Congratulations to Program Officer, Dana Manyothane!

SCFD Program Officer, Dana Manyothane, was recently selected as one of the Denver Business Journal's 2024 Leaders in Diversity. We are so proud of Dana and her efforts to prioritize equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in her work here at SCFD and in the community as chair of the EDIA Committee at CBCA. Dana was honored alongside several local businesses and business leaders throughout the Denver metro area. At the award ceremony on June 20, Dana shared, "We always say in the office, 'you don't know what you don't know.' But with diversity, the unknown becomes known."

Congratulations, Dana!

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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 Broomfield Veterans Museum, Foothills Art Center, Colorado Music Hall of Fame, The Aurora History Museum, Depot Art Gallery, and the Louisville History Museum. Here are a few free days on tap for June:

• Denver Art Museum – July 9 and 21
• Museum of Outdoor Art – 11, 15, 24, 25
• Longmont Museum – July 13
• Plains Conservation Center – July 13
• Colorado Dragon Boat Festival – July 27 and 28
• Clyfford Still Museum Disability Pride Celebration – July 28

Get to know our County Cultural Councils

SCFD’s County Cultural Councils make funding recommendations for annual SCFD funds in each of the district’s partner counties. All members are local volunteers appointed by the county’s commissioners or city councils. Learn more 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 held virtually at 1:00 p.m. on July 25, 2024. Get information for joining meetings.

Meet New Board Members, Patty Salazar and Tamra Ward 

Patty Salazar was appointed by Colorado Governor Jared Polis as Executive Director for the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) in January 2019. As DORA's Executive Director, she leads the state’s umbrella regulatory authority and consumer protection agency which has oversight of more than 50 industries, whose work is supported by nearly 700 employees and more than 40 boards, commissions and advisory committees with more than 350 appointees. She joined the SCFD board in May 2024 and her first term expires in May 2027. Learn more about Patty here.

For nearly three decades, Tamra Ward has played an active role in Colorado’s communications, public affairs and issue management arena with experience at the local, state and federal level. Her firm, Taloma Partners, works at the intersection of the public and private sector, providing clients with counsel, strategy and execution assistance. She joined the SCFD board in May 2024 and her first term expires May 2027. Learn more about Tamra here.

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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