national western center
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Head of Denver’s National Western Center leaves to take Denver Center job
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A veteran Denver city official who has overseen the construction of the National Western Center at the site of the annual stock show is leaving to take a new job as chief operating officer of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Gretchen Hollrah, an 18-year employee with the city, will step down as executive…
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Big names to lead big redevelopment of the National Western Center in Denver
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Colorado politics told you Thursday that Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Colorado State University and the National Western Stock Show was about to announce a 13-member board to oversee the $1.1 billion transformation of property at Interstate 70 and Brighton Boulevard. Thursday in the mayor’s office, Hancock and other dignitaries announced the first National Western Center…
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Denver’s everyman mayor: Michael Hancock’s big agenda
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Michael Hancock is a mayor on a mission. It’s the Friday before the election, and Hancock is promoting a once-in-a-decade, $937 million bond package filled with hundreds of projects to maintain and improve Denver’s transportation, public safety and cultural infrastructure. After a stop at a Spanish-language radio station to pitch the ballot questions, he tours…
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Economic development plan targets affordable housing, grocery stores
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With an economy considered one of the strongest in America, the City and County of Denver wants to build on its success and identify future business trends and workforce needs, help address the affordable housing issue and locate up to three grocery stores in underserved communities. Those were among the goals recently outlined to the…
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National Western Center study identifies ‘opportunities’
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Transforming the National Western Complex and Denver Coliseum sites into a year-round destination and regional asset could focus on companies and industries affiliated with the more traditional agricultural-based, but more technologically and globally involved, an economic study concluded. Denver City Council’s Business, Arts, Workforce & Aeronautical Services Committee recently listened to a presentation on the…
