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Bronze statue

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Answers to the most-asked questions about the town of Windsor Have you wondered where to go to pay a ticket? Does the town have ordinances to regulate pet ownership? Who do I call about a big pothole? And why is the sky blue?

Except for the color of the sky, the town of Windsor answers these and dozens of other questions to help Windsor residents navigate municipal government and be a well-informed citizen. Here is a sample of some of the useful information on the Windsor FAQ:

What is planned for the area around my property?

Please be sure to view the Planning Department’s “Community Development” page for information on current development projects. Planned uses within Windsor’s Growth Management Area can be viewed on the town’s Land Use Map at http://bit.ly/2l16rWE. What current developments and development projects are being reviewed by the town of Windsor?

Those can be found online by visiting the Planning Departments Community Development web page at windsorgov.com/127/ Community-Development.

What is the zoning of my property?

In addition to contacting the Planning Department with your address and/or parcel number, you can search property information on the Windsor Information and Navigation Gateway or WING Map online at gis.windsorgov.com/maps/.

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Zoning dictates how your property can be used. It also establishes design parameters such as minimum lot size, minimum building setbacks, maximum building coverage, and maximum building height and the number of units allowed. Zoning regulations can be found in Chapter 16 of the Windsor Municipal Code, which is available online at windsorgov.com/municipalcode.

Are your application forms available on-line?

Yes, both Planning and Building applications are available on the Application Forms and Handouts web page at windsorgov.com/133/Application-Forms-Handouts.

Can I subdivide my property?

Subdivision of property in the Town of Windsor requires approval of a subdivision application. You will need to contact a planner in order to determine the appropriate subdivision process. Please contact the Planning Department at (970) 674-2415. Windsor’s Subdivision regulations are outlined in Chapter 17 of the Municipal Code What is a variance?

A variance, which requires approval by the Board of Adjustment, constitutes a change in the zoning provisions of the Municipal Code where, due to special conditions or circumstances, the literal enforcement of a zoning requirement would result in an unnecessary hardship. An unnecessary hardship is defined as a situation where the property cannot be reasonably used under the conditions allowed by the code. The situation will occur from circumstances unique to the property and will not be created by the property owner. Economic considerations alone do not constitute an unnecessary hardship. Variances, if granted, shall not alter the character of the surrounding neighborhood. Please review Section 16-6-60 of the Municipal Code or contact the Planning Department for further information.

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f it’s Wednesday, it’s UPWARD and over to Highland Park Lanes they go.

“They” being participants in Unique Programs for Windsor Area Residents with Disabilities, the fairly new moniker for the Town of Windsor’s adaptive recreation program.

The name change came when recreation staff wanted a positive spin for the adaptive recreation program. So Luke Bolinger, recreation supervisor, and his brother toyed with a variety of names and acronyms, eventually coming up with UPWARD. To say it has had that much-needed positive impact would be an understatement. At the Windsor Harvest Festival parade in September, participants marched in a group happily shouting “UPWARD” every few feet. “With both parents and participants, you can really see how much more positive they talk about the program. The other name was cold and unwelcoming,” said Bolinger.

Adaptive recreation “targets folks with special needs, everything from mobility issues to developmentally delayed. We really try to make activities that help with social development and life skills,” said Bolinger. The majority of participants in the Windsor program range in age from 16 to 30 but there are a few in their 50s. And many have jobs. “When they get a job, that is a great thing we like to see,” he added. “They’re learning to be

Chris Getz leans in to check the waffle he just finished during a special visit to the Windsor Recreation Center by the UPWARD group.

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more independent, which is what we want.”

Debbi Campbell said UPWARD has provided her daughter, Kristina Thompson, 31, with an outlet for being “out and about and to have her own life.” She added, “She definitely prefers it when mom is not there.”

Kristina, who has Down’s Syndrome, has been attending adaptive recreation program activities since before high school, Campbell said. “It’s helped her have friendships. Some of the participants have been in it a long time. It makes me feel good that she’s happy.”

And like many of the participants, bowling tops the list of Kristina’s favorite activities.

So why is bowling so popular with the group? “It incorporates a lot of different skills and everyone can participate,” said Bolinger, noting that the bowling alley accommodates all abilities, including those in wheelchairs. “Bowling is a very inclusive activity and participants enjoy the social aspect.” Glow bowling is also popular with the group.

Which movie to see each month is usually determined at the Wednesday bowling sessions, Bolinger said, “and on Friday night we load up in buses and head to the Metrolux in Loveland or the Cinemark in Fort Collins. It gets them out and about.”

Other activities include crafting, cooking classes and a variety of outings, including hockey games, movie nights and trips to area restaurants. “They really love dinner out,” said Beth Messerli, recreation coordinator, adding that participants enjoy learning about different cuisines, what to order and how much to tip based on how much money they bring with them.

Occasionally an activity goes belly up. Such was the case with a tubing excursion last winter. “Not because of the participants, but because of the weather,” Bolinger said. “Some participants got too cold.”

Ratio of staff and volunteers to participants ranges from 3:1 to 5:1 depending on the activity.

Julie Harvey, a retired pediatric physical therapist, began volunteering with the program about three years ago “because I needed to have my ‘fix’ in working with special needs and the joy that the participants and the activities bring me. It’s the smiles and laughter and hugs

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Natalie Getz stirs the waffle mix during a visit to the Windsor Recreation Center by the UPWARD group.. Joshua Polson//Staff Photographer

that keep me coming back.”

Harvey teaches gardening and cooking classes, assists as a chaperon on field trips and helps participants who need adaptations or assistance with mobility or navigating obstacles that they encounter.

“There’s such a family bond between participants in the program,” said Messerli, whose 2017 goal is to offer UPWARD programming for the 10 and under group. “I’m looking to do story time and craft activity combos, music therapy and some simple activities that get the group together and start the bonding process from a younger age.”

Messerli, who now oversees the program, joined the recreation staff in November, coming from Washington, D.C., where she worked as a program specialist for military and their families.

Messerli encourages anyone interested in UPWARD and its programs to give it a try. “We have a lot of trips offered for January through April,” she said, including tours of Forney Museum of Transportation in Denver, Colorado Mountaineering Museum in Golden and even Windsor’s Police Department. In addition there will be excursions to watch the Rockies and Eagles as well.

In addition, UPWARD participants are encouraged to also take advantage of other recreation classes and activities offered by the Recreation Division, Messerli said, whether it’s swimming lessons, SNAG© Golf or getting a workout in the weight room.

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Bronze statue

depicting Windsor’s historical roots will be unveiled this summer`

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fter more than two years of fundraising and planning, the Windsor-Severance Historical Society has set a June 29 date to unveil a new bronze monument to Windsor’s historical roots.

The 8-foot monument will feature the core elements that started Windsor and helped build the town’s population in its early years.

Historical Society Vice President Marge Straube said the monument is intended to educate Windsor’s rising population.

“It’s important that people know where you come from and why your community is what it is,” Straube said. “Windsor’s history is water, family and the sugar beet.”

With $150,000 raised, the monument includes a man working a water pump, with his son and daughter next to him.

The daughter is holding a large sugar beet, symbolizing the importance of the sugar beet industry to the early development of Windsor.

When early settlers in Windsor realized nearby towns were growing by getting involved with the sugar beet industry, they encouraged Windsor farmers to plant sugar beets so a plant could come to the town.

In 1903, a sugar beet processing plant was established in Windsor, sparking growth and employing a large percentage of the work force.

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Austin Weishel, 27, of Loveland, began sculpting when he was 14-years-old.

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This is the start of what I hope will be some additional public art that will transpire and become a part of our community it is today.

“We wanted to recognize how important the immigrants were that came in here and helped with the back-breaking labor. And the family unit that worked so hard,” she said.

As the Historical Society neared its fundraising goal through outreach, more and more people started to wonder: where is the mother?

In response to the growing interest, the artist sculpting the monument, 27-year-old Austin Weishel, sculpted a model of what the statue of the mother would look like. To him, the inclusion of the mother is vital to recognize the full family unit that helped build Windsor.

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“People will question, ‘Where was the mom?’ And they were out there in the fields helping out. They were a huge part, just as much as the man was,” he said.

The Historical Society now hopes to raise an extra $70,000 to include the mother. If they can raise the amount by May, they’ll be able to save some money in bronze foundry fees by completing the entire monument at once. The Historical Society board has said that if someone can donate the entire amount needed, the donor will be able to name the mother.

No stranger to Windsor, Weishel moved to the town with his family when he was just 6 or 7 years old. His sculpture “Follow Your Heart” is housed in

Sue Baxman, center, and Marge Straube, of WindsorSeverance Historical Society, have been doing the fundraising and working with artist, Austin Weishel, to get the monument completed.

front of the Windsor Fire Department on 7th Street.

When he’s not sculpting, Weishel is a volunteer firefighter for Windsor.

Weishel’s passion for sculpting began when he was just 14 years old. Someone gave him a piece of clay and asked him to bring a sculpture back in a year.

“I went back to my grandparents’ house, where they lived (in Prescott, Ariz.) and, with a fork and a knife, I started my first sculpture,” he explained.

Since then, Weishel’s work has appeared across the country. He’s been featured in magazines and on the Today Show. In 2014, one of his works was voted top monument of Washington, D.C., by the Washington Post.

Weishel explained the bronze sculpture process while in his Loveland studio. Foam and steel give the full-size clay models inner support. The clay Weishel uses never dries, so he can continue to work on details. He’s been working on the clay sculptures for this project since early last year. The clay for the father alone costs about $4,000. After finishing the clay models, a rubber mold with a hard outer shell goes over portions of the clay.

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sand. After reaching the required thickness, the wax is melted out as the shell mold is hardened.

From the shell molds, each piece of the bronze sculpture is created at a bronze foundry. The pieces are then welded together, and the welded areas are sanded down so the final sculpture shows no signs of welding.

The arms, hands and pump of the father will need to be split up into about 15 different pieces, Weishel explained.

More than $70,000 for the monument came from grants from the Poudre Heritage Alliance and Windsor.

The rest was raised by more than 100 donors.

To be placed in Boardwalk Park, the monument will

Donate to the Historical Society The Historical Society is still seeking donations in order to include the mother in the monument.

Donors of $5,000 or more will have their names placed on a plaque beneath the monument. If someone donates the full $70,000 for the mother, the donor gets to name her.

Windsor-Severance Historical Society is an official 501(c) (3) non-profit, so all donations are tax-deductible.

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Mayor Kristie Melendez said she hopes the monument will spark more interest in public art in Windsor.

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AEI Studio owner Pamela Tallon applies her magic to teaching and business James Redmond // For Premier

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n a recent Friday morning, Pamela Tallon flitted around her teaching studio lending a helping hand or word of advise to her students.

A handful of men and women filled the back of AEI Studio and Gifts, 503 Main St., Windsor, all leaned over stained glass artwork in various stages of completion. Tallon darted from one student to the next as she answered questions and helped deal with any and all challenges that arose.

Her students call it “Pam magic,” her assistant Mary White said.

There’s some element of Tallon’s personality, maybe even full-blown magic, to the whole store. Retail space occupies the front half of the space, filled with carefully curated gifts designed by artists from around the country.

Cards made by local artists share the pace with gifts ranging from bags with panels from old board games and sheet music to art crafted from slices of old license plates.

Tallon admits she channels her love for artsy gifts and gift shopping when she’s searching for new products. She figures if she loves it someone else will too.

The charmingly eccentric gift boutique brings in some customers, but her stained glass art — she’s done extensive customs work including windows at the Methodist church in Windsor — and classes attract most of the customers.

“She’s a great teacher,” White said.

Tallon loves teaching. That’s a good thing because while it only makes up at part of the AEI Studio and Gifts business, teaching takes up most of her day.

Each day she gets up, plans for her classes,

Pamela Tallon smiles as she grabs a piece of glass from storage area in her shop behind AEI Studio and Gifts, 503 Main St., on Friday in Windsor.

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teaches the occasional early student and keeps teaching throughout the day. Tallon might get a break or two during the day, but many nights she heads back to work after dinner for an evening class.

“I live it all the time,” she said with huge smile. “I’m tired and stressed sometimes, but it’s a good tired and stressed.”

When she’s in the studio with her students, her whole face lights up as she sees their vision take reality before them.

“It’s great, the people you can find that are so talented and they don’t even know,” she said.

It’s what she hoped to do when she opened the business in May 2015.

December 2014 Tallon’s mother passed away. It caused her to start reexamining her whole life.

She came to realize she spent her time working for someone else and she wasn’t doing her art anymore — it wasn’t what her mother would have wanted for her.

“I felt like I’d wasted so many years not doing what I wanted to do,” Tallon said.

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