Colorado
Colorado Springs Is Expanding -- Fast
Developers have sought to add more than a dozen parcels of land, totaling nearly 3,000 acres, to Colorado Springs city limits so far this month.
Boulder County Projects On Sprawl List
Two projects in Boulder County, Colorado made the Sierra Club's national list of "sprawling growth."
Colorado Builders Rush To Beat Growth Curbs
Colorado builders have been rushing to city halls statewide to file housing applications to short-circuit a growth-control initiative.
Got Cash? Name Your Rail Line
Faced with funding problems, Arapahoe County, Colorado, officials suggest selling naming rights. "Corporate glory traded for public convenience?"
Aspen Housing Design Competition
Common green spaces and easy connections to a transit center brought home the top prize a contest to design affordable housing in Aspen.
Cityhood For Centennial
The proposed city of Centennial would be the seventh-largest city in Colorado, and the effort has spawned new incorporation laws.
Federal Heights Vs. Strip Club
Can Federal Heights, Colorado legislate the town's only strip club out of business?
Pueblo's Amazing Revitilization
Pueblo -- once known only for its pollution -- has been selected as one of America's Most Livable Cities. How did Pueblo do it?
Colorado Town Trying To Stay Small
The 45 residents of Colona, Colorado want their town to stay small, but the town's zoning has come under scrutiny.
Swapping Land For Safekeeping
A deal with the Bureau of Land Management could shield 3,000 acres of mountain land in Colorado's Boulder County, from development.
Colorado's Newest City Quadruples
Colorado's newest city just quadrupled in size as residents residents agreed to an annexation plan.
Sidestepping Growth Management
Several Colorado town are taking steps to sidestep a new growth management proposal. Is democracy the answer?
Denver's Unusual Affordable Housing Venture
Rocky Mountain Mutual Housing Association's approach isn't your average affordable-housing venture.
From Weapons Plant To Wildlife Refuge
Arvada City Council may OK a plan for a wildlife refuge on the site of the Colorado Rock Flats weapons plant.
Denver's Rising Housing Market
Before the ink fully dried on last month's records, the Denver area housing market in August set another series of them.
Sprawl Imperils Colorado Parks
Suburban sprawl in the Denver area is threatening the health of four of Colorado's most popular state parks.
Denver's First Mixed Affordable/Market Housing
Curtis Park in northeast Denver, CO is undergoing a $65 million renovation that will bring 500 new homes to a five-block neighborhood
Genetically Modified Crops Barred On Open Space
The Boulder, CO, Open Space Department barred genetically modified agricultural crops from city lands.
Unintended Sprawl In Colorado?
Colorado ballot initiative critics predict efforts to curb sprawl might push it where no growth laws are in effect.
Colorado's Light Rail: Success?
Critics claim Colorado's Regional Transit District officials are manipulating numbers to demonstrate success.
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
