Revitalizing the Fox
Funded back to life
Built in 1917, returned to community use in the 1990s, and equipped for digital cinema in 2014, the Fox kept serving audiences while major building needs remained. A $3,264,596 Phase 2 funding package is now carrying the rehabilitation toward reopening.
The work, in order
THE ASSESSMENT
Fieldwork 2017 · final May 2018
A 198-page building-wide diagnosis connected water, masonry, structure, access, safety, and systems into one roadmap.
Open the assessment record →COMMUNITY DESIGN
2018–2021
CU Denver students developed schematic concepts; 171 community responses tested programs, spaces, and priorities.
See the student concepts →
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PHASE 1 · DONE
Complete · early 2024
Roof, first insulation, structural stabilization, and parapet masonry.
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PHASE 2 · NOW
2024–2026 · in progress
HVAC, historic masonry, marquee canopy, drainage, fire escape, stage lighting, laser projection, abatement.
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PHASE 3 · NEXT
2027+ · target 2028
Sound, seating, lobby, concessions, and renewed historic neon, cabinet, and electrical work.
See the project list →
The honor roll
$3,264,596 awarded — base scope fully funded. These partners — and many individual donors — closed gaps that were real. The Fox would not be finishing Phase 2 without them.
Josie Boynton joined Spanish Peaks Community Foundation later in the capital arc and built the relationships that brought several top-tier partners to the table when it mattered most.
Public & state
Foundations & grants
- Gates Family Foundation
- El Pomar Foundation
- Edmund T. & Eleanor Quick Foundation
- Colorado Health Foundation
- Community events and donor campaigns
Who built it
- Form+Works Design Group — architecture
- JVA — engineering
- McKinstry — mechanical / HVAC
- Deep Roots Craftsmen — historic masonry
- Buffalo Builders — general contractor
- Barbizon — stage lighting
- Colorado Preservation, Inc. — grant management
- Huerfano County — owner throughout
Public records
Official project pages, a county agreement, and independent reporting behind this account.
From the Fox archive
Contemporary stories that show the work and community decisions as they happened.
What's next
Phase 3 fills the building with what patrons and renters actually use: seating, access devices, house sound, lobby, concessions, and the historic neon marquee.