EDITORIAL: Icebergs of Ignorance, Part Three
“I counted about 100 people in the audience at last night’s Pagosa Springs Town Council meeting at the Ross Aragon Community Center, one of the largest turnouts I’ve seen for a regular Council meeting…
EDITORIAL: Icebergs of Ignorance, Part Two
“… The Pagosa Springs Town Council will be hosting a public hearing tonight, Tuesday November 5, at the Ross Aragon Community Center at 5pm. The subject of the public hearing is a resolution, Resolution…
Air Force Academy visitor center wins designation as urban renewal area
“Undeveloped green space on Colorado Springs’ northwest side was declared blighted Tuesday in a controversial City Council move that will help fund a proposed visitors center for the Air Force Academy. With the declaration,…
Weld commissioner: Erie urban renewal, TIF plan not good for county
“The Erie Town Board appears poised to try revitalizing areas of town using Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and an Urban Renewal Authority (URA) plan that depends heavily on the same industry they are trying…
Urban renewal marches on as state changes some rules
“Urban renewal is a sensitive topic in Colorado. Beyond the familiar philosophical debates involving some variation of blight vs. gentrification vs. historic vs. economic development vs. public health vs. the free market vs. property…
Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority director out after just two months
“Kitty Clemens is out as executive director of the Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority after just two months on the job. Urban Renewal Authority board members and a top city government official said Thursday that…
Littleton City Council moves to abolish its urban renewal authority
“Municipalities have been overtly abusing the broad authority given them under Colorado’s urban renewal law for decades. What was originally intended to address the problems stemming from people living in sub-standard housing amidst squalor is…
Arvada urban renewal helps clean contaminated site near new rail stop
“A large portion of the $7.2 million in tax rebates going to the developer of a 352-unit residential development in Arvada will offset remediation costs related to decades of environmental contamination on the property east…
Crackdown aims at loopholes that allow developers to skirt Pittsburgh deed tax
“For years, buyers of some of the most prominent properties near and in Downtown have exploited loopholes in state law to avoid paying deed transfer tax. Now the city school district has found a way…
Public Hearing on Montclair Center Redevelopment Area, Possibility of Eminent Domain (UPDATED)
“On November 24 7:30 pm at the Montclair Council Chambers, the Township of Montclair Planning Board will hold a public hearing to determine whether any properties should be included in and designated as an “area…