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10/30/2026

This National Farm to Month // Colorado Proud Farm to School Meal Month we are so excited to share that C4 is a USDA Farm to School Grant recipient! Over the next two years we will be working with Lake County School District to connect more Lake County youth to locally grown food in the classroom, at Cloud City Farm and in the cafeteria. Learn more about this exciting project in the Leadville Herald Democrat this week! ✌🏼💚🥕

10/26/2026

Curious whether a heat pump could work for your home? 🌿

Join us for Coffee & Climate on Thursday, November 5, 8–9am at the Leadville Visitor Center.

We’ll talk about the Mountain Energy Project, Xcel’s effort to increase electrification across Summit, Lake, Grand & Eagle counties. Come find out:

🏡 If your home is a good fit for a heat pump
💰 What rebates are available (they’re great for Lake County residents!)
⚡ How C4 staff can help you lower your utility bills and make your home more energy efficient

10/21/2026

No you’re not imagining things Leadville! Free single stream recycling is now available to residents through some private waste haulers thanks to the Producer Responsibility Act ✌🏼💚♻️

🗑️ No this recycling does not go to our landfill - it is hauled to the front range for processing.

💸It is paid for by the companies who produce and sell recyclable materials in Colorado.

🏡 Recycling is still FREE through the Lake County Recycling Center & Drop Sites if you don’t currently pay for trash pickup or your trash hauler doesn’t offer recycling collection.

🌎 In the very near future we hope this same funding stream will support expanded recycling for our entire community 😉

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10/01/2026

With fall temperatures settling in, C4’s Bill Payment Assistance (BPA) is a great resource to help you catch back up with your Xcel or any electrical/heating utility bill! We can help pay past due electric/heating bills and purchase bulk heating fuel such as propane, firewood and wood pellets.

If you or someone you know is interested in applying please contact Christian by calling/texting 719-465-6164 or emailing [email protected] so we can get you assistance.

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09/30/2026

This Thursday, 10/1, is our last full farmers market of the season! 🥕

Self-serve markets continue through October 23rd.
🌿 Thursdays, 4-6pm
🌿 Fridays, 9am-4pm

Thank you for shopping, volunteering, and gathering with us through another incredible season of growing food at 10,200 feet. 💚 Keep an eye out for pop-up markets this winter. See you at the farm, Lake County!

09/29/2026

This week is Food Waste Prevention Week! 🥕♻️

These big bins at Cloud City Farm may not look like much, but each year they keep thousands of pounds of food scraps out of the Lake County landfill and turn them into compost that builds healthy soil at the farm and in gardens across the county. 🌱

Why it matters:

🗑️ Waste at the Lake County landfill doubled from 2019 to 2021 and has stayed that high ever since. It’s filling up faster than we can afford: Lake County will need to build a new, lined cell within the next 3–5 years to keep the landfill open.

💧 Food scraps also add moisture to the landfill, which creates leachate. That’s liquid that can carry toxic chemicals, heavy metals, and emerging pollutants like PFAS. Without a liner to catch it, leachate can reach our groundwater and local water supplies.

What you can do:

💚 Sign up for C4’s community food scraps compost program at the link in our bio! Every bucket of scraps you compost helps our landfill last longer and protects the water we all depend on.

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08/28/2026

Congratulations to Lake County, CO Government for being awarded a C3 Impact Grant for the Lake County Recycling Center & Landfill. Read all about the grant and how it will support expanded waste diversion efforts at the landfill here: https://www.leadvilleherald.com/news/county-receives-grant-for-a-scale-at-landfill/article_a88ea5ba-e3c9-4078-9e58-60bf92d08978.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawT-wqdwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMTZWQkg3OUxpMlQzTjdaVkRzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEevp0SjK_X39Asvs1bSq-a0vk_Xgz_m6YV7X5xnw0-63ljVGsC6lbWOB8YScM_aem_oPa8T54Bn8ZrCCQlcM1gvQ

08/21/2026

Come check out our self serve farm market today! Open every Friday 4-6pm at 440 McWethy Dr

08/19/2026

☀️ Do you want to learn more about heat pumps? Have you heard about Xcel’s Mountain Energy Project?

We are excited to welcome you to our first Heat Pump Harvest event in conjunction with the Cloud City Farm Party on August 27th.

Stop by to:

Learn how heat pumps work
Learn the benefits of heat pumps
Figure out what would work best for your home
Hear about the Mountain Energy Project
Hear about incentives (Do you qualify? Anyone can!)
Talk to others who have heat pumps or who have gone through the incentive process
Talk to local contractors
Ask any questions
Discuss concerns
Sign up for a free home energy audit
Check out the farm party!

Learn more about heat pumps & the farm party at the link in our bio!

08/18/2026

Cloud City Conservation Center has been lucky to have Levi, a junior at Lake County High School, with us this summer as our Sustainability Intern. This new position is part of C4’s Growing Stewards high school internship program, which connects Lake County students with meaningful opportunities to learn, work, and make a difference in their community.

Thanks to generous support from the Leadville Race Series and Leadville Trail 100 Legacy Foundation , Levi got a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to make the race series as sustainable as possible. He jumped right in, helping educate racers and spectators about sorting their trash, compost, and recycling, making sure each item found its way into the right bin. Levi recently visited Elements Mountain Compost in Salida, CO, to follow the journey of the race series’ food scraps, seeing firsthand how they break down into nutrient-rich soil that is used by farms across Colorado.

Levi has a zest for life, a passion for bugs, and a laugh that’s impossible not to smile along with. We’re so thankful to have had him on the C4 team this summer and are excited to see where his curiosity takes him next!

Thank you so much to Leadville Race Series and Leadville Trail 100 Legacy Foundation for supporting C4 and helping create these incredible learning opportunities for Lake County youth 💚

Address

Office Address: 130 W 5th Street Suite #119 (inside The Post Office)
Leadville, CO
80461

Website

https://www.c4leadville.org/

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