Feedback Labs is proud & excited to share our vendors for Feedback+Denver! The vendors we use are intentional and reflect our values, and this year, we strove to prioritize BIPOC-owned businesses, woman-owned businesses and businesses with a commitment to environmental sustainability, all local to the Denver area. Here are the businesses that made our Summit possible!
Transportation
CarGari
CarGari is a black-owned local business founded in Denver in 2019 by Rafael Small, who left his well-paid job in tech to pursue his business ownership dream. The idea to start CarGari was born out of the need to improve his own personal travel experience. CarGari is the only local peer-to-peer rental car company at Denver International Airport. You can support this local business, have a pleasant car rental experience, and save 20% by using the promo code “DENVERDEAL” to rent a car here.
Facilitation
Project Mosaic
Project Mosaic is a Native American and woman-owned consulting and facilitation company that understands that communities, organizations and institutions are made stronger when the considerations of all stakeholders are accounted for.
Catering
DIRT Coffee
DIRT (Divergent Inclusive Representation Transforms) is a nonprofit coffee company with a mission to cultivate intentional workspaces for the neurodivergent population to gain meaningful, integrated, and equitable employment.
EHijole Tacos
EHijole Tacos is a Latina woman-owned business founded by Elena Martinez that prioritizes creating a family environment for both customers and staff.
Pirate Chef
Owners Ian and Vanessa Reeves utilized their prior experience working in hospitality & event management to start Pirate Chef, a small, Denver-local catering business.
Serendipity Catering
Sustainability is the foundation of Serendipity Catering, a Denver-based catering company that prioritizes being good to the earth as well as giving back to the community by partnering with organizations working to make the world a better place.
Taste the Love Catering
Taste the Love Catering is a Black- and woman-owned business by Angela Ray that gives back to the Denver-area community by supporting local farms & businesses to source ingredients.
Tocabe: An American Indian Eatery
As part of the Osage Nation, Tocabe utilizes our American Indian roots to help educate people on Indigenous culture. Tocabe is currently the only American Indian owned and operated restaurant in Metro Denver specializing in Native American cuisine.
Tocabe: An Indigenous Marketplace
Tocabe is dedicated to revitalizing Indigenous culture through the power of food. Founded over 15 years ago as Tocabe An American Indian Eatery, the mission has always been to remove the barriers and challenges that make Native foods inaccessible. Today, Tocabe Indigenous Marketplace connects customers and their families to Indigenous ingredients and ready-made Harvest Meals™
Xachutro
Founded by Honduran-born and Colorado-raised Edwin Sandoval, Xachutro is a multicultural catering company that uses consciously sourced ingredients and gives back to the Latino community by generating fair-wage jobs.
Photo/Video
Jas K Productions
Jas Kitterman is a non-binary photographer who centers the LGBTQ+ community in their artistic work, working to help people find healing through photography.
Summit Venue and Hotel
The Tivoli
The Tivoli, a Denver landmark since 1870, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a Student Union to three separate and distinct institutions: Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and the University of Colorado Denver. All three institutions are officially designated Hispanic-serving institutions, serving nearly 38,000 students a year. Feedback Labs is thrilled to bring together the feedback community in a space that values intellectual pursuit and increased access to education for all.
The SpringHill Suites Denver Downtown
The SpringHill Suites Denver Downtown, owned by MSU Denver, serves as a true learning laboratory. Students receive hands-on hospitality training working throughout the hotel. Collaborative tours for students entering the field of hospitality provide real life insight into the field, and hotel staff teach at the university offering guidance on how to work in hospitality. With 120 art pieces throughout the hotel, all crafted by MSU students, alumni, and faculty, The SpringHill Suites is a unique property offering a local, community driven feel. All hotel profits go back to the University to fund student scholarships and programs.
Colorado Health Foundation
The Colorado Health Foundation’s mission is to improve the health of Coloradans. The building features “health-positive” design and development standards that strive to improve the health of both staff and visitors. The building is the first project in the nation to be both WELL CertifiedTM Gold and LEED v4 Gold Certified, reflecting the Foundation’s commitment to improve the health of all Coloradans, including employees and visitors.
Denver Foundation
The Denver Foundation’s mission is to inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen its community. Its vision is a Metro Denver that is racially equitable in its leadership, prosperity, and culture.
Posner Center
The Posner Center for International Development’s mission is to catalyze the global development community, at home and abroad, to collaborate for greater impact. The Center gives its community new ways to engage with one another and international development organizations worldwide, and supports their efforts to communicate, advocate, and promote their work, and stand shoulder to shoulder in a never-ending demand to do global development better.
Land Acknowledgement
We honor and acknowledge that the Auraria Higher Education Center is on the traditional territories and ancestral homelands of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Nations. This area was also the site of trade, hunting, gathering, and healing for many other Native Nations: The Lakota, Ute, Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Shoshone, and others.
We recognize the Indigenous peoples as the original stewards of the land, water, plants, and animals who called this place home. As these words of acknowledgment are spoken and heard, the ties that these nations have to their traditional homelands are renewed and reaffirmed. Let us also acknowledge the painful history of genocide and forced removal. We respect the many diverse Indigenous peoples still connected to this land on which we gather. We pay our respect to them and give thanks to all Tribal Nations and the ancestors of this place.
We also want to recognize the community and families of Auraria who lived, worked, and worshipped at Auraria. The decision to provide this sacred land in order to create a permanent home for Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and University of Colorado Denver was a difficult one. Let us honor the families of Auraria and their generous contribution, which made this public campus of higher education possible to benefit so many.