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In 1993, the National Trust for Historic Preservation sponsored a Preservation Leadership Training Institute in Fort Collins, bringing together 40 preservation leaders from around the region to study effective leadership skills and to put their skills to work on a local preservation project - the Linden Hotel. After sitting empty for years, the Linden was not only an eyesore but also a hazard. In addition to developing feasible reuse scenarios for the Linden, the Institute participants recommended formation of an activist organization to lead the preservation effort. Thus Historic Fort Collins was founded to preserve historic buildings in Fort Collins and return them to economic use, starting with the Linden.

Not long after Historic Fort Collins was founded, developers Mitch Veldman and Dave Morgan stepped up to tackle the Linden Hotel project. While HFCDC did not become a partner in this project, we did help provide the political support needed to secure grants from the city and state to make the project possible. Today, the Linden is fully occupied and one of the keystones of downtown Fort Collins.