Logan Simpson

Fresh space. Fresh energy. And a renewed commitment to sustainability.

We recently wrapped up renovations at our Fort Collins office, creating a space that better reflects who we are and how we work: collaborative, creative, and grounded in community.

Located above the historic Linden Hotel in the heart of Old Town, our office is part of an adaptive reuse building that blends Fort Collins’ history with its future. The renovation not only refreshed our workspace with updated meeting areas and brighter shared spaces, but also improved the building’s energy efficiency and long-term sustainability.

By investing in an existing downtown building, we're helping preserve local character while creating a healthier, more efficient place for our team to work, collaborate, and serve our clients.
This refresh gives our team room to think big, connect often, and keep doing work that shapes the places we care about.

If you're ever in Fort Collins, stop by and say hello 👋

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Logan Simpson is proud to announce the Second Annual Michael Bryk Memorial Grant.

Established in memory of our beloved friend and colleague Michael Bryk, this grant honors his passion for archaeology, artifact analysis, and supporting the next generation of professionals in the field.

This year, the grant will provide $3,000 in funding to a student pursuing a degree in anthropology, archaeology, or museum studies to support research project expenses and help further their academic and professional goals.

Click the link below for more information and application details.
🔗 https://bold.org/scholarships/michael-bryk-memorial-grant/

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 To kick things off, we’re highlighting the incredible Pride celebrations, community events, and festivities taking place this month in the states where we work.

📅 Pride Flag Campaign
📅 Pride Night
📅 Fort Collins Pride
📅 Downtown Tempe's Annual Pride Party
📅 Utah Pride Festival
📅 Love Out Loud
📅 Pride Festival
📅 Q***r Summer Market
📅 Crossroads of the West Regional Rodeo
📅 Pride Prom
📅 Denver Pridefest
📅 Pride in the Pines

Stay tuned and join us in celebrating love and inclusion all month long. 🌈

With National Preservation Month coming to a close, we want to highlight that historic preservation isn’t about freezing the past in place, but is rather one of the most forward-looking tools a community has in its toolbox.

It started in 1860, when the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association saved George Washington's estate — long before any preservation law existed. The field has grown enormously since. Today, preserving and reusing old buildings drives four things nearly every community wants:

SUSTAINABILITY — "the greenest building is the one already built" (architect Carl Elefante); new energy-efficient buildings can take decades to offset climate change impacts created during construction

AFFORDABILITY — historic buildings are often modest, sitting empty, and ready to become housing that boosts supply and revitalizes neighborhoods

PLACEMAKING — authenticity can’t be manufactured; historic places anchor a community’s identity

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT — old can stand proudly beside new, and time and again, it does so profitably. (Just look at Tempe's 1873 Hayden House beside the modern One Hundred Mill tower, near our headquarters!)

Honoring where communities have been while planning where they’re headed is what we do.

Thanks for following along this Preservation Month! Tell us, what historic place anchors your community?

As we conclude our Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month celebration, we want to feature horticulturist Lue Gim Gong, also known as the Citrus Wizard. 💫🍊

Lue Gim Gong was born in Canton, China, in the 1860s to farmers. He travelled to the United States in his teenage years and got a job at a shoe factory in Massachusetts where he met Fannie Burlingame, a volunteer teacher who took him under her wing and encouraged his agricultural talents.

Gong spent a lot of time working in Burlingame’s garden and greenhouse. His mother had taught him how to crosspollinate and graft stock. He eventually went to Florida to live with the Burlingame family on orange groves. He was familiar with oranges because he had worked with them in China. In the winter of 1894-1895, Florida experienced horrible freezes that affected the crops. This inspired Gong to create a frost-resistant strain of orange. He successfully created a hardy orange which was named the Lue Gim Gong Orange. For this work, the American Pomological Society awarded him the Silver Wilder Medal in 1911, the first time this award was given for citrus.

He also developed new varieties of apples, tomatoes, peaches, and grapefruit. He lived by the proverb, “No one should live in this world for himself alone, but to do good for those who come after him.” His ground-breaking work and desire to do good for future generations changed the future of agriculture forever. Lue Gim Gong died in 1925 and is buried in DeLand, Florida.

Sources: usda.gov, blogs.rollins.edu

Lettuce recharge together! 💚 In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, our Tempe Happiness Committee served up some good vibes (and even better greens)! Taking a break to nourish our body and mind matters — and we're so glad our team got to do just that.

We encourage everyone to take time for themselves, step away when needed, and prioritize their mental and physical well-being — one salad at a time.

‼️Non-profit Highlight‼️

High Desert Heritage and Research is a non-profit that works with Tribes to recover and preserve artifacts and items from private collections. It is dedicated to leading the way in the next chapter of preservation through education, civic empowerment, Tribal leadership, and innovative research. Learn more at www.highdesertheritage.org, give them a follow, and consider donating to this meaningful cause.

Today we commemorate the lives and service of those who served our country with courage and honor. Happy Memorial Day!

In honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we acknowledge the stories and resilience connected to the Amache National Historic Site in Colorado. Once known as the Granada Relocation Center, Amache was one of ten incarceration sites established in the United States during World War II. It was built in remote Amache, Colorado in 1942. As a response to the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an Executive Order authorizing the military to create “civilian exclusion zones.” Evacuation notices were posted in neighborhoods that forced Japanese Americans from their homes into internment camps. Over 10,000 people of Japanese ancestry passed through Amache.

Still, community persist in these dark times. Despite harsh conditions, the people incarcerated at Amache planted trees and gardens, organized sports teams and classes, and created peaceful places of worship. Schools, a hospital, fire and police departments, and a co-op store were also established behind the gates.

Amache was closed on October 15, 1945. Incarcerates were given $25 and a train ticket to begin rebuilding their lives. The Amache National Historic Site was established February 15, 2024. Although most of the original buildings have been removed or demolished, the original building foundations and historic road network are still visible. Through preservation efforts, the site also has a historic cemetery, a monument, and reconstructed and restored structures. The designation as a National Historic Site helps preserve this history so future generations may reflect on the past while looking toward a more just future. Learn more about Amache here: https://www.nps.gov/amch/index.htm

We hope you enjoyed celebrating this month with us and learned something new!

Source: nps.gov