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The associations, clubs and groups that run Niwot, and how to join each.

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Niwot Community Connection

A free group for people 50 and older in the Niwot area: a monthly morning meeting with a speaker, and interest groups from hiking and birding to bridge, mahjong, book club and brew hopping, each run by a member.

Who
50 and older
When
Monthly, a Thursday morning; the November meeting is on the hall's calendar
Where
Niwot Hall, 195 Second Avenue, downstairs
Cost
Free
  • Registration required Email a membership request to NiwotCommunityConnection@gmail.com
  • Newcomers welcome, the organizer says

Next Niwot Community Connection,

Contact: NiwotCommunityConnection@gmail.com Source: niwot.com, read

Clubs and groups

Rotary Club of Niwot

Breakfast at Niwot Hall most Thursdays, 7:30 to 8:30 am, with a speaker; the club invites prospective members to join a meeting or a service project, and offers individual, shared and service-only memberships.

When
Most Thursdays, 7:30–8:30 am; the club's calendar says which (the first three Thursdays of a month have been club meetings; a late-month Thursday a social or a committee)
Where
Niwot Hall, 195 Second Avenue
Cost
Dues not stated on the club's site
  • No registration 'Join us for a breakfast meeting most Thursday mornings', its membership page says, or contact the club through its form
  • Newcomers welcome, the organizer says

Next Breakfast with the Rotary Club of Niwot,

Register → Contact: https://www.niwotrotary.org/SingleEmail/ContactUs Source: niwotrotary.org, read

Scouts BSA Troop 161

Niwot's scout troop, chartered by the Grange for more than fifty years, with a girls' troop since 2021; the hall's calendar books it on a Monday evening. No troop website could be read, so contact comes through the hall.

Who
11 to 17
When
Monday evenings at Niwot Hall, by the hall's calendar; the troop's own meeting hours are not published
Where
Niwot Hall, 195 Second Avenue
Cost
Not stated
  • Registration required Not published; ask through Niwot Hall's contact page, which charters the troop

Contact: https://niwothall.org/contact/ Source: niwothall.org, read

Organizations to join

Left Hand Grange No. 9 and Niwot Hall

The Grange owns and runs Niwot Hall, the room most of the town's meetings happen in. Membership is $50 a year ($100 a couple), new members are 'always welcome', and the hall's monthly business meeting is on the calendar.

When
Niwot Hall meeting 2nd Wednesday, 4:30–6 pm; membership meetings as the calendar lists them
Where
Niwot Hall, 195 Second Avenue
Cost
$50 a member, $100 a couple, a year; members get 10% off one hall rental a year
  • Registration required Complete the online or PDF application; mail it to PO Box 301, Niwot, CO 80544, or bring it to a membership meeting
  • Newcomers welcome, the organizer says

Next Niwot Hall board meeting,

Register → Contact: https://niwothall.org/contact/ Source: niwothall.org, read

Niwot Business Association

The merchants' group that runs the Great Pumpkin Party, Enchanted Evening, the Holiday Parade and the This Week in Niwot email. Membership is for businesses inside Niwot; the monthly meeting is the second Tuesday at Niwot Hall.

When
Monthly meeting, 2nd Tuesday, 8:30–10 am
Where
Niwot Hall, 195 Second Avenue
Cost
Dues not stated on its site
Access
Members and their guests
  • Registration required 'Your business must be within the boundaries of Niwot in order to be a member'; a Join Now button on its business page

Register → Contact: https://niwot.com/contact/ Source: niwot.com, read

Niwot Community Association

The residents' voice to Boulder County on land use, traffic, open space and road paving: $30 a year, March to February, with a monthly board meeting the public may attend.

When
Board meets the 2nd Wednesday at 7 pm; the April annual meeting is for members
Where
Niwot Hall, 195 Second Avenue
Cost
$30 a year (March 1 to February 28); the page does not say whether that is per person or per household
  • Registration required Join online by PayPal or Venmo (Membership-NCA, with your name and address), or by the mailed form
  • Newcomers welcome, the organizer says

Register → Contact: membership@niwot.org Source: niwot.org, read

Niwot Cultural Arts Association

The volunteer nonprofit behind Whistle Stop Park, the Children's Park, the Sculpture Park, Rock & Rails and Why Not Niwot?; it is raising $275,000 to restore and shelter Eddie Running Wolf's tree carvings.

When
Rock & Rails on summer Thursdays at Whistle Stop Park; First Friday art walks in June, September and December
Where
P.O. Box 733, Niwot; its parks are on First Avenue and at 79th and Niwot Road
Cost
No membership is offered on its site; it takes donations
  • No registration Its site lists no volunteer sign-up or email; the contact form and the mailing address are the way in

Volunteer need Not published; the site names its board and asks for donations to the tree carving project

Next First Friday Art Walk,

Contact: Contact form at niwotarts.org/contact; P.O. Box 733, Niwot, CO 80544 Source: niwotarts.org, read

Niwot Historical Society

Membership is $15 single or $25 family a year and gets you into the Now & Then lectures free; volunteers catalog artifacts, lead Old Town walking tours, staff the Fire House Museum and march in the Fourth of July parade.

When
Now & Then lectures at Niwot Hall a few times a year, most recently October 21
Where
Niwot Hall, 195 Second Avenue, for the lectures; the Old Fire House Museum beside it
Cost
$15 single, $25 family, a year; lectures $5 for non-members
  • Registration required Join online from the Join & Give page; volunteer through the contact page
  • Newcomers welcome, the organizer says

Volunteer need Artifact cataloging and archiving, parades, event booths, walking tours of Old Town, outreach, Fire House Museum displays and open houses, holiday decorating, social event planning: 'you can do a little or a lot'

Register → Contact: https://niwothistoricalsociety.org/contact/ Source: niwothistoricalsociety.org, read

Volunteer

Niwot Elementary PTAC

The parent council behind the Niwot Trot, the Cougar Carnival and the school's community nights: a volunteer interest form, committees to join, and a King Soopers rewards link that sends a share of your groceries to the school.

Who
Families of Niwot Elementary students
Where
Niwot Elementary, 8778 Morton Road
Cost
Free to volunteer; the directory and spirit wear are optional purchases
  • Registration required Volunteer interest form on the PTAC site; committees listed there
  • Newcomers welcome, the organizer says

Volunteer need 'There are so many ways to help no matter how much time you have to give'

Register → Contact: Through the PTAC site, or its NESPTAC Facebook group Source: niwotptac.com, read

Public meetings

Niwot Local Improvement District Advisory Committee

The committee that recommends how the 1% Niwot sales tax is spent, from the Halloween party to the holiday lights, meets in public on the first Tuesday of the month at 7 pm.

When
1st Tuesday, 7–9 pm; the county's calendar lists November 3 and December 1
Where
Niwot Inn conference room, 342 Second Avenue, per the guide's listing; the county's series page gives no location
Cost
Free
  • No registration

Next Niwot Local Improvement District Advisory Committee meeting,

Contact: Boulder County Commissioners' office Source: bouldercounty.gov, read

Services and schools

Before- and after-school and pre-K care at Niwot Elementary

The district's licensed care at Niwot Elementary: the Cougar Club before and after school, from age five through fifth grade, and pre-K care for 3- to 5-year-olds whether or not they are in preschool. Both close on non-school days; the district names its non-school-day sites about a month ahead.

Who
Pre-K care 3 to 5, preschool not required; Cougar Club from five years old through fifth grade
When
Cougar Club 7 am–6 pm; pre-K care 7:30 am–5:30 pm; both closed on non-school days
Season
The 2026–27 school year
Where
Niwot Elementary, 8778 Morton Road
Cost
Cougar Club $16 a morning, $20 an afternoon, drop-in $32 / $40; pre-K care $45 a day with St. Vrain preschool, $55 without, two days a week at least; registration fee $50 a child or $75 a family
  • Registration required Through Community Schools' online registration; the school's page links the guide

Register → Contact: The Community Schools program manager at Niwot Elementary, 720-652-8065 Source: niwotes.svvsd.org, read

Niwot's schools: tours, sports and the district calendar

Status: Not started yet Sign-ups open December 1

Niwot Elementary, Sunset Middle in Longmont and Niwot High; the high school gives tours every Tuesday and Thursday at 1:30, open enrollment runs December 1 to 15, and the Cougars' scores and schedules are on this guide's sports page.

Who
Preschool to grade 12
When
High school tours Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:30 pm, by calling the office
Where
Niwot High School, 8989 East Niwot Road; Niwot Elementary, 8778 Morton Road
Cost
Public schools; no charge to tour
  • Registration required · Open enrollment for 2027–28 is December 1 to 15 through the district's school options sites Open enrollment December 1–15, per the district's home page; confirm on its enrollment page

Register → Contact: Niwot High, 303-652-2550 Source: nhs.svvsd.org, read

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