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Please read about Project Angel Pride and some related articles from both local and national media.

• Colfax project funds eyed - March 29, 2006
  The Denver City Council on Tuesday granted initial approval to authorizing $2.4 million in low-interest federal loans for the Lowenstein Theatre redevelopment along Colfax Avenue.

• Lowenstein project's cast completed: food, films - March 8, 2006
  Neighborhood Flix Cinema & Café signed on Tuesday as the final partner in the $15 million Lowenstein Redevelopment Pro- ject, joining the Tattered Cover bookstore and Twist & Shout record store.

• Tattered Cover flagship to move - January 27, 2006
  The legendary Tattered Cover Book Store, a mainstay in Cherry Creek for 34 years, will shut its doors in June and move to a new location.

• Theater Preview - January 5, 2006
  The historic but long-vacant Lowenstein Theater on East Colfax Avenue is poised to open in early July, despite the loss two months ago of one of its three anchors, the Denver Film Society. The owners of the Tattered Cover Book Store and Twist & Shout record store confirmed on Wednesday that their commitment remains solid.

• ‘Project Angel Pride’ hopes to revive
  spirit & facilities at East - March 2005
  This fall East High School athletes will return to state-of-the-art athletic fields on the northeast corner of the campus, including a new all-weather athletic just west of the Esplanade.

• Study: School Repairs Lagging - March 2005
  Since Fort Logan Elementary School was built in 1923, it's had seven "rebuilds," said Jim Abrahamsen, executive director of operations maintenance for the Sheridan School District.

• Theater Plan Clears Hurdle - April 2005
  The redevelopment of the Lowenstein Theatre cleared an important hurdle Monday when the Denver City Council gave its initial OK to grant a $1.9 million city-backed loan to developers to buy the shuttered building.