Westword Looks to the Future From New Offices in the Dodge Building

By Westword Staff

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 4:13 a.m.

Westword The Dodge Building at 1278 Lincoln Street is now home to Westword. 1/19

Colorado State Land Board The Colorado State Land Board acquired the building in 1995. 2/19

Westword The building opened as a car dealership a century ago. 3/19

James Florio Now it's home to a media company on the move. 4/19

James Florio Or on the mooove: Chad Bolsinger's depiction of the iconic Westword cow. 5/19

James Florio The Westword office blends old and new. 6/19

James Florio It's an office prepared for growth (and social distancing, too). 7/19

James Florio Voice Media Group, the parent company of Westword, is also headquartered at the corner of 13th and Lincoln. 8/19

James Florio V Digital Services, Westword’s in-house agency, is based at 1278 Lincoln Street, too. 9/19

James Florio Neoera Inc., founded by Emily Adams in 2013, designed the space. 10/19

James Florio Neoera's mission is to provide functional, beautiful spaces, like this conference room. 11/19

James Florio Artist Lindee Zimmer painted this mural in a private space. 12/19

James Florio The fireplace is original to the Dodge Building. 13/19

James Floria Lindee Zimmer's "We Are the Earth" graces a conference room. 14/19

James Florio Chad Bolsinger's mural in the break room. 15/19

James Florio Another break-room amenity: a ping-pong table. 16/19

James Florio Westword, V Digital and parent company Voice Media Group share the office..and its amenities. 17/19

James Florio Staffers displaying the write stuff. 18/19

Westword Artists fresh from Crush Walls will be painting a mural in the non-historic portion of the parking lot. 19/19

Westword Looks to the Future From New Offices in the Dodge Building

When Westword decided to leave its home of twenty years, publisher Scott Tobias looked all over the Golden Triangle. But when he saw the historic Dodge Building at 13th and Lincoln, he knew the landmark that got its start a century ago as a car dealership was the perfect fit for a media company on the move. "It was a great blank canvas for us to continue our transformation as an organization," he recalls, a place where the past and present could be incorporated into a headquarters for the future. Take a look...

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