Friends of Gilpin County Community Center

The Gilpin County Fair is coming up on July 11-13th, starting with a parade on Friday morning from Central City to Black Hawk. If you’re out and about, come on over and wave “hi” to all the floats! We’ll be in the parade, tossing out candy and waving to all our friends and neighbors. As usual, the Fair is chock …

Many thanks to all who came over to the Community Center last night for our open meeting and awards ceremony. We welcomed the county commissioners, county manager, VFW members, board members, and many others. We talked to everyone about our last year’s activities, our 2025 plans, and our present grants, including one from the Denver Broncos Foundation to help us …

Happy spring to everyone in Gilpin County! With the change of season upon us, Friends is busy with activities at the Community Center. First up is an event on May 15th, 2024, that everyone is invited to—a special occasion marking our fifth year of service to the Center and Gilpin County. Every year, we hold an open meeting for Gilpinites …

Friends of the Gilpin County Community Center is now in its fifth year of providing support to programs and activities at the Center. We formed in 2020 to help reopen the Center after the pandemic shutdowns. Since then, we’ve participated in and sponsored dozens of activities and events. These range from fair and winter arts festival sponsorships to outreach activities …