Colorado
Denver's Daring Makeover of America's Biggest Infill Site
Can a new urban infill neighborhood being developed by Forest City on the site of Denver's retired Stapleton Airport teach America how to rebuild communities on a new scale?
Selling The Rust Belt Short
An editorial by Bruce Katz and Mark Muro urges presidential candidates to discuss the Rust Belt's struggling cities and metro areas.
Free Bike Parking Facilty Opens In Denver
Denver's first of its kind bike parking facilty and urban transportation center helps relieve parking burden and offers visitors, employees and shoppers alike, to the Cherry Creek North shopping district an alternative to driving and payin
An Interview With Denver's Planning Director
The Denver Post interview Peter Park, Denver’s community planning and development director.
Smart Growth Vs. Dumb Growth
A populist petition puts the "FasTracks" plan to construct six new rail lines in the Denver region on the November ballot.
Involvement with Community Groups Discouraged
Denver tells developers to avoid agreements with community groups.
Landscape Architecture For Heritage Tourism
Rocky Mountain News profiles Shapins and Moss, a landscape architecture firm specializes in heritage tourism
Unique Bicycle 'Concierge' Debuts
Denver's Cherry Creek Bike Rack is the first-of-its-kind bicycle parking facility and urban transportation center in Colorado, offering commuters, residents, and visitors to Cherry Creek North free bicycle parking.
Colorado Mountains Become An 'Attractive Nuisance'
The winding Interstate 70 has become the "Main Street" for towns and resorts across Colorado. As traffic becomes worse, resorts and residents feel the impact.
Aspen's New Economic Engine: Second Homes
The greatest economic engine in Pitkin County is now second homes, dwarfing tourism.
Doing a Double Take on Growth Controls
Amidst an economic slowdown, many Colorado communities are no longer willing to support growth restrictions.
Wal-mart: Loved Financially, Hated Socially
The Denver Post reports mounting opposition to the development of Wal-Mart stores in Denver.
Mallology
The Denver Post follows mall consultant Beth Jenkins as she diagnoses a dying mall in Aurora, Colorado.
Colorado House Seeks To Limit Eminent Domain
Cities quick to condemn for retail sales-tax generators provoke backlash.
Panhandling Hurts 'Destination Appeal'
Panhandling and homelessness is adversely affecting Denver's convention business.
Are 'Bland' Suburbs Things of the Past?
Colorado's local governments and new suburban homebuyers are asking developers for "something different."
Battling for the Natural Landscape
Colorado's Roan Plateau is home to one of the state's richest collections of plants and wildlife, as well abundant natural gas reserves.
Court Rules on Abuse of Eminent Domain
The Colorado Supreme Court overturned a city's effort to condemn part of a lake to make way for a Wal-Mart development.
Eminent Domain For Public Gain - Part II
Local governments should protect the well-being of communities and plan for their long-term best interests.
Eminent Domain For Public Gain - Part I
Government's power of eminent domain should never be applied to private development.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
