by Billy Marino | Aug 12, 2026 | Programs & Initiatives
In 2015, West Colfax Lately began with a promise: that this corridor — its neighborhoods, its business owners, its civic life — deserved coverage as serious and as steady as any part of the metro. For a decade, it kept that promise in print, a glossy magazine...
by Billy Marino | Aug 10, 2026 | Neighborhood Voices
On a quiet stretch of Pierce Street, two blocks from a freshly reimagined Casa Bonita and a two-minute walk from the W-Line, fifteen new townhomes are betting on the future of West Colfax. Pierce Creek Village, developed by Colorado-based Alliance Investments, is...
by Billy Marino | Jul 16, 2026 | Community & Culture
Tucked into the southeast corner of Mountair Park at 13th and Depew — right alongside the W Line tracks, the bike path, and the 40West Arts District ArtLine — sits a 1.5-acre patch of ground that has quietly become one of the most important community assets on the...
by Billy Marino | Jul 6, 2026 | Programs & Initiatives
Picture West Colfax in the year 2040. Maybe you see a town square where a parking lot sits today. Maybe you see kids riding bikes on safe sidewalks between Sheridan and Wadsworth, families gathered under string lights over new restaurants at Lamar Station Plaza or...
by Billy Marino | Mar 28, 2026 | Community & Culture
For some people, theater begins with a script. For others, it begins with a stage. For Melissa Leach, it began much earlier — with family, imagination, and the feeling that art could make people laugh, cry, and see the world a little differently. Growing up, Melissa...