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AUGUST 2019 PUBLISHER
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HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THE PREMIERE ISSUE OF LOVELAND AND SOUTH LIFESTYLE. This magazine is inspired by my love for our community. It is a dream come true to be able to bring this monthly publication to our wonderful neighbors, and we are thrilled to be your source for all things local here in Loveland, Berthoud and Johnstown. As a born-and-raised native of the area, I feel passionate about our community. I spent the past 14 years in corporate America and decided it was time for me to live my dream of uniting our community through a monthly publication, one that serves to highlight the positive and inspiring things going on right here in our backyard. On a personal note, I enjoy spending time with my husband, two young kids, family and close friends in the area. I also love gardening and camping, and like many in the area, I find the outdoors to be particularly inspiring. What drives me is a desire for connection.
CORPORATE TEAM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Steven Schowengerdt
As you flip through these pages, you’ll be drawn into the incredible stories behind
CHIEF SALES OFFICER Matthew Perry
the people and businesses that call Loveland, Berthoud and Johnstown home. From
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DeLand Shore
the carefully crafted beverages served up at Dark Heart Coffee Bar and thriving
ART DIRECTOR Sara Minor
nonprofits like Sweetheart City Racing to the creators at Lundeen Sculpture, there
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Janeane Thompson
are nationally renowned artists that call our lovely little community home. Our goal is to share the stories of everything and everyone Loveland and South has to offer and the things that matter most to you, our readers, for whom we produce
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this magazine each month. Thanks for inviting us into your homes and sharing your lives with us; we look forward to seeing you around town!
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INSIDE THE ISSUE AUGUST 2019
FEATURES 12 Larger than Life: Loveland Sculptors Shoot for the Moon Exquisite Detail for a 50th Anniversary
16 Finding Your Place Apex Developments, LLC
22 Sara and Shane McWatters Local Couple Brings Loveland Together Through Sweetheart City Racing
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30 Dark Heart Coffee Bar An Elevated Coffee Experience
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DEPARTMENTS
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Lifestyle Letter
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Good Times
10
Around Town
12
Artist’s Palette
16
Open House
20 Animal Kingdom 22 Local LImelight 26 Hot Spot 30 Culinary Creations 32 Lifestyle Calendar 34 Local’s Choice
EXPERIENCE DOWNTOWN LOVELAND
Arts & Entertainment
downtownloveland.org
Loveland Museum
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The Rialto Theater
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GOOD TIMES
Loveland Liberty 5K With more than 1,500 runners and even more spectators, the Loveland Liberty 5K was a huge success. The Fourth of July event, hosted by Sweetheart City Racing and sponsored by Ambassador Real Estate, began at the Loveland Fairgrounds Park. This event supported Life for the Innocent, an organization dedicated to rescuing, restoring and renewing those affected by human trafficking worldwide. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSICA SCHISSLER | FLOURISH BRANDING PHOTOGRAPHY
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Second Annual 'Meals on Fourth' Event Beautiful weather, a delicious multi-course meal, wines, local brews and live jazz were the backdrop for the signature fundraising event benefiting Meals on Wheels of Loveland and Berthoud. Two hundred guests enjoyed beautifully adorned tables running the length of a city block—right on Fourth Street in downtown Loveland. PHOTOGRAPHY BY BAMBI LEIGH BRADY | BB PORTRAIT DESIGN
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AROUND TOWN with spectator games and activities. It all benefits local Loveland nonprofit organizations. A $25 ticket gains entrance into the event, 10 beer tokens and an afternoon of laughs that will make your belly shake. A $40 bottomless cup ticket gets you unlimited pours and even more fun at the festivities. Come dance to the DJ, nosh from the food trucks and play spectator sports! Tickets available at LovelandBrewersOlympics.com Participants are Verboten Brewing, Dratz Brewing, Loveland Aleworks, Grimm Brothers, Rock Coast, Crow Hop, Big Thompson and more.
BERTHOUD SPARTAN SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT This is the perfect opportunity to support your Berthoud Spartan High School Seniors, presented by the Berthoud Area Chamber of Commerce for the 10th year in a row! Each year, the event has supported Spartan High School graduating seniors who are furthering their education. Last year, $29,000 in scholarships were awarded to eight excited and deserving students. The shotgun event will be held Aug. 12 at TPC Colorado. 2375 TPC Parkway, Berthoud
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LOVELAND BREWERS OLYMPICS
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Come cheer on your favorite Loveland brewers
approximately 160 talented artists. There will be a
at the inaugural Loveland Brewers Olympics Beer
silent auction throughout the weekend where some
Festival. This event will be held on Saturday, Aug. 10, 3-7
artists will put their sculptures up for grabs. You can
p.m. at Loveland Aleworks. Loveland breweries will
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park with "Take Home a Piece of the Park."
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ARTIST’S PALETTE
(CON TI N U ED)
LEGENDARY FOOTBALL PLAYER DICK BUTKUS, LINEBACKER FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS FROM 1965 TO 1973, WAS AN IMPOSING FIGURE AT HIS ACTUAL HEIGHT OF 6 FEET, 3 INCHES. Now imagine him 12 feet tall. That’s the transformation the artists at Loveland’s Lundeen Sculpture have created for a commissioned sculpture for the University of Illinois, where Dick played before going pro. As a graduate of the MFA program at Illinois himself, George Lundeen was enthusiastic about the job. “We’ve been so lucky,” George says during a tour of the downtown Loveland studio. “We’ve gotten to create sculptures of some really great Americans.” One such sculpture, of Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert, caught the attention of documentary filmmaker Steven C. Barber, who was touring the National Statuary Hall in Washington, DC. “He’s a friend of Buzz Aldrin,” George says. “And he asked if we would do a statue of all three Apollo 11 astronauts. Well, what an opportunity!” The next step was securing funding, so again, Steven reached out and found a backer in Quicken Loans’ Rocket Mortgage division. “Rocket Mortgage!” George says. “It seemed like the perfect partnership.” The 7-foot-tall sculpture, titled The Eagle has Landed – Apollo XI Astronauts, created by George and Mark Lundeen and fellow sculptor Joseph Bainer, will be the centerpiece of the new Moon Tree Garden (a tree planted for each mission to the moon, twelve in all) at the Apollo/Saturn V Visitors Center at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The three statues were unveiled in July to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. George’s team prepares the sculptures for the final stages of the process: applying the patina and sealing the sculptures from the Florida sun and salt air. He explains that for a work like this, he would normally ask for a year to 1 1/2 years to complete the work. “We committed to the project over the winter, and the deadline’s the end of June,” he says. “We’ve got a great team, though, and everyone’s great at what they do, and they’ve been willing to work overtime to make it happen.” The detail is exquisite—every button, every logo on the suits, every smile line on the astronauts’ faces. “We knew we had to get everything right,” George says. “These are NASA astronauts. Every inch of their suits, their expressions, has been very well documented.” George says that the ultimate moment, for him, was when Buzz Aldrin came to Loveland to see the sculptures in person. The sculptor flips through photos on his phone and leans over. “Look at this one, of Buzz Aldrin looking up at himself, looking up at the moon.” He smiles. “That was really something.” 14
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LOCAL LIMELIGHT
S A R A A N D S H ANE M CWATTE RS LOCAL COUPLE BRINGS LOVELAND TOGETHER THROUGH SWEETHEART CITY RACING
DESCRIBE YOUR PATH TO NOW LIVING IN LOVELAND.
pretty saturated in that area, so instead, we’d like to add more
Sara: Shane is originally from Oklahoma, and I am from
distance options for the current races that we already put on.
Texas, but I was born to live in Loveland! I grew up coming to Colorado, and after Shane and I were married, we took a vacation through here and knew this is where we wanted to be.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE GROWTH YOU ANTICIPATED? Sara: We never thought that this amount of growth would have happened so quickly—and we really never imagined
Shane: We actually stumbled upon Loveland. We found a
that this is what we would be doing. You work hard on some-
perfect rental opportunity, and this town was central to my
thing so that it will grow, and it is always encouraging when
working territory at that time.
that growth actually happens. Shane: These events are very much so a word-of-
YOU TWO OWN SWEETHEART CITY RACING. HOW
mouth form of advertising. Our goal is to create an expe-
DID YOU GET STARTED ON THIS ADVENTURE?
rience during a race so that the participants will return
Sara: This all began when a friend of ours asked us to
again next year, which establishes our credibility. It is nice
take over the race she ran so that she could have a baby. We
to see our participants returning and bringing friends with
took it over and then began the journey. We changed the
them the next year!
name and officially launched Sweetheart City Racing Jan. 1, 2018. After that, things sort of organically morphed into
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE THE COMMUNITY TO
what they currently are.
KNOW ABOUT YOU?
Shane: It’s been a wild ride, for sure!
Sara: We want the community to know that we are a nonprofit that loves to give back. Last year, we were able to give
HOW DO YOU CHOOSE WHICH RACES TO PURSUE/
back $9,000 to the different charities that we support. We
HOST? WILL YOU ADD ANY MORE?
look forward to raising more in the years to come!
Sara: Most of the races have pursued us—with the exception of a couple that we knew we wanted. Shane: I think we could do a couple of more, but we’re not necessarily interested in adding more races. The market is
Shane: I think it is important for people to understand our goal—to be a centralized running group that creates a true community. What is exciting is that we are already seeing that happen, and we look forward to seeing more growth in the future.
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YOU WORK HARD ON SOMETHING SO THAT IT WILL GROW, AND IT IS ALWAYS ENCOURAGING WHEN THAT GROWTH ACTUALLY HAPPENS. —SARA MCWATTERS
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THE LOCALLY OWNED AND OPER-
This is a daytime eatery with plenty of options
ATED URBAN EGG HAS BEEN DISHING
and plenty of patrons that love to fill their bellies
UP “FRESH FLAVORS AND LOCAL
and their souls within their walls. Upon walking
FAVORITES” SINCE 2002. Now with a
through the door, there is a gentle hum of chat-
new location at 2534 Johnstown Plaza,
ter and a consistent clanking of dishware. The
they are looking to share their culinary
waitstaff is busily scurrying from table to table,
passion with an even larger community.
while plate after delicious plate is delivered.
Their goal is to provide a “fresh twist to
The smell is intoxicating. The most difficult part
breakfast and lunch favorites using local,
about the whole experience is knowing that you
organic ingredients.”
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Not only is this place dishing up great fresh food, but they are a company founded on
extensive
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munities and charities across northern
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Colorado, it is evident that they desire to
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a slow-roasted corned beef hash that will
cal-free meats and produce. They work
have you coming back for more. Whatever
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AUGUST
LIFESTYLE CALENDAR
EVERY THURSDAY
Plaza. Free, hands-on activities and demonstrations will be happening for kids of all ages. For more information, please call 970.461.1285 or email CenterraOffice@cbre.com.
THIRSTY THURSDAYS
LOVELAND ELKS PANCAKE BREAKFAST Loveland Elks
Rock Bottom Brewery at The Promenade Shops at Centerra
Live music and a happy hour will be 4-8 p.m. on the lawn in front of Rock Bottom Brewery. The line up is as follows: Aug. 1—Alan Skowron, Aug. 8—Julio
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What a great way to start your
LOVELAND VALLEY 5000 — 5K RUN/WALK
before the "Loveland Annual Corn
morning! Come to the Loveland Elks
Pancake
Breakfast
right
Roast Parade" Aug. 24, 6:30–9:30
Mehaffey Park
a.m. Get all-you-can-eat pancakes,
Perez, Aug. 15—Alex Tyler, Aug. 22—
This run/walk is brought to you by
breakfast
Dave Beegle and Micheal Olson, and
Sweetheart City Racing. The kids' race
bled eggs—plus orange juice and
Aug. 29—Joe O’Bryan Acoustic.
will start at 6 p.m., and the 5K will start
coffee. Adult entry costs $8, and
at 7 p.m. The event helps support the
entry for children 12 and younger
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Farmers Markets" in the state of
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p.m. and it's at 700 S. Railroad Ave., Loveland. Go to pavilions numbers one and two at the far north end of Fairgrounds Park.
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sausage
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MUSIC ON MAIN—MONDAY NIGHT BAND
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and Wellness Clinic. Limited space is
For live music and fun, come to the
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time slot!
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31 SHOP LOCAL SATURDAY Downtown Loveland
River's Edge Natural Area
Come out for Shop Local Saturday,
Enjoy some fun and games and bring
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a picnic dinner for an evening out-
Loveland! Visit participating businesses
doors! The mobile recreation trailer
for free gifts and specials. (Participants
PROMENADE KID DAYS
will have community lawn games set
are Vintage Willows Boutique, Cloz
up. Bring fishing poles for the dock at
to Home, PILAR Boutique, Garment
The Promenade Shops at Centerra—
Bass Pond. Friendly pets are welcome
Gal,
Main Plaza
and must be on a leash. Chairs or blan-
Browns, Annalise the Amaranth, Hata's
Bring the family out to the Promenade
kets are recommended. Registration is
Unique Boutique, Little Piece of My
Shops at Centerra! Kid Days will fea-
requested for this event.
Heart, B Sweet Cupcakes, Eclectic
ture an exciting and new mix of
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House Artisan Market and Skate
activities 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Main
960 W. First St., Loveland
Ratz—Derby/Skate Shop.)
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LOCAL’S CHOICE 1.
3.
2.
Deeply-Rooted 4.
5.
ARTICLE KRISTI DRESSLER | PHOTOGRAPHY FLOURISH BRANDING PHOTOGRAPHY
1. My grandfather, Donald Lewis McMillen, was the Larimer County
3. Just like my grandfather, my uncle, Donald Lewis McMillen
extension agent from 1937 until his death in 1965. He was devoted
II, was dedicated to serving his local community. He founded The
to helping farmers and ranchers grow their business. Although I was
Fence Post magazine in 1980 to be able to share the good news of
never able to meet him, I feel the very same passion for helping my
the community with its readers. The little girl with the lamb on the
local businesses grow!
cover is me! Publishing runs deep in my blood, and I’m honored to
The Exhibition Hall at the old fairgrounds in Loveland was named
be following in my uncle’s footsteps.
after my grandfather for his commitment to the Larimer County 4-H
4. Walking in the fields of Larimer County with my uncle, I devel-
program. The McMillen Building served as the exhibit hall for the
oped a strong love for the land. To this day, I dearly love this beautiful
Larimer County Fair as well as many other community events.
area in which I was born and raised. Growing up on a farm has given
2. In 1971, The Loveland Chamber of Commerce sent this touching letter to my grandmother. The letter reads, “We hope that you can
me a great work ethic and a sense of responsibility to carry on a legacy of commitment, trust and service in my community.
join us in dedicating these new (fairground) facilities in honor and
5. My father’s family, the Montgomery/Johnson family, lived
recognition of two individuals who have dedicated their lives to the
around Lake Loveland, and one of my great aunts was instrumental
advancement of agriculture in Larimer County.”
in founding Johnson’s Corner.
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