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 margaret@pueblodowntown.com 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
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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
margaret@pueblodowntown.com • 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.
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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
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Calendarn Pueblo
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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 otch@oldetownepueblo.com, 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
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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 info@puebloriverwalk.org.
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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Do Drop Inn
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El Pueblo Museum
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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
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Pueblo County Historical Society
Pueblo County Sheriff
Pueblo Courtyard by Marriott
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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
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