Name: Community Hackathon Workshop & NatureChase Mainstreet Adventure
Start: 2026-08-25T14:45:00.000-06:00
End: 2026-08-25T16:45:00.000-06:00
Location: Post Office Event Center

Southern Colorado Startup Week (August 24–28) brings entrepreneurs, innovators, and community together in Colorado Springs, Florence, and Penrose.

SoCo Startup Week 2026

Community Hackathon Workshop & NatureChase Mainstreet Adventure 

📅 Tuesday, August 25th | 2:45 PM – 4:45 PM

📍 Post Office Event Center, 505 Macon Ave, Canon City CO 81212

Great ideas grow faster when the right people connect.

Join us at the Post Office Event Center in Canon City for an afternoon community hackathon workshop, followed by a NatureChase Mainstreet Adventure.

A year ago, at Emergent Campus Trinidad, we ran Hack Trinidad Forward - our first civic community sprint. We'll walk you through what worked, what surprised us, and what we learned. Then we'll do a short workshop together, using the Rural Pattern Language to explore which patterns your unique community or project might stack to move something real forward.

Come with a challenge from your community. Leave with a pattern or two worth trying.

Experience the future of outdoor adventure! Download NatureChase, an innovative app developed by one of Emergent Campus' startup companies, where exploring the outdoors meets an interactive capture-the-flag style game.

Once you've downloaded the app, head out on a walking adventure through downtown Cañon City to claim as many featured locations as you can. Participants who claim the most locations during the challenge will be entered into a prize drawing at the Observer Ranch after party (must be present to win).

It's a fun, interactive way to experience new adventure technology while discovering the unique shops, restaurants, and attractions that make downtown Cañon City so special!

Whether you're launching a startup, growing an existing business, supporting entrepreneurs, or exploring what's next for rural economic development, you'll leave with new relationships, fresh ideas, and practical connections that extend well beyond the event.

Come ready to connect, collaborate, and help shape the future of rural innovation.