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ENTREPRENEURSHIP STUDIES: PREPARING YOUTH TO LEAD IN THE... On December 5th, Downtown Colorado, Inc. (DCI) co-hosted an entrepreneurship studies webinar with Jeremy Wickenheiser. Jeremy has years ...
NEGOTIATING & MAKING DEALS: SUCCESSFULLY WORKING WITH UR... Florence, ColoradoIn August 2019, Downtown Colorado, Inc. (DCI) the Town of Florence requested support to align private and public initi...
TRANSIT- ORIENTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT THAT ... Last week Downtown Colorado, Inc. partnered with Congress for the New Urbanism - CO Chapter, Denver Housing Authority, and Youth on Reco...
POP UPS & VACANT PROPERTY ACTIVATIONThis presentation and discussion, led by Brian Corrigan of Futures United Network (FUN), demonstrated the value of incorporating creativ...
ENGAGING YOUR COMMUNITY & GETTING INPUTDowntown Colorado, Inc. hosted Engage & Activate: A Downtown Institute in Lamar, CO on June 11, 2019. We had representation from multipl...
TAKE A PEAK INTO THE AMERICORPS VISTA EXPERIENCEAaron Schultz has served at the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce in an Americorps VISTA capacity building position over the past year...
TELLING YOUR STORY VISUALLYIn recent years, DCI has been lucky enough to work with Derek Berardi, a Colorado based graphic designer. He focuses on creating and sha...
2018 WITH DCI: ANOTHER YEAR OF VIBRANT DOWNTOWNSCan you believe that 2018 is almost over? We have been incredibly busy traveling around the state this year and we wouldn’t have it any ...
EFFECTIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR SMALLER COMM... Written by  Milder of Danth, Inc.The White Paper“Toward an Effective Economic Development Strategy for Smaller Communities (under 35,000...
HAPPY IDAHO SPRINGS: MAPPING AUDIT AND TOOLKITIn January 2018, Happy City led Idaho Springs along with Downtown Colorado, Inc. and the Mountain Metro Association of Realtors in a Hap...
2017: A YEAR OF VIBRANT DOWNTOWNSAs we head into 2018, we want to thank all of our members and all of the wonderful people we met around the state this year and reflect ...