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It’s the year 2050, and you’re sipping warm beer. There’s been an energy outage at the brewery and the refrigerators aren’t working. The brew has a smoky flavor from water that’s been tainted by a wildfire. And it’s missing the sweetness and freshness you remember.
FORT COLLINS New Belgium Brewing Co. Inc. has contributed $100,000 to the NoCoFires Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado in an effort to create a funding resource to protect and restore the watershed damaged by the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires.
The massive fires the largest in Colorado recorded history burned more than 400,000 acres in the summer of 2020 in the Cache la Poudre and Big Thompson watersheds. The rivers and related streams provide drinking water to more than 1 million people in addition to being the basis for recreation, to helping sustain agriculture and to providing habitat for wildlife.
The Grandin Theatre in Roanoke has been showing movies to packed houses â or at least, houses packed as much as state restrictions on audience size permit while the pandemic continues.
In June, as the Grandin reopened to moviegoers, âWe were at the beginning of shifting to a new model that was safety-first, limited engagement, and socially distanced, all the COVID-related stuff. We didnât know if it was going to be successful,â said Grandin Theatre Foundation Executive Director Ian Fortier.
So far, so good.
Fortier emphasized that the theater, which is run as a nonprofit foundation, still needs all the donations it can get. Also, like other Roanoke Valley arts organizations faced with pandemic-related revenue loss, the Grandin has had to drastically reduce its staff, from 23 employees to five.
Posted on January 14, 2021
St. Helena, CA, January 7, 2021 – Sans Wine Co. recently announced the release of their 750mL bottled version of Carignan, the first bottled option from the organic canned wine company. Now, the new Carignan bottles, in addition to being available in select independent retailers and wine shops, will also be available in Whole Foods Market stores across the nation.
Between January 6 and March 2, 2021, Whole Foods Market shoppers will be able purchase Sans Wine Co.’s bottled Carignan. Sans Wine Co. is being highlighted for their commitment to natural winemaking (nothing added, nothing removed) and for making wines from organically farmed vineyards. Select Whole Foods Market stores across the country also carry Sans’ Wine Co.’s canned wine options.