Fifth Grade Education
How many adjectives are in this sentence: "Billy made a rude noise in class."
One
The average white non-Hispanic family has ____ times the wealth of the typical Black family, and ____ times the wealth of the typical Hispanic family.
8 times the wealth of typical Black families and 5 times the wealth of typical Hispanic families.
ECLT was funded in this year
2018
This group established Camp Collins in 1862. It would go on to become Fort Collins
Kansas Volunteer Calvary
This organization has held a colorful annual 4-day family oriented festival and celebration in honor of the historic document delivered at Galveston, Texas in June of 1865, known as Juneteenth.
Five Points Business Association
What whole number is closest to the square root of 65?
8
This percent of owner-occupied housing in Colorado is owned by persons of color.
27%
The name of reccuring meetings in which all of ECLT staff is invited to learn about and brainstorm forthcoming projects, programs, or organizational implementations.
Or Does Anyone Have A Better Idea
The city of Stout used to reside where the ____ Reservoir is today. Now the town lies beneath the popular body of water. There isn’t much left of Stout today except for some remnants that lurk below the surface. Stout was originally established in the 1860s as a camp for workers who ran the nearby stone quarries in the region. The town was eventually evacuated and flooded during the Colorado-Big Thompson project that happened in the 1940s.
Horsetooth Resevoir
This church, Colorado’s oldest Black congregation (established in 1865), first met for worship in a log structure located at the intersection of 20th and Arapahoe streets.
Zion Baptist Church
What river forms the border between Indiana and Kentucky?
Ohio river
A 2021 study by Freddie Mac found that Black and Latino homeowners are about twice as likely as whites to get low appraisals.
According to the report, ___ of the properties in predominantly Black census tract areas receive appraisal value lower than contract price.
12.5% (will take 11 - 13%)
This local government was Elevation CLT's first official municipal partner when its city council passed an MOU with ECLT in 2019.
City of Aurora.
Which U.S. Supreme Court Justice was born in Fort Collins?
A. Neil Gorsuch
B. Potter Stewart
C. Byron White
D. Lewis F. Powell Jr.
C. Byron White
A graduate of Manual High School, this former boxer is honored as a founder of Chicano literature, a creator and promulgator of today's Hispanic cultural identity, and a voice against inequality in all forms. His efforts to fight police violence, to end poverty, and to stop educational discrimination were the precursors to contemporary struggles in the same arenas
Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales
What color in the visible light spectrum does chlorophyll absorb the least?
Green
Black households are ___% less likely to own a home than white non-Hispanic households.
62% less likely
What are the two limits for income ECLT uses to determine eligibility?
MTSP: Multifamily Tax Subsidy Projects (MTSP) Income Limits
FMR: Fair Market Rents (FMRs)
Fort Collins used to be called the "_____ capital of the world."
A. Cow Milking
B. Dog Walking
C. Biking
D. Brewery
E. Lamb Feeding
E. Lamb feeding. Beet tops, an industry supported by the Colorado Agricultural College and its associated agricultural experiment station, proved to be an excellent and abundant food for local sheep, and by the early 1900s Fort Collins was being referred to as the "Lamb feeding capital of the world".
In 1920, this individual opened a dental practice at 2602 Welton Street in Denver's Five Points neighborhood. While not the first licensed Black dentist in Colorado, he was the first Black dentist to join the Denver Dental Society. During the Depression, he performed free extractions for people as part of a Community Chest program. A
Clarence Holmes
What other names do longitudes go by?
Meridians
A recent study from the University of California, Berkley, found that within the same tax jurisdiction, Black and Hispanic residents bear a ____% higher property tax burden than white residents.
10 - 13%
What percentage of La Tela homeowners were considered to be first-time homebuyers at time of closing
A. 62%
B. 75%
C. 89%
D. 100%
D. 100%
This river, which runs right through the middle of Fort Collins, is Colorado’s only nationally designated “Wild & Scenic” River. The river got its unique name when French-Canadian trappers were forced to hide their gunpowder during a raging blizzard in the early 1800s.
Cache la Poudre River
Five Points found its name in reference to the offset conjunction of Denver’s diagonal downtown grid with a rectangular suburban grid, which meet at ____, ____, _____, and _____.
Washington Street, 27th Street, 26th Avenue, and Welton Street.