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Outdoors

Keystone Wants Opening Day in North America Again

Vail Resorts just set tentative dates for five Colorado mountains, and Keystone is aiming to open in October and beat all of North America for the second year running.

August 29, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

A Ton of Tomatoes Flies in Buena Vista This Saturday

The fifth renewal of the Great Colorado vs. Texas Tomato War hits The Meadows in Buena Vista on Aug. 29, 2026, with over 2,000 pounds of Pueblo tomatoes for a fight.

August 29, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Real Estate

Your Wildfire Score Is About to Show Up in Writing

Colorado Regulation 5-1-28 locks in October 1, forcing home insurers to hand every owner their wildfire risk score, mitigation discounts, and a real appeal right.

August 29, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Big Bounce, RugbyTown 7s and J. Cole Stack Your Weekend

The Big Bounce America hauls a 24,000-square-foot bounce house to the Denver Coliseum lot Aug. 22-23, and it is one of 51 concerts and a global rugby tournament all fighting for

August 19, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Gyros, Loukoumades and Free Dance Lessons: The Springs Goes Greek Aug. 21

Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church throws its annual Greek Festival Aug. 21-23 at 2215 Paseo Road, and the loukoumades money is literally building a new church under Pikes

August 18, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Economy

Denver's Inflation Just Hit Second-Worst in America

Denver prices rose 5% in May 2026, second only to Urban Hawaii among 12 major metros, while Colorado's labor force shed nearly 65,000 people year over year.

August 18, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Business

The Divorce That Could Put Liberty Puzzles in Court's Hands

Sage Wirth wants a Boulder judge to appoint a receiver over Liberty Puzzles, the 130-employee Pearl Street maker of

00 wooden jigsaws. Here is how it got here.

August 17, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

The 16-Year-Old Mushroom Festival Hiding Off I-70 in Eagle

The Eagle Mushroom & Wild Food Festival runs August 21-23, 2026, with free ID all weekend, $80 forest forays, and a

50 foraged dinner for 30.

August 17, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Politics & Policy

The $40,000 Fee Bill Hiding in Every New Denver Home

A new Common Sense Institute report pegs Denver's government-imposed cost per new home at over $40,000, more than double the peer-city average, before a single nail goes in.

August 17, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Business

Rock Bottom Is Down to One Colorado Brewpub, and It Is in Loveland

Rock Bottom Brewery started at 16th and Curtis in downtown Denver in 1991. As of August 2026, the only one left in Colorado sits in Loveland.

August 16, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

A 60-Foot Sauropod Is Living at the Nature & Science Museum

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science just parked a life-sized 60-foot Mamenchisaurus inside, and "The World's Largest Dinosaurs" runs through Sept. 7, 2026.

August 16, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Real Estate

Denver Wants to Cut Its Housing Promise From 1,300 Homes to 959

Denver's HOST is asking City Council to shrink a voter-backed housing pledge from 1,300 units to 959, killing 290 promised homes in west Denver.

August 16, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

Colorado Once Grew 400 Apple Varieties. Half Are Gone.

On Dec. 9, 2017, a Cortez couple found the last known Colorado Orange apple tree on a Cañon City farm. Now they are racing to save the rest before the fruit vanishes for good.

August 15, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Fifty Dragon Boats Hit Sloan's Lake for the Year of the Fire Horse

The Colorado Dragon Boat Festival returns free to Sloan's Lake Aug. 29-30, 2026, with 50-plus racing teams, two Taste of Asia food courts, and a 2,000-year-old tradition.

August 15, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Business

Colorado Paid Millions to Keep Ikon's Maker. Then Came the Layoffs.

Weeks after Colorado approved nearly

million to keep Alterra in the state, the Ikon Pass operator confirmed Aug. 14 it laid off Denver workers.

August 15, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

La Veta Has 150 Days of Water Left, and the Cucharas Ran Dry

La Veta, a town of under 1,000 at the foot of the Spanish Peaks, watched the Cucharas River go bone dry on Aug. 7, 2026. The reservoirs have about 150 days.

August 14, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Fried Chicken, Craft Cocktails, and Roller Coasters at Elitch on Aug. 20

Chicken Fight & Burger Brawl hits Elitch Gardens on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, with 40-plus restaurants, four titles, and your vote deciding the winners.

August 14, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Politics & Policy

Colorado Just Handed Cities the Keys to Their Own Land

As of Aug. 12, Colorado towns can sell public land to affordable housing builders. The state is short 136,000 rental units for its lowest earners.

August 14, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

Colorado's 14ers Just Hit a 10-Year Low, and the Trail Group Is Fine With It

The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative counted 256,000 hiker days in 2025, the fewest since tracking began in 2015. Director Lloyd Athearn says that is about access, not interest.

August 13, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Vanilla Ice, a Strongman, and Pet Rocks Take Over Pueblo Aug. 28

The 154th Colorado State Fair runs Aug. 28 through Labor Day at 1001 Beulah Ave. in Pueblo, with

5 gates, the Beach Boys, and a strongman who shreds phone books daily.

August 13, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Development

CU Denver Just Bought a 25-Story Tower for a Fifth of Its 2007 Price

CU's regents closed on Independence Plaza at 1050 17th St. on Aug. 10, 2026, for

7.95 million. In 2007 the same tower sold for
44.5 million.

August 13, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

Fishers Peak Adds 9 Miles of Backcountry Above Trinidad

Fishers Peak State Park opens 9 new miles of trail on Aug. 15, 2026, pushing its system past 20 miles and pulling more riders and hikers down to Trinidad.

August 12, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

The 42-Foot Hot Dog That Rolled Down 285 to Bailey

Built on West Colfax in 1966, the giant Coney Island hot dog stand has moved twice, dodged the wrecking ball, and now sits on Roark Creek in Bailey pulling South Park fans off

August 12, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Banana Ball, LCD Soundsystem and a Golden Art Fest All in One Weekend

For two nights at Coors Field the Savannah Bananas turn baseball upside down, while LCD Soundsystem takes Red Rocks and Golden throws a free art fest. One weekend, one plan.

August 12, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Business

The Vendors Bought Back the Store That Closed on Them

When Painted Tree closed in Colorado Springs, its own vendors reopened the same space as The Collective Boutiques. Grand opening is August 29, 2026.

August 11, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

The Estes Park Lodge Where 30,000 Keys Hang Overhead

Seven Keys Lodge at 4900 South Hwy. 7 above Estes Park holds keys to Mozart's wine cellar, the Pentagon, and Hitler's bunker. It opens for its 2026 summer season.

August 11, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Development

Golden's Terra CO2 Bets 32 Jobs on Fixing Concrete

Terra CO2 broke ground in June on a 30,167-square-foot lab at 1341 Avery St. near Golden, keeping 32 high-skill jobs in the metro while chasing cleaner cement.

August 11, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Business

Jamestown's 250 Residents Race to Buy Their Own Living Room

Jamestown has one restaurant, The Merc, built in 1892. Now the town of 250 is trying to raise

.5 million to buy the building before a cash buyer does.

August 10, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

The LoHi Butcher Shop Pouring Natural Wine and Searing 50-Day Ribeye

Western Daughters Wine Bar just opened at 3326 Tejon St. next to the butcher shop that has put over $5 million back into local ranchers since 2013.

August 10, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Development

Denver's $63 Million Bet to Turn Dead Office Towers Into Homes

The Denver DDA is putting $63 million behind two projects, including its biggest office-redevelopment loan yet, to convert empty Upper Downtown towers into places people actually

August 10, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

Colorado's State Fish Is Reclaiming Ground No One Alive Has Seen It Hold

Rocky Mountain National Park closes the Kawuneeche Valley August 24-30, 2026 to poison out invasive brook trout and hand the greenback cutthroat back its headwaters.

August 9, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

Genoa's See Six States Tower Reopens After 13 Years Dark

The World's Wonder View Tower outside Genoa, dark since 2013, reopens May 1-2, 2026 with a $3 million restoration timed to Colorado's 150th birthday.

August 9, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Economy

77 Days Locked Out: Fort Morgan's Cargill Workers Say No Again

Cargill locked out 1,700 Fort Morgan meatpackers on May 20, and on Aug. 3 the workers rejected the deal meant to end it. The town is bleeding millions.

August 9, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

528 Miles From Waterton Canyon to Durango, Right Now

Nearly 70 self-supported cyclists left Waterton Canyon at 4 a.m. on August 2 for the 528-mile Colorado Trail Race. The leaders are finishing in Durango this week.

August 8, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Denver's Italians Have Bid to Carry a Saint Since 1894

The Feast of St. Rocco returns to Potenza Lodge Aug. 14 to 16, 2026, with a live auction for the honor of carrying a saint's statue through North Denver.

August 8, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Business

Native Roots Cuts 141 Denver Jobs, Sells All 15 Stores

Native Roots is closing its Denver grow at 4990 N. Dahlia St. and laying off 141 people by Oct. 2, a marker of how far Colorado cannabis has fallen since 2021.

August 8, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

Five Railroads Built Manitou Springs. One of Them Vanished.

The Manitou Springs Heritage Center's free "Manitou Rails!" exhibit at 517 Manitou Avenue runs through Aug. 31, 2026, and tells the story of a lost line.

August 7, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

Hire a Pack Goat to Haul Your Lunch Down the Dolores River

Wild West Excursions in Cortez sends sure-footed pack goats down the Dolores River Canyon carrying your fly rod, watercolors and riverside picnic while you just walk.

August 7, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Fourteen Whiskey Pours and One Historic Main Street in Arvada

The fourth annual Olde Town Whiskey Fest hits 57th & Olde Wadsworth on August 8, 2026, with 14 half-ounce pours for $45 and proceeds staying local.

August 7, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Neighborhoods

The Wazee Street Shop That Snapped a Steer's Horn Into Fashion History

Rockmount Ranch Wear at 1626 Wazee St. invented the snap-button cowboy shirt in 1946. In 2026 it turns 80 and welcomes its fourth generation.

August 7, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

Soak Next to Macaws at Buena Vista's Charlotte Hot Springs

Charlotte Hot Springs west of Buena Vista pairs three geothermal pools with an indoor jungle of iguanas, fish and resident macaw parrots. Nothing else in Colorado does this.

August 7, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Ten Dollars Gets You 2,000 Sculptures and 160 Artists in Loveland

The 42nd Sculpture in the Park runs August 7 to 9 at Benson Sculpture Garden in Loveland, with 2,000 works and 160 artists. Gate admission is ten bucks.

August 6, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

A Staged Train Robbery Hits the Georgetown Loop Two August Weekends

For four days in late August 2026, the Georgetown Loop Railroad runs Wild West Days trains with reenactors, a staged robbery, and a Faro game in the saloon.

August 6, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Denver's Only Horror Coffee Shop Is Built for Summerween

Scr3am & Sugar at 1974 South Acoma in Overland serves gore-themed lattes inside a horror oddity shop, and City Cast just named it a Summerween stop.

August 6, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

World-Class Ukulele Festival Takes Over Historic Downtown Durango This Weekend

The Rocky Mountain UkeFest runs August 7-9 across Durango's Strater Hotel, Fort Lewis College and five downtown venues. All-Access passes are

99.

August 6, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

The Card Game Illegal in All 50 States Comes Back to Life in Fairplay

South Park City Museum in Fairplay stages Living History Days August 8 and 9, 2026, with gunfights, gold panning, and Faro, a game outlawed for money nationwide.

August 6, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

The Baker Bar That Tears Itself Down Every Three Months

Adventure Time Bar at 101 S. Broadway rebuilds its entire room and drink menu every quarter. You buy a 90-minute ticket, and right now you walk into a cyberpunk city.

August 6, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Business

An Australian Fire-Software Firm Just Picked Platte Street Over Austin

Uptick, an Aussie fire-inspection software company, opened its North American HQ at 1774 Platte St. after weighing San Diego and Austin. The reason it landed here matters.

August 6, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

The Magic Beans Say Goodbye With a Three-Day River Blowout

Beanstalk Music Festival returns to Rancho Del Rio in Bond August 6 to 8, 2026, and it is the Magic Beans' final run as a band. Camping included.

August 5, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

Walden Is Colorado's Official Moose Capital, and Saturday It Throws a Party

Walden, population 513, is the only town Colorado's legislature ever named Moose Viewing Capital. Its Moose Fest hits State Forest State Park on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026.

August 5, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

The Cornish Miner's Lunchbox Is Alive On Tennyson Street

The Pasty Republic serves a Cornish hand pie that fed Colorado's 1800s tin and gold miners, now sold hot at 4166 Tennyson Street and 2615 East Third Avenue.

August 5, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Neighborhoods

Baker's Red-Light Past Is Exactly Why Its Victorians Survived

Baker holds the highest concentration of Queen Anne Victorians in Denver's historic center, and on Aug. 8 residents open the doors. Tickets start at

0.

August 5, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Samba Takes Over Pearl Street This Weekend in Boulder

Colorado Brazil Fest lands in Boulder Aug. 6-8 with a free Samba on the Mall show at the Historic Courthouse, plus Carnaval bands and Afro-Brazilian dance classes.

August 5, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

Montrose Has Colorado's Last Rideable Whitewater, and It Throws a Free Party

By August most Colorado whitewater parks run dry. Montrose's Uncompahgre keeps flowing, and FUNC Fest turns it into a free two-day river party on August 7 and 8, 2026.

August 5, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Neighborhoods

Kimchi Burritos and Lion Dances Take Over Westwood's Morrison Road

The Saigon Azteca Night Market returns to Westwood Aug. 7-8, 2026, where lion dancers face off against Aztec dancers and lowriders battle JDM cars, all free.

August 4, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

The 37-Star Flag Still Standing Guard Over Fort Garland

On August 1, 1876, the 9th Cavalry raised the flag at Fort Garland for Colorado statehood. History Colorado's new "O Say Can You See" pairs that era's original 37-star flag with

August 4, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

Hold a Gator at 7,500 Feet in the San Luis Valley

Colorado Gators in Mosca started as a 1977 tilapia farm, bought 100 baby alligators to eat fish scraps in 1987, and became the world's only high-altitude gator farm.

August 4, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Neighborhoods

The 1,600-Piece Art Museum Most Coloradans Only See From I-25

Two artists turned the century-old Roof & Dick Building in downtown Walsenburg into the Museum of Friends, a 1,600-piece contemporary art collection you can visit for $8.

August 4, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Colorado's Best Burger Lives at a Purple Moose on Kenosha Pass

The Hungry Moose Caboose in Jefferson, a walk-up window at the base of Kenosha Pass, just landed The Colorado Sun's Best Burger crown for 2025.

August 4, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Lowriders and Beat Poetry Take Over West Colfax Aug. 7

The free Cruisin' Colfax Summer Art Crawl rolls into Lakewood's 40 West Arts District on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, from 5 to 9 p.m. with car shows, live bands and Beat poetry.

August 4, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Politics & Policy

RTD Just Voted to Cut Service, and the Free 16th Street Ride Is on the Chopping Block

On July 28, 2026, RTD's board voted 9-6 to move ahead with

0 million in service cuts, and the free 16th Street shuttle that carried 2.3 million riders last year is a top target.

August 4, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Colorado's Oldest Fair Hands Out 30,000 Pounds of Free Watermelon

The Arkansas Valley Fair in Rocky Ford has run every year since 1878, and on Watermelon Day the Rotary Club gives away 30,000 pounds of melon for free.

August 3, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Wheat Ridge Shipped Carnations to the White House Every Monday

The Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival hits Anderson Park August 7 to 9, 2026, marking 57 years and honoring the town that once grew more carnations than anywhere on Earth.

August 3, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

Santa's Workshop Turns 70 on Pikes Peak, and Summer Entry Is Free

The North Pole in Cascade has been spinning rides on the slopes of Pikes Peak since 1956. Its 70th season runs through December 24, and summer entry is free.

August 3, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Fourteen Wineries, One $45 Glass, and Bottles You Can't Buy Anywhere Else

The West Elks Wine Trail runs July 31 through August 2, 2026, around Paonia and Hotchkiss. One $45 ticket gets you 14 wineries, a glass, and a tote.

August 3, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

The Men Who Built Colorado's Railroads Get Their Story Told in Golden

The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden is spotlighting Mexican trackworkers in its "Traqueros" exhibit, and Coloradans have a narrow window to catch it.

August 3, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

The Red Tram With No Towers That Has Flown Estes Park for 71 Summers

Since June 20, 1955, Estes Park's aerial tram has climbed 2,630 feet with zero support towers, counterweighted by 50,000 pounds of bricks. No park pass needed.

August 3, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Globeville's 18-Course Mexican Splurge Comes From a Michelin Chef

Chef Johnny Curiel put an 18-course,

25 tasting menu called Milpero inside industrial Globeville, and only eight guests get a seat per night.

August 2, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Leadville's 75th Boom Days: Runners Race Burros Up to 13,000 Feet

The International Pack Burro Race launches down Harrison Avenue at 10 a.m. on August 9, sending runners and donkeys 21 miles toward Mosquito Pass and over 13,000 feet.

August 2, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

Colorado Now Has Nine Via Ferratas. Here Is Where to Clip In

The Denver Gazette counted nine via ferrata routes across Colorado, from a beginner gorge at Cave of the Winds to Ouray's 60-foot helix ladder and a literal leap of faith.

August 2, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Free All-You-Can-Eat Corn: Olathe's 36th Festival Lands in Montrose Aug. 22

The Olathe Sweet Corn Festival hits Cerise Park in Montrose on Aug. 22, 2026, serving free unlimited roasted corn from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

August 2, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Telluride Throws North America's Biggest Mushroom Party This August

The 46th Telluride Mushroom Festival runs August 12 to 16, 2026, with guided forays, mushroom-infused beer, and a costumed fungi parade down Main Street.

August 2, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

The Boulder Clerk Who Wouldn't Let a Man Marry His Horse

In 1975 a young Boulder County Clerk named Clela Rorex issued America's first headline-making same-sex marriage licenses, then calmly denied a cowboy's request to wed his mare.

August 2, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Real Estate

A Dead DTC Office Just Became 143 Affordable Apartments

Shea Properties gutted a vacant office at 4340 S. Monaco to the studs and turned it into Lofts on Monaco, 143 income-restricted apartments that opened in July 2026.

August 2, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

The Fake Beaver Dams Rebuilding the Colorado River's Headwaters

On the quiet west side of Rocky Mountain National Park, scientists built 30 artificial beaver dams in the Kawuneeche Valley. You can walk right in and see it.

August 1, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Denver Musicians Built Their Own Festival on South Broadway. It Sold Out.

When the Underground Music Showcase left South Broadway for RiNo, seven local artists launched Blucifer's First Rodeo. 260 bands, 40 venues, sold out in July heat.

August 1, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

The Cheesman Park Café That Gives Away Every Dollar of Profit

The Carriage House opened July 28 at 1290 N. Williams Street behind the historic Tears-McFarlane House, and owner John Goscha plans to donate every dollar of profit to local

August 1, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

Colorado Springs Just Dropped 7 Free Miles of New Trail at Blodgett

Colorado Springs opened seven miles of new trail at Blodgett Open Space on July 17, 2026, including 2.5 miles of downhill bike-only runs, with seven more coming by year's end.

August 1, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Fannie Mae Duncan Said Everybody Welcome. Saturday, Colorado Springs Says It Back

The free Everybody Welcome Festival hits Colorado College Saturday, August 1, honoring Fannie Mae Duncan, whose Cotton Club integrated the Springs when almost nothing else did.

August 1, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

King Dumpling's SoBo Outpost Sells Out by Noon, Every Wrapper Hand-Rolled

King Dumpling II opened in late June at 2160 S. Broadway, where a three-woman team starts rolling wrappers at 9:30 a.m. and regularly sells out by lunch.

August 1, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

Water World's

5 Million Summit Canyon Brings a World-First Drop Slide to Federal Heights

Summit Canyon opened July 16 at Water World in Federal Heights, a 2.5-acre, 5 million expansion anchored by a 60-foot tower and Denver's first drop-capsule slide.

July 31, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Loveland's 1879 County Fair Throws Colorado a 150th Birthday Party

The Larimer County Fair and PRCA Rodeo runs July 31 through Aug. 4 at The Ranch in Loveland, with free parking and a carnival built for 100,000 people.

July 31, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

Evergreen Reopens Its 1976 Time Capsule This Friday, 50 Years to the Day

Buried at Hiwan Heritage Park on July 31, 1976, Evergreen's bicentennial time capsule comes back up Friday afternoon, exactly 50 years later. Free, one afternoon only.

July 31, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Palisade Peaches Hit Their Peak a Month Early This Year

Rancho Durazno's Gwen Cameron says peak peach season landed almost a month early in Palisade, and the cherries already came and went. The sweet window is right now.

July 31, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Grand Lake's New Makerspace Wants You to Rebuild Cowboy Boots From the Bones

The 3,000-square-foot Grand Spirit Makerspace just opened in downtown Grand Lake, teaching boot-cobbling, silversmithing and boatbuilding, plus nine live-work apartments next door.

July 31, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

Idaho Springs Just Built a $71 Million Gondola Over a Gold Mine

The Mighty Argo Cable Car climbs 1,300 vertical feet from an 1893 gold mill to an 8,800-foot overlook, and it just turned Idaho Springs into a real day trip.

July 31, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Economy

California HVAC Company Picks Monument, Bets $36 Million on 135 Jobs

ACCO Engineered Systems chose Monument over Peoria, Arizona for a $36 million plant and 135 jobs averaging $87,037, roughly 133% above El Paso County's average wage.

July 31, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

Goldie the Firefighting Goat Headlines Cheyenne Mountain's Free Adventure Day

On Aug. 1, Cheyenne Mountain State Park hosts a free Adventure Day for Colorado's 150th birthday, and the guest of honor is Goldie, the goat with 2.5 million views.

July 30, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Sadboy Creamery's

Sadboy Creamery is taking over the old French for Sugar space at 1502 N. Marion St., with a September 2026 opening that could quadruple its 700-pints-a-week output.

July 30, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Giant Bug Lanterns Light Up Denver's Oldest Building Aug. 8

Bright Nights returns to Four Mile Historic Park for a fourth year, spreading giant lantern sculptures across 12 acres from Aug. 8 through Nov. 8, 2026.

July 30, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

Colorado's Oldest Photo Is a Cheyenne Village From 1853

History Colorado pinned down an 1853 daguerreotype of a Cheyenne village near Lamar as the oldest known photo taken on Colorado soil, 23 years before statehood.

July 30, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Frank Bonanno's Rome-Meets-Tokyo Bet Fills Larimer Square's Longest Vacancy

Rōmyō opened in mid-July 2026 at 1401 Larimer St., dropping lobster ramen and uni-garlic pasta into a storefront that sat empty for three-plus years.

July 30, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Look Up, Denver: Skynets Ripple Over 16th Street All Summer

Patrick Shearn's "Skynets Over Downtown" hangs three ribbon canopies between Union Station and Glenarm Plaza, free through fall, backed by a $627,500 city grant.

July 30, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

Colorado's Six-State Tower Reopens for Its 100th Birthday

Genoa's World's Wonder View Tower, shuttered since 2013, reopened May 1 and 2, 2026 after a $3 million restoration, right as it turns 100 and Colorado turns 150.

July 29, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

21 Tons of Free Potatoes Vanished From Park Hill in 90 Minutes

We Don't Waste gave away 42,000 pounds of potatoes at its Park Hill hub on July 27, and Denver cleared the whole trailer by 10:30 a.m.

July 29, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Colorado Turns 150 With a Free Night Market and a Cheeseburger Fight

Civic Center Park hosts a free Colorado-150 Night Market on Friday, July 31, 2026, with 80-plus homegrown vendors, Pueblo chiles, and the state's disputed cheeseburger claim.

July 29, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

Both Dawn and Dusk From 14,115 Feet on Colorado's 150th

On Aug. 1, 2026, Pikes Peak opens its gate at 4:30 a.m. for a summit sunrise, then reopens at 6:45 p.m. for sunset, both on Colorado's 150th birthday.

July 29, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Colorado's Oldest Brewery Building Is Getting Beer Again

Recess Beer Garden is opening a second spot inside the Tivoli Student Union in August 2026, pouring suds again in the 1880s brick pile where Colorado brewing was born in 1864.

July 29, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Economy

State Calls a 7 a.m. Emergency Vote to Keep Ikon's Maker in Denver

Colorado's Economic Development Commission met at dawn Monday, July 27, to approve nearly $4 million in incentives to stop Alterra, maker of the Ikon Pass, from leaving RiNo.

July 28, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Larkspur's 49th Renaissance Fest Closes for Good This Weekend Until 2027

The Colorado Renaissance Festival wraps its 49th season August 1-2 in Larkspur, and after selling out for the first time in nearly 50 years, this is your last weekend until 2027.

July 28, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

A Two-Michelin Chef's Elevated Chinese Kitchen Just Opened in LoHi

Blossom by SYC opened this week at 1691 Central St. in LoHi, with a two-Michelin-trained chef and tableside Peking duck on the way.

July 28, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

One Ordinary 1840s Day That Rewrites Colorado's Whole Story

As Colorado turns 150 on Aug. 1, MSU Denver historian Derek Everett is writing the state's first new narrative history in 50 years. The real story was hiding in plain sight.

July 28, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

The Best Perseids Since 2018 Land on Colorado's New Stargazing Trail

The 2026 Perseids peak Aug. 12 to 13 under a new moon, and Colorado's brand-new Stargazing Trail puts 20-plus dark-sky sites within 90 minutes of most of us.

July 28, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Neighborhoods

Build a Cowboy Hat, Drink a $4 Beer on Tennyson

American Lore opened January 9, 2026 at 3965 Tennyson St., where a third-generation hat shaper lets you build a

25 cowboy hat and pour whiskey at the same bar.

July 28, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

5280's New Restaurant List Is Your Summer 2026 Eating Map

5280 just ranked the 10 best new Denver spots, and Theo Adley's RiNo restaurant Heretik took No. 1 over a

25 Globeville tasting counter.

July 28, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

A Marine Carved 56 Animals. Nederland's Carousel Rides Free Aug. 8-9

The Carousel of Happiness at 20 Lakeview Drive in Nederland runs free rides Aug. 8-9, on a 1910 platform holding 56 animals a Vietnam vet carved by hand.

July 27, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

Dynamite, Dinosaurs, and the Colorado History Nobody Told You

As Colorado turns 150 on Aug. 1, MSU Denver's Derek Everett is writing the state's first new narrative history in 50 years, and the Bone Wars story alone will change how you see

July 27, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

The Nguyen Sisters Brought Their Family's Federal Boulevard Corner Back to Life

Rễ Tre opened July 3, 2026, at 630 S. Federal in Little Saigon, keeping the old New Saigon corner in one refugee family's hands since 1987.

July 27, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Colorado Turns 150 Saturday and Every State Park Is Free

Colorado hits 150 on August 1, the same year America hits 250, and there is free cake at the Capitol, free entry to all 43 state parks, and a temporary Mile High Marker.

July 27, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

Colorado's Only Homegrown Sport Still Has Two Legs Left This August

Pack burro racing became Colorado's official state summer heritage sport in 2012, and after Fairplay's world championship, the Triple Crown heads to Buena Vista on August 2 and

July 27, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Denver's Two-Michelin-Star Team Just Opened the Clayton's Rooftop to Everyone

Kelly Whitaker's SHEEP is the first time the Clayton Hotel's sixth-floor rooftop has opened to the public, and a four-course tasting runs $95 through October 4.

July 27, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Development

Fourth Time Trying: Crowsnest Megaproject Stalls Again in Douglas County

On July 20, the Douglas County Planning Commission tabled Crowsnest, an 800-acre ranch near Parker that developers want to turn into nearly 3,000 homes.

July 27, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

The 681-Acre Ranch Castle Rock Just Saved From the Bulldozers

Lost Canyon Ranch Open Space opened to hikers on July 8, 2026, with 10 miles of trail, canyon cliffs, and an 8,000-year-old cave locked behind private gates until now.

July 25, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Economy

Denver Bets $7 Million to Move Ikon's Owner Downtown

Alterra Mountain Co. could bring 400 jobs into a downtown core sitting at 38.6% vacancy. Denver just approved a $7 million loan to seal the deal.

July 25, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Economy

Colorado Keeps Its Rocket Maker: Ursa Major Bets on 1,850 Jobs

Berthoud's Ursa Major just told the state it is staying put and adding 1,850 jobs, sealed with a roughly $58 million incentive package. Here is why that matters.

July 25, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Politics & Policy

A $528 Million ICE Lockup Just Opened 30 Miles From Denver

Hudson has 1,600 people. It just got a 1,200-bed ICE detention center on a five-year, half-billion-dollar GEO Group contract. And the whole state is fighting about it.

July 24, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Real Estate

Denver Listings Fell 21% and Buyers Still Did Not Bite

Metro Denver lost about 3,000 for-sale homes in a year, and prices barely moved. The reason is the one nobody wants to say out loud: the newcomers stopped coming.

July 24, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Economy

Colorado Fell Out of CNBC's Top 10, and Polis Wants It Back

Two-thirds of Colorado business leaders think the economy is on the wrong track. Now there is a named-and-dated plan to fix it before the next governor's race.

July 24, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Real Estate

Prop 123 Just Funded 728 Rentals, and Five Land in Denver

Colorado just committed real money to 728 below-market rentals statewide, with five projects landing in Denver from Montbello to Sloan's Lake. Here is where the dollars are going.

July 23, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Real Estate

Von Miller's Old Foxfield Mansion Slides Back Into Foreclosure

A 19,000-square-foot Foxfield mansion Von Miller sold with seller financing is now stuck in a foreclosure, a bankruptcy, and a town lawsuit all at once.

July 23, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Development

Denver Pavilions Puts

.7 Million Behind 16th Street's Comeback

The Pavilions' new owners just approved .7 million in upgrades right as the rebuilt 16th Street reopens. It is the clearest bet yet that downtown Denver is actually coming back.

July 20, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

World Cup Final, Denver's First Pro Women's Match, and Free Tacos on Tennyson

The World Cup final lands on U.S. soil this weekend, and Denver Summit FC plays its first game ever. Here is how to catch both without leaving the Front Range.

July 17, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Economy

Denver Bets

Same day Colorado fell 14 spots in CNBC's business rankings, Mayor Johnston stood at the original Snooze and staked

00 million on filling a downtown that is nearly 40% empty.

July 17, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Economy

Colorado Is Losing the Talent War, and Housing Is Why

A new Romer Institute report says Colorado's 27% housing premium is pushing workers out, and states like Texas and Utah are catching every one of them.

July 17, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Real Estate

A Guy From L.A. Just Bought Downtown Denver for $8 Million

Asher Luzzatto paid less than

0 million for four dead office towers totaling 5.5% of downtown Denver's entire office inventory. Now he wants to build a vertical village inside them.

June 17, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

The Best Concerts Hitting Denver This Weekend, June 19, 21

Gorgon City at The Junkyard, Emancipator at Mission Ballroom, Louis Tomlinson at Red Rocks. This weekend is not messing around.

June 17, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Economy

Colorado Lost 33 Breweries in 2025. Here Is What Actually Happened.

Beer sales in Colorado dropped 6% in 2025, and 33 breweries closed for good. The real story is more complicated than "people stopped drinking beer."

May 26, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Real Estate

Parker Cracked the Top 100 Towns To Live In. Denver Landed at # 576.

U.S. News ranked 250 cities for 2026-2027. Parker made the top 100. Denver finished behind Commerce City.

May 26, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Development

Former Av Tyson Barrie Is Betting Colorado on 3% Beer

Tyson Barrie played in Denver for eight years. Now he's moving back to launch Chilly Ones, a low-ABV beer already in 200 Colorado businesses.

May 24, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

Nobody Knew His Real Name Until the Day He Died

Louis Dupuy built the finest hotel in the Colorado Rockies. He was also a wanted man living under a stolen name. The real story is better than the myth.

May 21, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

Zion National Park Felt Like Leaving Earth (Because It Does)

Eleven hours from Denver, one stop in Moab, and suddenly you are standing in a valley that makes Las Vegas look like a sad magic trick. Here is what actually happened.

May 21, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Real Estate

Colorado Metro Districts: The Property Tax Trap Bankrupting Homeowners

A $57M infrastructure bond from the 1980s is now a $454M debt in Castle Rock. And it's not the only one. Here's what every Colorado homebuyer needs to know.

May 21, 2026 · Derek Schulze and Kenny Sundlof
Events & Culture

25 Colorado Festivals Worth Rearranging Your Entire Summer For

From dragon boats on Sloan's Lake to bluegrass in the St. Vrain River, Colorado's summer festival scene is genuinely one of the best in the country. Here's where to be.

May 21, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

Georgetown, Colorado: A Wild West History That Never Dies

Georgetown hit 10,000 residents during the silver rush, then crashed to 307 by 1960. The full story is wilder than the scenery.

May 18, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Real Estate

Colorado First-Time Buyer Programs: What Actually Works and What to Watch

CHFA, FHA, Metro DPA. There are real programs that can get you into a Colorado home for under

,000 out of pocket. But low equity has consequences, and most buyers are not hearing the full story.

May 18, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Politics & Policy

Colorado Lost 10,000 Public School Students This Year. Here Is Where They Went.

Public school enrollment is down 10,000+ students statewide, DPS projects losing 6,000 more by 2029, and homeschooling is up nearly 20% since 2022. Colorado parents are making a move.

May 16, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Peyton Manning Reveals the Broncos' 2026 Schedule and It's a Gauntlet

The Broncos open in Kansas City on Monday Night Football and close with a Christmas Day rematch against Buffalo. This schedule is not messing around.

May 16, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Top 10 Things To Do This Weekend In The Front Range May 15-17

From the 20th annual Colfax Marathon to a historic Alamo Drafthouse rename honoring Denver's own Pam Grier, this weekend is stacked from Friday to Sunday.

May 15, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Denver's Alma Fonda Fina Is One of the Best Restaurants in America

A Michelin star, a James Beard nomination, and now a #2 ranking in the country from Food & Wine. LoHi's Alma Fonda Fina isn't just Denver's hottest table — it's a national story.

May 15, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Events & Culture

Broncos Open 2026 on Monday Night Football — In Kansas City

Denver gets the marquee season opener it deserves: a prime-time Monday night showdown at Arrowhead, against a Chiefs team that's still picking up the pieces.

May 13, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Real Estate

Is Iran Pushing US Economy to the 1980s

Oil shock, rising rates, and a Strait of Hormuz blockade: the echoes of the 1980s are real — but so are the reasons this doesn't have to end the same way.

May 13, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Real Estate

Will the Upton Repeat McGregor Square's Condo Value Collapse?

McGregor Square condos are reselling

00K below purchase price. Now Denver's newest luxury tower, the Upton, is entering a market that's changed dramatically since the first shovel hit dirt.

May 12, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

Denver's Carrie Baird Is Trading Her Kitchen for a Desert Island

The Top Chef fan favorite and Denver restaurant queen is back on national TV — this time cooking with fire, sand, and maybe a scorpion.

May 12, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Neighborhoods

Belmar, Lakewood: The Denver-Adjacent Neighborhood Nobody Stops Talking About

Belmar isn't just walkable — it's got the park, the restaurants, the festivals, and a six-car garage on Zephyr Street that might change your mind about leaving Denver proper.

May 11, 2026 · Derek Schulze
History

The Richest Square Mile on Earth: What Really Happened to Central City

At its peak, 10,000 people flooded this mountain gulch chasing gold. Today, a few hundred call it home. The rise, ruin, and reinvention of Central City is Colorado's most American story.

May 11, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Politics & Policy

Every Governor Candidate Wants to Fix Colorado Housing. Here's How They'd Actually Do It.

Three candidates are running for governor with housing at the top of the agenda. The plans look different — and so do the gaps.

May 11, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Real Estate

Denver Was Just Named The City With The Fastest Falling Home Prices In America

Denver just ranked #1 for falling home prices in America. A local Colorado realtor breaks down the MLS data, the population exodus, and what to do now.

May 10, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Outdoors

We Followed the Colorado River to Moab — And Now We Can't Stop Thinking About It

We followed the Colorado River from home all the way to Moab, Utah — and completely fell in love. Here's everything we did: where we stayed, Arches National Park tips, the wild uranium history, and why we keep going back.

May 10, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Real Estate

The 8 Best Denver Suburbs, According to Two People Who Move Too Much

Hayley and I rank the top 8 suburbs because we move too much! Here is our honest take on 8 we would gladly call home.

May 2, 2026 · Derek Schulze
Food & Drink

5280's Top 25 Restaurants: Who Made the Cut, Who Got Left Out, and Why It Matters

Every October 5280 names the top 25 restaurants around Denver. What neighborhoods reign supreme and do we even agree?

November 2, 2025 · Derek Schulze
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