TEXT-Fitch affirms Denver Urban Renewal Authority bonds at ‘BBB+
Fitch Ratings affirms the following Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA, or the authority), Colorado’s Stapleton tax increment revenue bond ratings: –$73.98 million series 2008A-1 at ‘BBB+’; –$99.5 million series 2008A-2 at ‘BBB+’. The Rating Outlook…
EPA awards $900,000 to address contamination on Denver’s Colfax Avenue
“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Colfax Mainstreet Coalition a $900,000 grant to help find the answers and determine the best course of action for cleanup along a 15-mile stretch of the street….
Chicken Man kills himself after long fight with Roswell government officials
“This is one of those stories that often never makes it to the Front Page of any newspaper or website. It’s a story about Property Rights and Eminent domain. It’s the story of one man…
Colorado lawmaker to introduce bill to add accountability to tax-increment financed urban-renewal projects
“Urban Renewal TIF Transparency Act, is expected to require developers to present tax-increment financing impact statement; an urban-renewal plan; annual reports on how a project is doing, the total taxes diverted and any changes to…
TOD Study: Olde Town Arvada Case Study
Slide show presentation from Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Annual Conference which outlines TOD process and rational for Olde Town Arvada. view the slide presentation RTD FasTracks City and Community of Arvada Arvarda Urban Renewal…
Colorado Legislative Update on Urban Renewal
“The 2012 Colorado General Assembly convened on January 11, 2012. Several hundred bills have been introduced so far, and drafts of not-yet-introduced bills are circulating. While other urban renewal bills may yet be introduced, the…
Mayor Bach disputes with Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority
“A dispute between Mayor Bach and Jim Cann of the Urban Renewal Authority has come to Surface concerning 1.25M fee for Ivywild Project. Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach comments on the Ivywild Project at the…