Bicycle Colorado Blog—Biking to UMS is the kind of Vibrant Denver I want
By Benedict Wright
Riding a bike on a hot day to stand on hot asphalt to see a band you hadn’t heard of till last week might not be everyone’s idea of a good time. But to me, I can’t think of a much better way to spend a weekend. And even though biking to the Underground Music Showcase (UMS)–a longstanding music festival on South Broadway in Denver which celebrated its 25th and final year this past weekend–might not be everyone’s cup of tea, there are elements of the experience that I’d argue are broadly instructive for a city or town considering how it wants to become more “vibrant” (vibrance being the theme of Denver’s latest bond measure, a controversial plan to leverage debt to build up the city’s infrastructure).