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• Sbmeirow • Talk • 23:38, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

HISTORY - Why is there no mention of beets? (While the farms were scattered and the crop concentrated in Loveland, CO, the factory was located in Longmont, providing a steady stream of income in terms of jobs and taxes. By 1925, Longmont had become one of the fastest growing cities of Northern Colorado.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.51.122.68 (talk) 07:18, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Geography

This statement about Longmont is very likely inaccurate: "By 2016, it will be the Route 36 Corridor endpoint for the FasTracks commuter rail network." News reports indicate the rail might not reach Longmont for decades, if ever. One example: http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/03/02/voters-frustrated-over-plans-to-scrap-northbound-fastracks-rail-expansion/. This more official site indicates the first six miles of an extension project is scheduled for completion in 2016, nowhere near Longmont: http://www.rtd-fastracks.com/nw_1. I suggest removing the sentence. B.J. Smith 21:06, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Done. Even if it had been true, that sentence didn't belong in the Geography section. --Footwarrior (talk) 21:13, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Notable people

Hi. Under Notable Residents, what about Dan Simmons the noted author and winner of Hugo, Nebula and numerous fantasy awards?

I removed a couple of "notable" residents (a minor league baseball pitcher and a composer). Minor league baseball pitchers aren't notable and the composer's entry looks like a vanity page.

Merging Longmont and Mayors of Longmont

Why merge the mayor list with the base article? Can you point to other city articles that do that? I'd like the Longmont article to look more like the Denver article in that respect with a template at the bottom. There are tons of city articles that have associated lists of mayors.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Shdamberger (talk) 17:02, October 12, 2007 (UTC)

I concur that you should not merge the list into the article, unless you can make or find a very nice looking template for the task. Otherwise, it would just clutter up the page. — Ken g6 19:31, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

I just found a template that might work: Template:Collapsible list. See my sandbox for how it looks. The only question I have with this is, would anyone would be willing to wade through the nested templates to fix the list of mayors? (Later, when it needs fixing, that is.) -- Ken g6 23:59, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

I disagree, this page should not be merged. I would like to know how copying information from the official city of longmont website and posting it to this site without giving any copyright information is allowed. I don't think that page should exist without that acknowledgment. One should provide a link directly back to the original source - http://www.ci.longmont.co.us/about/longmont_mayors.htm. --Swolak (talk) 17:52, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

You can't copyright a list of data like a phone book or in this case a list of mayors and dates of office. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.162.99.178 (talk) 16:20, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Can facts be copyrighted? Yes, in some situations. Any "facts" that have been published as the result of individual research are considered the intellectual property of the author. per http://www.plagiarism.org/learning_center/plagiarism_faq.html To me, that would indicate research of a list of Mayor's. 71.215.67.219 (talk) 02:08, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Photos

Needs a few town photos to upgrade it to B-class.LanceBarber (talk) 18:46, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

I would love to take some photos of Longmont to be included in this article. Are there any guidelines that would help me out? Icebourg (talk) 23:13, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

numerous photos available here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/freerangelongmont/6206095633/in/set-72157624406446293 that can be used freely, I took them and give explicit permission by this entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MDouglasWray (talk • contribs) 23:08, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

deleted commercial links

I deleted the commercial link spam - bestof-longmont-com infolongmont-com Longmont-com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.50.81.226 (talk) 19:59, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

City Motto & Exurb?

Now, I'm pretty sure the city motto isn't "If it's not nailed down, it's Longmont." I live here, and I'd love a refresher on that if it's true. Also, I really don't think Longmont can be defined as an Exurb of Denver. The farthest out city that I would consider an Exurb is Westminster, which is 30-45 minutes away from Longmont. WoogieNoogie (talk) 01:06, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

I'm going ahead and moving forward with the change of motto on this article. I'm watching this page for any changes, so please post up here to notify me if anyone disagrees. WoogieNoogie (talk) 18:00, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Geography Table Removed

Removed geography compass due to breaking of formatting. Keeping here for reference in case anyone else has a good place for it.

WoogieNoogie (talk) 19:21, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

There is no justification for this statement

There is no justification for this statement.
It just seems to be someone's matter of unfounded opinion:
[Longmont] is one of the few cities in Colorado [that] owns its [electric] power plants, resulting in some of the lowest cost and most reliable electricity in the state.
I am an electrical engineer, and the one (lowest cost and most reliable) does not follow from the other (that owns). If this were true, then city-owned and town-owned electric power plants would be extremely common. They would be the norm.
The way to get low-cost and reliable electric power is to be located close to a hydroelectric power plant in an area that gets ample precipitation or is located along a major river. Who owns that plant is irrelevant, just as long as the plant has well-qualified engineers.
Examples of cities that have reliable electric power at a reasonable price include Las Vegas, Pueblo, Sacramento, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Knoxville, Nashville, Huntsville, Chattanooga, Louisville, Seattle, the cities of the Dakotas; and Portland, Oregon. Many of those power plants are run by the Army Corps of Engineers, TVA, and the Bureau of Reclamation. The key is the availability of major rivers with hydroelectric plants on them. Also, some nuclear power plants are quite reliable and produce electric power at a reasonable price. Those are common in Illinois, Arizona (the largest ones in the country at Palo Verde), and around Washington, D.C.98.67.110.216 (talk) 23:07, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

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