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You can see the whole city from a roller coaster.įirst-time visitors to Denver may be surprised to see a huge, colorful theme park at the edge of the city’s business district in lower downtown. Fly high in the Mile High City with fun and games at Elitch Gardens. Our faves: The Commons on Champa (it’s huge and has tons of workshops and speakers) and Green Spaces, which is geared specifically toward socially and environmentally conscious endeavors. Rub elbows with the area’s most forward-thinking entrepreneurs at Denver Startup Week, or check out one of the city’s many innovative coworking spaces. Step into any Mile High City coffee shop and you’re sure to find a startup, well, starting up. Green Spaces serves up coworking space for sustainability-minded companies. Plus, we’ve got um, herbal remedies to cure whatever ails ya. Specialty fitness studios, training centers, and medi-spas abound. The city is filled with urban gardens, indoor farms, and like-minded restaurants and businesses.

Plus, it’s easy to find clean, sustainable food here. When we’re not bagging one of our 53 fourteeners, we’re biking Denver’s outstanding greenway and trail system, skiing, or rock climbing in one of four national parks. We're health nuts, but not health snobs.Ĭolorado consistently has some of the lowest obesity rates in the nation. Image courtesy of iStock, Micah Youello.ģ. Take a bite of Denver’s refreshingly down-to-earth healthy food scene. Unlike the long stretches of dismal weather in some places, don’t be surprised to see us wearing tank tops and Uggs in July. True Coloradans know to always dress in layers since the atmospheric conditions here can change at the drop of a dime. You can experience all four seasons in one day.ĭon’t like the weather? Wait 10 minutes. Image courtesy of iStock, jamespharaon.Ģ.

From sun to snow, Denverites experience all kinds of outdoors in all kinds of weather. And keep date night interesting at Avanti Food and Beverage, a restaurant incubator that rotates concepts every 12-24 months. Two shining examples of the trend? 25 th & Larimer, a maze of 29 containers in the heart of downtown that house everything from offices to retail shops to acclaimed restaurants, like Work & Class and Cart-Driver. From storefronts to noodle shops, Denverites will put anything in a shipping container, since these durable pods are relatively inexpensive and can be transported almost anywhere. Move over tiny homes -there’s a new fad in town. Image courtesy of Gravitas Development Group. Brick and mortar goes metal with offices and restaurants moving into shipping containers.