Last summer, our Colfax Works program began with a pilot. Thanks to the overwhelming support from our business and property owners, residents, and with financial support from Denver Human Services and The Denver Foundation, we’re thrilled that Colfax Works has turned into a year-round program for our district, providing employment, supportive services, and transitional housing for those…
It’s Pride month! We’re so lucky to have a district full of iconic institutions like The Center on Colfax, Blush & Blu, Charlie’s, X BAR, and others who collectively have cultivated an inclusive culture on Colfax for decades. Check out Denver Pride for all of the events happening this month. Scroll for some Pride events and promotions happening in…
For those who don’t know, our Colfax Ave BID office is right at the 15 bus stop near Colfax and Franklin – next door to where Bourbon Grill used to call home. As you can imagine, we see quite a bit out of our front window, including those who regularly ride the 15. This is…
New art installations tell the story of the LGBTQ+ movement. Students from the East High School National Arts Honor Society install art on Colfax Avenue in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City that launched the modern era fight for LGBTQ+ rights. The project is in conjunction with the…
The Colfax Ave Business Improvement District (BID) is on the hunt for a Creative Content Writer for our sister site, Characters of Colfax. We started the blog in 2017 to highlight the people, places, and things that make Colfax, well, Colfax. If you love to write and also love all of the character that Colfax…
Our Streetscape Design Master Plan is guided by eight design principles that we’ve been discussing in periodic blog posts. The sixth of our eight design principles for the Colfax Ave Business Improvement District (BID) is to Enhance Safety. This is a rather complex topic that includes some obvious and other less intuitive strategies. In Part…
Anyone who knows Colfax knows that the tattoo shops are one of the cornerstones of the community and some of the longest-standing fixtures of the street. That’s why the Colfax Ave Business Improvement District (BID) is showing them some love this spring. Twelve artists from End of Days (EOD) Tattoo, Bound by Design, and Lifetime Tattoo designed the…
The sixth of our eight design principles for the Colfax Ave Business Improvement District (BID) is to Enhance Safety. As we all know, there is no one safety strategy. Rather, it is more akin to a well-crafted “recipe” in which safety is baked into the overall Streetscape Design Master Plan. Since this is a multifaceted…
As a Business Improvement District, we rely heavily on the participation and expertise of our board. The Colfax Ave Board of Directors is comprised of seven business and property owners within the district who serve on a volunteer basis to help set priorities for the organization. We’d like to take an opportunity to thank our…
Colfax Ave Announces Partnership with Ready to Work Partnership expands the Colfax Works program to include transitional housing [Denver, CO (February 5, 2019)] – The Colfax Ave Business Improvement District (BID) announced a new partnership with Ready to Work, an innovative program that provides employment, supportive services, and housing for those experiencing homelessness. Ready to…