This Week in Longmont – January 1, 2021
This Week in Longmont – January 1, 2021
Recycle Your Holiday
The City offers several opportunities 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.
Book Discussion Podcast from the Library
Pop in your earbuds and get ready for a new way to find book recommendations. At 8 am on Friday, January 8, the Longmont Public Library’s new podcast “Book Chatter” will premiere with Longmont librarians discussing “Golem Girl: A Memoir” by Riva Lehrer. On the second Friday of each month thereafter, another new 30-to-60 minute episode featuring a different book and a rotating group of librarians will be available. See a list of upcoming titles plus details of how readers can participate in the podcast at bit.ly/LibPrograms. “Book Chatter” is intended for adults; some reading material and discussion topics may be unsuitable for those under age 18. Find Book Chatter on Spotify, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Free English and GED Classes
In partnership with the Longmont Public Library, the Learning Source presents free online English and GED classes beginning January 11. Orientation and testing is January 6 and 8 for English classes and January 7 and 8 for GED classes. For more information visit TheLearningSource.org or call 720-526-2905.
Teen Volunteer Program at the Library
The Library’s volunteer program for teens and tweens is online again this semester and open to all local 6th through 12th graders. Participants work on self-driven projects of interest to them and beneficial to the Library. Applications are due by 5 pm on Monday, January 18, and the program begins with an online meeting on Monday, January 25. Find program details and how to apply at bit.ly/TeenVols or call 303-651-8477.
Virtual Discovery Days at the Museum
Discovery Days encourages children ages 2 – 6 and their caregivers to learn together through engaging hands-on activities. To keep our littlest learners safe, the Museum now presents Discovery Days in a virtual format. Virtual Discovery Days is a two-part program that includes a Monthly-at-Home Craft Kit for purchase and virtual crafting and story time sessions that match the crafts and themes in the kits. Sessions run January 20 – April 30 at 10 am and at 11 am on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Learn more at LongmontMuseum.org or call 303-651-8374.
Be Snow Savvy to Protect Our Water
Protect our waterways by shoveling snow onto vegetated areas and minimizing the amount of deicer you use at home. Melting snow carries deicers and other pollutants into storm drains that drain directly to nearby streams. If using a deicer, apply it as soon as snowy or icy conditions appear. Deicers help break the bond between ice and pavement to make shoveling easier. They do not evaporate the snow and ice, so adding more doesn’t eliminate the need to shovel. Learn more about Longmont’s winter storm resources at bit.ly/be-snow-savvy.
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!
The City offers several opportunities 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.
Book Discussion Podcast from the Library
Pop in your earbuds and get ready for a new way to find book recommendations. At 8 am on Friday, January 8, the Longmont Public Library’s new podcast “Book Chatter” will premiere with Longmont librarians discussing “Golem Girl: A Memoir” by Riva Lehrer. On the second Friday of each month thereafter, another new 30-to-60 minute episode featuring a different book and a rotating group of librarians will be available. See a list of upcoming titles plus details of how readers can participate in the podcast at bit.ly/LibPrograms. “Book Chatter” is intended for adults; some reading material and discussion topics may be unsuitable for those under age 18. Find Book Chatter on Spotify, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Free English and GED Classes
In partnership with the Longmont Public Library, the Learning Source presents free online English and GED classes beginning January 11. Orientation and testing is January 6 and 8 for English classes and January 7 and 8 for GED classes. For more information visit TheLearningSource.org or call 720-526-2905.
Teen Volunteer Program at the Library
The Library’s volunteer program for teens and tweens is online again this semester and open to all local 6th through 12th graders. Participants work on self-driven projects of interest to them and beneficial to the Library. Applications are due by 5 pm on Monday, January 18, and the program begins with an online meeting on Monday, January 25. Find program details and how to apply at bit.ly/TeenVols or call 303-651-8477.
Virtual Discovery Days at the Museum
Discovery Days encourages children ages 2 – 6 and their caregivers to learn together through engaging hands-on activities. To keep our littlest learners safe, the Museum now presents Discovery Days in a virtual format. Virtual Discovery Days is a two-part program that includes a Monthly-at-Home Craft Kit for purchase and virtual crafting and story time sessions that match the crafts and themes in the kits. Sessions run January 20 – April 30 at 10 am and at 11 am on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Learn more at LongmontMuseum.org or call 303-651-8374.
Be Snow Savvy to Protect Our Water
Protect our waterways by shoveling snow onto vegetated areas and minimizing the amount of deicer you use at home. Melting snow carries deicers and other pollutants into storm drains that drain directly to nearby streams. If using a deicer, apply it as soon as snowy or icy conditions appear. Deicers help break the bond between ice and pavement to make shoveling easier. They do not evaporate the snow and ice, so adding more doesn’t eliminate the need to shovel. Learn more about Longmont’s winter storm resources at bit.ly/be-snow-savvy.
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!
