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MEMORANDUM
DATE: July 3, 2024
TO: Mayor Arndt and City Council Members
THRU: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Tyler Marr, Deputy City Manager
Caryn M. Champine, PDT Director
FROM: Haley McAveney, Community Liaison
RE: Save the Date: Community Welcome 2024
The City of Fort Collins and Colorado State University (CSU) will host the 24th annual
Community Welcome event on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, from 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm.
Remarks will take place from 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm in the Lory Student Center Grand Ballroom and
are traditionally given by key leadership from the City of Fort Collins and CSU.
What is Community Welcome?
The goal of the program is to help foster a sense of community and connection between
students and long-term Fort Collins residents. Occurring on the first Wednesday of classes,
approximately 200 volunteers—consisting of CSU students and staff, city employees, local
residents, and Fort Collins and CSU police—walk through selected neighborhoods around
campus and distribute information to students on noise, trash, public nuisance, occupancy, and
snow ordinances, as well as off-campus parties, the riot law, and the importance of forming
strong, positive relationships with neighbors. Community Welcome is truly a collaborative effort
that reaches nearly 1,500 homes. The organizing committee is comprised of members from the
CSU Vice President for Student Affairs Office, Off-Campus Life, Fort Collins Neighborhood
Services Office, CSU Police Department, and Fort Collins Police Services. Community
Welcome is seen as a model program across the nation for community building and several
communities have inquired about duplicating our efforts in their own college towns.
I sincerely hope that you will be able to join us for Community Welcome 2024 this Fall.
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CC: Rupa Venkatesh, Assistant City Manager
Jeff Swoboda, Fort Collins Police Services Chief of Police
Paul Sizemore, CDNS Director
Marcy Yoder, Neighborhood Services Manager
Kelly Weaver, Fort Collins Police Services Lieutenant
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