The Longmont Senior Center is throwing itself a 50th birthday party, and the whole town is invited. On Tuesday, November 17, the center at 910 Longs Peak Avenue will hold a day-long open house from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with history presentations, displays from its own archives and an afternoon ice cream social.

What is planned

The City of Longmont's event listing lays out the day:

  • Welcome lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with presentations by staff from the Longmont Museum, who will share Longmont artifacts from 1976 to 2026, and from the Longmont Library, who will walk through the city's history over the same 50 years.
  • Screenings throughout the day of Where We Meet: Stories of Healing and Hope, a 17-minute film about Longmont's Elder Exchange with members of the Northern Arapaho tribe from the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.
  • Gallery displays of historic Go catalogs, the city's recreation and activity guides, along with Senior Center artifacts.
  • An ice cream social in the afternoon, with cake and music.

The city also promises additional surprises, without saying what they are.

The Elder Exchange

The film at the center of the day documents one of the Senior Center's most recent programs. In March 2025, Northern Arapaho elders and their families traveled from the Wind River Reservation to Longmont, where they attended a welcome dinner at the Longmont Museum, visited the Sand Creek Massacre exhibit at the History Colorado Center and attended the Denver March Powwow. In July 2025, Longmont seniors made the return trip to Wyoming, visiting the hot springs at Thermopolis and Sinks Canyon State Park, learning about the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative and attending the Ethete Powwow as honored guests.

The city describes the exchange as the first of its kind. It builds on the Sister Cities relationship Longmont and the Northern Arapaho formed in 2021; Longmont was established on land once inhabited by the Northern Arapaho's ancestors.

What the center does now

The Senior Center sits near downtown Longmont in Roosevelt Park. The City of Longmont owns and runs the building through its Senior Services division, and it is also home to Longmont United Hospital's AgeWell program and Longmont Meals on Wheels. Its regular hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Its calendar for the rest of the week shows how varied the use is: a Vision Zero street safety workshop on Wednesday evening, a Spanish-language session of the same workshop on Thursday, and a Longmont Library pop-up at the center on Thursday at midday.

The center will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and the day after, November 26 and 27.

Go

The open house is Tuesday, November 17, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Longmont Senior Center, 910 Longs Peak Ave. The city has not listed a cost or registration for the celebration. For questions, call the center at 303-651-8411 or email senior@longmontcolorado.gov.

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