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The Colorado Dream shares stories of Coloradans who are overcoming obstacles to create a better life for themselves and their families in an effort to achieve the American Dream.
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- Happy Birthday: The Music · 15 min · Stagione 6 Episodio 5Red Rocks Amphitheater is an iconic Colorado music venue. But the state’s musical legacy extends far beyond that. From the “Harlem of the West” to the first destination recording…
- Happy Birthday: The Workers · 15 min · Stagione 6 Episodio 4Colorado’s workers helped build the state in mines, fields and factories, often through immense struggle and sacrifice. Their stories stretch from the Ludlow Massacre and…
- Happy Birthday: The Mountains · 15 min · Stagione 6 Episodio 3Crossing Colorado's Rocky Mountains was once a huge challenge. It would take Indigenous ingenuity, cutting-edge construction, and a fight for gender equality to change how people…
- Happy Birthday: The Forest · 15 min · Stagione 6 Episodio 2The Colorado constitution includes a provision that told the state legislature to care for the forests. But not many people know it's there. This is episode two of The Colorado…
- Happy Birthday: The State · 15 min · Stagione 6 Episodio 1Colorado will celebrate its 150th birthday on August 1. But the road to statehood wasn’t easy. It was a 17-year journey filled with stolen land, racism, and protest, but also…
- Trailer: Season 6 Celebrates a Milestone Birthday for Colorado · 3 min · Stagione 6Colorado is known as the Centennial State. It gained statehood in 1876, the same year the United States turned 100, but the road to statehood wasn't easy. It's a complicated…
- Growing a Future: Chase · 14 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 3One day, a fourth generation of family members will run Lenz Farms on Colorado’s Eastern Plains. They plan to bring back innovative ideas and implement new things to help the…
- Growing A Future: Marty · 14 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 2Lenz Farms in Yuma County, Colo., was started by a father and his four sons in the 1970s. They created a unique business model that keeps management and ownership in the family…
- Growing a Future: Rod · 14 min · Stagione 5 Episodio 1Family farms have been disappearing across the country for decades. From extreme weather to fluctuating crop prices to water scarcity, building a business off the land is hard…
- Growing A Future: Trailer · 3 min · Stagione 5Growing a Future: Family farms have been disappearing across the United States for decades. From extreme weather to fluctuating commodity prices to trade policies, building a…
- Ending the Hate State: Hate State, no more · 27 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 5In the final story in our series, “The Colorado Dream: Ending the Hate State,” we ask Colorado Governor Jared Polis, a police chief and a long-time legislative aide: Where does…
- Ending the Hate State: Gender In Schools · 27 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 4The handling of gender identity in schools is heating up in communities across the country. Many districts have adopted guidelines detailing how to best support transgender and…
- Ending the Hate State: Gender Care · 26 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 3Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Amendment 2 in 1996, Colorado has emerged as a leader for LGBTQ+ rights and laws this includes ensuring transgender and non-binary people…
- Ending the Hate State: Pride · 26 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 2The number of Pride celebrations are growing across Northern Colorado but in some communities it's still a struggle to hold these events. This includes in Weld County where a…
- Ending the Hate State: The Hate State · 26 min · Stagione 4 Episodio 1Colorado is known as one of the most LGBTQ+ friendly states in the country. But it wasn't always that way. In 1992, voters passed an amendment to the state constitution that…
- Ending the Hate State: Trailer · 3 min · Stagione 4Colorado is considered one of the most LGBTQ+ friendly states in the country, but it wasn’t always this accepting. In 1992, Colorado voters approved Amendment 2 which prohibited…
- Housing Wanted: Building Homes to Build Community · 27 min · Stagione 3 Episodio 6The town of Breckenridge is building a new neighborhood specifically for local workers. But with just 61-units for sale which residents will end up with a home? Plus, Summit…
- Housing Wanted: When Housing Fails Teachers · 26 min · Stagione 3 Episodio 5Episode 5: A lack of affordable housing is causing a severe staffing crisis in schools in Eagle County, prompting the school district to break into the affordable housing…
- Housing Wanted: Loved to Death · 26 min · Stagione 3 Episodio 4Steamboat Springs created three different zones to regulate short-term rentals, including a red zone where no new permits for those rentals can be issued. Three people living…
- Housing Wanted: Yampa Valley Curse · 26 min · Stagione 3 Episodio 3Steamboat Springs nurse Sanaya Sturm wants to buy a home. She’s put in over a dozen offers but gets outbid by cash offers, or the house she wanted is converted into a short-term…
