While K-12 students in Weld County school districts start classes in the coming days, or have already returned to school, area college students will start the 2025-26 academic year later this month.

The first day of the fall semester is Monday, Aug. 25 at the University of Northern Colorado and Aims Community College.

The university projects a population of 7,153 on the Greeley campus this fall. Of those students, 1,154 have a permanent address in Greeley — meaning 84% of students here this year come from outside of the Greeley area.

Brian Seifried, whose Centennial Hospitality Group operates three different restaurants brands in the area, said UNC students’ return ends a “summer lull” in the city that follows the end of the Greeley Stampede.

Seifried said he’s beginning to see and fee

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