Posts Tagged ‘Neighborhood’

University district to conduct oral history meetings

Staff Reports –   GREELEY – A series of meetings has been set to gather oral histories from long time residents of neighborhoods in the University District.  The next meeting will be in the Glenmere neighborhood.  Staff from the Historic Preservation and Neighborhood Resource office will be recording oral histories from attendees.  It will be [...]

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Becky Safrik to be new Assistant City Manager

Staff Reports – Greeley City Manager Roy Otto has selected Becky Safarik, the City’s Community Development Director, to serve as the City’s Assistant City Manager.  This change as well as the promotion of Brad Mueller to Community Development Director will officially occur on April 1, 2012.  The Assistant City Manager position has been vacant since [...]

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National Night Out comes to Evans

Scheduled for August 2, 2011On Tuesday, August 2, 2011 citizens, community groups, local businesses, local officials, and Law Enforcement Agencies from all over the country will join forces to mark the “28th Annual National Night Out”.  This year, over 34 million people across the country are expected to participate.   National Night Out is a [...]

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2011 Free Walking Tour – Glenmere Park: A Visionary Park and Tree Tour

Staff The Greeley Historic Preservation Commission continues to sponsor free summer walking tours during July, August and September. The next tour, a pre-Chautauqua event, will be about one of Greeley’s visionary areas of town, Glenmere Park, and about the rare and significant trees in the area. The tour takes place on Monday, August 1st and [...]

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Neighborhood Drop Box Locations

Flamingo’s Liquor (the old Bubba’s BBQ) Kinko’s  10th St Nuway Cleaners-on 35th ave) 7-11 Convenience Store (10th St/35th Ave) 7-11 Convenience Store (9th St/14th Ave) Laundromat on 10th St  (next to Dairy Queen) Walgreens  (16th St/23rd Ave) Agland (16th St/Hwy  85) Street corner behind Albertos Express Culver’s (29th St/35th Ave on drive through side) IHOP  [...]

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Do You Have Broken Windows in Your Business?

by John Benjamin Fixing Broken Windows is an allusion to an essay written by G. Kelling in 1982. In this essay Kelling asserts that the crime rates in a neighborhood ebb and flow with the upkeep of the neighborhood. For example if the window in a building is broken and passer-bys notice that it is [...]

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