It was simple. Rhonda Solis was looking to create a program featuring Latina voices. Cristobal "Chris" Garcia wanted to spotlight the work of the Hispanic/Latino community in Northern Colorado. And while the two had met as community members volunteering at a local high school, it was only…
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Editor's Note: A version of this story previously appeared on the former Greeley Unexpected blog. The Centennial Village Museum's annual Potato Day is a community event steeped—or should we say “baked”—in local tradition. The success of this event, and Colorado’s local love for baked potatoes…
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It all started with sugar beets. That’s how Derrick Hoffman fondly remembers his family’s evolution into farming, which started with his great, great grandfather Jacob Hoffman emigrating from Russia to northern Colorado in 1903. Back then, Russian and German farmers helped pioneer beet crop…
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Launched in 1982, Banner Health's Med Evac originally operated under the name AirLife of Greeley. As the 40th anniversary of its founding approaches, we talked with the Gilliland family of Sterling, Colorado, about how this award-winning Greeley medical service changed the course of their family's…
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Drive down 8th Ave., and you'll undoubtedly see a variety of sculpture "trees" lining the street. These fantastical, imaginative designs all start with a trunk and a planter. But beyond that, each "tree" is as unique as the artists who designed them. What was the inspiration for Greeley's Uptown…
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Charles Hansen and WD Farr, water pioneers in Greeley, said, “Look ahead and plan for others as others have planned for you.” To this day, Greeley Water lives by this mantra. Greeley’s rich water history can be traced back to the Union Colony utopian vision in which trades and businesspeople all…
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