June 2015 Pueblo Downtown Spotlight
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June 2015 Pueblo Downtown Spotlight
Downtown Spotlight Monthly Newsletter of the Pueblo Downtown Association Vol. 24 Number 12 June 2015 Hear about Canyon Trail, Elections at June Luncheon The Annual Meeting of the Pueblo Downtown Association will be held on June 25, 11:45 a.m. at El Pueblo Museum. This meeting will feature a special program about the movie Canyon Trail, being filmed partially in Pueblo County. Actor Michael Stewart, a Pueblo resident, will fill us in on the production and its activities this summer. One half of the Board of Directors is selected at the Annual Meeting (see last month’s Spotlight for requirements and eligibility). Do Drop Inn will provide lunch for the meeting. US Bank is the sponsor. All general meetings are open to anyone. Full members are contacted to remind them of the meetings. Please let us know if you are vegetarian or need gluten free food so we can notify the caterer. Cost to attend is $20 if your reservation is received by noon, Tuesday, June 23; billing and late reservations are $25. Reservations may be made by email to [email protected] or by calling the office at 543-7155. Reservations for the meeting which are not cancelled by Monday, 4 p.m. will be billed at the $25 billing rate. We accept MasterCard and VISA. New Benefit for Members The Promotions Committee for the Pueblo Downtown Association has commissioned All Ways Unique to develop a mobile app which will encourage people to shop, eat and use services available in the area. The app will allow our member smaller, and larger, businesses to reap the benefits now being used largely by mega corporations at mega dollars. The app will be live by July 1. It is our intention to provide training sessions to all interested members during the early stages. Check our Facebook page weekly for additional information about features and participation. We will also email you with additional information and available training sessions. The app will feature extensive information about the Association, but will allow users access to the Downtown Association discount card. The discount card will be available on mobile phones at no charge to the user through the balance of the term of the physical card. With the beginning of the new discount card October 1, users will need to purchase the card through the app store. We will, however, continue to produce physical cards for those who wish to use them. Another benefit to all of our members will be the ability to provide “push” notifications to app users. You will be able to have us schedule a message you want to use to encourage people to visit your business—either retail or service. The promotions committee will be the people charged with determining which “pushes” will appear on the app in a given month. We will begin with two “pushes” per week (eight different pushes per month). We will devote the first Contact Us! 1 three months to the businesses on the current discount card; this will be a learning process for us and for the business featured. You will need to contact the office or a member of the promotions committee with your proposed push and preferred time factor; although, with the limitation of two per week, you will need to be somewhat flexible with your schedule. We will need your request for August participation by July 10 so that the committee can review requests at its July 14 meeting. All Things Unique has divided members by classifications; currently these classifications are Food & Fun, Retail and Service. Again we are in the development stage at this time; things could change in the future. — We’ve Moved! — The Pueblo Downtown Association office is now located in the Thatcher Building, 503 N. Main Street, Suite 652. Please be sure to change our address in your computers so that payments and other correspondence reach us in a timely manner. Telephone and email remain the same. www.PuebloDowntown.com • Voice Mail: 543-7155 • Immediate Response/Emergencies: 543-6676 [email protected] • Pueblo Downtown Association, 503 N. Main St., Ste 652, Pueblo, CO 81003 June 2015 Street Talk Fix the Problem, Not the Blame One of the most important aspects of customer service for any retail or service business comes when a client calls with a problem. I experienced this a couple of weeks ago when I was by having a problem with email. Margaret Some of what I was sending was Ward Masias constantly not going through. I called our provider on two separate occasions. The first time I talked to a rep who at least went through the motions although a couple of days later the same problem occurred. The second time I called, I spent a very frustrating 45 minutes on the phone with three different people all of whom flatly stated that the problem had to have been with the server on our website not their end. All of them just kept insisting there was “nothing I could do.” When contacted the people who have the server for our website said almost exactly the same thing; that it was obviously the “fault” of the first party. The point I am making is that I really did not want to know whose fault the problem was, I just wanted it fixed. All consumers of any good or service feel the same way. The client does not care who made a defective product; they just want one that works. Service is the same way; if we are having a problem we just want it solved. Weeds, Trash and More Downtown Community Garden With three times as much rain as average this month we will have a bumper crop of weeds wherever there is enough soil for them to grow. Even though we thankfully have more concrete and pavement than bare ground, we still need to get them removed. There are a total of five fairly large conventions in Downtown Pueblo this month; we need to keep downtown looking good so that these people go away with a good impression. Winds bring trash and dirt to the area. Once again everyone needs to keep an eye out for paper, plastic and anything which is cluttering sidewalks, parking lots and streets. An effort is underway to establish a downtown community garden on a lot on 7th Street near the Soup kitchen. This summer will be devoted to planning in order to be planting next summer. The garden needs dedicated volunteers, leadership, money, ideas and lots of knowhow and energy. For more information contact Ted at 544-4479. Member Mentions The Buell Children’s Museum has introduced a new experience for visitors—the StoryWalk™. At the Buell pages of a featured book are spread throughout the Jackson Sculpture Garden and readers of all ages can now follow the adventures of their favorite storybook characters in a new and active way. Featured stories have included “Punk Farm” by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, “When Pigasso Met Mootisse” by Nina Laden, and other art-themed books. The StoryWalk™ is just one of many new programs which have stemmed from a strategic partnership formed between the Buell Children’s Museum and the Boston Children’s Museum in 2014. Many of these programs were introduced on the Arts Center campus in fall of 2014. The StoryWalk™ project’s continued success has led Donna Stinchcomb, curator of the Buell Children’s Museum, to develop partnerships with local organizations to bring the fun reading style to other settings in Pueblo including local schools, Headstart and Lake Pueblo beginning soon. Thanks for Many Years! You should have seen the notice on the front page about the relocation of our office. For many years the Gladney family has allowed us to use office space for the cost of utilities. A part of that agreement has always been that if the space was needed, we would find new quarters. In the fairly near future Springside Cheese will need our space for their operation; we were able to find office space in the Thatcher Building at a very reasonable rate so we decided to make the move now. We would like to express our gratitude to the Gladneys for their support over the past years and look forward to their continued support for the Association. In the event you missed the information on the front, we are in Suite 652 of the Thatcher Building, 503 N. Main Street. Our email address and phone number will remain the same. Superintendent Constance Jones of Pueblo City Schools addresses June PDA meeting. The luncheon was held at new member Willie G’s Bar-B-Q. June 2015 2 2016 Historic Pueblo Calendars Available in July The Pueblo Downtown Association is in the process of printing its calendars. They will be available to vendors who wish to catch summer tourists, State Fair visitors and students heading to college. We will be contacting our previous year’s vendors in the next couple of weeks. If you have not traditionally carried the calendars, but would like to do so this year please contact the office 543-7155. Margaret will give you information about being a dealer. As a dealer you will be entitled to get the calendars at wholesale prices with an adequate mark-up to make a profit. As always, the calendar features photos of the buildings and people who made Pueblo the state’s 2nd city in the early 1900’s. From the cover photo taken from 6th and Main looking south the circa 1920 photo shows a streetcar in the center of Main with buildings on both sides. Prominent in the photo are both the Thatcher Building and the Federal Building on the west side of the street and the two story building which today houses a bakery, a couple of service businesses and Executive Services on the east side. You will easily recognize these buildings on today’s street; the thing that has changed are the spaces where other buildings have given way to parking and the small park at 5th & Main. Other buildings and streets depicted include the Central Plaza and a parade photo taken on Union Avenue. Again this year Peggy Willcox has chosen a number of photos which depict the people who gave Pueblo its character. You will see a reference to the Hungarian Society from a 1924 photo, boxers in 1915, a construction crew from 1916 and railroad Historic Do wntow Calendarn Pueblo 2 0 1 6 A 16-month calen dar featuring scen es from the early days of Pueblo, Colorado workers in 1900, a crowd of people with a 46 star flag from 1908, cab drivers from Yellow Taxi Cab Co. from 1925 and workers at Walter’s Brewery in 1907. The 1921 flood is remembered with a photo of workers and merchandise in front of Crews Beggs after the catastrophe. The photos come from the Pueblo County Historical Society’s archives. We appreciate their help with finding these photos. Members or the general public, who wish to purchase calendars directly from the Association can go to our website, pueblodowntown.com or call the office. Getting Late & No Newsletter? Go to pueblodowntown.com The current month’s Downtown Spotlight is always posted at the time it goes to the printer. You don’t have to wait for the inconsistencies of the Postal delivery to find the information you want. There is also an archive of several months’ newsletters on the website. Locate Your Business or Office in the Historic Heart of Pueblo This directory is provided by the Pueblo Downtown Association to give prospective newcomers information about whom to contact for space in the area. Properties listed are Downtown Association members; there may be other properties in the area which do not appear here. All area codes are 719 unless otherwise noted. Many Downtown Locations: Sound Venture Realty, (179) 542-8426. Riverwalk: 1. 101 S. Main St., Waterfront Building, retail & office space, Rudy Padula, 671-4027 2. 102 S. Victoria, Olde Towne Carriage House building, restaurant-pub space, lower level, 543-1012, email [email protected], see www.oldetownpueblo.com Victoria Avenue: 215 S. Victoria Ave., Professional office space for local small business. Latino Chamber, 542-5513. 2nd & Main: 1. 203 N. Main St., 1476 sq. ft. glass storefront, retail or office use, 354-7283. 2. 205 N. Main St., 1084 sq. ft. office space, 354-7283. 3. 209 N. Main, Suite 203, apartment in historic Mechanics Building, 354-7283. 3rd & Main: 1. Jordan Block, Michael Jordan, 543-8178. 2. PEDCo’s BTC, offices from 160 sq. ft to 1,326 sq. ft. including “virtual offices” or day offices, light manufacturing space in basement, Crystal Romero, 546-1133. 3. Lottery Building, 2,500-7,000 sq. ft. available, Sound Venture Realty, 542-8426 3 5th & Main: The New Thatcher Building, offices 200 - 4,000 sq. ft., Sound Venture Realty, 542-8426 6th & Main: RBC Wealth Management Building, 1,300 sq. ft. suite—can be divided in half, Sound Venture Realty, 542-8426 8th & Main: 1. Wells Fargo Building, Ali’i Management, Scott Luinstra, 542-1333. 2. Katie Bonham, 5451488 or 924-4518 13th & Main: Dan Molello, Jones-Healy, Inc., 545-8181 4th & Court: 333 Court Street, 300 sq. ft., Sound Venture Realty, 542-8426 13th & Grand: Dan Molello, Jones-Healy, 545-8181 5th & Greenwood: Greenwood Square, Lee or Kerry Gladney, 544-0583 West 4th Street: 1. 127 W. 4th Street, 1,400 sq. ft., Sound Venture Realty, 542-8426. 2. 710 W. 4th Street: near judicial center, 1,400 & 2,100 sq. ft., Rollie Leyh, 542-3876. 3. 801 W. 4th Street: Central Pueblo Center, Dan Molello, Jones Healy, Inc. 545-8181. 4. 827 W. 4th Street, Suite B, next to the DMV, 3,800 sq. ft., Sound Venture Realty, 542-8426 June 2015 Downtown Happenings Sangre de Cristo Arts Center Purchase art classes online at sangredecristoarts.org/education anytime, anywhere. Find out what’s coming up by visiting sde-arts.org. For information call 295-7200. Admission: adults $8, children, military, seniors $6, 65+ members free. Closed July 4. Art Exhibits: Through Aug. 2, High Plains Invitational, King Gallery Through Sept. 13, Western Futurism, Hoag Gallery Through Sept. 27, Colors of the Southwest, White Gallery Through Sept. 13, Pueblo Boy: A Process of Discovery, Regional Gallery Buell Children’s Museum: Tues, Thurs., & Fri. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. & Sun. noon-5 p.m. Adults $8, children, military, seniors $6. 65+ Members free. July 11, 12-5 p.m., A Day of Enchantment, meet Shrek, explore with Fairies, and more. Buell Children’s Museum. Education: Through June 20, School of Dance Summer Intensive Program, additional information on website. Through Aug. 1, Young at Art Summer Camps, additional information on website. Events: July 19, 3 p.m., Art Talk with Dr. Harry Spell: Michelangelo’s Models from the Casa Buonorotti. King Gallery. Members free; Non-members regular admission. July 29, 4-6 p.m. (concert 4:30) Family Arts Festival featuring Big Bang Boom! Jackson Conference Center. Tickets $8 (members $6) or $24 family pass. Festival Fridays: All dates, Doors Open 6:30, Bands 7:30-10:30. Jackson Sculpture Garden. Tickets $6 advance, $8 door July 10, Makeshift Funk Band July 17, Thumpin’ July 24, Bad Habitz July 31, Martini Shot Performances: July 18-19, 2 p.m. Shrek, the Musical presented by Pueblo City Schools. Admission $12. July 20-23, 7 p.m. Shrek, the Musical presented by Pueblo City Schools. Admission $12. The Pueblo Arts Alliance Find maps and information about all news and activities in the Creative Corridor at PuebloArts.org, follow on facebook.com/PuebloPAG, facebook.com/PuebloCreativeCorridor or call 855-543-2430. July 3, 5-9 p.m., First Friday Art Walk, 35+ galleries, restaurants and businesses with newly hung shows, refreshments and live music and entertainment. Free rides in VanGO Art Shuttle, 17 stops, complete loop every 20 minutes. All activities Free. July 12, 2-4 p.m., 2nd Sunday Mesa Junction Art Bash. Hosted by Rawlings Library in collaboration with local artists, this free event offers local arts and crafts, food vendors, live entertainment, artist demonstrations as well as hands-on activities for all ages. Memorial Hall South Main Street & Grand Ave. 866-722-8844. pueblomemorialhall.com Tickets on sale now. July 1, 7:30 p.m., Smashmouth, Toad the Wet Sprocket and Tonic. July 12, 7:30 p.m., Ramon Ayala July 25, 7:30 p.m., Lonestar June 2015 Damon Runyon Repertory Theater 611 N. Main St., www.runyontheater.org. Reservations, info 564-0579. June 8-13, 1-5 p.m., Children’s Acting Workshop. $30 workshop, $5 performances. Broadway Theatre League Memorial Hall. Call 719-295-7200 or visit broadwaytheaterleague.com for information and tickets. Pueblo Heritage Museum Victoria & B St. In the 1924 Denver & Rio Grande Western Freight Depot near historic Union Depot and the Railway Foundation Museum. Exhibits of historical, cultural groups of SE Colorado. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Adults $5, Senior & Military w/ID $4, 6-12 $3, Heritage Center members and under 6 free. 295-1517 or www.theheritagecenter.us for tours and info. Impossible Playhouse 1201 N. Main St., 542-6969, www.impossibleplayers.org, & on Facebook. Tickets: $10 adult, $7 seniors and military, $5 students. Available for community rentals, call 542-6969. Proud to be impossible since 1966. Business & Technology Center 3rd & Main, Lobby and Atrium areas Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Artwork by local artists. Art is for sale. Steel City Theatre Company 241 S. Santa Fe Ave. Ticket info sctcpueblo.com or 994-8298. Beginning July 6. VIP Summer Performing Arts Daycamp. Fun and exciting camp for students ages Pre-K to 8th grade. Enrollment limited to 100. Call or see website for information. El Pueblo History Museum 301 N. Union. 583-0453. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $5 adults, $4 seniors, children 6-12, students with ID. “Family Saturdays” children 12 & under– free. For docent-led tours for groups of 10+, contact office a week in advance. City Center Eats Thursdays through August 13, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Near Sister City Plaza & El Pueblo History Museum. Live music weekly by Street Beat performers. Variety of food available on-site. Presented by the Pueblo City Center Partnership. 5th & Main Art Gallery Historic Federal Building Ongoing: Listen at Lunch, 12:00-1:30 Fridays, L.C. Houston, piano & guitar, rhythm & blues. Pueblo’s Riverwalk www.puebloriverwalk.org. For reservations of facilities or to arrange walking tours call HARP Authority, 595-0242 or email [email protected]. Pueblo Ice Arena 1st & Grand, 553-2730, www.coolicepueblo.com Mon. 5-7 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs. 12:45-2:45 & 3:15-5:15; Fri. 12:45-2:45. $3 sessions (including skates). Friday Night Lazer Lights 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5 per skater, includes skates. Saturday 12-2 p.m., 7:30-9:30 p.m. Students $5, Adults $6 both include skates. 4 Downtown Happenings Pueblo Convention Center 1st & Main. For information about events or to book space call 542-1100 or online puebloconventioncenter.com. June 15 Pueblo Rotary Club No. 43 June 16-18 Colorado State Pupil Transportation Association June 16 Colorado Heath Care Association June 17 Colorado PERA June 19-21 Central High School Class of 1955 June 22 Pueblo Rotary Club No. 43 June 23 Colorado Health Care Association June 24-27 National Street Rods Association June 26 Norfolk Southern Railroad June 27 Southern Colorado Family Medicine June 29-30 Health Care and Economic Security Staff Development June 29 Pueblo Rotary Club No. 43 July 8 Mental Health America of Pueblo July 9 Pueblo Association of Realtors Business During Lunch July 13 Pueblo Rotary Club No. 43 July 15 Colorado PERA July 17 Italian Invitational Note these events are published so that businesses in the area will know who will be in the area. We encourage retailers and restaurants to make these folk feel welcome in the area. Rosemount Museum 14th & Grand www.rosemount.org. 37-room mansion built between 1891 and 1893 by prominent businessman John A. Thatcher. Most furnishings and artifacts displayed are original to the family. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Tours every half hour; last tour at 3:30 p.m. Grounds and veranda may be rented for special events. For group tours and information call 545-5290. July 18, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Antique and Classic Auto Show. Come to the show staged in cooperation with local antique and classic auto clubs on the grounds of the museum. The free show will feature antique and classic cars from throughout the Southern Colorado region. The museum will also be open for self-guided tours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at a discounted price of $3 per person. Food and beverages will be available through the Carriage House Restaurant, located on the grounds. There will be a coloring contest for children and drawings throughout the day. Registration for cars to be included in the show is free and there is no admission cost to see the cars. For information call the museum. Center for American Values 101 South Main, Riverwalk level, 543-9502. americanvaluescenter.org. The Center is part of the Walk of Valor and is open 10-4 daily. It proudly displays the World Trade Center Steel memorial and Portraits of Valor, a beautiful collection of more than 140 portraits of Medal of Honor recipients. June 16, 6 p.m., Taking Chances movie screening, PCC, Hoag Hall, RSVP to 549-3303 June 17, 4 p.m. On Values Speaker Series, Michael Strobl (Memoir Taking Chances made into HBO Film). June 23, 4 p.m. Portraits of Valor Unveiling—Vietnam War Medal of Honor Recipients, Bennie Adkins and Melvin Morris. 5 Pueblo Downtown Association Dates for upcoming membership meetings. Locations, times, programs are subject to change. For sponsorship information for other meetings, call Margaret Ward-Masias at 543-7155. June 25, 11:45 a.m., Annual Meeting, Location: El Pueblo History Museum; see page 1. July 23, 11:45 a.m.; Location: Mineral Palace Park; Caterer: Victoria’s Deli; Program: Mineral Palace Park; Sponsor: Black Hills Energy August 27 September 24 October 22 November 19 No meeting in December January 28, 2016 February 25 March 24 April 28 May 26 June 23 Convention Certificates Program The Pueblo Downtown Association has a program aimed at getting conventioneers into downtown businesses. At selected conventions, the Association presents $25 gift certificates to a conventioneer. These certificates list a single retail business or restaurant. Once the certificate has been presented to the business, that business may bring the certificate to Pueblo Bearing to receive $25 cash for the certificate or mail it to the Association at 503 N. Main Street, Suite 652, Pueblo CO 81003 to receive payment by check. The certificates are printed with a dark red background and will be embossed. Retailers may issue their own certificates for specific conventions if they wish. Call Margaret at the Downtown Association office, 543-7155, for more information. People find us on the Internet! www.pueblodowntown.com April 20-May 20 page views 1,912 Unique visitors 805 Home page views 1,438, Dancing with the Pueblo Starz 62, Membership 59, Streetscape 56, Board of Directors 54, Newsletter 52, Events 50, Store 49, Meetings 48, Parade of Lights 44. We provide links to member websites from ours; if we don’t have your web address send it to us right away and we will be happy to add a link to your site. Graffiti Hotline 553-2501 June 2015 Sidewalk Matching Funds Available To Members Dancing with the Pueblo Starz Coming Along on Schedule The Pueblo Downtown Association has funds available to be used as a match for sidewalk replacement in the downtown area. The match is 2% for each year of membership, up to 10 years (20%). Matches are for up to $1,500 for any project. You need to contact us with a project estimate and location (sidewalks must be in the Downtown area). Upon completion of the project, you must submit a copy of a paid invoice for receipt of payment from the Association. For more information contact the Pueblo Downtown Association office, 543-7155 or margaret@ pueblodowntown.com. This year’s Dancing with the Pueblo Starz will be coming up on September 19. The committee will receive help with all the details of getting the event up and running from CSU-Pueblo intern Gianna Lisac. Many of you will be hearing from her this summer. Commitments from dancers are coming along nicely. To date the committee has signed agreements from Bureau Chief David J. Lucero from the Sheriff’s Department, Brandon Beauvais from the Pueblo Police Department, Rana Novini from KRDO-Channel 13 and Linda Mitchell representing PAWS. Sponsorship and ticket prices have been determined. Now is the time that your business can get in on the ground floor and receive all of the benefits of being associated with an event the public looks forward to from year to year. The Galaxy ($1,200 investment) will get your business a corporate table that seats ten, a full page ad in the 2015 commemorative program, a thank you during the event and mention in marketing and promotional materials. Your business can be a Constellation for a $700 investment (6 tickets to the event and ½ page advertisement in the program). The Comet will showcase your business with a 1/3 page ad in the program and four tickets to the event. Streak through the skies as a Meteor with $300 in support (2 tickets, a $150 value and a quarter page ad in the program). A la carte advertising (no tickets) is available with prices from $550 full page, $285 half page, $200 third page, $170 quarter page and business card. Individual tickets to Dancing with the Pueblo Starz are $75 each; you may purchase a table of 10 seats for $700. Save with your Downtown Discount Card! Support the Pueblo Downtown Association and save money too! Call the Downtown Association office, 543-7155 to learn about the card and to purchase it as an Association member employee. Non members may purchase cards at 80/Twenty Wines, JR’s Country Stores (Pueblo locations) or Springside Cheese Shop. Listed below are all discount card participants and the discounts they offer. 1. 80/Twenty Wines: 10% off selected wines 2. All Season’s Catering, 10% off room rental 3. Angelo’s Pizza-Riverwalk, 10% off dine-in meal (1 only per card per visit) 4. Carleo Creations: 15% off in-store merchandise 5. Colorado Optical Eyewear: 10% discount 6. Courtyard by Marriott: 10% off Bistro food only (excl. Starbucks, liquor) 7. Do Drop Inn: $5 off large pizza, dine-in 8. Exquisite Taste: free mini-truffle with $10 purchase 9. Firestone Complete Auto Care: $14 off oil change 10. Franco’s Bistro: 10% off food purchase 11. Gray’s Coors Tavern: 10% off food purchase 12. The Greatest Gift & Scripture Supply: 10% off reg. price mdse. 13. Historic Arkansas Riverwalk: Buy 1 get 1 free boat rides 14. J.R.’s Country Stores: 5 cents off per gallon gasoline 15. Mobile Record Shredders: 10% off shredding at our store 16. My Friend the Printer: 10% off color copies 17. Razmataz: 10% off full price clothing 18. REPS Sports Gym: 15% off yearly membership 19. Rio Bistro: 10% off food purchase 20. Rosemount Museum: $2 off admission per visitor 21. Sangre de Cristo Arts Center: $1 off admission 22. Shamrock Brewing Co: 10% off food items 23. Signs by Scott: 10% off sign orders up to $500 24. Southside Lawn & Landscape: 10% off any resid. design/install job 25. Spangler’s Home Fashions: 5% off any purchase 26. Springside Cheese Shop: 10% off purchase 27. Ten Spot II: 10% off entire purchase 28. Tony Roberts, DDS: 10% off dental work Note: Discount Cards not accepted at Nacho’s Restaurants. June 2015 Board Members If you have questions about what is going on with the Pueblo Downtown Association or would like information about joining the organization you may contact any of our board members listed below, of course you may also contact the office at 543-7155 between 8:30 and 11:30 a.m. • President Tom Bruss, 406-8661 • Vice President/Community Affairs Kim Kock, 544-6823 • Vice President/Finance John Myers, 543-9463 • Secretary Tammy Fesmire, 565-4238 • Treasurer Judy McGinnis, 252-3873 • Past President Kerry Gladney, 544-0583 • Membership Chair Mike Carlisle, 671-1424 • Promotions Chair Peggy Willcox, 582-0682 • Dancing with the Pueblo Starz Chair April Kasza, 584-9977 • Facebook Coordinator Kristen Spicola, 584-0201 • Project Assistant Jeanne Santillanez, 542-1100 • Parade of Lights Committee member TJ Wright, 595-7300 6 A Walk Through Time Pueblo’s “Original” Triangle Building Part I, Construction to 1916 Another of Pueblo’s 19th Century buildings is today occupied by Legacy Bank. Dubbed Pueblo’s “original” triangle building Information & photos gathered by (also known as the White Triangle Margaret Ward-Masias block) in one of the many short articles I found about the building, it was constructed in 1890 and survived the floods of both 1894 and 1921. According to an undated clipping I found in the Korber collections, “The original building was one-third smaller than the present structure, the additional space being added in 1903. In 1894 the building was the home of the Rock Island Railroad ticket office. In 1911 the Arkansas Valley Railway Light & Power Co. (later Southern Colorado Power Co.) purchased the building. A July 15, 1913 story in the Pueblo Chieftain reported, “The old White Triangle block which has for years been an eyesore to the pedestrians of the city, is at last to be remodeled and used for offices of the Colorado-Kansas Railroad company, the Turkey Creek Stone company and the Pueblo Land and Irrigation company, and work was begun yesterday to make it one of the most complete office buildings in the city.” The story goes on the say that the Arkansas Valley Traction, Power and Lighting company owned the building. Many people at the time thought the building would be demolished to allow that company to erect new offices. The story continues, “When asked how long the leases were made out for the lessees refused to tell, but it is thought that the lease must be for considerable time, as the in-going office owners are bearing all of the expense of the remodeling and finishing. The Pueblo Land and Irrigation company and the Colorado-Kansas railroad offices will be on the first floor, with the Turkey Creek Stone company, with elaborate display rooms, will occupy the second floor. Mr. Sutton (Turkey Creek Stone, ed) stated that the building would be remodeled so that it would make a very appearance and would improve the triangle of the city immensely. They expect to move into the offices about September 1.” On January 25, 1916, the Pueblo Star-Journal reported that the Arkansas Valley Railway, Light and Power Co. gave notice to all tenants to vacate the building as they needed space for their own use. The story goes on, “It is understood that the power company has arranged to establish business offices in the White Triangle block to accommodate patrons of the company and afford an office more convenient to the business district than the present one on Victoria avenue.” In March of 1916 a building permit valued at $8,000 was issued to Traction Company for the White Triangle block. In a story from the March 14, 1916 Pueblo Star-Journal, a reporter wrote, “Workmen are rushing the improvements on the new offices of the Arkansas Valley Railway Light & Power company in the White Triangle block at Main and Union. When com7 pleted the new offices will be thoroughly adequate to the present heads of the company and will be strictly modern and highly artistic. The traction company engaged W.W. Stickney, local architect, to plan the changes in the building and make it suitable for an office building. Work was to include some exterior remodeling mostly removing bay windows from the second floor and replacing them with “triple plate glass windows”. Windows on the first floor were to be replaced with the same glass; all glass was to be set in copper. The main entrance was to be on Union Avenue (the address for the building at that time was 415 N. Union) with a secondary entrance on Main Street. By August the building was finished and ready for use. On August 13, 1916 the Pueblo Chieftain ran a story saying, “From an attractive white, brick structure, the Triangle block at the intersection of Main and First Street and Union Avenue has been transformed into an up-to-date office building. The building has not only been remodeled but it has been transformed into a thing of beauty. The entire outside has been repainted a brown color except where new brick has been used to fill in spaces formerly used as windows and brown colored bricks were used in those places… When the electric current is switched on lighting 1400 electric bulbs next Saturday night, Pueblo will have a building of which it may well feel proud…The Electric building will house the offices and a sales rooms of the Arkansas Valley Railway, Light & Power company and nothing has been left undone to make it one of the most up-to-date office buildings to be found in the state…Entering from Main street one comes into a rotunda where a waiting room is to be found with comfortable seats and a cooling breeze coming from the sets of revolving fans.” Information for this article came from the John Korber collection in the Western History Collection at the Rawlings Library as well as sources found through Google. Without the many hours of work Mr. Korber put in collecting small news articles this story would not have been possible at this time. Photos are from the Pueblo County Historical Society’s collection. June 2015 Pueblo Downtown Association PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID PUEBLO, COLORADO PERMIT #314 503 N. Main St., Ste 652 • Pueblo, CO 81003 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED The Pueblo Downtown Association is a catalyst for enhancing Downtown Pueblo through the promotion of business, beautification, and development of activities. Pueblo Downtown Association Membership as of June 1, 2015 7th St. Station 80/Twenty Wines Ali’i Management All Seasons Catering All Ways Unique American Bank of Commerce Ameriprise Financial Services Angelo’s Pizza Parlor and-a-Moré Riverwalk Armstrong Jewelers Banner & Bower, P.C. Benefits Broker Inc. Better Business Bureau Black Hills Energy Blazer Electric Board of Water Works Leah Bobchak, Graphic Designer Sandra L. Bradley, CPA Cañon National Bank Carleo Creations Jewelers, Inc. Centennial Insurance Center for American Values Classic Corner Color-ado Pyrotechnics/Mike Carlisle Colorado Bluesky Enterprises Colorado Lottery Colorado Optical Eyewear Expressions Colorado State University-Pueblo Commonwealth Financial Network Cowboy Supply Damon Runyon Theater DD Marketing Do Drop Inn EDGIE El Pueblo Museum Embroidery Plus/Quick Print Ent Federal Credit Union Executive Services Exquisite Taste June 2015 Fieldman Financial Services Firestone Complete Auto Care Fox’s Garden Supply Franco’s Bistro Gobin’s Inc. Grand Banquet / Party Rental Gray’s Coors Tavern Great Divide Ski, Bike & Hike Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce The Greatest Gift & Scripture Supply Greenwood Square Hewitt & Couch, P.C. Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo Historic Federal Building Housing Authority of Pueblo InZone Fitness Jones-Healy, Inc. Realtors Jones-Urenda, LLC Kaiser Permanente Kogovsek & Associates Latino Chamber of Commerce Legacy Bank Little Caesars Pizza Loaf ’N Jug Mahlon Thatcher White Foundation Main Street Banquet Hall McPherson, Breyfogle, Daveline & Goodrich, PC The Media Center Metro Plaza Minnequa Works Credit Union Mobile Record Shredders Montgomery & Steward Funeral Directors My Friend the Printer Nacho’s Restaurant Norick’s Auto Service NorthStar Engineering Old Town Carriage House Parkview Medical Center PEDCo’s Business & Technology Center Plebian Pools Pride City Awning Primrose Retirement Communities Pueblo Bank and Trust Pueblo Bearing Service The Pueblo Chieftain Pueblo City Government Pueblo Convention Center Pueblo County Government Pueblo County Historical Society Pueblo County Sheriff Pueblo Courtyard by Marriott Pueblo Crime Stoppers Pueblo Elks Lodge #90 Pueblo Government Agencies Federal Credit Union Pueblo Heritage Museum Pueblo Imaging Center Pueblo Performing Arts Guild Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority Quality Custom Woodwork RAS Construction Razmataz REPS Union Avenue Sports Gym Rexel Electrical & Datacom Products Rice Root Accounting Services Rio Bistro RMA Towing Tony Roberts, D.D.S. Rock Stars + Lambs by Josh Cooley Rosemount Museum RSL Accounting Services Rush’s Pueblo Lumber Sangre de Cristo Arts Center Senior Resource Development Agency Shamrock Brewing Company Sharmar Village Care Center Signs by Scott SoCo Radio Sound Venture Realty Pueblo Heritage Museum Southern Colorado Community Foundation Southside Lawn & Landscaping Spangler’s Carpets Springside Cheese Shop Stoehr Cleaners William Storms Allergy Clinic Sunflower Bank Ten Spot II US Bank Verle’s Barber Shop Vidmar Motors Waterfront, LLC Wells Fargo Bank Wilcoxson Buick-Cadillac-GMC Willie G’s BBQ Work Zone Traffic Control, Inc. Xcel Energy YWCA Associate Members Katie Bonham Jay Dammann Val & Dan Henderson Kit Jacobson Pam Parks Please e-mail corrections or changes to [email protected] 8