HomeMy WebLinkAboutBiography Cindy YounglundCindy Younglund
How long in Estes Park: Total of 46 years
Career Information:
1995- Present General Manager - Wildwood Inn, Estes Park CO
1992- 1995 Licensed Practical Nurse - worked and licensed in both Nebraska
and Colorado with current license in Colorado;
1983-1989 Home Daycare provider, Nebraska;
1983-1990 Stapelman Natural Meats - involved directly with animal care as well
as extensive clerical work with the family business;
Previous Participation on Committees: One term on board of Estes Park Chamber of
Commerce; One of Four Founders of Estes Area Lodging Association, board member
for numerous terms, and served as president for two terms; one term on Estes Park
Wedding Association sub-committee.
Education:
Estes Park High School; 1979
Wayne State College 1978-1979
Northeast Community College, Norfolk NE, LPN 1990-1992
Cindy was born and raised in Estes Park and attended K-12 in the Estes Park school
district. Her parents, Quentin and Lucille Younglund, owned and operated a couple of
lodges and a successful general construction company in Estes Park since the late
1950’s. Younglund Construction was known for quality customs homes as well as a
prominent downtown icon, the beautiful Estes Park Bank across from Bond Park. After
high school graduation Cindy attended college in Nebraska studying business. During
her time in Nebraska she married into a farming family, started a family, and was heavily
involved in establishing the country’s first organic pork production facility in Nebraska.
Wanting to further her education, she returned to school and graduated from nursing
school. In 1992, she returned to Estes Park where she continued to work full-time in the
nursing field while actively raising her three children. She joined her parents in starting a
new lodging venture adjacent to a lodge they used to own. The new venture, Wildwood
Inn, began welcoming guests in 1995 and is considered as one of the premier family
owned and operated Inn’s in the valley. She became very active in the lodging
community serving on the final Chamber of Commerce board and being instrumental in
the startup of Estes Area Lodging Association, that passion led her to serve several
years as a board member as well as president. During this time, she sat on different
committees of the wedding association.
Together with her second husband they raised 8 wonderful children all of whom went k-
12 in the Estes Park school system. They enjoy spending time with their children and
their 9 grandchildren, as well as traveling both international and domestically. Their
favorite pass time is camping and traveling in their class A motor home whether it is to
visit kids or to explore a different part of our beautiful country.