Spring

to life

in Downtown Colfax

Iowa!

Sheepgate Coffee Co Before and After

Before

After

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Sheepgate Coffee Co Before and After

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REHABILITATION

Success Stories

Colfax Main Street has encouraged over

8 MILLION DOLLARS of private investment into renovating and preserving Colfax's downtown business district!

The Spring City Historic Commercial District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in November 2018 through the efforts of Colfax Main Street!

Volunteers

MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Volunteer!

Do you want to see your community prosper? Like what we're doing?
Colfax Main Street is looking for fun, friendly people to volunteer at our events, help our projects, or serve on our committees. All levels of commitment are welcome. Click the link to contact us and learn more about future volunteer opportunities!

Give Back!

Positive community development can only happen when there are proper funds to move forward. A lot of our projects are funded through generous community giving. Help Colfax Main Street enact our vision for a better community by donating today!

Revitalization

HAPPENS HERE!

Tour De Colfax

Tour de Colfax is a Bike Ride and Scavenger Hunt that will be on June 21 from 10AM-12PM. This leisurely bike ride around Colfax has fun tasks to complete on its course. There will be a beer and beverage tent and food trucks at the end of the ride! Register today!

Downtown Colfax Farmers Market

The Downtown Colfax Farmers Market is every Wednesday afternoon from 4:30PM-6:30PM at Mineral Springs Park from May 21-August 27! We are looking for weekly vendors at this years market! Click the link for a vendor contract!

Colfax Bingo!

Join us for Colfax Bingo every second Thursday at 6:30PM at Cocina Hernandez Mexican Restaurant and AYB in Downtown Colfax! This is an evening of Bingo fun where you can win cash and local prizes! To play is $1 per card per round!

Tour De Colfax

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UPCOMING

EVENTS

Click on the slideshow for more details about each event. Schedule of events for particular events will be posted on the events page.

MARKET STUDIES AND STRATEGIES 2021

In 2021 Colfax Main Street volunteers participated in Main Street Iowa's Market Studies and Strategies Program. This program helped our volunteers gather market data through consumer and business surveys and ESRI mapping. This information was used to create strategies, goals, and projects that Colfax Main Street will implement over the next few years to help our vision of making historic Downtown Colfax a vibrant place to live, conduct business, and enjoy!

Read Colfax's Market Study and Strategies Report here!

CLICK TO READ REPORT

HISTORIC PRESERVATION RESOURCES

CLICK TO READ DOWNTOWN DESIGN GUIDE

The physical elements of our historic commercial district in Colfax embody our community's past, serve as venue for its present and contain the potential for it's future vibrancy. The Downtown Design Guide was made by Main Street Iowa and Main Street America as a tool to educate Main Street America coordinating programs, historic business district property owners, city staff, historic preservation advocates, and local volunteers in the best practices to preserve and maintain the physical assets of our historic downtowns for future economic vibrancy.

Main Street Iowa also offers free design services and consultations to property owners and business owners inside of the Colfax Main Street District. If you are interested in these services for your property or business, please contact the Colfax Main Street Office.

This is not The City of Colfax's Design Standards for Downtown Colfax's businesses district. Please contact the City of Colfax at colfaxia.gov for more information.