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GSA TODAY | AUGUST 2016                                        GSA 2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

                                         Neighborhood Spotlight

                                                                     Downtown Denver

                                                                                                       From its early beginnings during the Gold Rush era, The Mile High City
                                                                                                    has always been a gathering place for diverse and creative people. Today,
                                                                                                    Denver is an outdoor city with a vibrant, walkable downtown offering
                                                                                                    urban adventures for all ages. Within a one-mile radius, you can kayak on
                                                                                                    the Platte River; explore some of the city’s best museums; shop at art
                                                                                                    galleries and boutiques; see a Broadway touring show; enjoy live music; ride
                                                                                                    a rollercoaster or cool off in a water park; and experience exciting profes-
                                                                                                    sional sports. Downtown is also home to many of Denver’s top farm-to-
                                                                                                    table restaurants and innovative craft breweries, and the Denver Beer Trail
                                                                                                    is a great guide to sampling those local brews.

                                                                                                       Downtown’s free 16th Street Mall shuttle makes it even easier to get
                                                                                                    around. Visit Larimer Square and the newly renovated Denver Union
                                                                                                    Station in historic Lower Downtown (LoDo), where Victorian buildings
                                                                                                    now house restaurants, galleries, shops, bars, brewpubs, and coffee houses,
                                                                                                    or head to Denver Pavilions, where you’ll find shops, restaurants, bars, and
                                                                                                    a movie theater.

                                                                                                       You can also discover Denver’s neighborhoods by bike, thanks to the
                                                                                                    B-Cycle bike-sharing program, and don’t miss the chance for a photo with
                                                                                                    everyone’s favorite Blue Bear public art sculpture at the Colorado
                                                                                                    Convention Center. (Text credit: Visit Denver.)

                                      Photos courtesty of the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau.

                                www.denver.org/about-denver/denver-neighborhoods/downtown/

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