Portfolio

Seasonal places people remember.

Large-scale holiday lighting and placemaking for towns, shopping centers, resorts, parks, attractions, and public spaces.

Our work is built around scale, movement, visibility, photo moments, reliable execution, and the emotional memory of a place during the season.

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Town of Breckenridge Riverwalk Trail of Lights Destination Retail Camp Christmas Grasso Park Lights Resorts and Hospitality

Scale, not small decor

Portfolio proof at civic and destination scale.

The work below spans downtown districts, public trails, retail centers, resorts, ticketed attractions, programmable light shows, and large decor installations.

18+

Miles of lights in Breckenridge

167

Trees in the Riverwalk Trail of Lights

31,750

Feet of lights in the Riverwalk design

60K+

Paying visitors at Camp Christmas

200+

Linear miles installed in 2024

95%+

Customer return rate year after year

Selected work

A portfolio built around place, not product.

Each project is designed around the environment it serves: a town center, a pedestrian corridor, a shopping destination, a resort arrival, a public park, or a full seasonal attraction.

Large-scale holiday lighting in a public town plaza

Cities and towns

Town of Breckenridge

Town-scale holiday lighting across public plazas, downtown corridors, tree canopies, pedestrian zones, and gathering areas.

18+ miles of lights Downtown experience

Holiday lighting atmosphere from an Elevation Holiday Lighting project

Pedestrian activation

Riverwalk Trail of Lights

A downtown trail experience designed to increase access, activate underused areas, and relieve pressure from other parts of town.

1 mile activated 167 trees

Family standing inside a large illuminated holiday ornament

Destination retail

Shopping Centers

Large trees, walkthrough features, Santa sets, decor packages, photo moments, promenades, and retail-scale guest experiences.

Foothills Mall Denver Premium Outlets Del Amo

People gathered in a large illuminated holiday environment

Attractions

Camp Christmas

Lighting support for a large-scale ticketed holiday attraction in Lakewood, Colorado.

60,000+ visitors Immersive environment

Overhead canopy of lights used as visual support for programmed light environments

Programmed lights

Grasso Park Lights

A public park light show with smart programmable lights, music-responsive effects, and rotating seasonal themes.

15,000+ smart lights 10 trees Music synced

Family in a holiday lighting environment

Resorts and hospitality

Arrival Experiences

Seasonal lighting for resorts, hotels, porte-cochères, promenades, mountain properties, and guest arrival zones.

Grand Lodge Summit County

Flagship civic work

Town of Breckenridge

A town-scale holiday lighting program designed to make downtown feel alive, welcoming, and memorable through the winter season. The work connects public plazas, downtown corridors, trees, gathering areas, and the visitor experience into one cohesive seasonal environment.

Client type Town, downtown district, public spaces

Scale 18+ miles of holiday lights

Focus Plazas, trees, canopies, corridors, visitor experience

Impact A signature winter environment for gathering and memory

Our favorite KPI: people choose these places for the moments they want to remember.

Marriage proposals as place-based impact

Town of Breckenridge holiday lighting with a large illuminated tree and public plaza

Town-scale lighting is not just about brightness. It is about how the whole place feels and how people move through it.

Pedestrian activation

Breckenridge Riverwalk Trail of Lights

The Riverwalk Trail of Lights was designed to increase pedestrian access, activate underutilized areas downtown, create pleasurable access points, and relieve pressure from other parts of town. This is the clearest example of holiday lighting as placemaking infrastructure.

Goal Increase pedestrian access and activate underused downtown areas

Activated area Approximately 1 mile of walking areas

Design scope 167 trees and 31,750 feet of lights

Design logic Visible access points, shuttle stops, downtown routes, and Blue River Plaza connection

Holiday lights in a pedestrian-oriented environment

A successful seasonal program can shift how people access, use, and remember a downtown corridor.

Interactive public light show

Grasso Park Lights

Grasso Park Lights turned a public park in Superior into a themed light show experience from December through March. Elevation wrapped 10 trees with more than 15,000 smart programmable lights and developed multiple themed shows with distinct color palettes and programmed effects.

Location Superior, Colorado

Scale 10 trees, 15,000+ smart programmable lights

Programming Themed shows, music visualization, color palettes, and carousel effects

Interactive features Realtime music visualizer, spatial effects, BPM synced programming

Overhead canopy of lights suggesting an immersive public lighting experience

Programmed lighting allows a public space to change mood, theme, and experience over the course of a season.

Destination shopping centers

Retail environments that give people a reason to visit.

For shopping centers and mixed-use destinations, holiday lighting is not just decor. It creates dwell time, photo moments, family rituals, tenant support, and seasonal energy across the property.

Foothills Mall Decor items, 40-foot tree lighting on rink, Santa set, and 275+ trees

Denver Premium Outlets Main 36-foot walkthrough tree and decor

Del Amo Fashion Center Large-scale retail holiday installation in Los Angeles

Design focus Photo moments, entries, promenades, trees, Santa sets, and guest flow

Shopping Center Work

Large illuminated holiday ornament photo moment for families

Retail holiday programs work best when they create places people choose to enter, photograph, share, and revisit.

Ticketed attractions

Camp Christmas

Elevation served as lighting provider for Camp Christmas in Lakewood, Colorado, a large-scale holiday attraction with more than 60,000 paying visitors. This work shows the team’s ability to support high-traffic immersive environments where the experience has to hold up night after night.

Location Lakewood, Colorado

Attendance 60,000+ paying visitors

Environment Large-scale immersive holiday attraction

Need Reliable lighting in a guest-facing, high-volume experience

People walking through a large holiday lighting attraction

Ticketed environments require atmosphere, durability, service, and consistency across the full season.

Resorts and hospitality

Arrival experiences for mountain destinations and hospitality properties.

For resorts and hospitality clients, the first impression matters. Seasonal lighting can make an entry, porte-cochère, walkway, promenade, or lodge arrival feel distinctive before guests ever step inside.

Example Porte-cochère, Grand Lodge, Summit County, Colorado

Use case Guest arrival, resort identity, winter atmosphere

Design focus Warmth, visibility, rhythm, architectural fit, and guest memory

Operations Installation, service, takedown, storage, and year-over-year planning

Holiday lighting experience with people in a seasonal environment

Resort lighting should feel integrated with architecture, arrival, and the guest’s sense of place.

How to read the work

Different sites. One design lens.

The portfolio is not organized around products. It is organized around what the place needs to become during the season.

Civic scale

Town centers, downtown districts, public plazas, parks, trails, and community gathering spaces.

Pedestrian flow

Lighting that helps people move, linger, find access points, and experience underused areas differently.

Retail impact

Destination moments that support dwell time, guest experience, tenant visibility, and seasonal return visits.

Programming

Themed shows, programmable lights, music-responsive experiences, color changes, and season-long activation.

Execution

Electrical audits, access planning, installation, service, takedown, storage, and year-over-year improvement.

Trusted among the best

Selected clients and project relationships.

Vail Resorts

Simon Malls

Camp Christmas

Regency Centers

CBRE

Town of Breckenridge

McWhinney

Downtown Longmont

Newmark Merrill

Grand Colorado

Whole Foods Market

Town of Estes Park

Dillon, Colorado

MK Illumination

Shea Properties

National property managers

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Have a place that should become a seasonal destination?

We work with towns, retail destinations, resorts, parks, attractions, and property teams to design, build, maintain, and evolve large-scale holiday experiences.

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