East Colfax Neighborhood

08/29/2025

Aurora Pride is happening Saturday, August 30 at Fletcher Plaza on East Colfax.

Celebrate your Aurora pride at Colorado's only beachfront pride! Local food, drink & entertainment - with celebrity drag performances.

08/20/2025

Is the Colfax Emu the new Colfax Camel?

08/16/2025

"For now, only one thing's certain: If we lose all of Denver's best hometown spots before the project is complete, it wasn't worth it."

"The construction on Colfax has impacted us far more than we could have imagined. Please come support us during this time and shop local."

07/15/2025

It's Indie Week on Colfax.

Indie Week runs from July 14th to the 20th. Participating businesses will have special promotions throughout the week.

07/15/2025

Don't be a hater.

Colfax Avenue sure has a lot of haters — people who just don’t get it. But we get it! We love Colfax and wanted to test that knowledge with another round of our famous 1-star review game, Colfax edition. Recorded live at the Colfax Indie Bash last week, Colfax aficionado and host Bree Davies com...

07/15/2025

"Among their key ideas for improving the corridor are activating vacant storefronts, highlighting small businesses with marking campaigns, adding new housing and improving existing housing, planting and maintaining trees and other landscaping, providing affordable artist housing and improving alleys, signage and outdoor amenities."

Aurora lawmakers voted to move forward with an effort to create a Downtown Development Authority to revitalize the Colfax Avenue corridor, a decision that will now need to go to

07/15/2025

The Sand & Sage Motel will be leased to Denver's Roads to Recovery program until the end of 2025.

The total cost: nearly $700,000 — or $95.68 per unit per night.

06/22/2025

New Freedom Park has a new sun shade.

Hundreds of east Denver residents voted to build heat protection at New Freedom Park.

06/21/2025

"Most restaurant owners interviewed for this story said the efforts from city government have underwhelmed them."

The miles-long obstacle course of barriers and trenches has deterred many from the dining district, businesses say.

06/20/2025

The Architectural Record just published a story on a new house in the East Colfax neighborhood.

CS2 House connects a cylindrical volume with a sloped shed roof to create an eccentric prototype for low-cost living.

06/18/2025

"The new 'micro-grants' from the business district come in addition to earlier city grants."

The Colfax Ave Business Improvement District is offering the new micro-grants.

06/17/2025

"Since construction started, SAME has seen a drastic reduction in foot traffic and limited availability of accessible parking."

“We function and operate like a regular business. We pay taxes on food and beverages, we have to have the proper licensing.”