/ Staff of the Blue Agave Grill in Fort Collins receive a certificate welcoming them into Larimer County's new Level Up program. The initiative aims to help struggling local businesses by allowing them to operate at a lower level on the state's COVID-19 dial than the county's current status. It was the moment Melissa Strong had been anticipating for weeks. An inspector from the Larimer County Department of Public Health and Environment arrived at her restaurant Bird & Jim in Estes Park, tape measure in hand, and assessed the business for Level Up, a new county program aimed at loosening coronavirus restrictions.