About The Project

The Colorado Citizen Observers Project is a civic-minded community creating a new path for awareness of our local governments, led by the League of Women Voters in support of the Citizen’s Right to Know.

We train people to attend, observe, and record government meetings so we can share original, accurate, non-partisan documentation of the proceedings with the public and news media. The project was implemented by a coalition of partners led by the League of Women Voters of Larimer County. Our pilot was supported by the Colorado Media Project, Open Media Foundation, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, the Colorado Press Association, Colorado State University Center for Public Deliberation, and Documenters.org. 

This project is an extension of the Observer Corps, a longstanding program of the League of Women Voters. Our goals are to build lasting community partnerships, increase government transparency, and boost civic engagement. We seek to include diverse citizens as we share actionable information for the rural communities and small cities of Larimer County, and eventually, other Colorado communities served by the League of Women Voters.

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