Stampede working to welcome Latinos

GREELEY – This year, along with the more traditional festivities such as concerts, rodeo events, demolition derby, a lumberjack competition and motorcycle, bicycle and 10K running races, the Greeley Independence Stampede has a new initiative: to more actively welcome Latinos and visitors of other ethnicities.

Bill Ogg is the executive director of the Greeley Stampede, a nonprofit corporation that spearheads this celebration of Independence Day, local heritage and community, running from June 24 to July 4. He’s candid about the 89-year-old organization’s early stages to be more inclusive in its outreach to different ethnicities.

“We recognize that…