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S OLD FOR $8 ,040, 0 0 0 7007 Daniels Park, famously known as Pretty Woman Ranch, is poised on 55 rolling acres with a state-of-the-art Equestrian facility. Compass is a licensed real estate broker in Colorado and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdrawal without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage.

SIGNIFICANT SALE OF CASTLE ROCK ESTATE 7007 Daniels Park, famously known as Pretty Woman Ranch, is poised on 55 rolling acres with a state-of-the-art Equestrian facility. Compass is a licensed real estate broker in Colorado and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdrawal without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage.

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I wasn’t born with a green thumb. For decades I’d try—and try!—to keep plants alive, but after a few weeks, they’d just succumb to their inevitable, albeit probably sped up, deaths. Then when I became a mother, a well-meaning friend sent me a plant; it must have been the lack of care that year that made it thrive. And so began me doing less to make my plants grow. Suddenly, it all seemed more manageable. On one extra frustrating day during the pandemic, I headed off to the plant store. I needed a big plant, or rather my soul did. It was time. I was ready. As I stuffed a large monstera into the front seat of my car, I realized something that once made me feel annoyed and overwhelmed to deal with now made me feel downright giddy. Somehow I'd changed without noticing. Since then it’s grown two new leaves. I patiently watched the first one each day as it slowly unfurled, a little scarred but intact. But the second one came as a surprise one morning—big, beautiful, perfect, beaming. I had looked away and it just…showed up. It reminded me how sometimes we try and try and eventually might persevere, bruised and battered. Yet every now and then life hands you something out of the blue so absolutely perfect, it feels like a gift. You don’t always see growth unless you stop looking. You can overdo it trying every time—overwatering, overthinking, overdoing. Sometimes the pause is where the magic happens.

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Welcome to Cherry Creek West by East West Partners. We are reimagining the 13-acre parking lot at the corner of University and First Avenue. Cherry Creek West will be a new, vibrant, mixed-used community that’s designed for people first. This is a place that celebrates the outdoors and the Cherry Creek waterway, while seamlessly connecting to the existing neighborhood where everything you need is a short walk or bike ride away. Visit CherryCreekWest.com to learn more.

The talented estheticians at LoDo’s The Oxford Spa are now performing rejuvenating HydraFacial treatments, which use a three-step, patented technology to cleanse, extract and hydrate the skin by uncovering new skin with gentle exfoliation and resurfacing. This invigorating treatment removes debris from pores with gentle suction and then nourishes with moisturizers to quench the skin and reduce visible signs of aging. To book, please visit TheOxfordHotel. com/Club-Spa or call 303-628-5435.

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Parker Clay Enters Denver with A New Store at Dairy Block’s Free Market Parker Clay, a B-Corp and Ethiopian leather goods brand with a mission to uplift at-risk women, continues their rapid storefront growth with a location in the Free Market at downtown Denver’s Dairy Block. This is the brand’s third brick-and-mortar retail location in the U.S., with previous locations in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, CA. This new location highlights Parker Clay’s focus on customer connection and the end goal to strengthen the broader Parker Clay community.

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These Colorado-based natural beauty brands will help pamper the special moms out there with ingredients that are truly good for the skin—without all the extra gunk. Plan ahead to either curate the perfect gift to give or, if you're a mom, start dropping hints around the house for your loved ones ASAP.

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Cora Lee Poole has spent most of her life reclaiming, reimagining and rebuilding. At a young age, she was a sexual abuse victim. And in her early 20s, Cora Lee was in an emotionally and mentally abusive relationship. Today, at the age of 40, she calls herself a survivor and a thriver, helping other women find their voices and power. For the last 15 years, Cora Lee has been dreaming of a way to help other survivors while also tapping into her creative and design side. During the pandemic, she launched Denverbased Undestructable, a nonprofit organization focused on giving female survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence the tools they need to reclaim their voice and gain economic independence from their harm doer. “We will do this through an employment program that not only provides an income along with life and job skills training but also promotes the healing and rediscovery of each survivor’s innate self-worth by creating sustainable products made from post-consumer waste,” Cora Lee says. Undestructable taps into Cora Lee’s background as both a survivor and as someone passionate about the environment and design. She originally went to college as a pre-law major focused on environmental law, and years later she wound up attending the Art Institute of Portland for apparel design. While in Portland and at the beginning of her career, she saw an abundance of materials going to waste on a global scale. This experience, paired with the desire to start a business teaching survivors of domestic violence how to thrift and alter clothing, led to the eventual idea for Undestructable. CONTINUED >

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“We are here to be a resource for survivors, a resource that allows them to identify their own superpowers, their own skill sets and develop their own plan forward.”

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Today, the nonprofit is just getting its start with a pilot program that began in March. Spaces for the nonprofit’s pilot program with the Rose Andom Center filled up within 24 hours, and it currently has a waitlist of other women wanting to join the program. The program accepts women who have been through abuse and will teach them to sew, build, and sell goods, ultimately gaining financial independence from their harm doers. Undestructable will employ women in the program to make various products—including wallets from reclaimed men’s clothes—and pay them $20 per hour. “Rather than filling up the landfill, survivors are going to be learning skills to create via art therapy,” Cora Lee says. “We will be taking symbols of our harm doers and turning them into things that are traditionally ours.” Women in the program will also use raw materials like wood, electrical wires and copper piping donated from Perks Deconstruction to build and sell sustainable home goods. Cora Lee says the length of the program will last seven months on average, but will

vary by the individual. “We will meet people where they’re at,” she says. “We’re not here to fix. We're not here to help. We are here to be a resource for survivors, a resource that allows them to identify their own superpowers, their own skill sets and develop their own plan forward.” Undestructable’s motto is reclaimed, reimagined and rebuilt—a holistic saying that applies both to the women themselves and the sustainable products they will create. The nonprofit has raised nearly $60,000 and plans to launch another fundraising campaign in October. Later this year Cora Lee hopes to open a space for members of the program to produce products that will later be sold at a retail shop. “Undestructible is built on the systemic belief in our nation that everything is disposable. And when I say everything, that's a belief that spans from hard goods to human beings, and it's something that has to change,” Cora Lee says. “It has to change within our nation. It has to change globally, to be honest, but we've got to start on our home turf first.” Undestructable.org

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“I wanted to bring the energy of New York City to Denver.” What do you get when you combine a born and raised New Yorker with a rural Nebraskan? Apparently one of the best restaurateurs in Denver, one who combines those skyscraper-high standards for food and drink with warm hospitality. Or at least that’s the case of Delores Tronco, founder of Denver’s Work & Class, which she sold in 2016, and now the owner of RiNo’s The Greenwich restaurant, whose NYC-born father and Nebraska-born mother influenced everything from her taste in food to the relaxed settings in which she likes to eat. With The Greenwich, Delores has created a destination-worthy restaurant that’s comfortable and accessible enough for the everyday. “I wanted to bring the energy of New York City to Denver,” she says. “In the Village, there are the sort of people who think outside the box, a little counterculture, very accepting. I wanted to create an accepting and unpretentious space that showcases the excellent food and beverage of New York.” The menu, whipped up by executive chef Justin Freeman, who also hails from NYC, definitely fulfills that goal. It’s full of familiar dishes that are still somehow completely new and refreshing. Take the hamachi tartare, one of the best things I’ve eaten in a long time. The fresh yellowtail cubes sit on a spicy, tangy blend of habanero, mango, and lemon curd, and when you crunch up the rice cracker topper, you get an exciting bite rich in both flavor and texture.

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I had a similar experience with the pizza. It may sound strange to describe a pizza— one of the most ubiquitous foods we eat— as being special, but that’s exactly what this pizza is. I ordered the meatball pizza expecting, well, a meatball pizza. What I got was an incredibly unique melding of the Mediterranean and Middle East. The 14-inch sourdough pie came topped with lamb meatballs, a harissa-tinged smoky sauce, and a honey labneh drizzle. It was like a play on a gyro in pizza form, and it changed what I thought a pizza could be. It still provided that pizza level of comfort but taken to a totally new place.

The toppings are so creative—next time I’ll be ordering the white pie that comes with a hot sauce for dipping—that you might focus on those instead of the crust, but the crust is pretty special, too. Its sourdough starter comes from San Francisco’s famed Tartine Bakery, and chef Justin has nurtured it from California to NYC to Denver, where he held it between his feet for safe keeping on his drive out here. All the plates at The Greenwich are oversized and designed for sharing, and the entrees, like the pizza, are enough for two. The lemon roasted chicken is an illustration in how good chicken can be— moist, crispy-skinned, and topped with wilted, crispy chard. Sides and salads are large as well, so you may want to come with a group for sharing. What you won’t want to share though, is The Greenwich cheesecake, created by pastry chef Luke Miller. Drizzled with olive oil and sea salt and flambeed in the Basque tradition, it’s rich and dreamy and light. It’s so distracting that I haven’t stopped thinking about it in a week. That’s kind of what The Greenwich is: a restaurant you can’t stop thinking about. What you’ll order next, the unique perfection of the pizza, that cheesecake. For people who like to think about food, it’s a must visit. 3258 Larimer St., Denver; 720.868.5006 TheGreenwichDenver.com

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B A C K S TA G E PA S S This Year’s Bluebird Music Festival Lineup

So many community members from the greater Boulder area donated to the Future Arts Foundation’s instrument drive for Marshall Fire victims that the nonprofit gave away to donors $40,000 in tickets to Boulder’s Bluebird Music Festival on April 23 and 24 at Macky Auditorium. The Future Arts Foundation, started by Travis Albright seven years ago, supports local communities through art and music and hosts the annual Bluebird Music Festival. Proceeds from the weekend festival go toward instruments and art workshops for Colorado schools. Though the pandemic paused the festival in 2020, the year before and after delivered acts such as City and Colour, Gregory Alan Isakov, Neyla Pekarek of The Lumineers and members of The Head & The Heart.

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Travis says Colin Meloy of The Decemberists only plays a solo show every few years, and he’s excited to watch Colin perform different versions of his band’s well-known songs alone, as well as some of his own music. Festival tickets are available for $29, $39 and $49 for afternoon and evening shows. Travis says the afternoon family-friendly Strings and Stories sets are “reminiscent of the VH1 Storytellers music series,” where artists play three or four solo songs intermixed with stories about their lives and songwriting process. The later concert usually includes artists playing a longer setlist with a full band.

The Bluebird Music Festival puts a little variation in the historic Macky Auditorium’s typically CU-related event schedule. Travis appreciates that the theater is authentic to the area, easier to work with than corporate venues and ticketing systems, and sets this gathering apart from the huge, crowded ones that people typically think of when they hear the word “festival.” Travis says, “We like the sit-down theater aspect of the festival,” sharing music in an intimate space to highlight Bluebird’s grounded roots in Boulder. BluebirdMusicFestival.org

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Haven's Denver Storefront is a One-Stop Shop for All Things Appealing and Inspired At Haven, store owners Michelle DeHaven and Allie Marchese share more than just blood; they share the philosophy that everything in their store should be timeless and tastefully rebellious. Their second storefront in Cherry Creek North reflects just that. Initially founded in 2016 by Michelle in Boulder, Haven is a lifestyle brand rooted in the philosophy that everything should be classic, but with an edge. Allie left her corporate finance career in the spring of 2021 to join her mother Michelle in their pursuit of finding all things effortlessly beautiful. Their second location in Cherry Creek North opened in late November 2021 with the same goal in mind. The mother-daughter duo works to ensure that their vision is always a reflection of what you find in the store; from the items and brands they carry to the way they respect each other and their clientele. Haven’s first retail location was opened with the intention of bringing a highly-edited selection of beautiful, well-made offerings to the community. “We consider ourselves a lifestyle brand and a one-stop shop,” Allie says, who works as Haven’s managing director. “You can pick up a breezy dress for your trip to Mexico, a stunning gift for your client or host, grab some gorgeous candles for the office, and maybe a pillow from Morocco for your guest room. We are drawn to all things handmade, bespoke and globally inspired.” The new Cherry Creek North location is a modern 3,000-square-foot space with a “garage” glass bay door in the rear. Allie and Michelle intend to fill this display with new and vintage furniture and globally inspired home

goods and plants, in addition to their current offerings. This space will stand apart from the Boulder storefront with the new display featuring these items. When asked what inspired the beginning of Haven, Allie explains how it started with their love of hunting and sourcing beautiful and unique things, from clothing designers to vintage objects. “Even baby alpaca blankets and beyond,” Allie explains. “We wanted to bring all these offerings to the community.” At Haven, consumers will find an appealing and unique mix of goods. Your new go-to handbag and favorite denim are found alongside colorful Moroccan cactus silk pillows. An eclectic mix of globally inspired homeware is strategically displayed throughout the store, intermixed with vintage finds, all of which could qualify as the perfect gift. Haven also carries the very best selection of apothecary items rooted in all things botanical. “We look for brands with a story and aim to work with makers who value sustainability,” Allie says. “We want all things small-batch and handmade.” Haven stands out because of the time and energy put into its buying process. They source things from indie designers, are always on the search for globally inspired pieces, and want to know where pieces come from and how they’re made. “The care we put into our buying process is what makes Haven so special and exciting,” Allie says. Beyond placing the utmost importance in the items and brands they carry, Allie and Michelle both acknowledge the responsibility they hold in curating the client experience.

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“We try to help our clients in all the ways, and to be a trusted resource for all of the things,” they say. “We are friendly, welcoming and will always go the extra mile for clients.” Haven’s mission continues to drive forward because of the mother-daughter dynamic found between Michelle and Allie. Their shared passion enables their vision to grow and change as they do. At the root of it, they love and respect each other. “It’s been a complete dream, working with my mom,” Allie reflects. “I love and respect her so much. Learning from her and this business has been like a full MBA in a year, and I’m still learning every day.” Michelle echoes Allie’s sentiment. “It’s a dream come true in so many ways, and I’m thankful every day that she is by my side." The Cherry Creek North storefront is located at 257 Fillmore Street.

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Have a Cigar

Edward's Smoke Shop Rolls On In Denver ARTICLE BY ADAM PERRY | PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEPHANIE MIKULS

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“There have been a lot of other things I’ve done in the meantime, but I always came back,” longtime Edward’s Smoke Shop employee Tom Young says of his stretch of service at the classic Denver cigar, pipe and tobacco store that began over 50 years ago. Edward’s, like the Oriental Theater, was once a nationwide chain, but its locations went independent after a few decades. Tom has worked at Edward’s in Denver since its original Brookridge Shopping Center location opened in 1969. At 36, current owner and manager Nick Perry seems young enough to be Tom’s grandson, though Tom won’t reveal his age. “Old enough to know better but don’t,” Tom quips. Nick, a Lakewood native, has owned and operated Edward’s since the summer of 2020 at the 3441 South Broadway location the shop moved to 15 years ago. The venture seems like a “hail Mary” for a guy who previously worked in the oil and gas business and “never worked a retail job in my life until I bought one,” but Nick says the shop’s continued success is partly due to his knowledge of Edward’s, and mostly because of its longtime, loyal customers. Nick says that cigars have experienced record sales since the COVID-19 pandemic began. People young and old suddenly “had a little more time to explore new ways to relax,” he says. Asked what’s kept him working at Edward’s for five decades, Tom simply says he “needed a job, I guess.” But he lit up—no pun intended—when asked why the shop thrives while so many others come and go. “Retail is hard work,” he says. “You gotta enjoy staying on your feet 12 hours a day, and what gives you that joy is making your customers happy.” And what keeps Edward’s customers happy? “Whatever they want, as long as it’s legal. We are a traditional shop.” Nick says that he was around cigars as a kid and they always had a “mystique, kind of an allure”—one he thinks might have made a comeback recently due in part to footage of Michael Jordan smoking cigars in the popular 2020 documentary The Last Dance. “A lot of hipster, younger people are getting into pipes, too,” Nick says, and he stresses that Edward’s has not been affected by the legalization of recreational marijuana. “We haven’t dabbled into that market,” he says. “It’s definitely different clientele that we cater to, certainly. We’ve got a lot of older regulars, but the cigar business is through the roof. We’ve had a lot of young people coming in, getting interested in it.” Nick believes that Edward’s has the lowest prices in Denver and “probably close to the biggest selection of cigars in the state.” It also boasts two complimentary smoking lounges that are open to the public, unlike some shops that charge to smoke in their rooms. “The emphasis has always been on the happiness of the customer,” Tom says. EdwardsPipeAndTobacco.com

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Introducing McCoy Park By Skiers, For Skiers—McCoy Park’s Family-Friendly Terrain Is A Dream Come True for All Levels

In July 2021, Beaver Creek Ski Resort debuted their newest family-friendly park, McCoy Park. McCoy Park came just in time for the 2021-2022 ski and snowboard season, and it’s the first expansion for the resort in fourteen years. The new ski terrain invites beginner and intermediate skiers to connect through this new season and enables them to elevate their experience on the third installment to Beaver Creek’s collection of learning terrain. The learning-focused environment that McCoy Park creates is a solution to a problem found in many mountain areas and, debatably, in the ski industry as a whole: the lack of welcoming and safe atmospheres for people wanting to try the sport. McCoy Park was created with beginners in mind, but it’s proved to be enjoyable for all levels. CONTINUED >

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The park adds 250 acres of welcoming beginner and intermediate terrain to Beaver Creek Resort, located at the top of Strawberry Park Express and Upper Beaver Creek Mountain Express, Beaver Creek communications manager Rachel Levitsky tells us. She describes the park’s amazing natural feel, with signature groomed, gladed trails that allow skiers and snowboarders to choose their own adventure. “Not to mention the views from this new bowl setting are absolutely incredible, showcasing the Gore and Sawatch Ranges,” she says. Highlighted by Mount Thomas and Middle Mountain, you cannot get that view anywhere else. This new terrain offers an extremely unique experience to novice skiers that not many other mountains do, as it provides a Back-Bowl feel specifically tailored to beginners. This expansion will also reduce trail densities throughout the entire mountain, with the added benefit of spreading people out. “It’s the third installment of our Signature Parks Collection, which is a compilation of learning terrain, and it particularly plays into our ski school. But while it is geared toward beginners and early intermediates, every guest experience that we’ve gotten back is that it’s so fun no matter what your level,” Rachel says. “It’s really wide open back there—there are little powder stashes in between and little tree runs that later intermediates or advanced skiers are having a great time with.” The buildout process of the park took incredible planning coordination from many departments across Beaver Creek and Vail Resorts. The planning process itself took years, and was a developmental goal for decades. “We were lucky to have experienced leaders and members of the team, from planning to mountain operations to installation of our two new lifts,” Rachel explains. “This project had a particularly compressed timeline, given the wildlife closure this area sees until mid-summer.” The teams worked with input from skiers of all levels, all with one goal in mind: to deliver the guests a unique and pleasurable venture. CONTINUED >

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The McCoy Park investment is a commitment to the guest experience. The park’s seventeen new trails enable it to be a place for friends and families alike to connect with nature, and each other, in an accessible bowl setting. “This dedicated progressive learning terrain from the Signature Parks Collection - Haymeadow Park, Red Buffalo Park and now, McCoy Park - move children and families seamlessly through the learning experience,” Rachel says. McCoy Park continues to welcome and inspire guests and positions Beaver Creek as the destination for families seeking mountain excursions. “It exceeded a lot of people’s expectations,” Rachel says, speaking to the level of inclusivity the park reached. “Everyone can find their own adventure back there. It almost feels like a backcountry experience. It’s tucked away and has expansive panoramic mountain views. It feels like nothing else on Beaver Creek mountain.” BeaverCreek.com

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