South College Avenue makeover plans boosted by $200,000 commitment from Midtown BID
Efforts that will eventually lead to a makeover of Fort Collins’ South College Avenue took a major step forward this week with a $200,000 commitment from the Midtown Business Improvement District. The 4-year-old district, which receives a portion of property taxes from business owners within the district, will use the funds to begin drawing up construction […]
Midtown Business District Launches Initiatives to Support Local Businesses
The Midtown Business Improvement District (BID) is launching a number of new initiatives this summer, targeted towards supporting local businesses and welcoming visitors and consumers back to the retail corridor following the COVID-19 pandemic. The Midtown BID was established in 2017 to support Midtown commercial property owners and businesses in collectively planning, funding, and implementing […]
New business district aims to make Midtown Fort Collins a destination in its own right
Pat Ferrier Fort Collins ColoradoanPublished: 6:00 a.m. MT June 16, 2021 When it comes to destination places in Fort Collins, Midtown doesn’t jump to the top of the list. But business owners along College Avenue — from Drake Road to Boardwalk Drive — want to be more than the highway you drive to get from north […]
King Soopers’ flagship Midtown store could be open in summer ’22
Pat Ferrier Fort Collins ColoradoanPublished: 10:30 a.m. MT Jan. 22, 2021 Updated: 1:14 p.m. MT Jan. 22, 2021 Construction could start on a new mega King Soopers in Midtown Fort Collins this summer after the city’s planning and zoning board unanimously approved the grocer’s plans late Thursday night. If everything goes as planned, the grocer’s “flagship” […]
Fort Collins’ Mason Place provides a roof for 60 previously homeless residents
Pat Ferrier Fort Collins ColoradoanPublished 6:00 a.m. MT Feb. 5, 2021 Walter Roberts hasn’t had a place to call his own in quite some time. He can’t really remember how long it’s been except that it “was a long time ago.” Roberts, 65, moved into Mason Place a couple of weeks ago. Here in the heart […]
School of Rock offers chance to ‘rock out’ in midtown Fort Collins
Pat Ferrier Fort Collins ColoradoanPublished 3:33 p.m. MT Oct. 1, 2020 School of Rock, a music school franchise made famous by the 2003 Jack Black movie of the same name, is hosting its grand opening Oct. 10 at Foothills shopping center in midtown Fort Collins. The open house, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., will feature tours […]
Farewell, Kmart: King Soopers ready to raze Fort Collins site, make way for new store
Pat Ferrier Fort Collins ColoradoanPublished: 10:48 a.m. MT Jan. 12, 2021 Updated: 10:07 a.m. MT Jan. 13, 2021 Within the next few months, Fort Collins could finally see the wrecking ball come down on the blighted Kmart plaza at 2535 S. College Ave., in the heart of Midtown. After years of talks, studies and different […]
Meeting The Covid-19 Challenge
An Interview With Chris Gallegos – Communications Mgr., Gilded Goat Brewing Co. How have you been able to pivot/adapt your business model? When the COVID-19 pandemic made its way to our peaceful town in early March, we had to quickly transition our business model from a community gathering place to a beer-to-go model. This transition […]