Comments on: #3: The Amazing Denver Voter http://denverinfill.com/blog/2010/01/3-the-amazing-denver-voter.html News and information about urban infill development in the Mile High City Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:06:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ken http://denverinfill.com/blog/2010/01/3-the-amazing-denver-voter.html/comment-page-1#comment-5337 Ken Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:09:24 +0000 http://denverinfill.com/blog/?p=1366#comment-5337 The Better Denver website gives you a progress report on all the projects. Some take longer than others obviously. I believe the goal is to have all projects completed by 2012. The Better Denver website gives you a progress report on all the projects. Some take longer than others obviously. I believe the goal is to have all projects completed by 2012.

]]> By: Julio http://denverinfill.com/blog/2010/01/3-the-amazing-denver-voter.html/comment-page-1#comment-5335 Julio Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:36:24 +0000 http://denverinfill.com/blog/?p=1366#comment-5335 Now if only we can get some of those Better Denver bond issue projects completed. Two plus years later we still don't have a Central Denver recreation center, or a West Denver or Stapleton libraries, mostly due to bureaucratic wrangling. I'm glad Denver residents support these infrastructure improvements, but we really need to get them going as soon as possible. Now if only we can get some of those Better Denver bond issue projects completed. Two plus years later we still don’t have a Central Denver recreation center, or a West Denver or Stapleton libraries, mostly due to bureaucratic wrangling. I’m glad Denver residents support these infrastructure improvements, but we really need to get them going as soon as possible.

]]> By: Matt Pizzuti http://denverinfill.com/blog/2010/01/3-the-amazing-denver-voter.html/comment-page-1#comment-5332 Matt Pizzuti Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:14:58 +0000 http://denverinfill.com/blog/?p=1366#comment-5332 I'm reminded of when Colorado voters explicitly turned down the 1976 Olympics - a huge rejection when the city had already gone through the pains of winning the games - all because they feared the population growth that would come in as a result. Ironic that the same kind of "responsible" and contrarian sentiment in Colorado that, in the 2000s, chose to buck the popularity of individualism and instead make big public investments in the city, were in 1976 a rejection of a major public investment because voters feared the Olympics would lead to regional environmental damage. I guess in 1976 they were trying to avoid growth, which then meant sprawl, and in the 2000s Denver has been trying to promote growth, which in this case is urbanism. So maybe the sentiment is more consistent than it would seem. Voters also seem keen on the idea of having an Olympic Games here in the future. Maybe that's because the trends of development have changed, and these days a high-profile event in the city would more likely lead to urban growth than suburban growth, which is really different from how things were 40 years ago. I’m reminded of when Colorado voters explicitly turned down the 1976 Olympics – a huge rejection when the city had already gone through the pains of winning the games – all because they feared the population growth that would come in as a result.

Ironic that the same kind of “responsible” and contrarian sentiment in Colorado that, in the 2000s, chose to buck the popularity of individualism and instead make big public investments in the city, were in 1976 a rejection of a major public investment because voters feared the Olympics would lead to regional environmental damage.

I guess in 1976 they were trying to avoid growth, which then meant sprawl, and in the 2000s Denver has been trying to promote growth, which in this case is urbanism. So maybe the sentiment is more consistent than it would seem.

Voters also seem keen on the idea of having an Olympic Games here in the future. Maybe that’s because the trends of development have changed, and these days a high-profile event in the city would more likely lead to urban growth than suburban growth, which is really different from how things were 40 years ago.

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