APRIL IN THE GAME SMALL TOWN CHALLENGE PROGRAMMING
One more virtual IN THE GAME event is coming to keep away the pandemic blues!
DCI’s 2021 IN THE GAME Small Town Challenge will focus on the intersection between public and private partnerships, spaces, and uses. Getting it Done in 2021 means redefining the policies, practices, and partnerships that shape our downtowns. From physically changing and adapting the spaces we inhabit, to rebalancing the supply chains in our small communities.
Let’s create more resilient and just places - together!
FIVE MASTER TALKS + FOUR DAYS OF SMALL TOWN LOVE
KNOWLEDGE MARKETPLACE You’ll hear from Colorado community leaders, leading Downtown experts, and local practitioners on strategies for building local ecosystems, encouraging local investors, supporting your small businesses, and telling your story. April 1 Downtown Programming Clearinghouse April 8 Telling Your Story: Marketing 3-4-5™ April 15 Small Town Entrepreneurship + Access to Capital April 22 Repurposing Downtown: Small Scale Manufacturing April 26 The State of Colorado: Demographics for Colorado + the San Luis Valley | SMALL TOWN STUDIOS DCI’s 2021 IN THE GAME Small Town Challenge San Luis Valley Edition will deliver four days of immersive and upbeat two hours each morning to dive into a topic and turn challenges into opportunities for our small rural towns. Let’s reflect on how the past year has reshaped our possibilities for the future and create a vision for a stronger, more equitable future. April 27 Engagement + Inclusivity in La Jara April 28 Design + Activating Space in San Luis April 29 Connectivity + Activity in Antonito April 30 Entrepreneurship + Building Reuse in Center |
DONATE TO DCI'S PANDEMIC RESPONSE
Though this pandemic has impacted our health and economy and required all of us to make tough decisions, it has also brought to light an unabashed love—love of family, love of businesses, love of places, love of local, and love of DCI. Your contributions of time and money to membership, sponsorship, and registrations have sustained DCI, and alongside your districts, neighborhoods and communities, we are determined not only to survive this pandemic but to thrive long into the future. We are lucky to have a very dedicated following of members, sponsors, and partners and we want to thank you for your continued support.
Our team has been working tirelessly to help Colorado’s commercial districts and DOers like you to navigate these unprecedented times. Like many of you, our team has had to postpone events, lost revenue, and make tough decisions about our future. We strive each day, week, and month to give you what you need regardless of your ability to pay, because we care.
Please consider donating to help DCI continue to provide resources to communities around Colorado. See you soon!
CHECK OUT SOME CURRENT INITIATIVES
Who we areDCI is a statewide nonprofit organization that provides a strategic methodology for revitalizing the local economy in Colorado’s communities. | What we doOur work focuses on establishing community-wide partnerships to facilitate and encourage community engagement for increased economic vitality. | How we do itOur program hinges on information sharing, educational events, and on-site technical assistance for downtowns and commercial districts. |
DCI's Response Efforts for Communities to COVID-19
- Weekly Commercial District + COVID calls. DCI will convene weekly calls for commercial districts to discuss responses and resources to identify the items we can do right now as the crisis is unfolding. DCI is writing up the conversation and will begin recording the webinars for your convenience.
- COVID Response Resources. DCI will house a COVID response page on our website that shares resources and links to community resources for easy access.
- State-wide Business Survey. DCI is partnering with National Research Center and POLCO to distribute and analyze a state-wide survey of businesses to understand their needs and establish a response network.
- Regional Council. DCI maintains a Regional Council of representatives around the state who are in place to share and collect information specific to each region. We are going to start hosting calls through this group with our members and other interested communities to ensure that we are planning for and communicating the needs of each region appropriately.
- 2020 IN THE GAME. DCI will revise our Colorado Challenge Community Summit on April 14th to be a virtual event geared toward developing multi-faceted approaches for our national, state-wide, and local responses to this type of pandemic. We will look at our demographics and sales tax trends, and impacts of Coronavirus, and flesh out an action plan for housing, workforce, and small business support.
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