Colorado
Durango: A Benchmark In The Smart Growth Movement
Four Corners growth spurs Durango to shape its direction -- a style that would be a benchmark in the smart-growth movement.
City Approves Largest New Urbanist Development
Top national planner says Durango's "epic plan" would be a smart-growth "benchmark."
Wal-Mart Incentives: Is This Economic Development?
Subsidies, condemnation, and lop-sided tax policies are among the many ways governments give chain stores an advantage over independent retailers.
For The Mile High City, Miles To Go On Smog
A swath of Colorado's Front Range confronts a rise in pollution, federal restrictions, and galloping growth.
Can Better Schools Sell Housing?
With $4 billion of housing at issue, Stapleton's master developer wants to persuade people to move back to the city for the schools.
Profile Of Denver's New Planning Director
Peter Park is Denver's new planning director, and formerly lead Milwaukee's Department of City Development.
Rural Open Space Preserved by State Tax Credits
Buyers save 10 percent on their state income tax bill while preserving open space.
Personal Philanthropy
One woman demonstrates how 30 minutes and 30 dollars a week can change the lives of Denver's homeless population.
Denver Airport Expansion Deal OKd
Settling a long-running dispute with Denver International Airport's two largest airlines opens the way for the biggest expansion since the airport opened in 1995.
Denver Comes Of Age
Colorado's capital comes of age as a metropolitan hub.
From Ranchland To Conservation Community
A close look at one Colorado County agricultural land is disappearing quickly.
Preserving Affordable Housing in Trailer Parks
Trailer parks are housing the middle class in Boulder, CO, and the concept is being demonstrated as a way to address the affordable housing shortage.
Denver Transit Plan Cut $1 Billion
Weakness in the region's economy is forcing the Regional Transit District to cut $1 billion, shortening a number of rail lines planned for the metro area.
Denver May Have To 'Reduce Stress' Of Citizens
A ballot initiative demands Denver city council "reduce stress" of residents.
Suburbs Built To Mirror Old Denver Neighborhoods
Driven by health concerns and a 'neighborhood feel', smart growth concepts are permeating Colorado's Front Range communities.
Colorado's Big Straw
Is Colorado's plan to pipe its river water back over the Rocky Mountains to support new communities audacious or absurd?
Denver Hotel To Be Reinvented As $45M Mixed-Use Project
A closed Denver hotel will be reinvented at a mixed use project as part of an "urban village" along the edge of downtown.
Housing Set-Asides: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
National momentum can't substitute for hard organizing work at the local level, but sometimes it can set the stage -- or provide a needed burst of energy.
Developer Uses New Urbanism To Remake Downtown
The Denver Post profiles a developer who is successfully renovating historic properties in downtown Castle Rock.
In West, Recreation Parks Claim Scarce Water
Should recreation be on par with "traditional" water uses in agriculture, homes, and industry?
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
