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Last night, the Greeley City Council decided not to give the "round building" a historical designation. The iconic building is slated for demolition to make way for a new downtown project.

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What the Round Building Debate Says About Greeley’s Future
Tuesday's City Council meeting included a decision not to preserve Greeley's iconic "round building"
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December 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Part Two is now available for your free reading pleasure: substack.com/@greeleyfree...
WTF is Governance: Part Two
The two lowest levels of local government impact your life more than you may think.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Introducing our Substack series on governance: what it is, why it matters, and who’s actually in charge.

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December 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Deb Deboutez explains that the ballot measure special election on Cascadia can include additional language - including does the public want the project at all. Tues. Dec 16th at 6:00pm. Meeting is open for public comment.

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December 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Cascadia Resolution conversation at the Greeley City Council meeting, Dec. 2, 2025. Ward I represenative Tommy Buttler explains that"This does not repeal Cascadia... This is what people want, but it is not all they want."

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December 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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City Council votes to adopt resolution to vote on Cascadia zoning. The December 16th open City Council meeting will include a reading of the language for the ballot measure. Special election ballot vote is expected to be in February.

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December 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Greeley community member expands on the fiscal viablity of Cascadia.

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December 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Tiffany Simmons a local community member who ran for mayor in the recent election. This is a video she posted after attending the recent city council meeting. Shared with permission of OP. #heygreeley #cityofgreeley #greeleycommunity
December 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Greeley community member comments on the Cascadia project and states that as a veteran and resident, he has every right to ask questions of the city council, including about the Cascadia project.

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December 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Greeley community member comments on the Cascadia project and says the City Council are "all pretty good people." And states on the future demolition of the current City Halll building stating, "Let 'em look at it."

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December 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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This community member speaks about the future 1.1 billion dollar project planned for west Greeley.

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December 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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The Greeley community showed up for the Greeley City Council meeting to share their concerns about the 1.1 billion dollar development to ask the sitting council for a vote.

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December 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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At the Greeley City Council meeting the developer’s spokesman gave a statement saying that the developer supports a vote.

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December 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Community member speaks about the upcoming vote. Reflects on current issues in Greeley, Co.

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December 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Greeley veterans show up for the "Greeley at the courthouse steps" a civic engagement on issues ranging from immigration to national politics, with a recurring theme of "Stand Up! Speak Up! Take Action!"

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December 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Greeley community member asking for a vote for community and neighbors on the 1.1 billion dollar project in west Greeley. #heygreeley #thisiscommunity #cityofgreeley
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Does this sound like "snark" or a sincere solution from Greeley City Councilmember Melissa McDonald? This comment was made on June 3, 2025 at a Greeley City Council meeting where the council passed a camping ban for unhoused people.

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December 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Posted several updates to this story, including: comments about Lee from the City of Greeley's mobility manager, an interview w leader of a local transportation nonprofit, and info abt $1 billion development project Lee oversaw that voters have referred to ballot

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screenshot of text: UPDATE, 12/10: After posting this story, I learned that Greeley’s Public Works Director Paul Trombino (their point person for major transportation projects) also resigned shortly after Lee did. I’m trying to learn more. For now, check out the stories about this from local blogger Jack Bogdanski. UPDATE, 12/10: I asked the City of Greeley Mobility Manager Michelle Johnson to tell me more about Lee’s work/position on transportation. Here’s what Johnson shared: “During his time here, City Manager Lee supported several projects that helped move Greeley forward on mobility. He backed the work on our Mobility Development plan, which focused on improving safety and connections for people walking, biking, driving and using transit. You can see an overview of that work here: speakupgreeley.com/mobility-development-plan. We are currently working on year 1 activities based on this plan, which will include route improvements, the introduction of a transit app, and expanding regional transportation with a new line between Loveland and Greeley. Also under his leadership, we launched our first micromobility pilot, which gave residents more short-trip options and helped us learn how shared scooters and similar tools could fit into our system. Details on that pilot are here: speakupgreeley.com/micromobility-pilot. Overall, we have worked hard to expand mobility options, trying new (to us) approaches to give people more ways to get around our city.“ Jim Riesberg, founder of nonprofit advocacy group Greeley Walks and organizer of events like Week Without Driving and World Day of Remembrance for Traffic Victims, said he thinks Greeley is on a solid trajectory when it comes to transportation reform. "I think Greeley is way ahead of many other cities, particularly of its size and the attention that they're paying to transportation, mobility, safe streets, improving public transportation and making it easier for people to get around," Riesberg shared with me in an interview this morning. During Lee's tenure as city manager, the Greeley Public Works Department has been busy with traffic calming initiatives, Riesberg says. "A number of what were four-lane streets have now been reduced to two-lane streets by painting medians and things in them." Riesberg also added that Lee hasn't attended any meetings or forums he has hosted and he's never seen Lee at a meeting of the city's Citizens Transportation Advisory Board. As for the quality of bike infrastructure? Riesberg said Greeley has 27 miles of bike lanes and the majority of them are of the unprotected, door zone variety. "The city has increased the number of bike lanes getting into the downtown area," Riesberg shared, "But we don't have any good bike parking stations in downtown yet. We're working on that." Riesberg also said he was "shocked" by the resignation of former Public Works Director Paul Trombino, who left his post shortly after Lee resigned. "I had high praise for [Trombineo]," Riesberg shared. "And [his resignation] really shocked me because I thought he was just moving Greeley in a very important direction — and quite rapidly. So I'm not sure what happened there." When Riesberg asked city council members about why Trombino resigned, they didn't tell. "They won't share anything," he says. "They just said, 'I can't get into that.'"
December 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM