Getting "plastered" at the Depot

Much progress this summer…insulation…drywall…plaster! A few before and after pix.

Thank you for donations that helped make this possible. It takes a community. Next, painting! And plumbing! And rehabbing walls like these in the middle room. But getting so much closer!

While the work went on at the Depot, printing also continued, including demos in Highlands Ranch and Palmer Lake.  Next, we will be at the Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, August 15-16.

We are thankful to you and the State Historical Fund for getting us so close we can taste it - or at least envision opening to the public. Any help to raise the remaining $150,000 of our $550,000 capital campaign appreciated. Truly, every dollar counts.

With thanks for your continuing support & participation...

…we offer a quick view back - the progress of construction, rehabilitation, preservation and re-purposing the historic Englewood Depot for our letterpress museum. Your donations through Colorado Gives helped make all this possible - now we need that help for the next steps to come.

BEFORE: with many years of neglect after the historic Depot was moved from its original location in 1994. The foundation level was unfinished and inaccessible, with a plywood fence and muddy fill-dirt. The Depot was deteriorated and boarded shut.

SINCE: drainage solved, concrete retaining wall relocated, ADA access ramp added, a new stucco lower wall with garage doors, home for the Letterpress Depot presses, type, workshops, classes. Funding with community support - a successful Indiegogo campaign - thank you! These first steps included historic research, architectural design work, a survey, civil and structural engineering consultation, and a preservation easement with the Colorado Historical Foundation to protect the historic aspect of the Depot in perpetuity.

 NOW: Rehabilitation work is under way for the upper level, workshops and letterpress projects are happening with portable equipment and with access to other printshops in the community. Your support is needed! Please donate for our year-end campaign on Colorado Gives. With an initial $5000 match, this month we have raised $10,375. We need to quadruple this now for our next grant application to complete rehabilitation for our living letterpress museum.

THANK YOU!

We know your social and inboxes are jammed with reminders

of Colorado Gives Day, so with apologies…one more. Please go to https://www.coloradogives.org/letterpressdepot and give. The more we receive from donations, the more we get from the incentive fund. Every dollar and every donation helps.

Tick tick tick...counting down to Colorado Gives Day

It’s easy as pie

And speaking of pie, if you give to the Depot via Colorado Gives Day, we get a piece of the incentive pie they give on December 7.

Give today and (importantly) click on the green SCHEDULE GIVES DAY button so it counts on December 7. Or wait and give on December 7. Either way, the money will be put to good use. We have started rehabilitation on the Depot’s main room. But thanks to the rising cost of materials, expenses are higher than anticipated.

The more we raise now, the more we can do to fix up this 1915 railroad depot we like to call home.

If you already have registered at Coloradogives.org (it’s free), go to https://www.coloradogives.org/letterpressdepot and give what you can. And click on the Schedule for Gives Day green button. You do not have to live in Colorado. And if you have already given….