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GRATEFUL

Our capital campaign is chugging along, thanks to all of you who donated recently. And wow, with all our efforts this year, we have reached our first goal of $83,000 – that was the amount needed to activate our grant from the State Historical Fund! With these funds, construction can start on the deteriorated parts of our Depot home. We are beyond grateful for longtime supporters and new donors who made this happen. And to History Colorado for recognizing the importance of saving this iconic building.

But like the little engine that could, we can’t stop here. We now are pushing towards our overall goal—another $217,000 to finish the entire building and get occupancy. Once we have that, we will have workshops, exhibits, community events. We can welcome in everyone from kids to seniors, as they learn the joy of letterpress printing. We will show off presses that told the stories of the West.  So if you missed out on giving earlier, we always are open for donations. 

Questions? Ideas for others to ask for donations? Email info@letterpressdepot.org, call/text 720-480-5358. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, X and just now! BlueSky.

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Giving Tuesday: An imPRESSive boost to our Capital Campaign

THANK YOU for the wondrous burst of activity and generosity!

But if you missed that day, no worries! The Capital Campaign continues. Colorado Gives goes through December 10; our campaign continues until we have enough to open the Englewood Depot building to all of you!

Even while we are fundraising, printing continues! Our press will be set up next to Santa during the Christmas Tree Lighting Holiday Market on Saturday, December 7 from 2-5pm. Stop by and say hello and come print with us! That’s at The Guild’s CitySpark space on Inca Street in Englewood CityCenter. HO HO HOPE you can join us!

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It takes a community!

Lots of smiles when we printed recently at Cherry Creek High School with students and their families. Now we need your donation to help us open our Depot home to bring more smiles, more printing to the community. To achieve full occupancy and use of the Depot, we need $550,000 and we’ve already raised half that! The State Historical Fund has given us a grant for $250,000 to rehab more of the interior and our immediate goal is to raise $83,000 as a match for that grant. The Colorado Gives incentive program (now through December 10) is the perfect time to give us a special gift.

Your donations have already helped make it possible for us to accomplish construction milestones like a new eco-friendly HVAC system and electrical service.

Once we have this $83,000 match, we can: Fix the walls! Raise the floors for ADA access! Install plumbing! Repair plaster! Fix windows! Add fire safe doors!. We will be so much closer to opening the building, allowing people of all ages to participate in this historic art form. Please give before midnight December 10 to help us access the Colorado Gives incentive match.

Checks also welcome to PO Box 798, Englewood, Colorado 80151. Questions? email info@letterpressdepot.org or text 720-480-5358. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook. And check out the most recent episode of the Hot off the Press Podcast to hear from our board members Jason Wedekind and Cara Jo Knapp about the Depot’s mission and how your donation will make an impact!

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Fore? Four!

A different typeface for our countdown (we have thousands!) ,but the same message: Please donate! There are four days left to give to the Depot via Colorado Gives between today (Sat., Dec. 2) and Colorado Gives Day (Tues., Dec. 5). Of course, you can donate anytime (yes!), but this campaign gives us incentive funds based on the money we receive. This year the funds go towards getting heat into the building.

Many thanks to all who have already donated. If anyone wants to donate in a different way other than Colorado Gives, or to volunteer, please email us or call/text 720-480-5358. Follow our website, facebook, Instagram and X posts.

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Countdown ..7 days remaining

If you give from now until December 5 via Colorado Gives, we get extra incentive $$. And you don’t have to live in Colorado!

Your donations have helped so much in getting the Depot to this point. Now all your donations this month (and through Colorado Gives) will go towards getting us heat! And remember

If you prefer other methods of donating, you can use our website, the mail (Box 798, Englewood CO 80151) or email or call/text (720-480-5358) to discuss. Follow us: Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

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Turn up the heat (quite literally) at the Depot... by donating!

Your donation to Colorado Gives now through December 5 will be put toward bringing heat to the Depot. Without heat, we are stopped in our tracks. We have bids for a sustainable heat pump system, but need to raise funds to pay for it.

We have been keeping busy around town - printing at MileHiCon and at Creative Mornings. And our contractors have started putting the historic beadboard into one of the Depot bathrooms

But with your help, there’s much more to be done. Please give via Colorado Gives now through December 5. Or via our website. Or mail us a check to Box 798, Englewood CO 80151. . Or call 720-480-5358 for other ways to give. You don’t have to live in Colorado to donate. Anyway you give will warm our hearts (and all other body parts).

WE APPRECIATE YOU!

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Ticking down to Colorado Gives but not slowing down!

Getting ready for Colorado Gives Day November 1-December 5 (more on that later), but still busy times at the Depot and around town!

Science fiction and fantasy were the theme for MileHiCon this past weekend, and Letterpress Depot printers Marc Silberman, Bryan Dahlberg, Ian Van Mater and Dave Laskowski II were there, designing bookmarks for attendees. (Thanks Bryan for the pix)

Our Depot also was busy getting some repairs to its rotted out parts.

Donations to Colorado Gives keeps us - and our contractors! - going. This year, donations will help us get heat in the building (brrr). So think of us when you start seeing Colorado Gives promotions. We'll be back here November 1 with more details. THANK YOU!

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Today! Tomorrow! Colorado Gives!

You don’t have to live in Colorado to help us make the old new again!

Dave Laskowski II’s Lego printing and Bryan Dahlberg’s installation of restored Sanfa Fe sign

Rehabbing letterpress and our Depot building, with your help!

Click on image to donate

If you’d prefer to donate offline, email englewooddepot@gmail.com or call 720-480-5358. Any which way you can help…Thank You!

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Tick tick tick four days until Colorado Gives ends on Dec. 6

We so appreciate everyone who has given so far, either through Colorado Gives or Facebook. And as you can imagine with the cost of construction these days, more is always welcome! We will be counting down the days here. A beautful and intriguing typeface to share in appreciation. Click on ANY image to donate.

William H. Page No. 171, Hamilton No. 299, printed by Tom Parson

THANK YOU

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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!

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Thanks for donations! More welcome!

It’s Colorado Gives time through December 6. All your donations will go towards helping get the Depot in shape and to be able to print even more. If you give during this fundraiser, extra $$ comes our way. Here are some images of people enjoying our presses in the wild, from Englewood to Castle Rock!

Click on either image or go to https://www.coloradogives.org/letterpressdepot

Thank you!

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First $5,000 in donations matched!

Your donations have helped us do so much - roughing in of electrical and plumbing, removal of water damaged plaster, retrieving and restoring presses for our historic collection, all while giving us the support needed to print at fairs and schools…

Of course, there’s more to be done, with your help. Between now and December 6, please contribute to Letterpress Depot via Colorado Gives. Just click on the button, below. We will be so grateful.

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