Colorado

Denver To Convert Airport Into Parkland And Greenspace

Denver Mayor Wellington Webb unveiled a $44 million plan to transform runways at Stapleton Airport into 1,100 acres of open space.

June 30, 2001 - The Denver Post

Denver: Writing On The Wall

The city of Denver erases an illegal advertisement.

June 28, 2001 - Westword

Mega-sprawl Ahead

Eleven western states are expected to see tremendous population growth in the next five decades.

June 27, 2001 - The Denver Post

Just Like A Suburb -- Only Bigger

Has suburbia become a way of life? Fast Company takes a harsh look at Denver's megasuburb, Highlands Ranch.

June 18, 2001 - Fast Company

Colorado Springs Rejects Urban Renewal Plan

The Colorado Springs city council rejects the pedestrian-friendly plan because they don't want to use eminent domain.

June 14, 2001 - The Denver Post

Should Colorado Follow Oregon's Lead?

In this op-ed, Daniel G. Jennings calls for Colorado citizens to take planning into their own hands -- and to look to Oregon as an example of good citizen planning.

June 12, 2001 - The Denver Post

Fort Collins, Colorado: A Model City

This Colorado town doesn't need tax incentives to lure business -- it offers a lifestyle instead.

June 11, 2001 - Wall St. Journal

Businesses Giving Telecommuting Another Look

Employees tired of dealing with long, frustrating, boring, expensive and air-polluting daily drives to and from work are looking for jobs that allow them telecommute.

June 5, 2001 - The Rocky Mountain News

Two Tales Of One City

Denver -- the Mile-High City -- fills in at its center and sprawls at its edges. How long can the boom last?

May 25, 2001 - Urban Land Magazine

Marketing Transportation Projects

Boston has the Big-Dig. Now, Denver is giving its $1.67 billion light-rail and highway expansion project a name that drivers can curse when they're stuck in traffic - T-Rex.

May 19, 2001 - The Denver Post

Colorado's 'Fighting Landscape Architects'

Ann Mullins and Mark Johnson are not afraid of red tape and politics. An interview with two landscape architects from Denver, CO.

May 14, 2001 - Architectural Record

Colorado's Growth Control Failures

Colorado's leaders promised to control the states growth. Now the promise has been broken.

May 14, 2001 - The Denver Post

Turning Trailer Trash Into Trailer Cash

Is Aurora, Colorado trying to turn trailer trash into trailer cash?

April 26, 2001 - Westword

Colorado's I-25 North: Road To Growth

Urban growth is pushing north along the interstate from Denver, gobbling up farm land and open space.

April 23, 2001 - The Denver Post

Coloradans Want Growth Control

Coloradans are willing to pay for better schools, better transportation, and they support growth-control measures.

April 22, 2001 - The Denver Post

Colorado's Secret Sprawl Control Bill

Colorado's efforts to create anti-sprawl legislation have been so contentious they have moved behind closed doors.

April 20, 2001 - The Rocky Mountain News

Colorado City's $279 Million Mall Subsidy

Broomfield, CO, has agreed to a huge business subsidy to spark economic growth.

April 17, 2001 - The Denver Post

Controlling Rocky Mountain Sprawl

Legislators are battling over the state's new growth control bill, which may or may not require regional planning.

April 10, 2001 - The Rocky Mountain News

Which City Will Land Boeing?

Denver is one of the cities being considered by Boeing for its new headquarters. But the city is sending mixed messages.

March 31, 2001 - The Seattle Times

The Real Information Superhighway

1,200 miles of fiber-optic lines will soon turn the interstates of Colorado into true information highways.

March 24, 2001 - The Denver Post

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