News (Noticias) Tagged ‘longmont’

With the help of the city of Longmont, Eco-Cycle is launching an outreach program designed to encourage more recycling in the city’s Latino community.

The large influx of Latinos to the Longmont area over the past 20 years is a major driving force behind the new program, said Dan Benavidez, the compliance and logistics manager of Boulder Imports and a former City Council member.

“The demographics in this region — and all over the country — have changed radically,” he said, noting in particular the large number of Latinos of Mexican origin who live in Longmont.”*

The Lower Columbia’s largest Latino grocery store, El Tigre, offers 11 different kinds of chiles — hot peppers — including the hottest of all, the piquin.

Having specialities like that is one reason the four-year old grocery is expanding at its location at 463 Oregon Way in Longview, where it moved just a year ago.

Owner Neri Aguilar credits the store’s success to strong customer service, the area’s fast-growing Latino community, and the store’s evolution into a one-stop shop for local Latinos — a “supermercado” that sells $17 pinatas and $130 watches, specialty creams from Central America, $49 cowboy boots for tots and spooky religious knickknacks such as a statue of Santa Muerte - the Grim Reaper. “*

*From: http://www.tdn.com
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“Leaders of a controversial statewide economic boycott say they’ve achieved their goals as their weeklong effort concludes today.

The Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition won’t have estimates of how many people or how much money was withheld from the state’s economy until they collect questionnaires from participants this week, but CIRC leaders are confident they’ve sent a message to the government.”

“A soccer ball works like a magnet to help Pastor Alex Del Cid meet his goals.

They include sharing his Christian faith, unifying local Hispanics from various countries and trotting out a wildly popular summer sport in the dead of winter, he said.”

“Activists from across the region gathered Monday night in Longmont to respond to last weeks immigration raids in Greeley.

On Dec. 12, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered six Swift & Co. meatpacking plants across the country and captured more than 1,200 workers who they suspected of living in the country illegally. About 260 Greeley workers were shackled, loaded onto buses and driven out of the plant.”

““Not your typical trade show” is how Sharon King, director of the Boulder Small Business Development Center, describes the second annual Multicultural Business Resource Expo taking place Friday.

The event at Front Range Community College is being put on by the Latino Chamber of Boulder County and the Boulder SBDC. King stressed that it will be a “friendly, fun atmosphere.””

“People in Mexico don’t buy “tuna” cactus plants, their edible pads or delicious kiwi-like fruit at the market. They grow them in their back yards instead.

But since the Mexicans who’ve moved to Longmont no longer have the climate ”” nor, oftentimes, the yards ”” to grow the prickly but popular pears, the new AB Super Market in Longmont sells them, four for $1.”

“Skyline High School officials will host an event Thursday to encourage more Hispanic parents to get involved with the school and its students.

The Skyline High School Latino Family Dinner, scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. at the school, will include school staff, Hispanic-focused community groups and entertainment.”

“Rafael Vivas sneaked into the United States six years ago but says he’s not ashamed of it, having worked hard and stayed out of trouble since he’s been here.

On Aug. 30, the Longmont resident said, he took a $10-an-hour job with Bowen Landscaping, a Wyoming-based outfit that works primarily out of sites on 21st and 17th avenues in Longmont.

According to Vivas, Bowen management never asked him to fill out paperwork or provide any identification until he had already worked six days and come to collect his first paycheck.”

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“A dry summer and the shortage of migrant laborers have depleted Boulder and Weld county crop production this year.

Sugar beet and organic vegetable farmers stand to lose the most in ag yield this fall because of a labor shortage that has left their fields choking on weeds.”

El Dí de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Celebration
Join us on Saturday, October 28th, as we celebrate El Dia de los Muertos, the Longmont Museum’s signature event. The Day of the Dead celebration returns for a sixth year with an engaging display of community altars and an interpretive exhibit about this traditional Mexican and Latin American holiday. There will be activities for everyone, including traditional food, family altars, sugar skull making, storytelling, music, and more! Call the Longmont Museum & Cultural Center at 303-651-8374 for more information, or visit us on the web at www.ci.longmont.co.us/museum.

Alter Exhibit Description:
La Ofrenda de los Muertos: Honoring the Days of the Dead
On display from October 21-November 19, 2006
The Day of the Dead, or El Dí de los Muertos, is a traditional Mexican holiday celebrating ancestors. As part of its annual El Dí de los Muertos celebration, the Longmont Museum will present its second annual exhibit, La Ofrenda de los Muertos: Honoring the Days of the Dead. This exhibit will be on display at the Museum from October 21 - November 19, 2006, and will feature altars from families in the Longmont community. An interactive altar will also be on display.

“Democrat Bill Ritter says his Republican opponent, Rep. Bob Beauprez, failed to do anything as a congressman to stop illegal immigration and isn’t offering any solutions in his bid for governor.

Beauprez, meanwhile, said Ritter is offering a path to citizenship for the estimated 250,000 illegal immigrants in Colorado if they can pay their back taxes ”” in essence offering “sanctuary.”

Immigration ”” the issue that has dominated virtually everything in Colorado for months ”” is expected to become a major focus for both parties when it comes time to get voters to polls in November.”

“Rachel Olivarez-Sellers doesn’t bring up immigration anymore as she crisscrosses Colorado trying to reach out to new Hispanic voters. It’s just too complicated.

It’s not that she doesn’t have strong views. After taking over the state Democratic Party’s Latino Initiative last year, Olivarez-Sellers helped push the party to take a formal position against a proposed ballot measure that would have denied illegal immigrants non-emergency public services.

But in some of Colorado’s 64 far-flung counties, she finds local Democrats split on the issue. So are the Hispanic voters she encounters.”

“The daughter of Chicano leader Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales and other Hispanic advocates are demanding that Longmont city officials provide public space and pay all costs to create a mural honoring Hispanic historical figures.

The advocates are angry because the city painted over a 4-month-old mural at the Longmont Youth Center this month.”

“Remember the story out of Longmont, Colorado where someone decided to make everyone feel inclusive at the youth center, the 4-month-old, student-painted mural depicting various Latino figures, had to be painted over with blue paint?

At the time, LatinaLista tried to get a hold of someone who could shed some light on the situation - phone calls weren’t being answered or returned.”

“The face of Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzáles is gone. Brush strokes of blue paint were smeared over his image, erasing a memorial to the father of the Chicano Civil Rights movement.

Along with Gonzáles, other historical figures - Emiliano Zapata, Father Miguel Hidalgo, Pancho Villa, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera - vanished from a wall at the Longmont Youth Center.”

“NBC Universal has agreed to purchase Longmont television station KDEN-Channel 25 from Longmont Channel 25 Inc. and Longmont Broadcasting.

KDEN will be the 17th Spanish-language television station for NBC Universal Television Stations Division — strengthening the company’s Telemundo network coverage…”

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“It might be tempting to think that tackling the tangled issue of immigration would be easier here in Boulder County, which has a reputation, sometimes said with a sneer in other corners of Colorado, of tolerating diverse and divergent views on just about everything.

Sometimes the public discourse even on mundane matters is so good, local officials brag, that it becomes almost a tourist attraction, drawing outsiders who just want to stand up and be heard. Owners of the Java Stop, a coffee bar on Main Street, say they have resisted adding wireless Internet access for fear it could dampen the quality of conversation….”

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