Believe it or not, there is a significant black population in the state of Colorado. Much of this is due to the military bases located there as well as transplants from California. My family and I lived in both Colorado Springs and in Parker (a small suburban town just outside of Denver). There is just too much city (big city) in us, so we had to move .

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This is part of a nation-wide trend! 

“The number of black-owned businesses in Colorado has risen rapidly in recent years, driven largely by construction projects such as the redevelopment of the former Stapleton Airport and transit initiatives.

A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau showed the number of Colorado black-owned businesses rose 43 percent to 7,066 from 1997 to 2002, the most recent period for which figures are available.

Black-owned construction firms in Colorado had the highest revenues of all black-owned businesses – an average of $200,000 for each of the 411 companies in 2002, the report showed. ” (more…)