Downtown Denver Labor Day Event – A Taste of Colorado 2010

Downtown Denver is gearing up for the upcoming Labor Day weekend and there will be many events for the whole family. The late summer festivities will include all kinds of food, fun, music and the best part is admission is free. A Taste of Colorado, Red Rocks Concerts, a free day at the Denver Art Museum and the Colorado Railroad Museum are just a few of the upcoming events. Downtown Denver will celebrate this year’s Labor Day weekend from Friday, Sept. 3rd through Monday, Sept. 6th.

A Taste of Colorado is one of the most anticipated events of the weekend. With over 50 restaurants from the downtown Denver area offering “a taste” of full meals, there will be a fine dining area set up and this will include a chef’s competition all four days.

In addition, there will be vendors, crafts from the local area, educational programs focusing on the western heritage of Colorado. The Colorado Mining Exhibit, a raptor exhibit and Festival of the Mountain and Plain area are new for this year’s downtown Denver Labor Day Event.

The well-known Red Rocks summer concerts will feature a number of entertainers this Labor Day weekend. Including Vampire Weekend, Beach House, Dum Dum Girls, Gov’t Mule and The Avett Brothers on the Red Rocks Stage throughout the weekend will provide entertainment for those attending the downtown Denver events. On Sunday night, Willie Nelson will be the featured entertainer.

There will be five stages with sounds ranging from rock-n-roll to jazz and there is no charge for enjoying this great entertainment. There will be many big names that you will recognize as well as the terrific sounds of local and up and coming artists.

The kids will be thrilled with a Taste of Colorado for BBQs, ice cream, cupcakes, nuts and a variety of great food and then they will be ready for the KidzStage. There will be all types of crafts and play equipment as well as carnival rides and games.

Purchase an “Early Bird” wristband between 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Saturday through Monday. The kids can enjoy unlimited rides all day until 5:00 p.m. or choose the All Day wristbands and they are good until closing.  Make downtown Denver your Labor Day Weekend celebration.

Please contact New Era Realty to learn more about Downtown Denver Labor Day Event, or any of the many wonderful Denver loft and condominium offerings at 303.991.9878 or 800.392.1950.

41st Annual Denver Oktoberfest in Downtown Denver

The 41st Annual Denver Oktoberfest in downtown Denver will start September 17 and go through the 19th and from the 24th through the 26th on Larimer. The Denver Oktoberfest is located between 20th and 22nd Streets on Larimer Street in the Ballpark Neighborhood of downtown Denver.

Downtown Denver will rock when the events begin at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 17, 2010. The opening ceremonies will be presented by Jim Koch, the founder and of Sam Adams beginning at 6:30 p.m. and lasting until 7:30 p.m. There will be live music from 9:00 p.m. to 1 a.m. The hours of the festival are Friday from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday the hours will be from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The following events are scheduled for the Denver Oktoberfest:

Saturday September 18, 2010
8:00am-11:00am Das Hustlehoff 5k Running Race  (Register)
1:00pm-4:00pm Live Music
6:00pm-1:00am  Live Music

Friday September 24, 2010
6:00pm-1:00am Live Music
7:00pm-8:00 Oktoberfest Olympics

Saturday September 25, 2010
5:00pm-7:00pm Live Music
9:00pm-1:00am Live Music

There are also dozens of events being held over the course of the Denver Oktoberfest, located on two separate stages – the Rock Stage and the German Stage.  Headliners include The PolkaNauts, Jaden Carlson and the Fox Street All Stars.

Come and enjoy fun with the whole family in downtown Denver when the 41st Annual Denver Oktoberfest gets off to a great start.

Please contact New Era Realty to learn more about The 41st Annual Denver Oktoberfest in downtown Denver , or any of the many wonderful Denver loft and condominium offerings at 303.991.9878 or 800.392.1950.

What is the Denver Living City Block?

Eco-conscious individuals will be pleased with the efforts of Rocky Mountain Institute, a group of environmentally conscious experts dedicated to the creation of the Denver Living City Block. The project is scheduled to take place over the course of three years, with the final stages being completed in 2012 or 2013.

The Point of the Project

The Denver Living City Block will be a functioning system that makes a living city block more sustainable and efficient. It’s the first of its kind, and will help to illustrate how other cities can integrate systems and make changes that will allow for more eco-friendly practices and less waste.

Benefits of The Denver Living City Block

This project will create many benefits for this city block. Some of the different things that will be installed include energy-absorbing sidewalks, living roofs, vertical gardens, and even on-site renewals. These integrations will help this block reduce waste and learn more about being eco-friendly with all the processes that take place in life and business. The Denver City Living Block should serve as a step to attain to, especially for other large cities and areas.

Three components will play major parts in creating this area, including economic development, marketing, and proving the benefits of energy retrofits.  This will produce more jobs in the community, help the project to obtain financing, and make the community a more desirable place to live and work.

More than 80% of the business owners in this area have already committed to the Denver Living City Block, setting the standard for business owners in major cities all over the country.

Sustainability of the Future

Transforming two city blocks into an efficient and sustainable structure, The Denver Living City block will illustrate the ways in which current city blocks can be made more eco-friendly and sustainable. This is opposed to creating brand new efficient city blocks, which is also admirable. However, being able to take current blocks and transform them into more efficient areas can be extremely helpful to the future of the country.

Funding of the Denver Living City Block

The business owners currently on-board with this project will be providing the majority of the funding required to get thing underway. Street and city-controlled improvement measures will be funded by the City of Denver and taxpayers, while other funding opportunities being looked into include building owners, tenants, joint governance structures and more.

This will also provide a blueprint for other cities as far as funding goes to make city blocks more efficient and sustainable. While future funding opportunities may include government grants, citizen-funded efficiency programs, and charity-funded programs – none of these are available as of yet.

However, both the business owners and citizens of Denver are excited to see the progress made through the Denver Living City Block, as well as future city blocks that follow in it’s path.

Please contact New Era Realty to learn more about the Denver Living City Block at 303.991.9878 or 800.392.1950.

Denver Living City Block – “Eco-Lodo”

What can make Denver living in the downtown area better than it is currently? A project, the Living City Block pilot project, is located in the historic district of Denver. The area includes a block and a half that includes a diverse collection of Denver living space – both low-income and high-end – as well as retail space, office space and restaurant space. This block offers a unique opportunity due to the range of ownership and the uses and visibility that these historic buildings have presently. The owners of the buildings will provide a commitment letter saying they will invest in the modifications of their buildings.

Lower Downtown Denver (LoDo) was given a face lift over twenty years ago. The Denver living space options were increased with the revitalization of older buildings by changing them into loft apartments, among other projects. This type of urban development has been accomplished in various cities and the economic effects are already occurring in the completed projects.

The impact on Denver living is expected to be similar. The tax bases will be boosted, the occupancies will increase and business will see the beneficial aspects of being in the downtown areas. The city will gain from the project. The Living City Block project has the opportunity to take this project to the next level. When doing so, the building owners will have lower operating costs, their buildings will have higher rates of occupancy and their assets will have an improved value. The tenants who occupy the building will see beneficial aspects as well. The value, all around of the Living City Block will be significantly higher.

When using the environmental context of the Living City Block, it is possible to create efficiency and purchasing power while qualifying the risk and raising the potential for profit. Working with residents, tenants and owners of the buildings, this project can decide on the priority, organize and simplify the process while still looking at all the options. From solar energy to wind energy the same renewable option will be used as on all of the buildings located on the same block.

Those coordinating Living City Block will take care of all aspects that can be used on the project. Continuing to address the benefits, act as the designer and the clearinghouse for all the financial sources and as the means for achieving results using these financial aspects for the project (conventional or alternative, debt/equity, tax credits) will be the first part of a system that will make up the work of the Living City Block.

The project will be totally within the Lower Downtown Historic District and include buildings that were constructed in the early part of the 20th century. The chance to work with the historic preservation committee due to the area where the revitalization will take place, the project will also focus on the fact that energy efficiency can be realized even in historic buildings.

We invite you to please contact New Era Realty with any questions you may have about about the Denver Living City Block at 303.991.9878 or 800.392.1950.

Denver Downtown Living – The Golden Triangle

Denver living will include the neighborhood that is often called the Golden Triangle. According to the Downtown Denver Partnership and the Golden Triangle Neighborhood Association this area is one block that goes east to Lincoln Street, which takes in nearly all of Civic Center Park except for Colorado State Capitol and a very few of the buildings that are north of Colfax Avenue. Denver living in this area is a small population of only 630. The importance of the Golden Triangle is regarded very seriously as this is the location of many cultural and civic venues. They are in the northern part of this neighborhood in the area that is called the Civic Center.

The Golden Triangle area is the site of many renovations today and Denver living is the better for them. There will be a new justice center that was approved by a vote city-wide. The Denver jail will be a part of this new construction. The expansion of the Civic Center area has been discussed. The proposed expansion would include the Denver Mint, which is three blocks from the current location of the park as well as the justice center. A new wing was completed in the fall of 2006 for the Denver Art Museum and this was a further addition to the many art galleries already there and the Curious Theatre Company.

Many in the neighborhood feel that the area may be developing too quickly. There have been three condominium developments built in the area within the last five years. One recent condominium is the Prado, which is a French style building with 18 floors. Presently the builder, Craig Nassi and some of the residents of Denver disagree on the building of these condominiums in the Golden Triangle.

However, those who li ke the condominiums say this is one of the best ways of showing off Denver as a wonderful place to live. The Prado penthouse of Carmelo Anthony, a Denver Nuggets basketball star was recently a feature on MTV Cribs.

The history of the Golden Triangle area is interesting because it is one of Denver’s oldest neighborhoods. There are many homes here that include bungalows and Victorian style homes that were built in the 19th century and early in the 20th as well. The mayor of Denver in 1904 to 1919, Robert Speer was responsible for the addition of a neoclassic park north of this neighborhood and for the canyon built around Cherry Creek.

At the end of World War II, the area became a business support area. Many of the homes of historic importance were torn down and parking lots were built. Other businesses including car dealerships were built. The 1990’s saw changes as this neighborhood started changing into more of a multi-use neighborhood.

Condominiums were built and loft developments sprang up in the neighborhood and several of the former supply stores and garages were renovated to become restaurants, offices and art galleries.

Please contact New Era Realty to learn more about living on the Plaza, Riverfront Park, or any of the many wonderful Denver loft and condominium offerings at 303.991.9878 or 800.392.1950.