursday, December 31, the Longmont Museum will close at 4 pm, Centennial Pool and the Longmont Recreation Center pool will close at 2 pm, the Recreation Center and St. Vrain Memorial Building will close at 3 pm, and the Longmont Ice Pavilion will close at 3:45 pm. Waste services will be collected on your regular collection day this week. For more information visit LongmontColorado.gov/WasteServices.

Recycle Your Holiday
The City offers several opportunities from December 26 through January 6 for residents to recycle holiday materials. Christmas trees can be dropped off at Roosevelt, Garden Acres, Kanemoto and Centennial parks. Please remove all decorations and lights. Special bins will be set up at the Waste Diversion Center (WDC), 140 Martin Street, for wrapping paper and holiday lights; Christmas trees also are accepted. Cooking oil and white Styrofoam block #6 are accepted at the WDC year round. For more information, visit bit.ly/recycle-the-holidays or call 303-651-8416.

Celebrate the New Year with Free Zumba
The annual New Year’s Day Zumba® Party is going virtual! Join Longmont Recreation fitness instructors at 1 pm on Friday, January 1, as they help ring in the new year with dancing, laughter, love and FUN. No experience is necessary, and everyone is invited. Register for this free event by 5 pm on Thursday, December 31, at rec.ci.longmont.co.us (keyword Zumba) to guarantee your Zoom entry. Only one registration is required per household. If you need to register by phone call 303-651-8404. Thank you to our partners The Liz Hogan Agency of Allstate Insurance and Front Range Structural Engineering.

Nurturing Parenting Classes
The City of Longmont’s Children, Youth and Families Division is offering free virtual parenting classes that focus on the importance of raising children in a warm, loving and compassionate home. Classes meet from 6 to 7:30 pm every Tuesday for 10 weeks. Classes in Spanish begin January 12; classes in English begin March 30. For more information and to register, call Claudia Orona at 720-363-5613 or email Claudia.Orona@LongmontColorado.gov. 

Learn About the Tiny Village for Veterans
In August, the Veterans Community Project broke ground in Longmont on an entirely new approach to helping veterans experiencing homelessness move to housing security and self-sufficiency. The Longmont Public Library is highlighting this unique approach in the virtual program “Tiny Homes for Homeless Veterans” from 7 to 8 pm on Thursday, January 7. Registration is required and limited to 100 participants. Instructions for joining the program will be in the registration confirmation email. Register online at bit.ly/LibPrograms. 

NextLight Speeds Up Entry-level Service
NextLight is on the move! Longmont’s own high-speed internet service has now revved up its entry-level residential speed from 25 megabits per second to 100 megabits at no additional cost. This upgrade includes Sharing the NextLight connections and income-qualified service. To sign up for the 100 megabit service or for the gigabit home connection that has made Longmont nationally famous go to MyNextLight.com or call 303-774-4494. It’s time to get the speed you need!