Larimer county commissioner - jody shadduck mcnally

Larimer County Commissioner - Jody Shadduck McNally

District: 3 | Role in 2026: Chair, Board of County Commissioners

2026-05-15

• Mental Health Awareness Month: Commissioner Shadduck McNally is participating in May 2026 Mental Health Awareness Month activities as a co-host, including a mocktails event at the Love Shack in Loveland featuring author Becky Jensen (No Man's Land: Unpacking One Woman's Worth on the Colorado Trail).
  
• 2026 Board Chair: Was voted Chair of the Board of County Commissioners for 2026 (John Kefalas is Chair Pro Tem).
  

Sources:
- Things to do in Larimer County for 2026 Mental Health Awareness Month
- New chair, chair pro tem, Board of Larimer County Commissioners

2026-05-17

• Mental health panel (May 16): Hosted a community panel discussion on hiking for mental health at the Love Shack in Loveland, featuring author Becky Jensen (No Man's Land: Unpacking One Woman's Worth on the Colorado Trail), as part of her May Mental Health Awareness Month series.
  

Sources:
- Larimer County Mental Health Awareness Month events
- Larimer County Facebook — Mental Health events

2026-05-26

• Fire restrictions expire: The county fire restrictions adopted by the BOCC (2-0 vote, May 5) — which prohibited all open fires, charcoal/wood grills, smoking in open spaces, and combustible devices in all unincorporated Larimer County climate zones — expired at 11:59 p.m. tonight. No announcement of extension or renewal has been published as of May 27. Shadduck-McNally, as Chair, presided over the May 5 adoption vote.
  
• Governor's Fort Collins bill signing: Commissioners may have attended Governor Polis's bill-signing ceremony (2:15–3:15 p.m., 302 Conifer Street, Fort Collins) for SB 26-172 (Front Range Passenger Rail District update — refocuses the district to municipalities directly served by the Fort Collins–to–Pueblo corridor) and HB 26-1313 (Statewide Affordable Housing Fund — allows local governments a "good faith waiver" if they achieved ≥65% of their targeted annual affordable housing increase). Both bills directly affect Larimer County planning.
  

Sources:
- Larimer County Increases Fire Restrictions — larimer.gov
- Larimer County fire restrictions through May 26 — North Forty News
- Bill to Update Front Range Passenger Rail District Becomes Law — CO House Dems
- SB26-172 — Colorado General Assembly

2026-05-27

• Fire restrictions extended through July 21: The BOCC voted unanimously on May 27 to extend fire restrictions at the recommendation of the Larimer County Sheriff's Office. The restrictions — which ban all open fires, charcoal/wood grills, smoking in open spaces, and combustible devices in unincorporated Larimer County — are now in effect through July 21, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. The extension covers all three climate zones (below 6,000 ft; 6,000–9,000 ft; above 9,000 ft).
  

Sources:
- Larimer County extends fire restrictions — larimer.gov
- Larimer Extends Fire Restrictions — North Forty News

2026-06-07

• BOCC regular meeting tomorrow (June 9): The Board of County Commissioners holds its regular Administrative Matters meeting at 9:00 AM, 200 West Oak, Fort Collins. No specific agenda found publicly; fire restrictions status and standard county business expected.
  
• Fire restrictions: Still in effect through 11:59 PM July 21, 2026 — no change from May 27 extension.
  

Sources:
- Upcoming Commissioners' Meetings & Broadcasts — larimer.gov
- Larimer County extends fire restrictions — larimer.gov

2026-06-08

• Property tax appeal deadline today: Last day for Larimer County property owners to protest 2026 Notices of Valuation (mailed May 1). Property owners can submit protests online, by mail (postmarked today), or in person at 200 W Oak St, 2nd Floor. Appeals to the BOCC are a standard county function Shadduck McNally (as Chair) oversees.
  
• BOCC meeting tomorrow (June 9): Regular administrative meeting at 9 AM.
  

Sources:
- Residential Property Appeals — larimer.gov
- Upcoming Commissioners' Meetings — larimer.gov

2026-06-09

• BOCC meeting today: Regular administrative meeting at 9 AM, 200 W Oak St, Fort Collins. Standard agenda; no specific high-profile items confirmed publicly. Shadduck-McNally presides as Chair.
  
• Property tax appeals: Yesterday (June 8) was the final day for 2026 Notice of Valuation protests. The BOCC's assessor's office will now begin processing the appeals.
  
• Fire restrictions ongoing: Larimer County fire restrictions remain in effect through July 21, 2026 — banning open fires, charcoal/wood grills, smoking in open spaces, and combustible devices in unincorporated areas.
  

Sources:
- Upcoming Commissioners' Meetings — larimer.gov
- Larimer County Fire Restrictions — larimer.gov

2026-08-15

• Chairs the Aug 17 parking ordinance public hearing, 6:00–9:00 PM. First reading of the "Ordinance Regulating Parking on Public Roads in Unincorporated Larimer County" — abandoned/unregistered vehicles on neighborhood streets, RVs on public easements, and vehicle camping on county property and in rights of way. Civil process; fines $100/$200/$300, capped at $300, escalating to civil court on noncompliance. Grew out of the April 13 work session and the May 18 listening session, where it was billed as the Camping & Parking ordinance.
  
  • Hearing Room, 1st Floor, 200 W. Oak St, or Zoom registration. Agenda packet.
    
• Aug 17 work sessions: 11 AM Behavioral Health Services 2026 Impact Fund grant recommendations; 1:30 PM The Ranch paid parking, campus-wide.
  
• Aug 18, 9 AM — Administrative Matters, public comment by email, phone, or in person; phone requires registering by 4:30 PM Aug 17.
  
• Horsetooth and Carter Lake: eight improvement projects complete 14 months early — $15M ($11M CO Federal Lands Access Program, $1M Bureau of Reclamation, $3M county). 7.5 miles of gravel road paved, three turn lanes, quarter-mile Carter Lake shoreline trail, 777 parking spaces (+13%).
  
• Larimer County earned Silver from the Colorado Green Business Network (Aug 12) — third consecutive year.
  
• Fire restrictions through 11:59 PM Sept 8. See Larimer County Commissioner - John Kefalas.
  

Sources:
- Commissioners' Schedule — larimer.gov
- Larimer County commissioners consider camping ban, abandoned car rules — Coloradoan via AOL
- Major Infrastructure Improvements Complete at Horsetooth and Carter Lake Reservoirs — larimer.gov (Aug 14, 2026)
- Shining Silver — larimer.gov (Aug 12, 2026)

2026-08-17

• Chairs tonight's parking ordinance first reading, 6:00–9:00 PM, 200 W. Oak St or Zoom.
  
• Her week, newly posted: Tue Aug 18 and Thu Aug 20, 10:00 AM — may join the virtual Mountain Pine Beetle Task Force. Wed Aug 19, 10:00 AM — opening remarks for the U.S. State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program, Loveland campus. Wed Aug 19, 2:00 PM — NoCo Places trail rehabilitation tour, Rocky Mountain National Park. Fri Aug 21, 8:30 AM — virtual Forest Health Council Legislative Committee. Sat Aug 22, 10:00 AM — Northern Colorado Hero Fest.
  

Sources:
- Commissioners' Schedule — larimer.gov

2026-08-18

• Parking ordinance first reading was held last night, Aug 17, 6 PM. No outcome reported yet — no county news release, no press coverage, no posted minutes. Whether the camping provisions survived into the version heard is still not visible outside the packet. Second reading required before adoption; watch for it on an upcoming Administrative Matters or hearing agenda.
  
• Newly on her calendar: Aug 18 and Aug 20, 10 AM — virtual Mountain Pine Beetle Task Force (may attend). Aug 21, 8:30 AM — virtual Forest Health Council Legislative Committee.
  
• Nothing scheduled Aug 23–31.
  

Sources:
- Commissioners' Schedule — larimer.gov
- Parking Regulation Policy — larimer.gov

2026-08-20

• Parking ordinance: three days after first reading, still no outcome anywhere. No county release, no coverage, no minutes. Second reading date unannounced.
  
• New county item (Aug 19): 2026 Northern Colorado Workforce Symposium. Wed Sept 9, 8:00 AM–3:30 PM, Aims Community College Welcome Center, Greeley. Run by Economic and Workforce Development; aimed at employers preparing for workforce changes. No registration deadline listed.
  
• No Administrative Matters meeting posted for Aug 25 yet.
  

Sources:
- 2026 Northern Colorado Workforce Symposium — larimer.gov spotlights (Aug 19, 2026)
- Commissioners' Schedule — larimer.gov

2026-08-21

Data Center Moratorium Expires Tuesday, Aug 25 — Four Days Out

The temporary moratorium on data center facilities in unincorporated Larimer County expires August 25, 2026. Timeline: the Board adopted an initial 30-day moratorium Jan 27, 2026, then extended it roughly six months at a Feb 9 public hearing. The extension was meant to give the Community Development Department time to draft Land Use Code definitions and standards.

As of today the Land Use Code still contains no definition or regulation of data center uses. No BOCC hearing on a data center code amendment appears on any published agenda. The Planning department's upcoming-hearings page lists only an Aug 24, 6:30 PM land use hearing on the LifeQuest Campus and Retreat Center Rezone (File No. 25-ZONE3797) — nothing on data centers.

If the moratorium lapses without adopted regulations, applications could be filed into a code that doesn't address them.

Public input: the formal survey closed June 12, 2026. 94% of respondents opposed construction of any data centers in Larimer County at all. The engagement portal still accepts submissions — comments become part of the legal record, and staff do not answer questions through it.

Impacts the county has said it is weighing: water consumption for cooling, power usage, nuisance (noise, heat, lighting), and zoning location. For comparison, Longmont adopted a framework June 9, 2026 banning facilities with 100+ MW peak demand and setting standards for smaller ones.

Same-day collision: Fort Collins City Council holds a data center work session that same evening, Aug 25, and has attached a Larimer County draft report to its packet — a document that does not appear to be posted on the county's own site.

How to Comment on Data Center Regulations

• Online: engage.larimer.gov/datacenter
  
• Email: datacenter@publicinput.com
  
• Voicemail: 855-925-2801, project code 6408
  
• Commissioners directly: bcc-admin@co.larimer.co.us, (970) 498-7010
  

Parking Ordinance — Four Days Past First Reading, Still Nothing

No county release, coverage, or minutes from the Aug 17 6 PM first-reading hearing on the parking ordinance for unincorporated Larimer County. Second reading is required before adoption and has not been scheduled publicly.

Sources:
- Temporary Moratorium on Data Center Facilities — Larimer County
- Data Center Regulations engagement portal
- Upcoming Planning Meetings and Agendas — Larimer County
- Larimer County has until August to build framework of rules for future data centers — Colorado Citizen Observers
- Proposed data center regulation feedback needed (Apr 23)

2026-08-22

The Moratorium May Already Have Been Extended — The County's Own Pages Don't Say So

Statewide reporting says the pause was extended; every county page still says it lapses Tuesday. Both cannot be right.

What the reporting says. Colorado Newsline, Aug 10 (syndicated to KUNC, Westword, News From The States): "Larimer County decided to extend its existing data center moratorium to February." 1310 KFKA, June 30: commissioners supported a six-month extension and "will officially vote on at a land use hearing on July 13." Six months from Aug 25 lands in February 2027, so the two accounts fit together.

What the county says. The moratorium page and the engagement portal both still carry the Feb 9 timeline ending Aug 25, 2026 and neither mentions a July 13 vote. No resolution, minutes, or press release from a July 13 hearing surfaced in this run. The planning page lists no data center hearing.

So the operative expiration is unverified from any primary source. Treat Aug 25 as the date of record and February 2027 as likely-but-unconfirmed. Either way the county still has no Land Use Code definition or standard for data center uses, and the KFKA report has a commissioner conceding six months "might prove longer than county staff needs."

Aug 10 also produced the state-level counterpart: Sen. Cathy Kipp and Rep. Kyle Brown will bring data center legislation back in 2027 after SB26-102 died — see CO State Senator - Cathy Kipp.

LifeQuest Rezone Pushed to Sept 28

The LifeQuest Campus and Retreat Center Rezone hearing (File No. 25-ZONE3797) is rescheduled from Aug 24 to Monday, Sept 28, 2026. Online sign-up for public comment reopens one week before. Anyone who registered for Aug 24 should re-register.

BOCC This Week

• Mon Aug 24, 10–11 AM — work session, Federal Legislation and Local Impacts.
  
• Mon Aug 24, 11 AM–12 PM — special meeting, 2026 Abstract of Assessment.
  
• Tue Aug 25, 9 AM–12 PM — Administrative Matters with legal review. Comment by email or phone; registration required by 4:30 PM Monday Aug 24.
  

Standing

• Fire restrictions remain in effect in unincorporated Larimer County through 11:59 PM Sept 8, 2026, extended on a 2-0 BOCC vote July 21 on the Sheriff's recommendation. (A widely-surfacing "restrictions expire Aug. 29" story is from 2022 — not current.)
  
• Parking ordinance: still nothing published from the Aug 17 first reading; second reading unscheduled.
  
• Sept 9 — 2026 Northern Colorado Workforce Symposium, 8 AM–3:30 PM, Aims Community College Welcome Center, Greeley.
  

Sources:
- Local governments in Colorado enact moratoriums on data center development — Colorado Newsline (Aug 10)
- Larimer County Commissioners Take More Time To Consider Data Center Moratorium — 1310 KFKA (Jun 30)
- Temporary Moratorium on Data Center Facilities — Larimer County
- Upcoming Planning Meetings and Agendas — Larimer County
- Commissioners' Schedule — larimer.gov
- Larimer County extends fire restrictions (Jul 21)
- Spotlights — larimer.gov

2026-08-23

Moratorium Resolved: Extended July 13 Through Feb 25, 2027

The two-run dispute closes. The data center moratorium does not lapse Tuesday.

Sequence: enacted January 2026 → extended Feb 9 through Aug 25, 2026 → extended again July 13 for six months through Feb 25, 2027.

Three independent accounts agree. Server Country's Colorado policy tracker (page updated Jul 17) states the July 13 extension and the Feb 25, 2027 end date, citing Larimer County documents dated Feb 9 and July 13. Colorado Newsline (Aug 10) said the county extended "to February." Govtech/KFKA (Jun 30) reported commissioners backing a six-month extension to be voted at a July 13 land use hearing. Feb 25, 2027 is exactly six months past Aug 25.

The county's own pages are stale. The moratorium page still ends its timeline at the Feb 9 vote and says Aug 25, 2026, with no mention of July 13. The engagement portal says the same. Nothing published from the July 13 hearing — no resolution, no minutes, no release.

Still true regardless: the county has no Land Use Code definition or standard for data center uses, 94% of survey respondents opposed data centers outright, and comment channels remain open. Six more months of runway, and the drafting work has not surfaced publicly.

Statewide context from the same Newsline piece — other Colorado moratoriums: Denver one year (May 18), Jefferson County to March (May 19), Boulder County six months (June), Longmont capped data center load at 5% of the regional grid or 100 MW (June), Broomfield 18 months on 10+ MW loads (July), Woodland Park 18 months (Jul 16), Lochbuie five years (Jul 21) — the longest in the state.

LifeQuest: County Pages Disagree on the Date

The planning page says the LifeQuest Campus and Retreat Center Rezone (25-ZONE3797) was continued to Monday, Sept 28, 2026, and that sign-up reopens one week prior. The commissioners' schedule still shows the hearing Mon Aug 24, 6:30–10:00 PM, hybrid, Hearing Room 1st Floor / Zoom.

Planning is the case-file source and is the one to trust; the schedule page appears not to have been updated. Anyone planning to attend tomorrow should confirm first — PlanningCIRT@larimer.org, (970) 498-7683.

The proposal: rezone 103 Sunrise Ranch Rd, Loveland from O-Open to RPD-Rural Planned Land Division. Comments accepted anytime at engage.larimer.gov/c41658, 25-zone3797@publicinput.com, or voicemail 855-925-2801 project code 11893.

Rest of the Board's Week — Unchanged

Mon Aug 24: 10–11 AM work session on Federal Legislation and Local Impacts (Office of Emergency Management, Commissioners' Conference Room, 2nd Floor); 11 AM–12 PM special meeting on the 2026 Abstract of Assessment. Tue Aug 25, 9 AM–12 PM Administrative Matters — register by 4:30 PM Mon Aug 24.

No individual commissioner news this window.

Sources:
- Colorado Data Center Policy — Server Country (updated Jul 17)
- Colorado County Prepares to Extend Data Center Moratorium — GovTech (Jun 30)
- Local governments in Colorado enact moratoriums on data center development — KUNC (Aug 10)
- Temporary Moratorium on Data Center Facilities — Larimer County
- Upcoming Planning Meetings and Agendas — Larimer County
- 25-ZONE3797 LifeQuest Rezone — PublicInput
- Commissioners' Schedule — larimer.gov

2026-08-24

The Data Center Planning Framework Is Readable

The county's consultant report — attached to Fort Collins' Aug 25 work session packet, and unreadable across four prior runs — came apart this run. It is "Data Center Planning Framework, Larimer County & Fort Collins," Full Draft v6, published May 12, 2026, prepared for Scott Benton (bentonwi@co.larimer.co.us) and Kassidee Fior (fiorka@co.larimer.co.us) of Larimer County.

It is visibly unfinished. Author to-do notes are still highlighted in the body: "How many data centers in Larimer County and scale," "order by importance and explain how I got here," "(better intros)," "Expand." The KEY THRESHOLDS section — the operative one — consists entirely of "Similarity to Definitions?" and "See Spreadsheet? Appendix?" The WORKLOADS section is an outline, not text. This is a v6 draft with holes in the places that decide policy, and it is what the county has to work from with the moratorium running to Feb 25, 2027.

Proposed definitions (the draft's own):
- Qualified Data Center = 5 MW or greater
- Large Load Data Center = 20–50 MW
- Article 10 (1041 Powers) Data Center = 50 MW or greater

A conflicting set the county gave Fort Collins staff for the same report: Small <5MW, Large >5–25MW, Very Large >25MW. Two different threshold ladders for the same regulatory question, in the same packet. Worth asking which one the county intends.

The regulatory approach is a five-tier menu, Tier 1 most lenient ("could even be crafted to invite data centers to the county"), Tier 4 the most stringent set the consultant thinks is feasible, Tier 5 "regulations data center developers will likely never agree to." Each tier inherits the one below.

• Tier 1: noise monitoring at property line, power/water use reporting, power impact study >5MW, water impact study on all applications, opportunity zone with 5% personal property tax rebate.
  
• Tier 2: average daytime noise limit <55 dBA and <70 dBC at the property line; PUE requirements (1.6 medium / 1.4 large / 1.3 >50MW); WUE 0.6 L/kWh adiabatic, 0.2 L/kWh dry coolers; Tier 4 EPA emissions standard on diesel generators >20MW; environmental impact study >5MW; community benefits agreement.
  
• Tier 3: energy reuse factor bonuses, verifiable renewable PPAs, mandatory enrollment in green tariffs and large-load tariffs >20MW, ISO 14001/50001 >50MW, decommissioning reporting, conditional use.
  
• Tier 4: 24/7 carbon-free electricity hourly matching, reclaimed water from offsite, community equity endowment revenue sharing.
  
• Tier 5: ban officials from signing NDAs; resource caps of no more than 1–2% of the county's annual water or power; single-primary-use zones banning power generation and data centers on the same site.
  

The county's main lever, per the report's own conclusion, is the 50% local Business Personal Property Tax rebate — a carrot to encourage things the county can't mandate. The other named tool: noise ordinances, because onsite fossil generation is loud, so a strict noise rule effectively pushes projects onto the grid.

Other recommendations: applications must have confirmed power or water rights; conditional use in limited industrial districts only; annual reporting on water, power, noise, pollution; county-administered noise monitoring for at least 5 years after build; impact studies and fees for environmental, power, water, sewer/discharge, and emergency services; claw-back provisions; and Article 10 triggers including substations over 69 kV, loads over 50 MW, transmission upgrades, and buy-and-dry water rights.

The report cites Laramie County, Wyoming's $1.2B / 1.8-gigawatt campus (scaling toward 10 GW) and Global AI's 438-acre, 18–60 MW Weld County project with Saudi firm Humain as the nearby pressure.

City staff independently confirm the moratorium runs "until February 2027." That closes the question yesterday's correction opened.

LifeQuest Rezone — The Contradiction Survived to Hearing Day

Today is the date in dispute. It did not resolve overnight.

• Planning says the hearing was CONTINUED to Monday, Sept 28, 2026, sign-up reopening one week prior.
  
• The commissioners' schedule still lists tonight, Aug 24, 6:30–10:00 PM, Hearing Room 1st Floor or Zoom.
  

Planning holds the case file. Don't drive down without calling PlanningCIRT@larimer.org, (970) 498-7683.

Also on the Board's Calendar

• Today, Aug 24: 10–11 AM work session, Federal Legislation and Local Impacts (Office of Emergency Management); 11 AM–12 PM special meeting, 2026 Abstract of Assessment. Commissioners' Conference Room, 2nd Floor.
  
• Tue Aug 25, 9 AM–12 PM: Administrative Matters, Hearing Room. Comment by email or phone; register by 4:30 PM today — bcc-admin@co.larimer.co.us, (970) 498-7010.
  
• Thu Aug 27, 5–7 PM: Natural Resources Advisory Board, hybrid.
  
• Sun Aug 30, 12–4 PM: First Peoples Community Center open house, hybrid.
  

No new county spotlights since Aug 19.

Sources:
- Data Center Planning Framework draft, in the Aug 25 Fort Collins work session packet (PDF)
- Larimer planning — upcoming meetings and agendas
- Commissioners' schedule
- LifeQuest case page
- Data center engagement portal

2026-08-25

Emergency Services Building Opened — Aug 21

Shadduck-McNally spoke at the ribbon cutting for the new Larimer County Emergency Services Building, northwest of Fort Collins. Over $30 million, on 50 acres. It consolidates wildland fire, search and rescue, dive teams, the Sheriff's Office, and volunteer units in one place to coordinate during major disasters.

Sheriff John Feyen: "Of all the counties in Colorado, we have the number one for declared disasters in the state." George Janson of Larimer County Search and Rescue called it "a very helpful facility" for response across the rest of the county.

The Aug 24 BOCC work session — Federal Legislation and Local Impacts, presented by the Office of Emergency Management — ran the morning after.

New Floodplain Maps — Effective Nov 27, 2026

Updated FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Flood Insurance Study replace the current maps for unincorporated Larimer County, incorporating new topography and hydrology. Portions of the Big Thompson River and Cache la Poudre River basins change. The update traces back to the September 2013 flood and is required to keep the county in the National Flood Insurance Program.

Two board actions come first: Planning Commission Sept 16 and Board of County Commissioners Oct 12.

Check your own address on the Land Information Locator — search the address, open Layers, turn off the current FEMA layer, turn on "FEMA Floodplains Draft Current Effective."

• maps1.larimer.org/gvh/?Viewer=LIL
  
• eng-floodplain@co.larimer.co.us · Engineering (970) 498-5732
  

Data Center Moratorium — the County's Own Page Says It Expires Today

larimer.gov/planning/temp-moratorium-data-centers still reads that the board "voted to extend the temporary moratorium on data center facilities until August 25, 2026" — today. That is stale. The commissioners extended it another six months at the July 13 land use hearing, to February 2027, and Fort Collins staff independently confirm the February 2027 date in their Aug 25 work session materials. The page has not been updated in six weeks.

LifeQuest Rezone — Resolved

The contradiction that ran for three check-ins is settled. Planning confirms the hearing was CONTINUED to Monday, Sept 28, 2026; it did not happen Aug 24. Sign-up reopens one week prior. The commissioners' schedule page carried the stale Aug 24 date to the end.

Sources:
- New Northern Colorado emergency services building to expedite response to natural disasters — CBS Colorado
- New Floodplain Maps Take Effect This November — Larimer County (Aug 24)
- Final Flood Hazard Determinations — Federal Register (Aug 21, 2026)
- Temporary Moratorium on Data Center Facilities — Larimer County
- Larimer planning — upcoming meetings and agendas

2026-08-26

• The county fixed the data center moratorium page. It had said for six weeks that the moratorium expired Aug 25, 2026 — the date itself came and went with the page still wrong. It now reads: "The moratorium was further extended to *February 25, 2027** by the Board of County Commissioners on July 13th, 2026."* That also pins down the exact expiration this file had only as "February 2027." Full timeline: adopted Jan 27, 2026, extended Feb 9 to Aug 25, extended July 13 to Feb 25, 2027.
  
• 2026 Impact Fund grants announced (Aug 25). Behavioral Health Services distributed $3 million to 43 organizations, bringing the program to $20.7 million across 86 unique organizations over eight years. Roughly 78% went to youth services, care coordination, and criminal justice alternatives; 8 recipients are new grantees. Fort Collins recipients include Fort Collins Rescue Mission ($50,000), Family Housing Network of Fort Collins ($50,000), and Outreach Fort Collins ($75,000). Deputy Administrator Jessica Plummer: "By funding these organizations, including eight new grantees, we are fortifying our local safety net while supporting the resilience of those who provide life-changing services." No next application cycle posted.
  
• Data centers next door — Weld County. Global AI has been ordered to stop construction on a data center in unincorporated Weld County pending permits, after the county issued numerous stop-work orders. The company bought the property in November 2025 and had basic construction permits because the site was an established industrial facility, but its data-center-specific permit requests are on hold pending compliance with a Weld ordinance passed earlier in 2026. It has no confirmed water supplier past March 2027 — Greeley supplies it until then under a prior contract — and Planning Manager Angela Snyder says written confirmation from a water provider is required for compliance. Global AI claims closed-loop cooling cutting freshwater use up to 70% and total use equal to "two residential homes per year"; a CSU professor emeritus of geography publicly doubts those figures. Public hearing Sept 1, 10 AM, Weld County Administration Building.
  
• No BOCC action this window. The Aug 25 administrative matters session was routine; the Aug 24 land use hearing was the continued LifeQuest item.
  

Sources:
- Temporary Moratorium on Data Center Facilities — Larimer County
- Here are Larimer County's 2026 Impact Fund grant recipients (Aug 25)
- Proposed Northern Colorado data center faces uncertain future following gaps in construction permits — Rocky Mountain Collegian (Aug 2026)
- Local governments in Colorado enact moratoriums on data center development — Colorado Newsline (Aug 10)
- BOCC schedule