JUNE 2016 NEWSLETTER VOLUME 5 ISSUE 6
 DENVER CITY COUNCIL APPROVES FIVE POINTS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (BID)
BY UNANIMOUS VOTE ON MAY 31 !


FIVE POINTS
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (BID)

Andrew Johnston, Manager, Dept of Finance, Tracy Winchester, Executive Director, FPBD and Paul Books, BID Board Member, CEO Palisade Partners
Friday, May 6, 2016 - Petition Deadline Date to the Office of the Clerk and Recorder,
City of Denver

Congratulations to the Welton Corridor Commercial Property Owners! 

We have successfully submitted more than the minimum requirement of signatures to create a Business Improvement District. We submitted petitions from commercial property owners that represented 56% of the land and 62% of the land value. The minimum is 50% plus one.

BID Board Members:
Nathan Beal
Paul Books
Carl Bourgeois
Dr. Renee Cousins King
John Pirkopf




2016 ANNUAL JUNETEENTH 
MUSIC FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2016




Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant
Saturday, June 12th
8:00 AM
Cleo Park Robinson Dance
119 Park Ave, W. Denver, 80205




                      PARADE STARTS AT 10:00 AM FROM MANUAL HIGH SCHOOL





YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE OPENS AT 11:30 AM

                                                                                                                                                                            
3:00 PM
 
Norman Harris Sr. Legacy Award Presentation


7:00 PM
Headliner Performance


Join us Saturday June 18, 2016 in Historic Five Points for the 2016 Juneteenth Music Festival. Nearly 200 merchants will line Welton Street between Park Avenue and 28th to celebrate Freedom, Community and Culture. 

Live Music from some of Colorado's best including The Mighty Nice Band, Greg Goodloe and Samba Colorado. 

The Juneteenth Parade stages at 8am at Manual HS and starts at 10am.

Other programming at Juneteenth Music Festival include, The Juneteenth Job Fair, Skill on the Grill Competition, Juneteenth Live Art, Juneteenth After Comedy Jam at the Crossroads Theater, Juneteenth GreenZone.


For more information, vending and sponsoring please visit www.juneteenthmusicfestival.com or call 720.505.3274
                                                                                                                                                                            

FIVE POINTS
MONTHLY COMMUNITY MEETING

SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2016

AGENDA
Signage for The Wheatley
2460 Welton Street
Presentation from Palisade Partners


Five Points Business District Office
2444 Washington Street
Denver, CO 80205
Stroud Conference Room
(lower level)
 
JUST IN CASED YOU MISSED IT!

This year's Five Points Jazz Festival was incredible with record breaking attendance! We had approximately 50,000 people walking the streets of Five Points enjoying good food, great music, and loads of fun!  The weather forecast was predicted at 85 degrees - hot and sunny all day long!




2016 ANNUAL  FIVE POINT JAZZ FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, MAY 21ST



Arturo Gomez, Music Director, KUVO 89.3 Jazz Radio Station leading the New Orleans style parade down Welton Street to the Main Stage at 29th & Welton officially opening the Five Points Jazz Festival this year!  Followed by Grand Marshals Charles Burrell and Cleo Parker Robinson and a host of community members!
                                                       
A Project of the Sam Cary Bar Association and the 
Five Points Business District




The Sam Cary Bar Association and the Five Points Business District continue to partner to bring this FREE legal clinic to the community.

Join us on Tuesday, June 28m 2016 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.

Bring your questions and get answers from licensed attorneys,  Participation will be on a first-come first-served basis.


 
Contact Information


Tracy J.Winchester                                                                                 Nell Washington
Executive Director                                                                                  Project Manager
tjwinchester@fivepointsbiz.org                                                           nwashington@fivepointsbiz.org
                             
 Phone 303-32-5000 | www.fivepointsbiz.org

Board of Directors
Councilman Albus Brooks (Chairman), Ryan Cobbins (Vice President), Joel Noble (Secretary), David Hicks (Treasurer), Wil Alston, Paul Books, Alison Corrigan, Jill Dorancy, Norman Harris III, Terry Nelson

Equal Opportunity Employer
This company's policy is to give equal opportunity employment to all persons, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or handicap.