A long, narrow strip of land on the Auraria Campus could soon become the site of one of the most ambitious cultural projects in Colorado history: a museum dedicated to the state’s Hispanic and Latino heritage.
Volunteers behind the project have begun raising millions of dollars to build the museum on land at 11th Street and Auraria Parkway, near Speer Boulevard.
“We need to keep these stories going,” said Ramona Martinez, a former Denver City Council president and a seventh-generation Coloradan involved in the effort. “Our children have not heard them, so that’s why we’re here today.”
Martinez serves as chair of the building committee for the Colorado Hispanic and Latino Heritage Fund…