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A Corridor Finds Its Voice: Introducing the West Colfax Lately Podcast

A Corridor Finds Its Voice: Introducing the West Colfax Lately Podcast

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...
The Pocket Neighborhood on the Rise in West Colfax: Inside Pierce Creek Village

The Pocket Neighborhood on the Rise in West Colfax: Inside Pierce Creek Village

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...
Growing Free: How Sprout City Farms Is Feeding West Colfax One Harvest at a Time

Growing Free: How Sprout City Farms Is Feeding West Colfax One Harvest at a Time

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...
Dream Bigger, Build Together: West Colfax Vision 2040

Dream Bigger, Build Together: West Colfax Vision 2040

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...
A Home for Storytelling: How The Three Leaches Theatre Is Building Community in 40 West

A Home for Storytelling: How The Three Leaches Theatre Is Building Community in 40 West

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...
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