This Week in Longmont – November 17, 2017
This Week in Longmont – November 17, 2017
The City of Longmont is offering residents an opportunity to take one level pickup load FREE of charge to the Front Range Landfill at 1830 Weld County Road 5 in Erie from 7 am to 2 pm on Saturday, November 18. Loads must be covered and secured for transport; oversized loads and second loads will be billed accordingly. Please take a photo ID and a copy of your current utility bill to show that you are a City of Longmont customer. For more information on this event visit LongmontColorado.gov/solidwaste or call 303-651-8416.
Downtown Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony
The 7th annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in Downtown Longmont kicks off the holiday season on Friday, November 24 from 6:30 to 7 pm at 6th Avenue Plaza (just west of 6th and Main). Bring your friends and family and celebrate with us! Check out the Block 1750 dancers as they hold the ultimate holiday break dance challenge, and join representatives from cultural groups throughout Longmont to bring the unity and holiday spirit needed to light up the Downtown for the holidays. Get a picture with Santa, grab some warm drinks and holiday treats, and help kick off the holiday season Downtown.
Small Business Saturday
Support Downtown Longmont’s 400+ small businesses by shopping LoCo Downtown on Saturday, November 25 all day. It’s better local, and your purchase means more when you #ShopSmall. Enter to win a $100 Downtown Gift Card, get a free t-shirt if you’re caught downtown by holiday characters, check out the ice carving photo opportunity & more! Info at https://www.downtownlongmont.com/calendar/holiday-events.
Get to Know the Longmont Senior Center
From 9 to 10:30 am on Thursday, December 7, get acquainted with the many volunteer programs, classes, travel opportunities, and resources available to you as a 55+ Longmont resident at the Longmont Senior Center, 910 Longs Peak Avenue. Whether you’re still working, semiretired, caregiving, or just ready to have some fun and make new friends, the LSC is your community hub for active older adults. This event is free, but please call 303-651-8411 to register.
LPC on Duty to Keep Thanksgiving Bright
Reliable power makes for a great Thanksgiving, whether it’s to cook dinner, call distant family, or simply enjoy the football game around the pumpkin pie. The internet can be just as valuable, especially if you have to find out who really scored that last touchdown. So even during the holidays, Longmont Power & Communications workers are on duty to make sure your electric and NextLight internet services stay as calm as a post-turkey nap. A typical Longmont home goes years between outages, but in the unlikely event of an electric or NextLight issue, call the LPC outage line at 303-776-0011 or the main office at 303-651-8386. Please don’t use email or Facebook messages for emergencies, since they will not be seen until the offices reopen November 27. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Free Law Clinic
A free Law Clinic will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 pm on Tuesday, November 28, at the Longmont Senior Center, 910 Longs Peak Avenue. You can speak to attorneys at no charge about immigration law, criminal law, bankruptcy, family law, fair housing, collections, landlord/tenant law, consumer issues, personal injury, probate, Social Security, and employment law. For more information call 303-651-8444 or email Susan.Spaulding@LongmontColorado.gov.
Freeform LEGO® Building at the Library
Get the kids out of the house and away from their screens for an afternoon of fun building with LEGOs at the Longmont Public Library. Drop by at 409 4th Avenue, head to the Children’s Craft Room, and build to your heart’s content from 1 to 5 pm on Saturday, November 25. This is an unstructured event, and children younger than age 9 must be accompanied. No registration is required.
The City of Longmont is participating in a Fair Housing Study with the City and County of Denver, the City of Aurora, and all of the Boulder County communities to better understand residents’ housing choices and their experiences living, working, and going to school in the area. You can help by completing an online survey at denver-aurora-boulderafh.com/surveys and letting your friends and neighbors know about it, too. Paper copies also are available. All information is confidential, and the deadline is November 30. Those who take the survey will be entered into a drawing for a $100 gift card. For more information or to request a paper survey, call 303-774-4648 or email Molly.McElroy@LongmontColorado.gov.
One of Longmont’s signature holiday events, The Gift of Home Tour, will take place November 30, December 1 and 2. This self-guided tour is a fundraiser for Longmont Meals on Wheels. The tour is held Friday, December 1 and Saturday, December 2, with a special VIP preview Thursday evening November 30. Tickets are available online, or at the Longmont Senior Center, Longmont Meals on Wheels, Ace Hardware, Woodley’s Fine Furniture, Front Range Mercantile, Niwot Market and Snyder Jewelers. For more information, visit the website at TheGiftofHome.org, and call 303-808-5825 to volunteer.
Although Longmont city government observes the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 24, as a holiday, the Longmont Museum and most Recreation facilities will be open regular hours. The St. Vrain Memorial Building and all other facilities will be closed. Thursday trash, recycling and composting will be collected on Friday.
