office space and walk through the neighborhood

In order to have a base  from where we can operate, and get more insights on what is going on in Larimer, and provide a space where we can meet people, Renee connected us to The Kingsley Association, a community center in Larimer. We were provided with an office at “Imagine Larimer”, an initiative that experiments with ways and methods to create a sustainable green neighborhood. We had a couple of interesting meetings and then we walked around the neighborhood. It was hot, the streets were pretty empty, whenever we approached trees, a shrill creaking sound probably produced by hundreds of crickets , intensified. We thought that it would look much better, if we put on a hat and sit on a horse riding the streets, but voila here we were, red-faced, pushing a stroller. Walking through a deserted back alley made us think of elephants roaming the streets, or tigers, or giraffes or penguins, until the sound of a heavy chain dragged over wood replaced all the thinking with primal fear. A big, brownish pittbull came out of his house behind some bush and yawned. We had complained about the brutal heat just minutes earlier. Now we thanked the sun for making the beast so slow and sleepy. Yes, Larimer felt a little bit like a Wild West frontier town after a gold rush, surviving to possible have another busy hay day, for when the next mine would be opened and exploited.

After all the “green” returning to the air conditioned Kingsley Association building with it’s thick grey walls and a sign in sheet felt a little bit like returning into a safe fortress.