Denver

Cleaning Up Denver With Haircuts

In an effort to help clean up the city when the Democratic National Convention comes to town, a local salon in Denver has offered free haircuts to the city's homeless.

21 August 2008 - 8:00am

CBS4 Denver

Bold Plans for Denver's Union Station

Denver's Union Station is poised to become a major transportation hub once more, but faces a lot of challenges before opening its doors.

19 August 2008 - 8:00am

Westword

John Renne

The Public Mis-Education of Transit Oriented Development

Tue, 05/20/2008 - 08:16

In 2004, voters in Denver approved the FasTracks ballot to build a regional rapid transit system. Now that planning is underway to construct about 120 miles of new rail and 60 new train stations, planners are beginning to focus on transit-oriented development (TOD) around many of these new stations. While much excitment exists in Denver for creating one of the top 21st century cities, some fears for TOD are unfounded. Mr. Ferguson's "Four Fallacies of 'transit-oriented development'", published May 13, 2008 in the Rocky Mountain News is typical of a common mis-education about TOD. What Mr. Ferguson does not realize is that TODs can help protect the rural and suburban nature of communities surrounding Denver. He proposes four tenets about why TODs are bad for the future. Below, I address each of these.

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Areas of Stability and Change

Two new classifications of land in Denver -- areas of change and areas of stability -- are moving the city's redevelopment and densification plans forward.

5 May 2008 - 10:00am

The Rocky Mountain News