DENVER — Most people probably don't think of sword fighting as a form of exercise, but Nathan Anderson hopes to change their mind.
Anderson is the head coach and owner of Denver Fencing Center, a fencing school in the College View/South Platte neighborhood in southwest Denver. Fencing is an old sport — places like New York and Boston have 150-year old clubs where people have long practiced, Anderson said.
"We're kind of trying to provide that for our city," he said.
A recent designation as one of Denver's longstanding businesses could help, Anderson said.
The Denver Fencing Center was named one of the first 12 businesses in the city to get a "legacy business" designation, a new initiative that local leaders hope will help small businesses create a sense of belonging and buy-in that prevent them from being displaced.
According to previous Denver Business Journal reporting, the city's record-setting growth is pushing more neighborhoods into a higher risk of gentrification. The Denver Legacy Business program was made available to companies operating in one of the 18 Denver neighborhoods identified by the city as as vulnerable to involuntary displacement.
> Read the full story at the Denver Business Journal.
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