(Small) Business Development and Higher Education
This test website is the result of research being conducted by a subcommittee at the Downtown Denver Partnership that is currently cochaired by Phil Bledsoe and me. Our goal is to help facilitate the integration of the Auraria campus with the Downtown Denver Business District (as outlined in the Downtown Denver Area Plan) and to support the location and growth of entrepreneurial companies in Downtown Denver.
Connecting Auraria
The Auraria Campus in Downtown Denver has the largest concentration of students in the Denver metropolitan area. Three academic institutions share the 151.5-acre Campus serving nearly 43,100 total students: the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and the University of Colorado Denver. The Campus is managed and maintained by the Auraria Higher Education Center for the use of the academic institutions and students. In addition to these entities,the Campus includes nearly 20 retail and auxiliary use businesses.
Denver Resources for (Small) Business
The are many resources at Auraria and in Downtown Denver that support the formation and growth of businesses. Discover them here.