Event Preview | LowDown’s 30 Days of IPA

Starting at the end of April, LowDown Brewery + Kitchen will host a month-long charity event, featuring a new IPA tapping every day. The IPA lineup will include LowDown’s own hoppy treats, as well as some of the best IPAs from Denver and around the country. On Friday, April 28, LowDown will tap seven IPAs to launch the event, which will benefit Groundwork Denver.

The 30 Days of IPAs event is a great way to give back to the local community, one pint at a time. LowDown will provide a portion of proceeds from IPA sales, along with specialty merchandise and donations, to the selected Denver-based charity.

LowDown’s 30 Days of IPA kicks off this Friday.

Groundwork Denver is a charity that partners with lower-income communities to improve the physical environment and promote health and well-being. LowDown’s co-owner and brewmaster Scott O’Hearn shared his excitement about partnering with Groundwork Denver. “We’re so glad that we can work with a local charity that makes such a positive impact on their local community and isn’t afraid to do some dirty work themselves.”

Here is a list of current breweries participating in the event. Additional breweries may join soon:

Dogfish Head Brewery

Little Machine Beer

Dead Hippie Brewing

Sierra Nevada Brewing

Cigar City Brewing

Elevation Beer Co

More information on 30 Days of IPA can be found through LowDown’s social pages. Cheers!

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Rockies, Avs and Nuggets could all lose special license plates

KUSA – DENVER– Just when you thought they couldn’t lose more; the Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets, and Colorado Rockies are all on track to be stripped of their special Colorado license plates due to poor sales.

(Before you write us– yes, we know the Rockies are off to a good start this year and the Nuggets almost had a winning record this past season. More on that below.)

Under Colorado laws, most specialty license plates need to sell 3,000 copies in the first few years in order to avoid being retired.

The state department of revenue sends a warning letter when a license plate falls short and gives groups a grace period of one year to try to catch up. The Avalanche and Nuggets plates are in that probationary status now and face retirement if they can’t sell enough by July 1 of this year.

“The Denver Nuggets [were] issued this letter in June 2016, and the Colorado Rockies will be issued this letter in June of 2017,” said Kyle Boyd with the Colorado DMV.

Keeping the Nuggets license plate is lost cause at this point with only 453 plates sold as of the latest report at the end of February—the lowest of any major league sports team in Colorado.

As of Wednesday, the Nuggets need to sell more than 33 plates per day until the July 1 final deadline to reach the 3,000 plate minimum. In all of February, they sold only two. Barring a miracle, the Nuggets plate is toast.

The Avalanche have done better, but are still in trouble with only 2,277 Avalanche plates sold.

They need to sell 10 plates a day to make their target by July 1. They only sold ten in all of February.

Oh yeah, and neither team is in the playoffs right now—so they’re not in a great position to reach their fans with a call for help, much less convince them to spend the $95 to get their special plates.

The Rockies have another year to work on their license plate problem, so maybe a good season can help them get it done. Their plates cost a little more: $102.80. ($50 for the plate plus a $52.80 donation to the Rockies charity arm.)

They’ve only sold 1,896 plates so far and are on track to fall about 500 plates short of the 3,000 requirement if they keep selling the average 38 plates a month. The Rockies plate only sold 16 units in February, but that’s not exactly high time for baseball.

If they can keep up this season’s early performance and get fans interested, maybe the Rox have a shot of saving their plate.

The crappy sales coincide with crappy performance: the Rockies haven’t made the playoffs since 2009, the Nuggets haven’t had a post-season since 2013, and the Avs have been out of the playoff picture since 2014. All three teams lost in the first round those years.

If the state retires a license plate, it just means there won’t be any new ones made. People who already have one can keep it as long as they want.

As you might imagine if you’ve spent more than five minutes in Colorado, the Denver Broncos plate is doing just fine and dandy.

The Broncos charity plate graces the rears of 17,985 vehicles in the state. The Broncos plate sold 133 units in February, despite the fact that Broncos fans had to watch the Patriots win the Super Bowl that month.

COLLEGE PLATES ARE IN TROUBLE, TOO

College alumni plates in Colorado need to sell only 500 units to stay in production.

Fort Lewis College in Durango looks like it’s in trouble. The college only has 57 plates sold, but it has until January 2018 to reach 500 and avoid the warning letter.

Because college fans love to brag, here are all the alumni plates in the state, ranked:

University of Colorado (11,743 plates) Colorado State (5,404) School of Mines (2,362) University of Northern Colorado (1,432) University of Denver (1,298) Colorado College (997) Metro State (788) Regis University (782) Western State (765) Mesa State (755) CSU Pueblo(731) Air Force (521) UCCS (169) retired July 2016 Fort Lewis (57)

EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the total number of license plates for Regis University due to an error in the data provided by the Department of Revenue.

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When M&A money goes to charity: EscrowUp closes second transaction

How Most People Are Able To Find A Reputable Charity In Denver

If you do have the means to give to charities from time to time, you should seriously consider doing this if you live in Denver. There are quite a few in Denver that are constantly looking for people that will donate. This could be money, clothing, cars, furniture or a multitude of other items. You can find them online very quickly. This will allow you to access their website and see what it is they are looking for. Evaluating each one might take a few extra minutes, allowing you to donate what you have to give to the right charities.

What Are Some Of The Top Charities

Although many people consider charities to be organizations like the Red Cross, there are many others that you can give to as well. Additionally, you do not necessarily have to give to a religious organization. It could be a company that is organized to receive donations and disperse them to people in the community. Some of these may include the Ronald McDonald house which is one of the most well-known in the world. There is also the Samaritan House Homeless Shelter, part of the Catholic Charities organization.

Why You May Need To Find More Than One Charity

Since different charities may only receive certain types of donations, it is likely that you will have to find many different ones. For example, you can donate to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science if you would like to give them a grant so they can purchase more materials. Regardless of what it is that you are willing to give, there will always be a charity that will be more than happy to receive it. It simply takes a little bit of time to find and evaluate them, and then to make your donation.

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