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On Halloween, downtown is for kids of all ages

Children’s Halloween is in downtown Durango from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday. I look forward to this event every year, as does my family. A record 96 businesses will be handing out treat...

DATE: Oct 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Everything you want to know about parking

Downtown parking, or the perceived lack thereof, has been discussed in our community for a long time. Recent topics of discussion I have been included in have ranged from a residential parki...

DATE: Sep 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Panhandling? Support our local charities

What should we do about panhandling in downtown Durango? This is a tricky subject to say the least. Like many communities around the country, Durango has experienced a dramatic in...

DATE: Aug 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Here’s a primer on Durango’s business district

Though the Durango Business Improvement District has been serving the community since 1997, I still meet people who look at me quizzically when I mention my job, and ask, “BID, what is that?...

DATE: Jul 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Summer tourism stats shining brightly

Summer is here in downtown Durango with events happening just about every weekend and the tourists filling our shops. As we get into the busy part of the year, the Durango Business Improveme...

DATE: Jun 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Looking beyond Main is goal

Today, the Durango Business Improvement District takes a next step in planning for the future, continuing to help enhance the economic vitality of our district, which includes both Downtown ...

DATE: Mar 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Another reason to take a step into downtown

The Durango Business Improvement District is busy in early 2015. The next promotion for us is Random Acts of Kindness week. BID and Bank of Colorado are teaming up for the second year in a r...

DATE: Jan 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Doesn’t our downtown look spectacular?

There’s something magical about holiday lights, and now that we appear to be getting some snow, the “wondrous winter” in Durango truly has begun. From one end of downtown to the o...

DATE: Dec 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Holidays are when downtown really shines

I’m sensing it’s a commonality among us – where did the year go? Is it really the middle of October? The good news is we’re moving into the time of year when downtown is “The” pla...

DATE: Oct 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

In Durango, it’s never too early for good beer

Dateline: Munich, Germany – 1810. The country is buzzing about the marriage of Crowned Prince Ludwig I to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. In honor, a 16-day celebration that spann...

DATE: Sep 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

July Fourth: City’s freedomfest full-fledged fun

If you’ve lived around here for the last 10 years, the Fourth of July lineup of events and activities in downtown Durango hasn’t changed much – and that’s exactly the way it should be. ...

DATE: Jun 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Hey, folks, city needs your elbow grease

Look high, look low around downtown and you’ll notice its dirty. Winter weather and colder temperatures tend to make civic housekeeping an exercise in futility. The summertime ma...

DATE: May 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

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