Colorado Sustainability Groups to Share Office and Meeting Space in Denver
Colorado Sustainability Groups to Share Office and Meeting Space in Denver
A newly formed group called the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado is establishing a collaborative hub for nonprofits in a historic downtown Denver building that will eventually house as many as twenty nonprofit organizations, the Rocky Mountain News reports.
The new group was founded by John Powers, board president of the Colorado Environmental Coalition, who provided the financing to purchase the building. Powers told the News that the building, as well as a planned adjacent facility, will provide shared office space and a meeting place for organizations focusing on economic, environmental, and social "sustainability." Tenants in the building, which will feature energy-saving technologies, will share conference rooms, technology services, and personnel. While a number of other cities have locations with nonprofits working under one roof, the alliance's center could be the first theme-based facility in the nation, said program director Janna Six.
Several nonprofits, including the Colorado Environmental Coalition, plan to rent space in the building. The others are Historic Denver, the Sierra Club, Colorado Conservation Voters, EnviroCitizen, the Center for Native Ecosystems, the Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project, Every Child Matters, the Wildlands Project, and One Nation Enlightened.
"It could potentially lower their operating costs," said Heidi VanGenderen, project director of the Colorado Energy Partnership at the University of Colorado-Denver. "It will create a stronger community among its occupants." VanGenderen has been involved with the project as part of her work with the Colorado Sustainable Business Association, a group that promotes networking among businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies.
Kelley, Joanne.
“20 Nonprofits, One Roof, Similar Goal.”
Rocky Mountain News
7/21/04.
Primary Subject: Community Improvement/Development
Secondary Subject(s): Environment
Location(s): Colorado, Denver
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