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  • It was a night for 2,200 to ‘Party Like a Flockstar’ | NONPROFIT REGISTER

    DENVER ZOO CONSERVATION ALLIANCE Denver News: Simon and Garfunkel weren’t kidding when, back in 1967, they sang about how “It’s all happening at the zoo.” Just ask Vince Abrue and Lauren Napheys, who chaired the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance’s fifth Flock Party. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); Abrue, Denver market president of IN Bank, and Napheys, deal…


  • Denver tourism rebounds in 2021, but headwinds persist

    Denver tourism rebounds in 2021, but headwinds persist

    Denver’s tourism industry rebounded in a big way in 2021, drawing 31.7 million visitors who spent an estimated $6.6 billion, according to the Longwoods International Travel USA 2021 survey report. Visit Denver presented the report at a news conference Wednesday. “The travel industry was disproportionately harmed by the pandemic. … Thankfully, Denver is a very…


  • Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Denver Zoo work to save the state’s boreal toads

    Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Denver Zoo work to save the state’s boreal toads

    The Denver Zoo and Colorado Parks and Wildlife have joined forces to launch a program they say will help revive the dwindling population of the state’s boreal toads.  Over the past two decades, the toad population has declined because of habitat loss. The toads have also been hit hard by the chytrid fungus, which can…


  • Denver Zoo names museum exec its new CEO

    Denver Zoo names museum exec its new CEO

    Denver Zoo on Friday named its first permanent president and chief executive officer since June 2017. Bert Vescolani comes to the city-owned zoo after seven years running the St. Louis Science Center, a science museum and planetarium complex with about 1 million visitors a year. He previously was director of the John Ball Zoological Gardens…


  • Denver Zoo Day gives Colorado legislators something (else) to squawk about

    The Colorado statehouse on Tuesday is where the wild things were — snakes, lizards, prickly porcupines and brightly featured birds. “I would like to welcome all the wild animals to the Capitol,” said Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver, “And it’s also Zoo Day.” Everyone laughed then paid tribute to one of the state’s signature tourist attractions…


  • ? Arts & culture tax extension before metro voters

    A 28-year-old sales tax that has helped Metro Denver arts and cultural groups and facilities survive economic downturns and thrive is before voters in seven metro area counties in the Nov. 8 general election. Ballot Issue 4B seeks to extend the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District‘s 0.1 percent ( one cent on every $10) sales…


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