Durango Business Improvement District
The Durango Business Improvement Districts offers event marketing grants to various local groups to help promote their events. Events throughout the year included are:
Bounty of the County, a nonprofit event formerly called Taste of La Plata , is in its 18th year celebrating local agricultural producers and the foods they produce. The feast of local food is also a way to bring city and county residents together.
The Durango Double is a weekend-long festival celebrating running, health, fitness and achievement. The premier events of the festival are the Durango Marathon, San Juan Mountain Half Marathon, 50K Telegraph Trail Run and the 25K Horse Gulch Run. http://www.durangomarathon.com
The Iron Horse Bicycle Classic was the brain child of Tom and Jim Mayer. Jim worked as an engineer on the D & R G W railroad which ran the steam powered locomotive between Durango and Silverton since the 1880's. Tom challenged Jim, a young bicycle enthusiast, to a race to Silverton, so as the train came by the house, the steam whistle would scream and Tom would climb on his trusty old steel framed 10 speed and pedal up over the rim of the old volcano and descend into the caldera to the mining town of Silverton.
Over the years several additional events have been added to the classic train race -- criteriums, circuit races, road races, tours, BMX races, Trials, dual slaloms, team trail rides, and Mountain Bike Races -- a full weekend of events every Memorial Day weekend for the past 31 years. 14,000 people nestled in the mountains of Southwest Colorado www.ironhorsebicycleclassic.com
Durango Cowboy Gathering is an exciting, fun-filled event with evening performances and Saturday daytime sessions. Poets and musicians from throughout the country grace our intimate stage at the Diamond Circle Theatre, performing classic and contemporary poems and songs that will bring tears to your eyes and keep you in stitches www.durangocowboygathering.org
Four Corners Rally In The Rockies The rally, held in the Durango and Ignacio area for the past 14 years over the Labor Day weekend, provides some of the most beautiful riding in the US. There will be concerts, vendors' booths, bike rodeo, poker run, bike give-a-way, beer tents, biker bull busting, karaoke, arm wrestling, tattoo contests and more. www.rallyintherockies.com
Arts & Crafts Conference and Marketplace an educational conference focusing on the Arts & Crafts movement (1870-1910) with informativel sessions on architecture and the decorative components reminiscent of the period such as furniture, lighting fixtures, textiles and wallpaper http://www.durango-arts-craftsconference.com/
Music in the Mountains Beginning in 1987 with 11 musicians, Music in the Mountains has grown to a three-week festival featuring musicians from around the world and offering orchestral, chamber, conservatory, and Pops concerts. Free performances for children and their families are featured during the Festival. http://www.musicinthemountains.com/
Durango Meltdown www.durangomeltdown.com/
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Today Downtown Durango is a Nationally Registered Historic District, with something special in store for each visitor. The downtown area has been coined “The living room of the Durango community” by voices of the Durango Business Improvement District, who have a 20-year revitalization plan in store for historic downtown that began roughly one year ago. Downtown Durango is a central part of the city’s allure, business, and history, and Durango leaders intend to continually nurture the beautiful historic district.
