Kristin Mastre has been writing for many years, starting with her family blog in 2005. Her personal family blog had been highlighted on NewParent.com and various other parenting blogs around the world after writing about the challenges of pregnancy, parenthood and the adventures of raising two boys in the Rocky Mountains. She began writing a health and fitness blog in 2007 that had posts published by Fox News, Reuters, USA Today, iVillage, and a multitude of news stations across the country. After noticing that there was a lack of food writers in Fort Collins, she decided to throw her hat into the ring in May of 2009, becoming the top blogger in Fort Collins and the city’s restaurant critic. After three years of writing on Feasting Fort Collins, Kristin noticed that there were many people in the community who wanted to pursue community writing, but didn’t quite know how to make it happen. Wanting to help develop the community media in Northern Colorado, she founded The Scoop Blog Network in April 2012, creating a team of local writers with each one covering their own local lifestyle niche topic - restaurants, outdoor adventures, family activities, history, transportation, gardening, arts and culture, and cannabis. They write about the things that make Fort Collins such a great city to live in. 2017 brings a rebranding and pivot to the network, launching Experience Fort Collins and a new adventure product, Choose Your Own Fort Collins to help people live bucket list lives in our city.