All Denver residents will pay a tax and most builders will pay a development impact fee under Denver’s new affordable housing fund approved by Denver City Council Sept. 19 on a 9-4 vote.
Reconstruction of the Bluff Lake Dam is well underway-—its first major update in 132 years—with improvements that will help maintain the water level and prevent leakage.
The City of Aurora is moving forward with a pilot project to install bike lanes on Montview Blvd. to improve mobility options for all travel modes in this heavily travelled corridor.
The 2017 city budget proposed in September by Denver Mayor Michael Hancock includes $8.4 million to complete the widening of the Central Park Boulevard (CPB) bridge as it passes over Sand Creek and the rail corridor used by the Union Pacific Railroad and RTD’s A Line commuter rail facility.
With construction continuing in the north, Forest City advises pedestrians and cyclists to use the many open trails and stay out of areas that are not open to the public.
Construction is underway that will remove the gap in the Sand Creek Regional Greenway (SCRG) trail, with plans for an opening by Nov. 1.
Westerly Creek is both a beautiful open space amenity for NE Denver, it’s a functional flood control channel.
The recent Westerly Creek North ribbon-cutting ceremony marked a major milestone in the evolution of Westerly Creek as a greenway connecting Lowry to Stapleton.
Skye Barker Maa, owner of Neighborhood Music Stapleton, along with 13 other tenants, recently received formal legal notice of “eviction and condemnation” from their leased space on E. 25th Ave. in Aurora. Aurora Public Schools intends to acquire the property, possibly as soon as next March.
Aurora Public Schools (APS) wants to establish a middle school/high school campus next to Stapleton on properties fronting 25th Ave. in Aurora.
Construction is planned to begin next month or early November for a freestanding, 45,000-square-foot Class A office building at the northeast corner of 46th Ave. and Central Park Blvd.
The Denver City Council will vote Sept. 12 whether to create a permanent affordable housing fund whose revenue sources would be a 0.5 mill property tax and a “linkage” fee assessed on most new development.
