Why Trinidad (yes, really) might be Colorado’s next great art, music and culture enclave

The roughly 9,000-resident town on the New Mexico border — a three-hour drive south of Denver on Interstate 25 — has found varying levels of infamy over the years for its massive legal-weed business, its brief title as gender reassignment-surgery capital of the world and, going back decades, its boom-and-bust coal industry and labor-rights history.

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Council moves forward with several big projects, considerations — city’s Fox West Theatre one step closer to raising the curtain

Trinidad City Council met for their regular meeting on Tuesday, July 22 and among other items, discussed an opportunity to put in a grant to help to stabilize the exterior of the Fox West Theatre on Main Street. According to City Manager Mike Valentine, the award from this grant should it be accepted would be $200,000.

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At last! An agreement on the Fox West Theatre everyone can tolerate

During the Trinidad City Council meeting on Tuesday, July 21, the city council approved a development and lease agreement between the three parties that are currently active in the rehabilitation of the historic Fox West Theatre on west Main in downtown Trinidad. The agreement has gone through several iterations prior to approval of this one.

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Denver developer expresses love for Trinidad

Many people who take the time to explore Trinidad fall in love with the city’s brick streets and historic charm at first sight. Denver developer Dana Crawford is one of those Trinidad-lovers and is now the owner of 10 buildings in the Corazon de Trinidad Historic District. Her company, Urban Neighborhoods, Inc., is working on a pre-development agreement with the City to revitalize the city-owned Fox-West Theatre, located at 423 W. Main St., though the agreement is not yet finalized.

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Senator Gardner’s tour focuses on Trinidad progress

Colorado’s Front Range corridor from Ft. Collins down to Pueblo seems to be bustling with economic activity and population growth, while more rural areas in the state are struggling economically. U. S. Senator Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, went on a Trinidad Trolley ride through the heart of Historic Downtown Trinidad on Wednesday, July 3 to get a personal feeling for a city that’s succeeded in blending its historic past with an exciting future filled with new opportunities.

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