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Urban Renewal

No Place Left to Go: Business Districts Keep Homeless Populations on the Move

19 February 2019 by Welton Corridor

  “Sophia Lawson will never forget the last conversation she had with Michael Alvarado. She’d known him for six months as an outreach worker for St. Francis Center, a homeless service agency in Denver, where Lawson spent her days walking, handing out socks and toothpaste as she built relationships and tried to help people get … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS Tagged: Business Improvement District, Downtown Denver Business Improvement District, Downtown Denver Partnership, gentrification, government, homeless, Legislation, lobbyist, Right to Survive, St. Francis Center, taxes, urban camping, Urban Renewal

Interactive project maps the impact of mid-century urban renewal

30 January 2018 by Welton Corridor

  “Developed by the University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab and released in December 2017, Renewing Inequality is an interactive, online project that maps the demographic profiles and footprints of thousands of urban renewal projects between 1950 and 1966. Using such resources as the federal government’s Urban Renewal Project Characteristics, Renewing Inequality reveals the sweeping … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS Tagged: African American, arial photo, City Lab, Digital Scholarship Lab, eminent domain, neighborhoods, Nick DeWolf, racial, segregation, Urban Renewal

Judge keeps alive fire district’s lawsuit against Parker urban renewal authority

27 October 2017 by Welton Corridor

“A district judge in Douglas County this week declined to dismiss a lawsuit in which South Metro Fire Rescue accused Parker’s urban renewal authority of improperly collecting taxes that should have gone to the firefighting agency. South Metro Fire Rescue sued in June, claiming that it could lose out on $16 million over the next … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS Tagged: Denver Post, Parker, South Metro, TIF, Urban Renewal

Wheat Ridge will not challenge judge’s crackdown on urban renewal limits

10 October 2017 by Welton Corridor

“The Wheat Ridge City Council late Monday decided not to challenge a recent court ruling that invalidated restrictions the city had placed on the use of urban renewal tactics, intensifying a debate over an issue that has proven divisive in Colorado’s economic development circles. The council voted 5-3 to not appeal last month’s Jefferson County … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS Tagged: Independence Institute, Mike Krause, tax-increment financing, TIF, Urban Renewal, Wheat Ridge

Coloradans are pushing back on urban renewal abuse

4 July 2017 by Welton Corridor

  “In June, a south suburban Denver fire district filed suit against the urban renewal authority (URA) in Parker, Colorado over the diversion of property taxes to subsidize redevelopment projects. Also in June, news broke that the URA in Arvada, Colorado in the north metro Denver area sold a 9-acre parcel of land to a … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS, LEGISLATION Tagged: blight, fire department, law, Legislation, property tax, school, tax-increment financing, The Hill, TIF, Urban Renewal

Measure to clear up urban-renewal uncertainties advances in Colorado Legislature

13 April 2017 by Welton Corridor

  “Urban-renewal projects that have ground to a halt since the Colorado Legislature passed a hastily written and confusingly worded urban-renewal reform bill in 2015 may get started again under a measure that would reform the reform plan. The 2015 bill was the result of years of fighting between cities and other local governments over … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS, LEGISLATION Tagged: House Bill 15-1348, SB 279, tax break, TIF, URA, Urban Renewal, urban-renewal reform bill, vote

Urban Renewal Applicability Bill Provides Certainty to Urban Renewal Community; Plus Two Other Urban Renewal Bills

5 April 2017 by Welton Corridor

  “On Friday, March 31, more than a year of ongoing discussions and negotiations among urban renewal stakeholders came to fruition with the introduction by Colorado State Sens. Rachel Zenziger (D – Arvada) and Beth Martinez Humenik (R – Thornton) of SB 17-279, “Concerning Clarification of the Applicability Provision of Recent Legislation to Promote an … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS, LEGISLATION Tagged: Beth Martinez Humenik, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Colorado State Senate, HB 17-1016, law, Legislation, Matt Gray, Rachel Zenziger, SB 17-279, Susan Beckman, TIF, Urban Renewal

TRENDS IN GREEN GENTRIFICATION: FROM BROOKLYN TO DENVER

11 February 2017 by Welton Corridor

  “What do Brooklyn and Denver have in common? They are two of the hottest destinations for people looking to relocate to places that offer a high quality of life. Both are rapidly gentrifying cities and part of the allure of both is their green spaces. Green spaces in Brooklyn? Yes, Brooklyn, like most global … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS Tagged: Brooklyn, gentrification, green space, Kenneth Gould, park, Regis University, Tammy Lewis, Urban Renewal

Littleton takes a scalpel to urban renewal but doesn’t kill it outright

7 December 2016 by Welton Corridor

  “In a marathon meeting that stretched into the early morning hours Wednesday, Littleton City Council eviscerated its urban renewal program but stopped short of abolishing the authority that administers it. The council voted 4-3 to keep alive its authority — Littleton Invests for Tomorrow — and with it, the Columbine Square shopping center as … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS Tagged: blight, Denver Post, LIFT, Littleton, Urban Renewal, vote

Littleton puts the squeeze on urban renewal

4 October 2016 by Welton Corridor

  “City leaders on Tuesday set the stage to dismantle Littleton’s urban renewal authority and the dissolution of three of four redevelopment areas in the city, conceding at some level that revitalization efforts in this southern suburb had become “increasingly divisive and political for the city and its citizens.” This January 2016 file photo shows … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS Tagged: Bill Hopping, Denver Post, LIFT, Littleton, urban development, Urban Renewal
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Recent Posts

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  • RTD WILL SUSPEND L LINE SERVICE FOR JUNETEENTH MUSIC FESTIVAL JUNE 18-19 13 June 2022
  • Denver’s Juneteenth Music Festival to include several new features 13 June 2022

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6:30 pm Curtis Park Neighbors Public Mee... @ Mile High United Way
Curtis Park Neighbors Public Mee... @ Mile High United Way
Jul 7 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  The Curtis Park Neighbors meets at 6:30 pm the first Thursday of every month at Mile High United Way 711 Park Avenue, Denver, CO.   AGENDA   Curtis Park Neighbors website.   Meeting dates ... [Read more...]
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5:30 pm Denver City Council Meeting @ Denver City and County Building
Denver City Council Meeting @ Denver City and County Building
Jul 11 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  The Proposed Consent Agenda, Meeting Schedule and Agenda do not contain any items related to Welton Street Corridor.   The full Council meets most Mondays in regular session at 5:30 p.m. at the City ... [Read more...]
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5:30 pm Denver City Council Meeting @ Denver City and County Building
Denver City Council Meeting @ Denver City and County Building
Jul 18 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  The Proposed Consent Agenda, Meeting Schedule and Agenda do not contain any items related to Welton Street Corridor.   The full Council meets most Mondays in regular session at 5:30 p.m. at the City ... [Read more...]
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5:30 pm Denver City Council Meeting @ Denver City and County Building
Denver City Council Meeting @ Denver City and County Building
Jul 25 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  The Proposed Consent Agenda, Meeting Schedule and Agenda do not contain any items related to Welton Street Corridor.   The full Council meets most Mondays in regular session at 5:30 p.m. at the City ... [Read more...]
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5:30 pm Denver City Council Meeting @ Denver City and County Building
Denver City Council Meeting @ Denver City and County Building
Aug 1 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  The Proposed Consent Agenda, Meeting Schedule and Agenda do not contain any items related to Welton Street Corridor.   The full Council meets most Mondays in regular session at 5:30 p.m. at the City ... [Read more...]
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2022
6:30 pm Curtis Park Neighbors Public Mee... @ Mile High United Way
Curtis Park Neighbors Public Mee... @ Mile High United Way
Aug 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  The Curtis Park Neighbors meets at 6:30 pm the first Thursday of every month at Mile High United Way 711 Park Avenue, Denver, CO.   AGENDA   Curtis Park Neighbors website.   Meeting dates ... [Read more...]
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5:30 pm Denver City Council Meeting @ Denver City and County Building
Denver City Council Meeting @ Denver City and County Building
Aug 8 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  The Proposed Consent Agenda, Meeting Schedule and Agenda do not contain any items related to Welton Street Corridor.   The full Council meets most Mondays in regular session at 5:30 p.m. at the City ... [Read more...]
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5:30 pm Denver City Council Meeting @ Denver City and County Building
Denver City Council Meeting @ Denver City and County Building
Aug 15 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  The Proposed Consent Agenda, Meeting Schedule and Agenda do not contain any items related to Welton Street Corridor.   The full Council meets most Mondays in regular session at 5:30 p.m. at the City ... [Read more...]
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5:30 pm Denver City Council Meeting @ Denver City and County Building
Denver City Council Meeting @ Denver City and County Building
Aug 22 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  The Proposed Consent Agenda, Meeting Schedule and Agenda do not contain any items related to Welton Street Corridor.   The full Council meets most Mondays in regular session at 5:30 p.m. at the City ... [Read more...]
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