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G-Line Opening: Celebrations, Free Rides Planned
Parties and celebrations will be hosted along the 11.2-mile new commuter rail line on April 27.

Jean Lotus is a Fort Collins native returning to NoCo. She has most recently been working in the Chicago area, where she wrote and edited for Chronicle Media, Pioneer Local and Wednesday Journal. In 2014, Lotus won the Chicago Headline Club Peter Lisagor award for best in-depth reporting. She also won two first prize University of Illinois Knight Awards for Investigative Journalism. She has a degree from University of Chicago and is a former daily reporter/night editor for the Lafayette, Ind. Journal & Courier (Gannett).
Parties and celebrations will be hosted along the 11.2-mile new commuter rail line on April 27.

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