DOLA's Greg Winkler Working with Town of Minturn to Stimulate Downtown Business

Greg Winkler, DOLA Regional Manager for the Northern Mountains, has been working with the Town of Minturn’s citizens, local officials and business community to identify strategies for stimulating its downtown business corridor.

Winkler has been working with the community as part of DOLA’s Colorado Revitalization Partnership (CRP) program, which helps communities identify the best steps to implement to invigorate their downtowns. The CRP program is a partnership between DOLA and Downtown Colorado, Inc. (DCI).

About his experience working with Minturn, Winkler said, "Minturn is going through what many Colorado communities are experiencing in their downtown areas. I've really enjoyed working with the citizens as they map out a plan that will help their downtown businesses thrive. The CRP process is a great tool DOLA can offer to communities ready to move forward with their downtown economic development efforts.”

While funding is key to helping communities reach many of their goals, the technical assistance DOLA offers throughout the CRP process is critical to making sure communities have identified their strengths, their challenges and the resources available to them.

To read more about Minturn’s downtown revitalization efforts:

BusinessBriefs.net (Vol. 4, Number 8, May 27 - June 24, 2010)
“Minturn trying to kick-start events”


Town of Minturn’s Downtown Planning presentation