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WHAT ARE COLORADO COMMUNITIES PLANNING FOR HALLOWEEN?· Arvada: We have "Trick-or-Treat Street" the Friday beforeHalloween. It is a trick or treating event with the businesses handing out ca...
2023 Year-End Blog or an alternate AI title “Downtown Di... In this special end-of-year blog, we invite you to join us in revisiting the milestones, successes, and shared experiences that have def...
Retail Recruitment with Activity NodesOVERVIEW Downtown Colorado, Inc. (DCI) is pleased to share the second webinar in our series for communities looking to create a downtown...
Open for Business: Toolbox for Recruiting Retail“90% of success in recruitment comes from personal relationships and consistency cultivated over time.” OVERVIEW Downtown Colorado, Inc....
2023 COLORADO TAX INCREMENT FINANCE 101 MID-TOUR SUMMARYTax Increment Finance experts and Colorado community leaders share best practices for redevelopment and revitalization in Colorado.
Tech for Tiny Towns (and all others too!)In an era where technology is reshaping the landscape of governance, small governments are finding themselves at a unique crossroads. Th...
The Town of Avon schedules a special election to form a ... Colorado's Downtown Development Authorities may grow by one after the special election scheduled in the Town of Avon on August 29th. Spe...
Are you considering forming a Downtown Development Autho... Downtown Colorado, Inc. has been the go-to organization to support communities and their downtown districts, DDAs, URAs, and BIDs for mo...
Hot Topic: Missing Middle HousingOVERVIEW On July 18th, DCI and Castlewood Partners shared a lively walk through the "missing middle" and how to finance it. DCI was plea...
Strengthening Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in the San Lui... The San Luis Valley Entrepreneurship Summit held on June 21 in Alamosa was a great success in connecting entrepreneurs to one another an...
Event Recap UNDERSTANDING YOUR ASSESSMENT JUNE 8, 2023 ... OVERVIEW On June 8, Downtown Colorado, Inc. (DCI) hosted a lunch session intended to assist anyone engaged in managing tax increment fin...
2023 DOWNTOWN SUCCESS AT THE CAPITOLRETAILERS MAY OBTAIN PERMIT TO SELL ALCOHOL As we celebrated the signing of HB23-1061 last week, Downtown Colorado, Inc. (DCI) is please...