Nearly 1,000 guests arrived Tuesday, September 16 to help launch the new headquarters for Mile High United Way which moved from 2505 18th Street to Park Avenue West in downtown’s Curtis Park neighborhood.

The new Mile High United Way Morgridge Center for Community Change was financed with funds proceeds from the sale of that building ($10 million), along with a capital campaign ($9 million) and new markets tax credits ($4.5 million), for a total budget of $23.5 million.

“Mile High United Way’s new headquarters will yield a tangible return on investment,” said City Councilman Albus Brooks of District 8.” All funds needed to complete the project were raised separately from their community campaign, which directly supports Mile High United Way’s work in the Metro Denver area.

John and Carrie Morgridge, founders of the Morgridge Family Foundation, helped finance the new building with a $4 million lead gift. The Morgridge family was on hand for the official ribbon cutting along with Mayor Mike Hancock, Lt. Governor Joe Garcia, City Councilman Albus Brooks, several other government officials, community and business leaders, United Way board members, staff and supporters representing nonprofits, small businesses, government agencies and corporate and industry leaders.

Besides offices for Mile High United Way, the 65,000-square-foot building built by Davis Architects and PCL Construction will house half a dozen other non-profit organizations serving education, women’s workforce, homeless, literacy, health issues and family and children’s assistance programs. Among the facilities are:

• CenturyLink’s Mile High United Way Center housing a free and confidential community referral service that connects callers with resources which provide food, shelter, rent assistance, clothing, child care options, legal assistance and other services to meet basic needs.

• Bridging the Gap, Mile High United Way’s program helping young adults formerly in foster care address their needs related to education, employment, financial literacy, health and leadership development.

• CoBank Leadership Center, 6,300 square feet of conference space for community collaboration, available for free for nonprofit use.

• ComcastDigital Literacy Community Center, giving local citizens and nonprofit organizations access to state-of-the-art technology and free training opportunities.

• Café United, a full service café operated by Work Options for Women.

• Offices for Goodwill Industries and the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative

Among others attending were: First Lady Jennie Ritter; Brad Busse, President of Busse Ventures; Tami Door, CEO of Colorado Concern; George Sparks, CEO of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science; Bennie Milliner, Director of Denver’s Road Home; Bob Deible of OfficeSpaces; Richard Lewis of RTL Networks; Renny Fagan, CEO of the Colorado Nonprofit Association; Kelly Rodriguez and Lori Davis of Grant Thornton; Norah Lovato and StephaniePacheco-McRaeof CWEE Center for Work Education and Employment; Happy Haynes of CRL Associates; Laura Villanueva and Destiny Hardney of Goodwill; Perla Ita Gheiler of Metro State University of Denver; Work Options for Women (WOW) Executive Director; Catherine Henry and WOW staffers Kassi Newman, and Andrea Elliott; Gary Dominguez and Debbie Herrera of CHFA; Signy Mikita of the City of Aurora Neighborhood Services; Patrick Coyle, State of Colorado Dept of Local Affairs; Gregory Anton of Anton Collins Mitchell accounting firm; and Mile High United Way board members and staff.

Denver is home of the very first United Way in the U.S founded in 1887 as a ‘community chest’ of community-oriented individuals during the early pioneer days. Today, Mile High United Way focuses efforts in the counties of Denver, Douglas, Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson. Last year 278,293 people were served by Mile High United Way and their Impact Partners who are working to create sustainable community change in the three interconnected areas of School Readiness, Youth Success and Adult Self-Sufficiency.

For more information please visit www.unitedwaydenver.org

 

Nearly 1,000 guests arrived Tuesday, September 16 to help launch the new headquarters for Mile High United Way which moved from 2505 18th Street to Park Avenue West in downtown’s Curtis Park neighborhood.

The new Mile High United Way Morgridge Center for Community Change was financed with funds proceeds from the sale of that building ($10 million), along with a capital campaign ($9 million) and new markets tax credits ($4.5 million), for a total budget of $23.5 million.

“Mile High United Way’s new headquarters will yield a tangible return on investment,” said City Councilman Albus Brooks of District 8.” All funds needed to complete the project were raised separately from their community campaign, which directly supports Mile High United Way’s work in the Metro Denver area.

John and Carrie Morgridge, founders of the Morgridge Family Foundation, helped finance the new building with a $4 million lead gift. The Morgridge family was on hand for the official ribbon cutting along with Mayor Mike Hancock, Lt. Governor Joe Garcia, City Councilman Albus Brooks, several other government officials, community and business leaders, United Way board members, staff and supporters representing nonprofits, small businesses, government agencies and corporate and industry leaders.

 

Besides offices for Mile High United Way, the 65,000-square-foot building built by Davis Architects and PCL Construction will house half a dozen other non-profit organizations serving education, women’s workforce, homeless, literacy, health issues and family and children’s assistance programs. Among the facilities are:

• CenturyLink’s Mile High United Way Center housing a free and confidential community referral service that connects callers with resources which provide food, shelter, rent assistance, clothing, child care options, legal assistance and other services to meet basic needs.

• Bridging the Gap, Mile High United Way’s program helping young adults formerly in foster care address their needs related to education, employment, financial literacy, health and leadership development.

• CoBank Leadership Center, 6,300 square feet of conference space for community collaboration, available for free for nonprofit use.

• ComcastDigital Literacy Community Center, giving local citizens and nonprofit organizations access to state-of-the-art technology and free training opportunities.

• Café United, a full service café operated by Work Options for Women.

• Offices for Goodwill Industries and the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative

Among others attending were: First Lady Jennie Ritter; Brad Busse, President of Busse Ventures; Tami Door, CEO of Colorado Concern; George Sparks, CEO of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science; Bennie Milliner, Director of Denver’s Road Home; Bob Deible of OfficeSpaces; Richard Lewis of RTL Networks; Renny Fagan, CEO of the Colorado Nonprofit Association; Kelly Rodriguez and Lori Davis of Grant Thornton; Norah Lovato and StephaniePacheco-McRaeof CWEE Center for Work Education and Employment; Happy Haynes of CRL Associates; Laura Villanueva and Destiny Hardney of Goodwill; Perla Ita Gheiler of Metro State University of Denver; Work Options for Women (WOW) Executive Director; Catherine Henry and WOW staffers Kassi Newman, and Andrea Elliott; Gary Dominguez and Debbie Herrera of CHFA; Signy Mikita of the City of Aurora Neighborhood Services; Patrick Coyle, State of Colorado Dept of Local Affairs; Gregory Anton of Anton Collins Mitchell accounting firm; and Mile High United Way board members and staff.

Denver is home of the very first United Way in the U.S founded in 1887 as a ‘community chest’ of community-oriented individuals during the early pioneer days. Today, Mile High United Way focuses efforts in the counties of Denver, Douglas, Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson. Last year 278,293 people were served by Mile High United Way and their Impact Partners who are working to create sustainable community change in the three interconnected areas of School Readiness, Youth Success and Adult Self-Sufficiency. For more information please visit www.unitedwaydenver.org

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