Denver Government, Business, and Community Organizations

Government

City and County of Denver (Official Site)
Denver, the capital of Colorado, was established by a party of prospectors on November 22, 1858, after a gold discovery at the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River. Town founders named the dusty crossroads for James W. Denver, Governor of Kansas Territory, of which eastern Colorado was then a part. Other gold discoveries sparked a mass migration of some 100,000 in 1859-60, leading the federal government to establish Colorado Territory in 1861.

State of Colorado (Official Site)
Welcome to the Official Site of the State of Colorado. Colorado, named after the Spanish word for "red," was founded on August 1, 1876 (the 38th State in the United States). With 104,247 square miles, Colorado is the 8th largest state in the U.S.

Colorado Counties
Not all Colorado counties have official websites, but if they do they are listed here!

Denver International Airport (DIA)
DIA is the international gateway to the great American Rocky Mountains. Opened in 1995, it is the nation’s fifth-busiest airport and the 10th-busiest in the world. Denver International Airport is renowned for aesthetics, aviation safety, customer satisfaction and passenger convenience.

Denver Public Schools
Widely recognized today as one of the best urban school systems in the country, Denver Public Schools serves the residents of the City and County of Denver, Colorado. While its roots can be traced to 1859, when the city was founded, the district was officially created in 1902 when voters approved a constitutional amendment that created the City and County of Denver. The same constitutional amendment consolidated five school districts into today’s School District No. 1.

Denver Public Library
The Denver Public Library has retained its Number One ranking as the top-rated public library in the nation for libraries serving a population of 500,000 or more. Hennen's American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR Index), which identifies the best public libraries in America, listed Denver and several other libraries in the state as top performers.

Business and Civic Organizations

Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Since 1876, when the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce formed as the Denver Board of Trade and successfully brought the nation’s railroads to Denver, the Chamber has been the voice of the region’s business community. While helping our nearly 3,000 member businesses secure their corporate futures, we’ve helped turn the Denver area into one of the best places in the country to live, work and raise a family.

Downtown Denver Partnership
Downtown Denver Partnership, Inc. (DDP) is a non-profit business organization that creatively plans, manages and develops Downtown Denver as the unique, diverse, vibrant and economically healthy urban core of the Rocky Mountain region.

The City Club of Denver
Established in 1922, the City Club is Colorado 's premier public affairs forum. It is a non-partisan and nonprofit organization renowned for its tradition of elevating discourse on local, statewide, national and international topics. It does not take positions on issues. City Club's purpose is expressed in its motto: "To inform rather than to reform."

Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation
The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC), a public-private not-for-profit economic development organization, is an affiliate of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. As the nation’s first and only truly regional economic development entity, the Metro Denver EDC is comprised of over 58 cities, counties, and economic development agencies.

Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau
The Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCVB) is the visitor marketing organization for the Metro Denver area. As a private, non-profit organization, our mission is to improve the economy by attracting visitors to the seven metro area counties: Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Boulder, Douglas and Jefferson. The DMCVB accomplishes this by emphasizing the numerous advantages Denver offers over other possible destinations.