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2022 Leaf Cleanup
November 7 to November 16 
 

The Town of Eaton invites you to shop local this holiday season! Join us for our annual Small Business Saturday and Community Tree Lighting events. Shop local vendors, visit food carts, and stay for the Town Square Tree Lighting. 

Following a Board Retreat on September 22, 2022, the Eaton Town Board has identified six strategic “pillars” or priorities that will be used to determine how they should direct the town. Each pillar was designed to span beyond the one-year horizon and reach toward a strategic pathway of five to seven years. The strategic pillars include:

October 29
10am - 2pm
Heritage Market - 180 Elm Ave
Eaton, CO 80615

Safely turn in unneeded and expired medication for disposal. Ensuring you dispose of old medications can help keep members of your household safe while keeping our water systems clean. 

Thank you to everyone who took the 2022 Community Survey! The Town will be utilizing these results to set priorities and discuss strategies for the years to come. 

Click here to see a summary of the survey results. 

LINCOLN, NE (September 6th, 2022) – ALLO Communications announces building a 10 Gigabit fiber‐to‐the‐premise service in Eaton, Colorado, with construction to begin in fall 2022.

“I’m pleased to announce an innovative partnership with ALLO.” Eaton Mayor Scott Moser said, “This network will provide cutting‐ edge technology to citizens, the schools, and the businesses and will fulfill a promise that I made to our community to bring reliable, high‐speed fiber to Eaton!”

The Town of Eaton is seeking a Public Works Director to serve as the principal director for the Public Works Department.  The Town of Eaton is a vibrant, growing town in Northwestern Colorado centrally located 10 miles north of Greeley, 30 miles east of Loveland and 25 miles southeast of Fort Collins.  We are close to two major universities, UNC in Greeley and CU in Fort Collins with a better than fantastic view of Longs Peak and the beautiful mountains that adorn Rocky Mountain National Park.  We have a population of 6,600 and an operating budget of $13,333.000.  The Town opened its new hi

From Xcel Energy: 

The Town of Eaton announces a comprehensive settlement with Xcel Energy in its litigation with the Town. After a rigorous examination of the merits of the case and the unlikelihood of prevailing at either the District Court or the Public Utilities Commission, the Town staff and Board of Trustees believes, based on feedback from its litigation team, that it is best to settle with the best possible terms for the citizens, schools, and businesses of Eaton. Under the proposed terms of the settlement, the Town has negotiated the following:

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The roundabout at the intersection of Collins and CR 35 will be open to cars starting August 19! The decision to build a roundabout instead of maintaining the intersection as a two-way stop or creating a traffic signal came down to safety. Roundabouts, statistically, have significantly lower crash and death rates than traditional intersections. With the new high school opening on the northeast corner, safety for younger drivers as well as planning for increased pedestrian traffic was a top concern.