Your pre-celebration guide Picture this: You’ve just finished work, you've rounded up your friends and coworkers and you're getting ready for a night at Denver’s iconic Union Station, because it's finally the Downtown Denver Awards! The Community Celebration kicks off at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 12. It will be a night to remember as we honor the 2026 Downtown Denver Award winners and our entire downtown community. The vibe? Hors d'oeuvres, champagne, connecting with new and old...

The Next Era of Downtown Denver: Reinventing Downtown for the Way We Live Now, developed by world-renowned urbanist Richard Florida, finds that Denver’s recovery is already well underway and argues that the city has many of the assets, political will and private-sector leadership needed to build a new model for downtowns across the country if it continues to connect and capitalize on them.

City building requires community building. That’s why the City Scout program brings together downtown stakeholders to create opportunities for high-impact learning, peer-to-peer connection and concrete takeaways that build momentum and advance our work in a specific project area related to downtown. This year’s program focused on play and activation, aligned with the Downtown Area Plan’s recommendation to focus on play to spark catalytic investment in our center city. But what does a downtown...