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Longmont will develop a climate adaptation plan to prepare for the threats to public health from a warmer, changed climate. Apply equity lens to understand communities most impacted and under-resourced. Develop a coalition focused on identifying issues and solutions for a warming climate, with a specific focus on the needs of low-income households and residents experiencing homelessness. Topics may include addressing heatwaves and other severe weather events, air quality issues, detection, surveillance and treatment of diseases.

To address public health, staff began with creating an online Climate Risk Mapping tool to determine climate exposures at a neighborhood scale. Of the five vulnerabilities analyzed so far, extreme heat was identified as the biggest risk to Longmont. Efforts to address climate adaptation and public health have focused on extreme heat. See examples of actions taken in the Tasks section below.

The City's extreme heat efforts have been recognized by AT&T's Climate Resilience Cities program for additional technical support and funding to implement cooling in households most impacted by heat.

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Tasks

What are we doing?

  • Todo12/31/2025

    Growing Shade Longmont

    In 2025, Growing Shade will plant approximately 80 new trees on residential properties in Longmont’s Loomiller and Westpoint neighborhoods. Learn more on Boulder County's Growing Shade webpage.

  • Todo12/31/2025

    Launch Free Air Conditioner Program

    AT&T provided funding to the Longmont Community Foundation to support indoor cooling for households impacted by extreme heat. The City is working in partnership with the Community Foundation and community-based organizations that provide services and resources to heat-impacted residents to identify people that could best utilize this resource. Units will be available while funding lasts.

  • Todo12/31/2025

    Implementation of Community-Driven Cooling Solutions in Key Parks

    Sustainability, Parks, and Community and Neighborhood Resources are utilizing 2024 Sustainability Tax funds and ARPA funds to implement community-driven cooling solutions identified in 2023 in the Kensington, Lanyon, and Spangler community parks.

  • Todo12/31/2025

    Whole Home Health Year 2: Extreme Heat Resilience through Energy Efficiency and Building Electrification

    While the original goal was to assist 10-12 households, the program's outreach and impact exceeded expectations. A total of 24 single family households have received energy retrofits to date in 2025. This program demonstrates a strong demand and need for energy assistance. A large multifamily project is in the contracting phase and will provide efficient heating and cooling for 48 multifamily households by the end of 2025. These retrofits combine energy efficiency, housing rehabilitation and building electrification to enhance heat resilience while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and utility cost burden. This pilot program will continue through the end of 2025.

What has been done?

  • Done12/31/2024

    Climate Risk Mapping Tool – Staff Training and Implementation

    An initial staff training was conducted in June 2024, with additional support for implementation ongoing.

  • Done12/31/2024

    Whole Home Health Year 1: Extreme Heat Resilience through Energy Efficiency and Building Electrification

    While the original goal was to assist 10-12 households, the program's outreach and impact exceeded expectations. A total of 24 single family, and 10 multifamily households received energy retrofits in 2024, demonstrating a strong demand and need for energy assistance. These retrofits combine energy efficiency, housing rehabilitation and building electrification to enhance heat resilience while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and utility cost burden. This pilot program will continue through the end of 2025.

  • Done06/30/2024

    Heat Action Plan

    The recommendations from the Heat Action Plan will be incorporated into the Longmont Indicators platform.

Related actions

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Timeline

7/2021 →

Initiation Period

Responsible organizations

Contact persons

  • Lisa Knoblauch
    Sustainability Manager
    Sustainability
  • Adam Sanderson
    Energy Program Coordinator
    Longmont Power & Communications
Information updated 07/30/2025

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