Left Hand Laurel Chris Crandell

Given all the ways Chris Crandell contributes to Niwot, you wouldn't guess he moved here just five years ago, and with a less-than-auspicious start. He described his first living situation here as "an apartment above a friend's barn, in the middle of a pandemic lockdown."

"We lived there for a couple of weeks, with no internet, no cell phone service, and you can't go out shopping or anything becau...