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Creative Corner: Community theatre inspires dream to make the art accessible to all

Creative Corner: Community theatre inspires dream to make the art accessible to all

Not everyone has the same opportunities to access the arts
Get Growing: Simple ways to preserve your bounty

Get Growing: Simple ways to preserve your bounty

Keep your vegetables to eat this winter
Creative Corner: Longmont artist expresses Mexican identity through sculpture and paint

Creative Corner: Longmont artist expresses Mexican identity through sculpture and paint

Grace Gutierrez finds inspiration from the world around her.
Longmont real estate: Longmont set another all-time high in monthly sales prices

Longmont real estate: Longmont set another all-time high in monthly sales prices

Prices have gone up over 25% over the last year.
Creative Corner: Music can tell a story, it can also form connections

Creative Corner: Music can tell a story, it can also form connections

"​​I'm a singer, songwriter and I play acoustic guitar, and it's folk music."
Creative corner: Mother makes carrying her baby a work of art

Creative corner: Mother makes carrying her baby a work of art

It was only after her fourth child that she discovered babywearing
Real estate: Soaring home prices and low inventory push beyond limits of a healthy market

Real estate: Soaring home prices and low inventory push beyond limits of a healthy market

The Longmont Leader accepts contributions, photos, and op-eds for publication from community members, business leaders and public officials on local topics.
Guest column: Taking time for ourselves

Guest column: Taking time for ourselves

Americans are known for working too much.
No attached homes were built in Longmont since 2018

No attached homes were built in Longmont since 2018

The year-built spread of attached homes was 1993 to 2018.
Creative Corner: "Don't look into the light"

Creative Corner: "Don't look into the light"

Local metalsmith shares the value of objects through art