What do you get when you cross a tech hub and a historic high school? In Florence, Colorado, the answer is Emergent Campus, a multi-award-winning rural business incubator! When Florence students moved into their new schools in 2019, Brad and his colleagues at Emergent Campus figured the historic school could be reborn as a place that would draw remote workers to beautiful parts of Colorado, just far enough away from the costly and busy co-working spaces of the urban Front Range. The community got a great tech hub and to hang on to its historic high school all while creating an attraction that will continue drawing economic development for years to come. It's adaptive reuse and preservation for a new day in Florence!

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This week on reFRAMED: Preservation for a New Day, Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer, Dawn DiPrince, chats with Lucas Koski about the process of saving a community’s iconic structure while addressing the need for an arts and commercial space in Loveland. Learn more about how Lucas and his partners at the national nonprofit Artspace used state tax credits to help preserve a huge and iconic agricultural building that is now inspiring artists and entrepreneurs in the heart of Loveland. It’s adaptive reuse and preservation for a new day, brought to you by History Colorado.

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In this week’s all new podcast, David Fishering shares the story of renovating the Montrose Potato Growers Building. From its early uses in the 1900s as the headquarters of the Fruit and Produce Association to its current form as “The Association,” the repurposed warehouse now serves as a social spot to host clubs and meetings, as well as vendor spaces for goods and food. David talks about his personal history with the area and the familial effort with his dad to purchase the iconic Montrose building and secure the funds to preserve it. Join Colorado’s State Historic Preservation Officer, Dawn DiPrince, and discover more about how tax credits supported a project that helped keep the history and character of Montrose alive for a new day. 

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Join State Historic Preservation Officer, Dawn DiPrince, and local developer Sam Edelson for a conversation about the challenges and opportunities encountered during a massive project aimed at repurposing an old VA medical center into housing. Learn more about what it was, what it's going to be, and what challenges they faced along the way. It's adaptive reuse and preservation for a new day!

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Jim Hartman, Grant Bennett, and their partners in preservation were the masterminds behind the massive effort to reimagine and reframe the stunning Pancratia Hall building on the Loretto Heights campus in Southwest Denver. Originally completed in 1930, the building served as a dormitory, classroom, and religious space for the Sisters of Pancretia and the Catholic elementary and secondary school for girls in Denver. Learn more about what it took to save the space in this fascinating conversation with Colorado’s State Historic Preservation Officer, Dawn DiPrince.

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Erin Clark, the Chief Real Estate Investment officer for the Denver Housing Authority, shares the story of the iconic, mid-century mod, turquoise building at 655 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. What was once the Silverado Bank, this 1950s steel framed building has been transformed into 110 permanently affordable apartments. Discover this wonderful example of adaptive reuse of an office to residential conversion. Who were the partners and what was the financing? Discover some of the challenges of converting this building and the impact it is having on the community today. 

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