In 1988, the Colorado Center for the Blind opened its doors at our first location at 2230 South Broadway in Denver. We began our program with five students and three staff members. The Center grew quickly over the first several years, and it soon became evident that we needed more space. In 1993, we purchased another building at 1830 South Acoma, and we ran programs in both buildings for several years. Even with this new building, however, we realized our programs would soon outgrow our available space again. In 1999, we determined that we needed a larger facility and one where all of our programs could be under one roof. So, we began looking for a new home.
Here are a couple of pics taken this morning at the Dirt Coffee Bar in downtown Littleton. Dirt is a nonprofit operation dedicated to employment for people with Autism and we knew we had a lot of values in common when they called us to ask about Braille menus and board games for the shop a month before it opened. There’s nothing like a Braille menu!