Revitalizing the Fox
Funded back to life
Built in 1917, dark in 1986, movies ran nine years while the roof still leaked — then a $3.26M capital campaign matched the demand the community already showed. Phase 2 is in the homestretch.
The phases
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PHASE 1 · DONE
Complete · January 2024
Structure, roof, and the first insulation in the building’s history.
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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 the full historic neon.
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
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.