Fort Collins recognizes 14 businesses that are helping design new climate program

FORT COLLINS — Fourteen businesses in Fort Collins were recognized today for completing a sustainability pilot program.

The program is sponsored by the city of Fort Collins and the Sustainable Living Association. It builds upon the city’s ClimateWise program, which, according to a city press statement, “guided 600 businesses in saving Fort Collins $94 million on climate change between 1999 and 2020.”

The new pilot program, which ran from June to August this year, gathered information that the city hopes will help the community combat climate change over the coming 20 years. The full sustainability program is expected to kick off in January.

“We are proud of and deeply grateful for the 14 local businesses that are now the first to have joined us on our reimagined path toward meeting the city’s climate future goals,” Kellie Falbo, executive director of the Sustainable Living Association, said in a written statement. “People are at the forefront of this process, and the valuable insights they’ve shared will help us ensure the new program we’re developing will be accessible to all local businesses regardless of size, industry, or demographic representation.”

The 14 businesses that completed the pilot program are Elevations Credit Union, Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant, Motherlove, Peaceful Birth Co., Golden Poppy, Poudre School District, Odell Brewing Co., OtterBox, Churn, Gallipott, Armstead Construction Inc., Little House of Tempeh, Colorado Cutz and 717 Studios.“We are deeply grateful to each of the leaders who committed time and energy to help reimagine a sustainable business program for our community,” said Honoré Depew, climate program manager for the city. “It is clear that this critical work will lead to enhanced opportunities and resources for the entire Fort Collins business community as we rise together to meet the challenges of our times.”

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