City Council · At-Large Seat B · Nov 3

Keeping Denver's doors open.

I'm Cynthia Diaz — a small business owner and economist running for City Council. I open my doors every morning. I'm running to keep this whole city open for everyone who does the same.

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Cynthia Diaz, candidate for Denver City Council At-Large Seat B
Small business owner. For Denver.
Open doors for small businessOpen doors for our neighborsOpen doors for immigrantsOpen doors for a strong middle class
Open doors for small businessOpen doors for our neighborsOpen doors for immigrantsOpen doors for a strong middle class

One phrase. Four open doors.

Door One

Small Business

The independent shops that give Denver its character are going dark. I've lived the squeeze firsthand. I'll fight to keep their doors open.

Door Two

Our Neighbors

At my shop, nobody who walks in hungry leaves without a meal. A city should look after its people with that same care.

Door Three

Newcomers

Immigrants aren't competition. As an economist, I'll say it plainly: they make our community and our economy stronger.

Door Four

A Strong Middle Class

When small businesses thrive, ordinary people build good lives. That's the engine of a strong middle class — and the heart of this campaign.

Cynthia Diaz

I sign the lease. I make payroll. I know what this city costs, because I pay it every day.

My name is Cynthia Diaz, and I'm running for Denver City Council, At-Large Seat B. I own Tonantzin Casa de Café on Santa Fe Drive — a coffee shop rooted in indigenous and Latin American tradition, the kind of small, independent place that gives a neighborhood its soul.

Over the last few years I've watched too many shops like mine go dark, run by families who came here with nothing and built something real. The cost of everything keeps climbing, and small businesses are getting squeezed out. Small business is the backbone of a strong middle class — it's how ordinary people build a good life.

Let me be clear: I support a livable minimum wage. Workers deserve to afford the city they help run. The answer isn't choosing between fair pay and small business survival. It's a city that stops making it so hard to keep the doors open in the first place.

Where I stand.

Four priorities, all built around the same idea — a Denver that stays open to the people who make it work.

01

Small Business

Cut the red tape, fees, and costs the city piles on the shops that can least afford them. Make it possible to open — and to stay open.

02

Cost of Living

Back working families and a livable wage, while easing the pressure forcing both renters and small employers out of the city.

03

Community

Keep our doors open to the unhoused with real dignity, and to the immigrants who strengthen every corner of our economy.

04

Character of Denver

Protect the independent, family-owned places that make Denver feel like Denver — and not like anywhere else.

Put me on the ballot — sign in person.

Colorado doesn't allow digital signatures for candidate petitions, so every signature has to be signed by hand. I need 300 valid signatures from Denver voters, and the clock is short. Here's where you can find the petition and add your name.

Primary Location

Tonantzin Casa de Café

910 Santa Fe Dr, Unit 6, Denver, CO 80204. The petition is at the counter during open hours: 8am–3pm daily. Come in, sign, and stay for a cup.
First Friday Art Walk, Aug 7: open late, 8am–10pm — come find me in the Santa Fe Art District

Around the City

Partner Spots

Look for the petition at partner small businesses and community events across Denver. New spots are added here as they're confirmed — want to host one? Reach out.

Can't Get Out?

We'll Come to You

Host a signing at your block, church, or business — or ask us to bring the petition by. Reach out and we'll arrange it.

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