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Your Ballot Is Here: A Greeley Voter's Checklist for Nov. 3
Your Ballot Is Here: A Greeley Voter's Checklist for Nov. 3

Mail ballots are out, and they're due by 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Here's how to return yours, plus a refresher on the city's 0.6% sales-tax question.

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From Up & Comers to Contenders: Northridge Boys Soccer's 10-Win Season
From Up & Comers to Contenders: Northridge Boys Soccer's 10-Win Season

Five straight wins, three straight shutouts, and the best record in Greeley. Northridge boys soccer has turned a promising September into a statement October.

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Downtown Hits the Halfway Mark Underground. Here Are This Week's New Detours
Downtown Hits the Halfway Mark Underground. Here Are This Week's New Detours

Crews have laid about 1,700 feet of new sewer pipe, nearly half the plan, and a new set of closures started Oct. 19. Plus: a judge declined to halt work on the county justice center downtown.

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Up & Comers to Watch This Fall
Up & Comers to Watch This Fall

Northridge boys soccer is rolling, girls flag football is brand-new, West softball is swinging hot, and UNC has a young core worth watching. Here's who's rising, and how to nominate someone.

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Downtown Detours: What's Closed, What's Next, and What It's Building Toward
Downtown Detours: What's Closed, What's Next, and What It's Building Toward

8th & 10th stays closed through late October, a block of 9th Avenue is shut for months, and the Civic Campus is reshaping downtown. Here's the current map of what's closed.

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Project Pop-Up Greeley Wants to Put Live Talent in Places You Never Expected

A group of Greeley friends is staging intimate pop-up shows inside local businesses — record stores, guitar shops, yoga studios — to spotlight local and traveling talent. Next up: breakdancers.

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The 0.6% Question: What Greeley's Sales-Tax Measure Would Pay For
The 0.6% Question: What Greeley's Sales-Tax Measure Would Pay For

Council sent a 40-year, 0.6% sales and use tax to the November ballot to cover debt for the downtown Civic Campus and the West Greeley Catalyst project. Here's what's in it, and the case each side makes.

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People of Downtown Greeley: Linda Winter of Accessories with a Flair & Hair
People of Downtown Greeley: Linda Winter of Accessories with a Flair & Hair

A blind date in 1970, a grand piano covered in jewelry, 500 custom-fit wigs a year, and more than five decades of helping build downtown Greeley. Meet Linda Winter.

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Community Check-In: Ride Free This Week, Museums on the Budget Block, and Your Taqueria Vote
Community Check-In: Ride Free This Week, Museums on the Budget Block, and Your Taqueria Vote

Gallop buses are free through Oct. 8, Greeley's museums are facing a cut of nearly 25% as the city closes an $18 million gap, and the Best Taqueria vote is open. Here's what to know in Greeley this week.

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Young Voices, Big Stage: The Greeley Children's Chorale at Oktobrewfest
Young Voices, Big Stage: The Greeley Children's Chorale at Oktobrewfest

The Greeley Children's Chorale opened Saturday at Oktobrewfest with the national anthem and a set months in the making. We talked with the directors about preparation, the Winter Songfest, and how kids can join.

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Editor's Opinion: You Don't Need a Warehouse — AI Served in Greeley, Built in Greeley
Editor's Opinion: You Don't Need a Warehouse — AI Served in Greeley, Built in Greeley

Everything you're reading right now doesn't need a warehouse — it's served in Greeley, built in Greeley, with AI on local hardware. From an editor who's run LLMs on home servers: the warehouse pitch is a cash grab, and our water, power, and people come first.

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Oktobrewfest Saturday: Pumping Blood Through the Heart of Downtown Greeley
Oktobrewfest Saturday: Pumping Blood Through the Heart of Downtown Greeley

Blazing sun gave way to a Harvest Moon as Greeley's Oktobrewfest filled Lincoln Park on Saturday, from a Children's Chorale kickoff to a sunset dance party. We were there, and we caught up with the DDA's Daniela Hernandez on what's next for downtown.

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Investing in Weld County's Women and Girls: A Conversation with the Women's Fund's Abby Workman
Investing in Weld County's Women and Girls: A Conversation with the Women's Fund's Abby Workman

The Women's Fund of Weld County has built a $900,000+ endowment that funds local programs for women and girls. Board member Abby Workman talks grants, the need in our community, and the Fund's Ladies Night Out on October 15.

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Oktobrewfest Without the Stein: A Zero-Proof Guide to Lincoln Park
Oktobrewfest Without the Stein: A Zero-Proof Guide to Lincoln Park

The beer is in the name, but it was never the whole festival. Here's how to spend Oktobrewfest weekend at Lincoln Park — brats, bands, dancers, Kids' World, and all — without a drop, and without missing a thing.

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Editor's Opinion: Partisans Divide, People Unite — People Are Greater Than Portfolios
Editor's Opinion: Partisans Divide, People Unite — People Are Greater Than Portfolios

Red or blue, the council dais has blown right past the people either way. But unity isn't found in a party — it's found downtown, where we celebrate, eat, watch the game, and yes, protest. Here's the protest that works: vote with your dollars.

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Why 8th & 10th Is Still Closed — and What Downtown Gets Out of It
Why 8th & 10th Is Still Closed — and What Downtown Gets Out of It

The 8th Avenue and 10th Street intersection has been closed since Sept. 1 for new water and sewer lines — the underground half of the Downtown Revitalization Program that also includes the Civic Campus land swap, the Trophy Block demolition, and a future parking garage.

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Court Tosses February's Vote: Ordinance 30 Stands, Cascadia Moves Ahead, Catalyst Stays Paused
Court Tosses February's Vote: Ordinance 30 Stands, Cascadia Moves Ahead, Catalyst Stays Paused

A district court ruled Ballot Issue 1A unconstitutional — voter referendums can only overturn legislative acts, and the court found Ordinance 30 was administrative. The zoning stands, Water Valley Company can keep building Cascadia, and the city-owned Catalyst district remains paused while funding gets sorted.

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YES!fest 2026: Greeley's Annual Science Takeover Filled the LINC Once Again
YES!fest 2026: Greeley's Annual Science Takeover Filled the LINC Once Again

The Youth Engineering and Science Festival returned to the LINC for its annual run — free, all ages, and packed. UNC and CSU scientists, robots, bees, FFA kids, and a Star Trek crew, all giving Greeley's kids a Saturday of real hands-on science. This is what makes our city great.

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Why Greeley Smells Like Smoke Today — And When It Should Clear
Why Greeley Smells Like Smoke Today — And When It Should Clear

A fire in Weld County pushed smoke into Greeley and Evans Friday morning, sending fine-particulate readings up fast. Officials say shifting winds and rain chances should improve things this afternoon. Here's what to know.

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We Make Up the Reality: What GreeAlityTV Is, and What It's Going to Become
We Make Up the Reality: What GreeAlityTV Is, and What It's Going to Become

This publication is served from a machine in Greeley, built by a Greeley local, and growing into something bigger — jobs, coverage, and a beacon of what community and city can be together. Every street, every avenue, every person: that's the lifeblood. We make up the reality.

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Citizen Video No. 1: Fridayfest '26, From the Crowd
Citizen Video No. 1: Fridayfest '26, From the Crowd

Our first community-submitted video — the Fridayfest DJ set, shot from right in the middle of it. This is what downtown sounds like when it shows up.

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Your Five-Minute Civic Checklist for the Week
Your Five-Minute Civic Checklist for the Week

Three small actions this week that make Greeley's voice louder: vote on the data center decision, verify your email, and put a taqueria on the ballot.

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Around Greeley: Week of September 7
Around Greeley: Week of September 7

Your weekly roundup: the data center fallout, a crosstown rivalry game tonight, the Bears in Laramie tomorrow, taqueria nominations, and what to do with your weekend.

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How Voting Works Here: Verified Votes Only
How Voting Works Here: Verified Votes Only

Every poll result on GreeAlityTV counts only verified votes. Here's how email verification works today, why unverified votes are filtered out, and what postcard verification will add.

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Editor's Opinion: 400 Comments, Eight Hours of Testimony, and a 5–0 Vote. Do You Feel Heard?
Editor's Opinion: 400 Comments, Eight Hours of Testimony, and a 5–0 Vote. Do You Feel Heard?

The public showed up. The public spoke. And the board voted unanimously anyway. This is exactly why GreeAlityTV exists — and exactly why your verified vote matters.

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Weld County Says Yes to What Could Be Colorado's Largest Data Center — After 400+ Comments, Mostly Opposed
Weld County Says Yes to What Could Be Colorado's Largest Data Center — After 400+ Comments, Mostly Opposed

In a 5–0 vote after an eight-hour hearing, Weld County commissioners approved Global AI's 41-acre data center at the old Kodak/Carestream site near Windsor. Residents raised water, power, noise, and transparency concerns. Here's what happened.

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Launch Is Almost Here — And at First, You're Going to Hear Crickets
Launch Is Almost Here — And at First, You're Going to Hear Crickets

GreeAlityTV's rollout is right around the corner. Fair warning: at first, the comment sections are going to be quiet. That's where you come in. There are no paywalls here — everybody can comment. Get out there, break the silence, and get verified as a Greeley neighbor.

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Glenmere Park: A Hundred Years of Greeley's Backyard
Glenmere Park: A Hundred Years of Greeley's Backyard

Winding paths, a gazebo, a fishing pier, and a pond full of turtles — Glenmere has been the neighborhood gathering spot for a century.

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LINC Library Innovation Center: Free and Full of Surprises
LINC Library Innovation Center: Free and Full of Surprises

A hobbit door, a makerspace, a recording studio you can book — downtown's 64,000-square-foot hub is way more than a library.

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Editor's Opinion: Tiffany Simmons Was the Mayor Greeley Needed — and Will Be the Mayor Greeley Gets
Editor's Opinion: Tiffany Simmons Was the Mayor Greeley Needed — and Will Be the Mayor Greeley Gets

9,946 Greeley voters saw it. A first-time candidate, a trauma therapist and teacher, came within about 2,000 votes of the mayor's office against the machine. An editor's opinion on the opportunity we missed — and the one still coming.

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Who Builds Greeley? The Numbers Tell the Story — La Familia
Who Builds Greeley? The Numbers Tell the Story — La Familia

Over 46,000 of our neighbors — nearly 42% of Greeley — are Hispanic or Latino. West 10th is proof of a cultural richness no other Colorado city can match. These are the people who build this city, and they deserve their share.

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The Campaign Is Growing — Get On Board Now
The Campaign Is Growing — Get On Board Now

GreeAlityTV isn't a moment, it's momentum. Organizers, small business owners, students, neighbors — if you're on board, get in touch right away. Here's what's next.

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Bring the People to Council: How to Show Up and Be Heard
Bring the People to Council: How to Show Up and Be Heard

Council chambers belong to you. Here's how everyday Greeley residents can show up, speak up, and make public comment count — plus how GreeAlityTV's tools back you up.

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This Is About the People
This Is About the People

We're glad to watch the west side grow. But we will not watch downtown die while big-money interests push everyday Greeley over. GreeAlityTV is drawing a line — and it starts with you.

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District 6 Athletes of the Week: Bo Tellez & Leah Ramirez Cerrillo
District 6 Athletes of the Week: Bo Tellez & Leah Ramirez Cerrillo

District 6 opened the school year honoring Northridge's Bo Tellez and Prairie Heights' Leah Ramirez Cerrillo.

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Nathan Koesler Wins the Stampede's $100,000 Scholarship
Nathan Koesler Wins the Stampede's $100,000 Scholarship

Greeley Central's Nathan Koesler is the 2026 All-Around Champion Impact Scholarship recipient — a four-year, $100,000 award.

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Stay Informed: Your Civic Voice Matters!
Stay Informed: Your Civic Voice Matters!

Join GreeAlityTV for a closer look at community events and civic engagement in downtown Greeley and beyond — your voices shape our future.

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Welcome to GreeAlityTV — Your Voice in Our Community
Welcome to GreeAlityTV — Your Voice in Our Community

Join us as we launch GreeAlityTV, your civic community platform for Greeley and Weld County. Share, connect and contribute in meaningful ways.

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