New United Way headquarters slated for August opening

The Mile High United Way’s new headquarters is taking shape and on track to open in August. A topping-off ceremony took place on March 25.

Called The Morgridge Center for Community Change, the new $23 million building is a long-term investment in the collaborative community work Mile High United Way does to improve the lives of children, families and individuals. It has been heralded as a turning point in the community, marking the beginning of a wider transformation for residents and businesses in Curtis Park and the Denver metro area.

"This United Way building is the catalyst for change -- positive change -- in the Five Points neighborhood," says Carrie Morgridge of the Morgridge Family Foundation. "How noble for the United Way team to build in a zone of our city hungry for help, love and wraparound services to transform living conditions for men, women children and families."

The 63,000-square-foot building at 711 Park Ave. West, was designed by Davis Partnership and is being built by PLC Construction. It will include the CoBank Leadership Center, a large collaboration space for Mile High United Way to convene the public, private, philanthropic and local nonprofit organizations to address the community’s challenges that are larger than any one organization can solve alone.

In addition to the funding from the Morgridge Family Foundation, CoBank, the City and County of Denver, The Anschutz Foundation and PCL Construction provided capital support. The project also received New Markets Tax Credit financing.