🏡 Worried about keeping your home warm this winter? 💡C4 is here to help - we have funding available to help with both utility bills and health, safety and energy efficiency improvements. Lake County residents can qualify for up to $1,000 for past due utility bills and $4,000 in improvements (depending on your income). ⚡️ Call, text or email us today to find out how C4 can help you!

Join us this Saturday for a Lake County Recycling Center Tour 10am- 12:00pm to chat with Landfill staff and learn more about recycling in Lake County!

🔌🪫⚡️‼️Planned Power Outage - Tuesday October 21: Xcel Energy will conduct a planned power outage in the Leadville area on Tuesday, October 21, to perform emergency maintenance at the Leadville Substation. From Lake County government: This work is essential to improve long-term electric reliability for our community. This work is expected to impact ALL Xcel Energy customers within Leadville and Lake County. This work should not impact Sangre de Christo Electric customers. What to Expect - Outage will begin at 7:00 a.m. - Power is expected to be out for about two hours - In a worst-case scenario, the outage could last up to five hours Plan Ahead - Charge phones, medical devices, and backup batteries the night before. - Keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed to maintain cold temperatures. - Make sure flashlights and other light sources are ready to use. - If you rely on oxygen or medical equipment, ensure your backup systems are ready. - Local oxygen providers are aware of the outage and are reaching out to patients. - If you have questions or special needs, contact your provider directly before the outage. Please do not park in the north courthouse parking lot starting Monday, October 20. Lake County Public Works will place a large generator in that area to power the courthouse during the planned outage. Xcel Energy crews will also need access to their transformer located in that lot.Barriers and signage will be in place as a reminder. Stay Informed - Sign up for emergency alerts: linked in our bio - Lake County School District: Visit their website for updates about school schedules. - The Lake County Courthouse, Public Health, and Human Services offices will have power and remain open. - Please call 911 in case of an emergency. We appreciate everyone’s patience while this important work is completed to strengthen our local electric

🍁Fam Market Schedule Update🍁 As fall colors fade and the days quickly get shorter, it’s that bittersweet time where we’ve had to say farewell to our weekly Thursday markets (aka no market today)🥹😖👋 BUT fear not! We will still be offering **self-serve Fridays 9-4**!😱🤩 For at least the next two Fridays, swing by the farms self-serve shed (next to the dome, behind the compost tubs) to snag the season’s finale 🙏 Stay tuned for more updates about off-season offerings, hours, and pop-ups! 🥬🧄🫜🥔💚 #leadville #leadvilleliving #highaltitudegardening #highaltitudefarming #growlocal #eatlocal #buylocal #coloradogrown #coloradoproud #HealthyPlanetHealthyPeople

💡A Warmer, Healthier Home — for Free. 🏠 Lake County C4 is here to help you make your home cozier and more affordable. Home energy audits are now FREE for all full time Lake County residents. 💰Until the end of 2025 full time residents who complete an home energy audit are also eligible for incentives (up to $4,000 depending on your income) to make qualified improvements! ⚡️Sign up today for your FREE home energy audit and start saving this season.

Farm Market today 4-7!🍁💛🧑‍🌾🌾 Come for the fresh food, stay for the fall views on this gorgeous day! Heads up that next week will likely be our last weekly staffed market of the season—we’ll keep you updated about a revised market schedule as growing slows down a bit ✌️💚🥔 #growlocal #eatlocal #shoplocal #coloradogrown #coloradoproud #leadville #leadvilleliving #leadvillecolorado #highaltitudegardening #highaltitude

✨What a night!💫The 2025 Harvest Dinner was a sold-out success shaped by so many generous contributors: artists providing beautiful bowls, businesses filling the auction, farmers and chefs nourishing us, musicians bringing joy, volunteers making it happen, and (last but not least) the guests, donors, sponsors, and neighbors coming together and filling the evening with community, celebration, and generosity. 🥣🍂💙 Together, we raised over $35,000 to power C4’s work for a healthier planet &community🌎✨ A special shoutout to our amazing sponsors Climax @freeportfcx and @melanzana_leadville @stellarandsage and @freightevents for creating this beautiful space, @b_bshipping and @fire_on_the_mountain_leadville for the printing and pottery support, @thesouphug @silver_llama @chive.catering for the nourishing soup with meat from @tenderfootmktleadville, @jadedladiesbakery for the cookies, and over 40 businesses for diverse and generous auction contributions! 🙏 We are so thankful to be a part of this amazing community 🎉💃🕺❤️

Happy @sundayofaction from Cloud City Conservative Center ☀️ Sun Day is a day of action on September 21, 2025, celebrating the power of clean energy. Today we toured the Lake County Community Solar Garden with Leadville Solar, subscribers and community members! 💡 Did you know that C4’s 10 Community Solar Gardens collective create the equivalent of 1/4 of Lake County’s residential energy usage? #healthyplanethealthypeople #poweredbythesun

🥣 We can’t wait to see these empty bowls filled with delicious soup from @thesouphug, @silver_llama and @chive.catering tomorrow featuring produce from Cloud City Farm and meat from @tenderfootmktleadville! 🥖Shout out to @jadedladiesbakery, Leavin Loaves and @leadbreadbakes for our delicious bread for dipping and dessert. 💕A huge thank you to our amazing potters and artists who helped create almost 200 bowls for us to fill - @_erinaudrey_ , @_hello.fern.creations_ , @fire_on_the_mountain_leadville, Emily Seddon, Marjorie Westermann and Will Smith. 🫶 We are so grateful to our community for helping make this dream come true - especially our rockstar volunteers @alissamagrum and @1jenirey! See you at @freightevents tomorrow!

We are so grateful to this year’s Harvest Dinner Sponsors - one of the most impactful ways that local businesses can support our work. This year’s event would not be possible without these amazing community businesses: 🏆Community Champion - Climax Molybdenum, a @freeportfcx Company 🌎 Advocate for Environmental Justice - @melanzana_leadville 🌻 Supporter of C4 - @stellarandsage 🍅 Friend of C4 - @b_bshipping @freightevents @fire_on_the_mountain_leadville 🫶Thank you for supporting #healthyplanethealthypeople