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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:
Who should I call about snow and ice removal operations? Calls regarding snow and ice removal operations should be directed to the Public Works Department at (970) 674-5403. If you encounter an emergency situation, call 911. For information regarding the town’s Snow & Ice Control Plan, go online to www. windsorgov.com/DocumentCenter/View/16279. When will the town plow my street? The town’s Snow & Ice Control Plan has four priorities that explain where the town starts snow plowing first. The plan is to return road surfaces to safe winter driving conditions as soon as possible within the limitations of this plan, our limited resources, and weather conditions. Staff will evaluate the weather conditions during each snowstorm and will dispatch snow removal crews to impacted areas, as need. Priorities include arterial and collector streets, and critical facilities, such as medical offices, the fire department and schools. In addition, designated problem areas, such as hills, roundabouts and intersections, are high priority. It must be recognized that, although this plan sets general guidelines to be followed, each snowstorm has its own characteristics with variable conditions, such as air and pavement temperatures, wind speeds and directions, precipitation rates and types, extreme temperatures, timing, duration, and traffic activity. This plan must remain flexible and take into consideration these variables. Snow & Ice Control Plan Will the town plow my cul-de-sac? Cul-de-sacs will be evaluated by staff during each storm. Snow removal crews will be dispatched to impacted areas as needed and/or once Priority 4 is reached — 12 inches or more. What does the town put on the streets to melt ice and snow? The town uses Ice Buster, a de-icing salt, on all of the town’s roadways. Crews are trained on sensible salting techniques, and all snowplow trucks are calibrated to spread only the amount of de-icing salt required to de-ice the roadways. The town does not use any liquid de-icing materials and/or sand. For more information on Ice Buster, go online to: www.windsorgov.com/ DocumentCenter/View/16279. What snow and ice removal items are residents responsible for? Residents are required by ordinance to clear sidewalks, including those crossing alleys and driveways, within 24 hours after the end of a storm. Please pile the snow in your yard, not in the street. If your sidewalk is icy, apply de-icer to melt the ice. If you wish to report a hazardous sidewalk, please call the Police Department’s Code Enforcement team at (970) 674-6400. — Source: Town of Windsor, www.windsorgov.com/faq 4
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The biggest temptation for owner of Mr. Yo’s Donuts?
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Donuts line the tray as Hyo Jang shows off some of their finished products on Thursday morning at their shop in Windsor.
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yo and Susanna Jang are at Mr. Yo’s Donuts by midnight seven days a week to make 22 to 30 different kinds of donuts to fill display cases by the time doors open at 5-7 a.m. on
Sunday. Glazed donuts are the best-sellers, followed by oldfashioned donuts, said Hyo, better known as Mr. Yo. The couple also sells croissants and sausage rolls. The Jangs took a circuitous route to locating in Windsor. For Hyo, it began in Korea where he was born. At about age 14 he came to the United States to visit relatives in Aledo, Texas, then a small town of about 1,200 people. Hyo visited the school and liked the friendly way students and teachers interacted, so unlike the austere nature of Korean schools, and he liked the American way of life. He asked to stay in the U.S. and was allowed to do so. After high school Hyo took computer science classes at DeVry University and then he and his wife, Susanna, whom
Hyo Jang stands among the donuts he created Thursday morning at his donut shop Mr. Yo's Donuts, 1296 Main St., in Windsor.
he met in Texas, moved to Georgia, where he had a friend, and then they packed up and headed to Oklahoma. He went to work in his relative’s donut shop and learned the recipes. Why donuts? “Ever since I was a kid I liked bread. First time I ate donuts here, I remember I ate the whole box myself,” he laughed, noting that donuts in Korea more closely resemble bread, not sweet pastries. Although he had worked in donut shops during high school and college, he had no inclination to have his own donut shop — not until he and Susanna spent Christmas in Glenwood Springs one year and “fell in love
with the mountains and snow.” They knew then they would move to Colorado and open a donut shop. They spent time researching the best communities for kids and families and, although Fort Collins was the first to pop up, so did Windsor. The couple chose Windsor because it “felt more like home” and it didn’t have the high volume of traffic Jao wanted to get away from. When they opened their donut shop in 2013, it was called YoYo’s Donuts. The name seemed perfect because it was Jao’s nickname. Problem was, there was already a donut
shop with that name, albeit in Minnesota. Three months after opening they got a letter informing them of such. They changed business name to Mr. Yo’s Donuts. And then there was news that a nationally known donut store would open a location in Windsor as well. “In Oklahoma we had a Dunkin’ Donuts right across from us. How ironic the minute we move over here, they were moving over here, too.” Are they stiff competition? “Not so much.” Mr. Yo’s Donuts is often busy with customers lining up in front of the display cases filled with the aforementioned glazed and old-fashioned donuts along with long johns, cake donuts with different toppings, apple fritters and donut holes. The biggest challenge in running the business, he said, is temptation. “I’ll eat one or two when Susanna’s not around.” Making donuts for a living is not for everyone, he said. “You have to have passion to do it. But making a donut is a lot of fun,” Jao said. The frequent compliments that come their way are a bonus. “It makes my whole life happy.”
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LEFT: Link Smith works on interior of a car earlier this month at Pinkee's Rod Shop, 4395 Highland Meadows Pkwy., Windsor BELOW: . Rob Nicholo carefully grinds down the dashboard of a car being worked on earlier this month at Pinkee's Rod Shop, 4395 Highland Meadows Pkwy., Windsor.
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hen Royce Glader first saw a hot rod built by Eric Peratt, he knew he was seeing the product of a special talent. “I saw a car that just stood out from everything else at the show, and it said ‘Pinkee’s Rod Shop’ on the window of it,” he recalled. Glader, a resident of Fort Collins, saw the car at a Back to the ‘50s car show in Minnesota in 1989. It would be several years until he met the man behind the car. Peratt, 48, now owns Pinkee’s Rod Shop at 4395 Highland Meadows Parkway in Windsor. With eight to 10 projects always in the shop, it’s hard to believe Pinkee’s modest beginnings. “I was probably 8 years old, and my dad and I just started going to all these car shows together. We’d go to Lakeside Speedway and watch the races, and then it just kind of evolved,” Peratt said. After years of bonding with his father through cars, Peratt went to get a degree in Automotive Parts and Service Management in Pueblo. He started building his first car that same year, a ’34 Ford Pickup. He worked on it in his parents’ garage on the weekends. “In the summer, I came home, mowed lawns to get some
extra money and then just finished it throughout those four years,” he said. After that came the 1933 Chevy Woody, which eventually caught the attention of Glader. At the time, Peratt was working at General Motors out of Chicago. Pinkee’s Rod Shop was just a window decal and a dream. Once he sold the Woody, Peratt had the funds to open up Pinkee’s in the town of Pine, Colorado. With a shop to work out of, Peratt then completed his third custom build, a 1933 Ford Roadster. Nicknamed “Comet,” the Roadster put Peratt on the map when he won the 1998 Detroit Autorama Ridler Award, one of the most prestigious indoor car show awards in the country. “I started up in the mountains, thinking I would never need more than about 2,000 square feet and maybe half an employee just to help me here and there, and the next thing you know, I had 10 guys,” Peratt said. When he wanted to invest in commercial property out of the mountains, Peratt first looked to Denver. The high real estate prices drove him to look elsewhere. When a customer told him to check out available land in Windsor, Peratt was skeptical of the location’s remoteness. But the affordable price of land The Best Of Windsor Magazine • premier • december 2016
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The mirror on a Corvette catches the reflection of Eric Peratt earlier this month at Pinkee's Rod Shop, 4395 Highland Meadows Pkwy., Windsor.
money for that year,” Glader said. in Windsor quickly won him over, and Pinkee’s moved to the new “We took it to our first show at the Grand National Roadster Show, 10,000 square-foot shop in 2004. and people just completely freaked out,” Peratt said. “It put that “I just said, ‘Hopefully things will grow up around me.’ And they type of car on the map. A lot of people have been patterning their certainly have,” Peratt said. “We were one of the first buildings out cars after it ever since, so it was a big hit.” in this area.” Glader has had two other cars built at Pinkee’s since and is now Since then, Pinkee’s has received national recognition for quality having a 1932 Ford Roadster built. The cars he usually orders cars and innovative designs. Aside from his father, Peratt looks to are much more discreet than famous builders such as Boyd “LOADED.” Coddington and Chip Foose ...my dad and I just started “What I like to do is reshape for inspiration. “Every day we them in a way that is real challenge ourselves to try to going to all these car subtle, but it just kind of takes stay on the cutting edge without away some of the boxy-ness putting it out there so far out shows together. We’d go to Lakeside of the original design,” Glader people don’t understand it. Speedway and watch the races, explained. “Those old cars, they So you think outside the box sold them for just a few hundred as much as possible, and then and then it just kind of evolved. dollars each. Mass production you reel it back in a little,” he was the primary goal.” explained. Most of the cars built at Pinkee’s run anywhere from $150,00 One of the most unique cars Peratt has built was for Glader, who to $500,000. About half of the customer base comes from met Peratt seven years after seeing his Chevy Woody in Minnesota. Colorado. The other half comes from just about anywhere in the A root beer-colored car with an interior like no other, the 1929 country. Pinkee’s is currently working for customers in Montana, Ford Roadster Pickup was nicknamed “LOADED.” Washington, Tennessee, Texas and Missouri, to name a few. “It was pretty much all handmade from one end to the other, and it “They understand what we usually give the customer, and so if was just almost a cartoon car. The year we brought it out, it ended they like that, they come to us. They have a handful of ideas we’ll up on six magazine covers, and we won about $50,000 in prize
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“It’s easier than it is Glader laughed. Once the customer agrees on a budget and finishes the designs, work begins to source the car. As the Pinkee’s crew builds the car, Pinkee’s customers will sign off on details of the car, such as the interior or the firewall. “It’s a one-stop shop,” Peratt said. “A customer will come to us, and they can drive their car away.” Starting in December, Peratt will partner with Trent Moriarty to open the doors to Mash Lab Brewing, a brewery with a glass wall so customers can look in as cars are built next door at Pinkee’s. “It creates a pretty neat ambience for people to just sit around, have a couple of beers and kind of check out what’s going on,” he said.
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orking on a $400 million project one day, meeting with potential new business owners the next, is all in a day’s work for Stacy Johnson, director of economic development for the town of Windsor. Since her arrival in 2011, when the position was created, Windsor has enjoyed $200 million in economic investment, added 900,000 square feet of business/industrial space, and added 1,976 jobs resulting in $115 million of payroll back into the community. Not bad for someone who “fell into” economic development shortly after graduating from college with a journalism degree. Her first job was overseeing special events for the Loveland Chamber of Commerce where she met Carol Garton, who would become her mentor. When Garton left to work in economic development for the city of Lakewood, Johnson followed. After four years of immersing herself in all-things economic development, Johnson moved on to the now now-defunct Northern Colorado Economic Development Corp. to oversee business retention and expansion for Larimer County. And then five years later she accepted the newly created position of director of economic development in Windsor. “You can be working with a small local startup or you could be working with a company with 1,000 employees. That’s what attracted me, and I had the passion to learn about different companies and finding ways to help them be successful,” Johnson said. What does a director of economic development actually do? For starters she’s responsible for all business attraction, retention and expansion of primary employers, she negotiates economic incentives on behalf of existing and expanding companies, and she provides customized site searches for existing and relocating companies. Johnson also hosts quarterly no-agenda business visits with Town Board members and Windsor companies. Kelly Arnold, Windsor’s town manager, calls Johnson “a true professional in her field,” adding that “Stacy has helped create jobs, represent business interests in the governance structure, and been a positive influence in the community.” He also noted that “a positive business environment has been embraced, which sets a course of success for Windsor commerce. … Stacy is energetic, enthusiastic and always forward-looking.” Windsor, Johnson said, is growing up like a city but retaining its hometown ambiance. “People are friendly here, they want to be here, they want to come here.” Windsor’s development fees — the lowest in the region, she said — also make the community attractive for new development. The biggest news coming out of her office in recent weeks is the announcement of a $45 millionl deal with Kana Hotel Group out of Knoxville, Tenn., to build three hotels near the intersection of North Fairgrounds Avenue and Crossroads Boulevard. The first hotel will be Springhill Suites by Marriott and across the street the second and third hotels – the brands have yet to be announced – will be on opposite ends of a shared lobby, restaurant and 10,000 square feet of meeting space. The first hotel will break ground within the next three months and the entire project is expected to be built out by March 2018, Johnson said. “What’s cool about Windsor is there are so many different projects in so many different industries,” she said. In recent years, new businesses to Windsor have ranged from those in the oil and gas industry, such as Schlumberger Lift Solutions, Halliburton and Crall Product, to retail and commercial businesses like Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts and The Summit. And with nine business parks, Windsor has plenty of room for more interested businesses and companies. In fact, Windsor has spec buildings available from Highlands Industrial Park in west
that’s one person’s food on the table.” Windsor to Falcon Point in east Windsor. Johnson is a member or committee member of numerous “What keeps me up at night is getting enough commercial to balance professional organizations including the Economic Development the residential,” Johnson said. Commercial development will soon Council of Colorado, Upstate Colorado Economic Development Corp., happen at East Point on the southeast corner of Colo. 257 and Colo. Front Range Community 392, which is close to College Business Advisory booming subdivisions Board of Directors and east of Colo. 257 in National Association Windsor as well as of Industrial and Office in Severance. Initial Properties. When she businesses will include “has a moment,” Johnson Human Bean, one or and her husband, Blair, two restaurants, a who custom farms 1,200 convenience store and acres in Weld and Larimer perhaps a hotel, she said. counties as part of Although it’s great to Johnson and Sons, focus bring in new companies, on 4-H. “We’re the lead retaining businesses folks who work on the already in Windsor is 4-H carnival and craft fair, important, too, she said. the largest fundraising “It’s always easier to keep event for 4-H in Larimer what you’ve got before County,” she said. you go out and get new companies to come in. Windows light up the room as Stacy Johnson works at her computer Wednesday afternoon in They’re also involved That’s definitely a focus her office in the Windsor Town Hall. with Loveland Elk’s Lodge Little Britches Rodeo, we provide.” they help rescue animals, and they enjoy being involved in different Johnson’s job, however, is not 9 to 5 and the long hours are OK with charitable events. her. “It’s easy for me because I have a passion for it. I don’t look at it as “Outside of that, I attempt a garden and read a lot,” she said. a job. If there’s something I can do to help one company save one job,
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ange View Elementary students will soon be able to take field trips to remote locations across the globe, under the sea and even in space. Thanks to virtual reality and a $10,000 grant from the Weld Re-4 Education Foundation, the field trips won’t cost a dime to the school district. Range View Technology Coach Shauna Curtis applied for the grant in the fall. After Google offered Weld Re-4 schools the chance to experience its Expedition Kits last year, the technology piqued the interest of several educators. “The students can go any place where Google has sent someone to actually video this in real life. So you can go to the Great Pyramids, there are things in outer space that they can see. Really you can go anywhere in the world,” Curtis said. “You’re only limited by what people have filmed up to this point.” Since the kits are used only as an occasional learning supplement, Curtis plans to share the kits with other buildings in the WindsorSeverance School District. Curtis filled out the grant application with Range View Media Specialist Mollie Amundson. “It was honestly a shot in the dark. Everybody had this dream and a hope, so we thought it doesn’t hurt to try. And, sure enough, it didn’t hurt to try. It was worth it,” Curtis laughed. Funding for the kits is just one of 16 grants awarded by the Education Foundation in November. The grants totaled about $80,000. Education Foundation treasurer Tempy Bowman said the grants usually cover a wide range of interests at the district. “Mostly it’s been equipment and access: we did the CNC machine for one of our middle schools this year, Chromebooks, robotics. We’ve supported our music, our fine arts, our theatre – you name it,” Bowman said. 14
“Anything that has to do with what the kids need and the schools cannot From left, are, Weld Re-4 Education Foundation board member Heather Kintz, afford to provide.” Windsor Middle School Industrial Technology teacher Alicia Gradisar, and The grant Foundation board members Kim Schutt and Madelyn Backhaus. Gradisar application asks was awarded a $3,000 grant from the foundation, which will allow her to buy questions about a specialized router for use in her shop classes. how many kids will benefit from the Superintendent Dan Seegmiller said the grant and how the grant will impact learning. Education Foundation has played a vital role Bowman said that the application process is in empowering educators with fresh ideas. very competitive. The benefits of the grants only seem to “We had over $286,000 in requests. The multiply once implemented, he added. needs are just so great in education,” he said. “Some of those projects kind of act like The foundation began in 2013 when the feeds within a building,” Seegmiller explained. Windsor-Severance Re-4 School Board “The groups will get started and others in realized it could lose a mill levy override for the building, or in other schools across the funding that the state wasn’t able to provide. district, will see what’s going on, get interested Knowing that the community would rise to the and start doing some of the same things.” occasion, Bowman partnered up with fellow “Our community members that support school board member Sean Ash to start the the Education Foundation and those board foundation as an alternative way to fund the members really are providing some wonderful schools. They were not disappointed. tools for our teachers and our students,” he “We have just the best community you said. could imagine,” Bowman said. “Our Weld Re-4 Windsor High School orchestra director community is overwhelmingly generous, and Chris Pilsner received a grant from the they make great choices.” foundation last year to fund the bare bones Aside from title sponsors such as the Water equipment he needed to start a music theory Valley Land Company, Power Service and class and a music technology program. After Front Range Energy, the foundation receives the classes proved a success, he was awarded hundreds of small donations from community another grant in November for extra piano members. In August, more than 600 people keyboards and new software for his music attended the foundation’s annual Flip Flop theory class. Gala, raising more than $120,000. With the “I’ve always been limited to having a certain foundation spending less than 5 percent number of students because we didn’t have of what it raises to operate the foundation, enough keyboards for having a full class,” donors know their money is put to use. Pilsner said. “And students didn’t have a “Almost 100 percent of what we raise chance to work on keyboards that connect to goes right back into the classroom. We’re their computer outside of class. very proud of that. When you look at other After new software was released that foundations, their administrative costs are allows students to upload their music theory huge,” Bowman said. schoolwork to the internet so they can
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Windsor High School orchestra teacher Chris Pilsner, right, was awarded a Weld Re-4 Education Foundation grant for keyboards and software licenses for the increasing number of students in hismusic theory classes. Joining him in the photo is assistant principal Kevin Copher.
From left are Weld Re-4 Education Foundation board member Heather Kintz, Range View Elementary media specialist Mollie Amundson, Rangeview IB coordinatory and technology teacher Shauna Curtis, and Foundation board member Kim Schutt. The foundation awarded a grant to Amundson, who was the lead applicant for a grant request submitted by all the media specialists in the district. The grant will provide e-books for all of the school libraries, which will allow for differential reading instruction. Curtis was awarded a $10,000 grant for Google Expedition kits, which allows students to supplement their learning of a variety of topics through virtual reality exploration.
continue their work at home, Pilsner knew extra keyboards weren’t all he needed. “Students these days are always on some sort of technology, whether it’s on their phone, their computer or a video game console,” he said. “I saw an opportunity where we could incorporate more of a technological method in order to get students to be able to interact with the subject matter a little bit more to their level.” Deciding on which grants to award is no easy process. Once the foundation meets, they discuss how the grants would work to achieve both the district’s goals and the state’s goals. “We try to align with district goals: inspiring innovation and empowering success,” Bowman explained. “They have a lot of criteria that they have to show that the grant is thoughtful, that it will help meet state standards, which the state mandates us to reach, and that it will move the district forward in a positive way.” The Education Foundation awards grants quarterly, with another round of grants coming after the holidays. By exploring different revenue streams, such as grants or partnerships, the foundation plans to increase its ability to give. “We have this saying around the school district: children make up about 20 percent of our population, but they’re 100 percent of our future,” Bowman said. “If we, who own businesses and employ people, if we want good employees and a trained workforce, then we need to invest in education.” Other grants » Six grants were awarded for sets of Chromebooks in classrooms across the district. » Some grants will provide certain classrooms with flexible seating, which provides seating alternatives to traditional chairs or desks. » At Windsor Middle School, a grant will fund a new router for Industrial Technology teacher Alicia Gradisar. » Fourth-grade teacher Lucinda Orr and library teacher Laura Sapinoro received a grant to start a Lego robotics club at Grandview Elementary. » Range View Media Specialist Mollie Amundson received a grant to provide interactive e-books to all of the school libraries. » The foundation will also fund three scholarships for high school students participating in the Tech Showcase in May.
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