By Stacey Clark on March 18, 2011
Tuesday night City Council voted 5 – 2 to grandfather in existing medical marijuana dispensaries in Fort Collins. We now have a total of 23 MMD’s in city limits and there’s no cap for more being opened. The two dissenting votes came from Lisa Poppaw and Wade Troxell. According to the Coloradoan “[Poppaw]said she didn’t want to shut down businesses, but also wanted to protect 
neighborhoods from the influence of marijuana shops.” Wade Troxell’s concern was with the distancing requirements (1,000 feet from schools or other marijuana businesses and 500 feet from facilities such as colleges, parks, and places of worship) that were originally set by City Council. Grandfathering in existing marijuana dispensaries negate these rules. Troxell stated “in my mind, this makes a mockery of our separation requirements and our zoning requirements.”
Captain Jerry Schiager of the Fort CollinsPolice was also present at the Tuesday meeting. He stated that both the presence and availability of high grade marijuana has increased in our local high schools and that it is linked to the presence of Medical Marijuana Businesses.
One must ask the question “is this really what the citizens of Fort Collins want for our home town?” YOUR TURN: What effect (if any) do you think the presence of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in our community is having on our young people?
Posted in Marijuana, News |
By Stacey Clark on March 8, 2011
Down For Life Hip Hop Expo 2011 was a huge success! Here’s the numbers:
726 through the doors
107 amazing hip hop performers
67 dedicated volunteers
27 talented freestyle dance competitors
15 jumpin jivin crew-to-crew competitors
3 word-smithin beat box rap competitors
Posted in Events, News |
By Dawn Nannini on February 28, 2011
Team Fort Collins was disappointed when it was originally decided to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in Fort Collins. What we feared for our youth at that time has become a reality–a decreased perception of risk and increased marijuana use among youth. Despite our disappointment, we were encouraged by the care taken by City Council to minimize the risk associated with these businesses by identifying important provisions for their location. Council members’ attention to the issue was thoughtful and time well spent but it was all for not when they decided to make a motion to grandfather in 21 dispensaries bringing the total number of 
medical marijuana dispensaries in Fort Collins to 23, making 91% of the dispensaries not in compliance with the location provisions.
Fortunately, the topic is still up for discussion. Make no mistake, though, City Council is strongly inclined to keep these dispensaries in business—there is just one dissenting member. If you have an issue with medical marijuana dispensaries your voice needs to be heard. Those in favor are showing up to City Council meetings in droves. While they speak of the wonderful service they provide this community, their professionalism, and their “help” in cutting into the drug cartel’s market the truth is this is BIG business and they have a lot to lose—hundreds of thousands of dollars, monthly. None of our neighboring communities is allowing this. Why are we?
Posted in Marijuana, News |
By Stacey Clark on February 25, 2011
Our Third Annual Down For Life Hip Hop Expo is happening THIS WEEKEND! We have 5 crews competing, an amazing line up of local hip hop performers, Free Style and Beat Box Rap competitions that you can sign up for at the event, and our big headliner: Black Prez. Crews – you can still sign up here 
Thank you to our sponsors Poudre Valley Health System Foundation, Otter Box and the City of Fort Collins’ Fort Fund. We couldn’t do it with the financial help of these fine organizations. Another thank you to all the volunteers who will be helping out at the event. Fraternities and Sororities in this town rock – we have some faithful Greek groups who come out regularly for Team Fort Collins and it is our pleasure to work with them.
See you at Northside – Saturday, 2/26 – doors at 6pm, show starts at 6:30pm
Posted in Events, News |
By Stacey Clark on February 17, 2011
Well, some good news and some not so good news. Cesar Fax‘s most recent trend data shows current cigarette use continues to decrease among U.S. 12th Graders but the decrease among 8th and 10th graders seems to have stalled. But overall, look at those drops in use – very cool. 
For full report click here.
Posted in News |
By miked on February 4, 2011
Thank you to our sponsors for their support of Team Fort Collins. Poudre Valley Health System is the Diamond Sponsor of Simply Red 2011. Other sponsors are as follows: Emerald Sponsor: Caldera Event Group and Colorado Spine, Pain and Sports Medicine; Ruby Sponsors: Bohemian Foundation, Dohn Construction, Hilton Fort Collins, OtterBox, Tim and Candy Wirt, Yancey’s Food Service. In-kind sponsors are as follows: AlphaGraphics, Highline Motors, Odell Brewing, Tri-City Cycle.
Posted in Events, Simply Red |
By miked on February 4, 2011
The Annual Lamplighter Award recognizes a community member who exemplifies the spirit of collaboration with a view toward bringing people together for the common good; the award will be presented to Ron Lautzenheiser at the 8th annual Simply Red event to benefit Team Fort Collins.
“I am humbled and honored that Team Fort Collins has chosen to recognize me for my community involvement over the last few years, particularly when we live in a community that has so many outstanding citizens,” said Ronald H. Lautzenheiser, 2011 Lamplighter Award Recipient. “In reality, it is I that is genuinely privileged to be allowed to work with so many selfless and talented people dedicated to making our community a better place to live.”
Posted in Events, Simply Red |
By Dawn Nannini on January 28, 2011
Team Fort Collins is pleased to announce an exciting community youth project. A search is presently underway for an artist who will work with local skate boarders to design and paint a mural on the east facing wall at Northside Aztlan Skatepark. The mural project is managed by City of Fort Collins Art in Public Places (APP). APP was created in the spring of 1995 to encourage and enhance artistic expression and appreciation and to add value to the Fort Collins community through acquiring, exhibiting, and maintaining public art. The artist for the Northside Skatepark mural project must live within a 150 mile radius of Fort Collins, so that he/she/the team is available to engage and interact with the community. If you are interested in this or other APP projects you may visit the “Current Competitions” link.
Posted in Northside Skatepark |
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