THE FAX PARTNERSHIP, ALSO KNOWN AS THE FAX, ENVISIONS EAST COLFAX AS A TRANSIT-RICH, THRIVING MAIN STREET WITH A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD-SERVING BUSINESSES. THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WE’RE WORKING TO CREATE A HEALTHY MIX OF AFFORDABLE AND ENGAGING PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE, WORK, AND ENJOY LIFE.

THE ORGANIZATION

Founded in 2004, The Fax Partnership, also known as The Fax, envisions East Colfax as a transit-rich, thriving main street with a diversity of housing and neighborhood-serving businesses. Through community partnerships and collaboration with local government, we’re working to create a healthy mix of affordable and engaging places for people to live, work, and enjoy life.

If you share our vision, we can use your help. Please contact us!

FAX 2023 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

Javonni Butler
Secretary

BOARD MEMBER LIST 2023

Tor Ericksen

Amy Ford

Jim Johnson

Doug  Wiley

Becca Bolden

Maggie Ryan

Tyler Boschert

George Meier

Our 2022 Annual Report Is Now Live

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2022 was one for the history books for The Fax Partnership! At long last we achieved our goal to acquire real estate on the East Colfax corridor for the purpose of affordable housing development. In September 2022, The Fax purchased the Westerner and Sand & Sage motels – two contiguous motels located at the 8500 block of East Colfax. This accomplishment was the culmination of many years of work and after many previous attempts.

The $4.5M motel acquisition was realized with the support of three nonprofit lenders. The lenders provided the capital to close on the acquisition with the knowledge that public funders were committed to the project. Following the transaction close, both the City and County of Denver and State of Colorado awarded the project funding, as did Gates Community Foundation. Another component of the deal is a unique partnership between The Fax and Volunteers of America of Colorado, which will be leasing the motels from The Fax in September 2023 for operating their homeless family housing program. The many partners made the acquisition possible and underscores the complexity of affordable housing development and preservation. Without the collective vision of these partners, The Fax would have been unsuccessful in our acquisition and the East Colfax community would have lost its opportunity to achieve greater housing affordability. We are deeply grateful to all the partners that made this possible.

Yet, the motel acquisition was not the only accomplishment of The Fax, just the most expensive! The organization also hosted four health and resource fairs in 2022 that served over 700 people. Shoes, vaccines, food and resources were provided at the four events. The Fax also hosted tax clinics in the early part of 2022 that helped local residents receive $$53,347 in tax savings.

In 2022, The Fax business team continued supporting East Colfax businesses. This included trainings and a specific partnership with the Denver Police Department to help make our business community safer. The Fax also launched, in partnership with the East Colfax community, the East Colfax Cultural District. This designation is an act of claiming the East Colfax corridor for those who currently work and live in the community and of lifting up and celebrating the many cultures that make up East Colfax. 2022 was just the start of this important community project, with many exciting initiatives to come, to recognize and preserve East Colfax as the diverse, special place that it is and, we hope, forever will be.

Here’s to many more years like 2022 for The Fax Partnership,
~ Monica Martinez

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