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Historic Greeley and staff announce spring events, facility security actions and public meetings
Summary
Historic Greeley announced a spring tea on May 10 at the Southern Gillespie House; city staff posted dates for History Hour talks, History Fest and judicial-center informational meetings; the city will install temporary metal grates on the city-owned First Baptist Church windows under a state covenant to secure the building.
Historic Greeley and city staff used the commission meeting to publicize upcoming public programs, schedule changes and a property-security action for a city-owned building.
Rebecca Brunswick of Historic Greeley said the group will hold a spring tea on May 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Southern Gillespie House; tickets go on sale April 2. Brunswick also noted other rentals and programs at the Southern Gillespie House, including a children’s tea by Magical Moments and an evening Flourish program.
City historic-preservation staff (speaking at the meeting) listed three History Hour presentations: March 27 (Meg Dunn of Historic Larimer County on the Emma Malaby grocery property in Fort Collins) at the Greeley History Museum community room at noon; April 10 (Dr. Joan Kleinfelder, Holocaust 101) at Link-Northern Colorado Regional Library (part of Holocaust Memorial Observances of Northern Colorado); and April 24 (a repeated Holocaust 101 presentation at the Greeley History Museum) at noon. Staff said the repeated April 24 presentation is intended to give more people a chance to attend since the program is popular.
Staff also said the commission will not meet on April 21 or the first Monday in May because of a planned technology upgrade in the council chambers. To accommodate calendar conflicts, the commission scheduled an additional meeting on April 7 to review historic-preservation-month nominations and possibly resume discussion of the triennial review later in June.
On county facilities and public meetings, staff reiterated two Weld County judicial-center informational meetings: March 18 (6–8 p.m.) at the Southwest Weld County Service Center and March 24 (6–8 p.m.) at the Weld County Administration Building in Greeley. Staff characterized those sessions as informational opportunities about siting a judicial center either north of the current county campus or as a downtown justice center.
Regarding a city-owned historic property, staff said the city owns the First Baptist Church and, because of a historic-preservation covenant tied to a prior grant, any exterior work requires review by History Colorado. To secure the building temporarily while a longer-term plan is developed, staff said the city obtained state approval to install metal grates over garden-level windows; those grates will be painted dark brown to match trim and will remain until a permanent use or disposition is decided.
Staff also asked for volunteers for History Fest (week of May 5–9), describing it as a school program at Centennial Village that typically draws many elementary classrooms, and noted ongoing follow-up work on the depot ramp at Centennial Village.
No formal actions were taken on these announcements during the meeting; staff asked commissioners and the public to note dates and to attend the informational meetings if interested.
