Author: maxmedia (Mary Makowsky)
City adding $1M to neighborhood activation program
Denver Economic Development & Opportunity (DEDO) is launching a second round of its Neighborhood Activation Program with a $1M investment.
50 Years of Impact!
All of us at NEWSED are so excited to celebrate 2023 because it’s our 50th anniversary! It has been five decades since NEWSED took its first steps into the world of community-based redevelopment and organizing.
Incubator space helps kickstart small business
A big need right is teaching business savvy in a way that is affordable and realistic to help uplift a community battling gentrification and dislocation.
Small Business Spotlight: The ZONE Uses Retail to Uplift Community
When wandering around on Santa Fe Drive on a First Friday, don't miss out on a little shop called the ZONE tucked a bit off the main drag by Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center. The ZONE is a business program of NEWSED, a community organization that has served Denver neighborhoods since 1973.
Cinco de Mayo Denver
Our annual celebration of Mexican culture and heritage. A NEWSED Denver tradition since 1987.
Elevating Denver: Luna Legacy
The Luna family has had a profound impact on the Denver metro area and statewide for decades. Click the "Read More" button below to view the segment on YouTube or view the full Elevating Denver episode here: https://youtu.be/t28AhbkHKUI
NEWSED and The ZONE Marketplace continue to help local entrepreneurs thrive
Anita Cooper learned how to sew when she was 14 years old. She’s the third oldest out of 10 children – so, it was sort of a necessity.
She sewed clothing for her and her siblings, creating dresses, skirts, shirts and scarves, whatever was desired.
It became a passion of hers that branched into creating accessories such as jewelry, tote bags, wallets and pouches.
You name it, Cooper could create it.
Cooper always thought about opening a boutique to sell her work. But it was a wayside idea that burned the back of her brain, occasionally boiling to the surface and eventually simmering down to the backburner.