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San Juan Brewfest turns 21

The San Juan Brewfest turns 21 on Aug. 24! The Brewfest is presented by Bank of the San Juans, and it benefits United Way of Southwest Colorado. It is the largest beer tasting event in the F...

DATE: Jul 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Hidden gems in downtown Durango

Downtown Durango has a wide variety of shops, restaurants and service-based businesses. The Durango Business Improvement District’s online business directory has 300 businesses listed in it!...

DATE: Jun 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

There’s quite a lot to do at Durango’s May events

As the locals know, there is never a lack of things to do in Durango. May always starts off events season in town, and there are several things coming up in the next month that you want to g...

DATE: May 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

North Main Event returns May 4

The North Main Event will be held on Saturday May 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is a celebration both of what the North Main District is today and what it is becoming. The city of ...

DATE: Apr 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Save the date for these events

Now that 2019 is in full swing, here are key dates for events downtown and in the North Main District for your calendar. The North Main District Clean Day will be held on May 3. ...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

New year and new focus on North Main District

The Durango Business Improvement District enters 2019 with a new focus on an emerging part of our local economy, the North Main District. BID has several projects in the works for property a...

DATE: Jan 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

It’s starting to look like the holidays

The wreaths are hung, the tree is lit, and the lights are up in downtown and in the North Main District. The holidays are here! The Durango Business Improvement District asks you to visit ou...

DATE: Nov 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Balloons, bikes and Boo!

Three fun, family-friendly events are coming up this month in and around downtown Durango. This Friday is the third annual Downtown Hot Air Balloon Glow. This unique offering is p...

DATE: Oct 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Let’s make conference & events center a reality

I last wrote about an arts, conferences and events center in October 2017, nearly a year ago. A group has been meeting for nearly 18 months to create a plan for this type of facility for Dur...

DATE: Sep 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Locals help businesses weather storm

The city of Durango released sales tax data recently which show how summer started this year for local businesses. As we all know, the 416 Fire started June 1, and it was a very slow start o...

DATE: Sep 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Durango is open for business

Tourists are returning, we are getting rain late in the day and cool nights. The Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is running to Silverton, the San Juan National Forest is open with no...

DATE: Jul 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Add it up: Durango train crucial to city

What a month it has been since my last column. While the full impacts of the 416 Fire will not be known for some time, it feels like we dodged a bullet and things are slowly returning back t...

DATE: Jun 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown