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I’m excited to announce that I’ve been accepted into the first cohort for Concessions 101 at Denver International Airport (DEN) through their Business Development Training Academy. There are 15 small businesses that will participate in a nine-week program to learn how to be a concessionaire at DEN Airport. All of the participating businesses in the academy must be certified as an ACDBE (Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise). This concessions pilot concourse project is part of the Airport’s Center of Equity and Excellence in Aviation, which demonstrates their commitment to having more disadvantaged small business owners as concessionaires at DEN. Denver International Airport is the 3rd busiest airport in North America and the 5th busiest airport in the world.

Lunapparel is proudly certified by the City & County of Denver as an SBE, SBEC, EBE, M/WBE business and has been certified as an ACDBE concessionaire since 2021. My business plan has included goals to position myself to have my Lunapparel business at the airport. It has taken some time to prepare myself with the tools and experience to be ready to scale up. A major part of my journey has included participating in wonderful small business programs such as SBDC – Leading Edge, OEDIT’s Access To Capital Training, NEWSED’s Business Basic Course, and having the opportunity to receive direct retail experience at The Zone Marketplace Incubator program located at 725 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO.

Susan Luna, owner of Lunapparel is delighted to announce that this month History Colorado accessioned this four-piece Lunapparel ensemble into their permanent collection! This acquisition is a new addition to the museum's collection of Luna family material, which honors their artistic legacy and includes soft-sculptures – “Images of Women” by her mother, Jessica Luna, and paintings by brothers’, Daniel and Bob Luna. 

“I’m grateful that I grew up in a family of artists, athletes and educators. They shared their creative gifts and knowledge with me at a young age, which later profoundly influenced my passion to create my business line of athleisure wear – Lunapparel. My team is honored to be a part of the generational legacy by having our fashion designs be a part of History Colorado’s Clothing and Textile collection.” 

You can see Lunapparel’s line of athleisure wear at Refresh Studios located at 950 Jersey St. Unit C, Denver, CO 80220. Saturday, April 6th from noon – 4pm. Lunapparel’s fashion show will start at 2pm, showcasing our new Spring products. 

“This year I’m incorporating my travels to Japan into my fashion designs, creating a Latin/Asian fusion on Kimonos, using my brother Daniel’s corn and chili designs.” 

Lunapparel products are also available at The Zone Marketplace located at 725 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204 and on-line at www.lunapparel.com. 

Photo Above: Tara Kaufman, Associate Curator of Clothing and Textiles at History Colorado and Susan M. Luna, Owner of Lunapparel, LLC.