Excitement is building as efforts continue on the refurbishment of the Fox West Theatre on Main Street in Trinidad. Dana Crawford’s Downtown Development Group is currently overseeing the renovation of the building, purchased by the City of Trinidad, and Crawford is currently pushing to open for a first performance in fall of 2020.“
Read MoreDriving south on Interstate 25 toward the Colorado-New Mexico border, right around mile marker 40, a flat-topped peak in the distance begins rising above everything else. That's Fisher's Peak, and it marks a new named state park announced in mid-September. It's just a few miles south of Trinidad, a city built by coal mining and farming. In the past decades, the town of about 9000 has been struggling to find a foothold in a new economic reality.
The question is, can a 5 million year old peak help to level out the economic peaks and valleys?
Read MoreCreative industries are big business, but little towns are taking their time sketching plans to develop housing alongside studio space.
When Colorado launched its ambitious Space to Create program, it wanted to have nine live-work projects flourishing within eight years. Four years in, just one is under construction and it will be next summer before anyone moves in. Yet those involved couldn’t be more excited about the prospects for the four rural communities selected so far and those to come in future years.
Read MoreThe City of Trinidad, Colorado and Urban Neighborhoods, Inc. are proud to announce the donation of a pipe organ to the Fox-West Theatre of Trinidad. Steve Porter, formerly of Birmingham, Alabama, purchased the Porter House Organ in 2012 and installed it in his home in Birmingham. Mr. Porter relocated to Trinidad in March 2018, and has since been seeking a home for this instrument. This donation is supported by the City of Trinidad and Urban Neighborhoods, Inc., and is made possible in part through the Corazon de Trinidad Creative District.
Read MoreThe city of Trinidad, Colorado, has acquired the historic Fox-West Theatre, which will be revived and reopened to once again serve the region.
The city is working with nationally renowned preservationist Dana Crawford, chairman of Urban Neighborhoods Inc., to restore the theater, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Crawford said she needs to raise about $8M for the project.
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