From all of us at SCFD, I want to wish you a very happy new year! I am looking forward to seeing the amazing collaborations, unique programming, and other impacts on district residents our funded partners have in store for this year. It’s exciting to know that there is a whole calendar year of Culture For All ahead! Here at SCFD, we have a lot of important work in store as we kick off our stakeholder engagement process and continue our ongoing organizational development work. I want to share a couple of updates on both those fronts:

SCFD Staff Onboarded GBSM Team

In December, SCFD staff met with the GBSM project team to provide an SCFD overview and begin discussions about the upcoming stakeholder engagement process. Staff went over SCFD history, grant processes, communications, and more to give the team at GBSM a comprehensive look at SCFD as it currently stands. We then began visioning conversations about what we hope to learn from the upcoming stakeholder engagement process.

Look Ahead: Opportunities to Engage

The GBSM project team is starting the stakeholder engagement process off with Phase 1, Research & Landscape Analysis this month. I want to give you a heads up that there will be a couple of opportunities to engage in the process as it continues later this year with Phase 2, a district-wide listening tour. Please stay tuned for additional information in our newsletters and on our Road to Reauthorization webpage. 

Engage with Us

Seeking Members for County Cultural Councils

There are three openings on the Adams County Cultural Council. Interested applicants can learn more about the council here.

There are four openings on the Douglas County Cultural Council - two in District 1 and two in District 3. Interested applicants can learn more and apply here.

There are openings on the Broomfield County Cultural Council. Interested applicants can learn more and apply here.

Free Days/Events

Organizations from across the metro area provide hundreds of free days and free programs each year, made possible in part, by funding from SCFD. Some organizations are free every day such as the Broomfield Veterans Museum, Foothills Art Center, Colorado Music Hall of Fame, Depot Art Gallery, and the Louisville History Museum. Here are a few free days on tap for January:

• Buffalo Bill Grave and Museum – Jan. 7
• Denver Art Museum – Jan. 13
• Colorado Mountain Club, Family Climb Night – Jan. 30

Tune into the SCFD Wonder-Cast with Kin Quitugua

In the upcoming episode of the SCFD Wonder-Cast, meet Kin Quitugua, Master Falconer at HawkQuest in Douglas County! This episode will drop on the afternoon of Wednesday, January 7. You will be able to listen to it here.

SCFD Board of Directors News

A board of directors governs the SCFD with representation from district member counties Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson and four governor's appointees. The board oversees district funding and ensures the district is running the way voters intended. The board meets eight times a year and all meetings are open to the public.

• The next meeting of the SCFD Board of Directors will be hosted virtually at 1:00 p.m. on February 26, 2026. Get information for joining meetings.

We Fund Culture

Thanks to the voters and residents of the seven-county metro area, SCFD has come a long way in its more than 35 years of existence. SCFD is the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, a tax collected and distributed to more than 300 cultural organizations in our seven-county Denver metro region including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties. Just one penny on every $10 spent in the district creates vibrancy for us individually and collectively.

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