Associates of NoCo Hemp Expo, thanks. After greater than a decade of rolling up sleeves and elevating roofs, I can say with a smile, what a protracted, unusual journey it’s been. We constructed one thing collectively that mattered. And we’re not finished. I’m resetting, refining, refocusing, and urgent onward. Fall down seven occasions, rise up eight.
A transparent be aware of gratitude and closure: NoCo Hemp Expo has taken its last bow. NoCo11 in April 2025 was the final one. We took it to 11, we’ve been #OneLouder for ten plus years…and even the mighty Spinal Faucet can be proud. Thanks for making it legendary.
I’ve at all times believed the present should go on. Even when the trail received steep, we knew it’s a protracted approach to the highest in case you wanna rock and roll, and the map appeared extra like fashionable artwork than instructions, however we stored going. Why? As a result of the wheel within the sky retains on turning. As a result of right here comes the solar. As a result of when it will get bizarre, it’s occasions like these you be taught to stay once more.
So thanks to everybody who confirmed up, spoke up, and lifted up. Your help has been the refrain behind the work. Life is a protracted music. When a door creaked shut, we selected to break on by way of to the opposite aspect. When doubts tried to crowd the stage, we selected to maintain the road. When the wind shifted, we rode the wind of change.
That is me, promising you I’m nonetheless within the combat. I’ll combat the nice combat, I received’t again down, I’ll take it to the restrict. I’ll carry on preventing until the tip. Name it cussed, or name it function, however the mission stays, as the music stays the identical. NoCo gave us 11 unbelievable years, and I’m profoundly grateful for each second. The work now strikes into a brand new chapter: Hemp 3.0. No retreat, child, no give up. Hemp 3.0 is unfolding, the bioeconomy is ascending, and we’ll shine a light-weight on the long run. We received’t get fooled once more.
The subsequent chapter begins now. Proper right here, proper now. We’ll flip the web page, come collectively, stand up and construct smarter, stronger, leaner. There are classes within the miles, and there’s pleasure too. Dream till your desires come true. And if the trail tilts, we’ll spiral out, hold going. We’ll catch the rainbow and take the ability again.
To everybody who poured time, expertise, and coronary heart into this journey, please hear this clearly. There will likely be a solution, let it’s. We’ll carry on rockin’ within the free world. We’ll let it roll. We’ll discover a light-weight within the black. Some days will really feel like livin’ on the sting, however collectively we are able to nonetheless hold pushin’.
In case you are drained, simply breathe. Don’t look again. In case you are fired up, good. Rise up and shout! In case you are on the fence, come as you’re. There may be room for builders, growers, makers, and believers. We could not get every thing we wish, however we’ll create what we want. We’ll make it over the mountain. And we will likely be flying excessive once more, as Ozzy stated it finest.
Hemp has at all times been larger than one nation, one firm, one present, or one particular person. It’s a group and a promise. Maintain your head up. By no means give up. By no means say die. When the calendar flips and the mud settles, we’ll nonetheless be right here, transferring the bales, planting the subsequent area, setting the subsequent stage, in honor of the one true mom, Mom Earth.
So thanks for the primary ten plus years. Thanks for the help, the calls, the emails, the late-night brainstorms, and the early-morning load-ins. Thanks for believing that higher is feasible. The compass is about, the amps are heat, the lights are arising.
With nice appreciation, we shut the NoCo chapter and step absolutely into Hemp 3.0.
Time to mild up the sky and get again within the saddle. And, as soon as once more, a brand new day will daybreak for many who stand lengthy and the forests will echo with laughter.
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I put collectively a Spotify playlist to go together with this Thank You Essay to the NoCo Neighborhood, constructed from the lyrics and music titles I dropped all through. It’s not meant to circulation like an ideal mixtape, and among the songs don’t actually match the deeper which means of the piece…generally it’s simply the lyric or title that match the second. Consider it as a soundtrack stitched collectively from all of the little references, a mixture that celebrates the music behind the message. Undoubtedly lots of nice tunes right here, Take pleasure in!
Reset, Refine, Rock On: A NoCo Thank You Spotify Playlist
1. What a protracted, unusual journey it’s been
3. It’s a protracted approach to the highest in case you wanna rock and roll
4. Wheel within the sky retains on turnin
6. It’s occasions like these you be taught to stay once more
8. Break on by way of to the opposite aspect
10. Wind of change
14. Carry on preventing until the tip
15. The music stays the identical
16. No retreat, child, no give up
18. Received’t get fooled once more
19. Proper right here, proper now
22. Stand up
23. Dream till your desires come true
27. There will likely be a solution, let it’s
28. Carry on rockin’ within the free world
29. Let it roll
30. A lightweight within the black
32. Hold pushin’
33. Simply breathe
34. Don’t look again
36. Come as you’re
39. Flying excessive once more
43. Mom Earth
44. Mild up the sky
46. A brand new day will daybreak for many who stand lengthy and the forests will echo with laughter
47. Hearken to the flower folks – bonus monitor
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