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About Ballpark Collective RNO
Five Points Neighborhood + Police District 6 + Council District 9
Ballpark Collective RNO, a Colorado non-profit corporation, is a Registered Neighborhood Organization community group representing an area in downtown Denver, Colorado’s Five Points Neighborhood east of Coors Field baseball stadium.
Our Mission
Be a collaborative voice to build Denver's Ballpark District into a world-class community that promotes social unity, economic viability, and the positive activation of underutilized public and private spaces.
Advocate
- • Pursue investment from government agencies, private foundations, and other funding sources and grantors to address critical community needs and develop public spaces, art, entertainment, green space, and infrastructure.
- • Promote proactive and consistent management and maintenance of public space, amenities, and infrastructure.
- • Establish and promote community standards for safety, security, and cleanliness.
Collaborate
- • Support neighborhood businesses and residents to create a vibrant and inviting space to safely live, work, and play.
- • Engage with public officials, city agencies, RNOs, special districts, and other community and non-profit groups to promote common objectives.
- • Be a resource for area historic context, economically viable preservation, and community development and investment.
Communicate
- • Facilitate, develop, and promote a long-term district vision, brand/identity, and marketing plan.
- • Host community events that positively promote the area’s multi-generational entertainment offerings and local businesses.
- • Connect business owners, residents, and visitors to available resources and promote the support of and volunteering with established social services and initiatives to help people seeking need.
RNO Boundaries
Ballpark Collective RNO represents an area in Downtown Denver by Coors Field:
- • 20th St to the Southwest
- • Welton St to the Southeast
- • Broadway / 24th St / Park Avenue West to the Northeast
- • Wewatta / Delgany St to the Northwest
Our Board & Advisors
The board members are volunteers. Contract and part-time staff are hired to manage communication/marketing platform, memberships, initiatives, community meetings/events/promotions, bookkeeping, and assist the board.
This committed group of stakeholders is taking action to address the needs related to business development, social unity, maintenance, safety, and positive activation.
Matt Van Sistine
Board Chair
Resident + Business + Property Owner
CEO, MTR
Brandi McMichael
Vice Chair
Resident + Business & Property Owner
Owner/brandishigley.com
Bill Smythe
Secretary
Resident
Chris Boling
Treasurer
Resident + Property Owner
Partner, Holland & Hart LLP
Lisa Franz
Director
Business Owner
Frank’s Gentlemen's Salon
Wyn Ferrell
Director
Business + Property Owner
Mile High Spirits
Matt Hand
Director
Business + Property Owner + Non-profit
Asterisk Denver & Pastor Grace City Church
Kevin Kahn
Director
Colorado Rockies + MLB Stadium District
VP and Chief Customer Officer, Colorado Rockies
Bryan Sederwall
Director
Non-profit
Pastor & Hope Dealer, Denver Dream Center
Jay Soneff
Director
Business + Property Owner
Jamis Companies
Tyler Vitello
Director
Business Owner
Department of Creative Pursuits
Advisors
- • Don Ku, Treasurer, LoDo Neighborhood Association
- • Cara Lawrence, Partner, Tierney Lawrence Stiles LLC
- • Patrick McMichael, Owner, Track Architecture - Director 2023-24
- • Jerry Orten, President Emeritus, LoDo Neighborhood Association
- • Chris Payne, Owner, Nautical Capital Partners - Director 2023-26
- • Candice Pineda, Owner, Mexico City Restaurant - Director 2023-24