Tag: Downtown Denver Partnership
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Downtown Denver recovers but faces new challenges
In 2025, as the city finished 16th Street’s overhaul, downtown Denver started to see hopeful signs of a nearly full recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. But the ongoing downtown recovery will face new challenges in 2026. The city’s urban core saw downtown visits recover by 90% in 2025 compared to before the pandemic. The best…
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Is work flex slowing downtown’s recovery? | ANALYSIS
Work-from-home and “flex work” policies, widely adopted five years ago as a hedge against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, have lingered on — well after the virus retreated. But flex work may be running counter to downtown Denver’s efforts to bring the core city back into full life, after its streets largely emptied from…
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Denver’s NYE rooftop fireworks elevate unique opportunity for show producers
Longtime fireworks designer Zach Taminosian produces many shows across the country, but he said few compare to his annual New Year’s Eve tradition: launching fireworks from two rooftops in downtown Denver. It’s a tradition that, for the last 25 years, has celebrated the new year in proper Mile High City style. “We try to make…
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Denver’s Tami Door will lead a downtown again, this time Boulder’s
Tami Door, the former chief executive of the Downtown Denver Partnership, is getting back into downtown management for another major city in the metro region — at least for a little bit. The Downtown Boulder Partnership named Door as its new interim CEO, taking over from Bettina Swigger who has led the organization for two…
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Golden’s ban on amplified music could push buskers to Denver’s 16th Street
On a picture-perfect Sunday, hundreds of people flooded downtown Golden with river tubes and shopping bags. But one thing was missing — music. Washington Avenue, a place where locals play live music on street corners, was quiet on Aug. 3, just three days after Golden began enforcing a new ordinance banning amplified music on public right-of-ways.…
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Marielena DeSanctis named sole finalist for Colorado Community College System’s top position
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Community College of Denver’s president will soon lead all of Colorado’s public community colleges. Marielena DeSanctis was named the sole finalist to succeed Joe Garcia as the Colorado Community College System’s chancellor Tuesday. Garcia announced his retirement in February and the system began a…
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Thousands visit new-look 16th Street during summer kickoff
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On a sunny weekend in downtown Denver, thousands of residents took in the new-look 16th Street corridor as the area celebrated a new beginning. “Out of the 15 years I’ve lived here, this is the most people I’ve ever seen outside,” Appaloosa Grill Manager Heather…
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16th Street Mall ‘activities,’ a park and DPD liability settlement on council agenda
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Denver City Council members will consider a $1.5 million amendment to a contract with the Downtown Denver Partnership, Inc. to provide activities related to the reopening of the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver. The amendment, if approved, will bring the contract’s new total to $1.9 million. Looks like the city of Denver may be…
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Downtown Denver Partnership supports sales tax increases, opposes slaughterhouse and fur bans
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The Partnership represents more than 700 Denver businesses.
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Denver City Council to consider $200 million Colfax BRT contract during Monday meeting
The bus rapid transit line is one of several on tap for the metro Denver area and will dramatically reshape Colfax Avenue.