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The Newsletter Featuring Livable Community Items That Readers Value and Highlights of Happenings Along the West Corridor on the RTD West Rail Line Serving Golden, Lakewood & Denver.
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Hello Everyone! This is Bill Spriggs and I have found several news articles, links and blogs that I wanted to share along THE BACK FENCE & beyond in this Wednesday Edition, March 28, 2012. |
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West Corridor, Denver & Region
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Swinerton Builders Moving In! 03/27/12
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Mark Your Calendars! Wednesday, April 11, 2012! Swinerton Builders and RTD Invites Everyone to the Wadsworth Parking Structure Groundbreaking!
See Details
BoulderDailyCamera.com
RTD OKs Hybrid Option for Northwest Corridor; Fate Now up to DRCOG and, Possibly, Voters
By David Migoya, Mar 27, 2012 The Regional Transportation District board on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to build a hybrid system of transportation - part commuter rail and part bus lines - to the northwest corridor from Denver to Longmont instead of a full rail system voters were promised in 2004.
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National
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TheHill.com
Obama: 'Common Sense' for House to Pass Senate Transportation Bill
By Keith Laing, Mar 24, 2012
President Obama used his weekly address to press House Republicans to accept the transportation funding bill that has been approved in the Senate on a bipartisan vote.
READ MORE...NewYorkTimes.com When a Parking Lot Is So Much More
By Eran B. Joseph, Mar 25, 2012
No One loves a parking lot. In her song "Big Yellow Taxi," Joni Mitchell laments, "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot." The parking lot is the antithesis of nature's fields and forests, an ugly reminder of the costs of our automobile-oriented society. But as long as we prefer to get around by car (whether powered by fossil fuel, solar energy or hydrogen), the parking lot is here to stay. It's hard to imagine an alternative. Or is it? READ MORE...TheAtlanticCities.com
The Science of Quieter Cities By Emily Badger, Mar 26, 2012 Cities sound like cars honking and sirens blaring and trains rumbling underfoot. They sound like the couple fighting on the other side of your kitchen wall and the garbage truck backing up out your window...if you live in one long enough, all of this noise starts to blend into a kind of neutral hum, the urban equivalent of crickets chirping. TheAtlanticCities.com
Where the Green Jobs Are By Richard Florida, Mar 26, 2012 Green jobs are often said to be a key growth area of the future. But according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, just 3.1 million people, 2.4 percent of all American workers, were employed in "green goods and services" jobs in 2010. ScientificAmerican.com
U.S. Suburbs Face Twin Perils of Climate Change and Peak Oil. By Maggie Koeth-Baker, Mar 23, 2012 Merriam is usually described as a suburb of Kansas City, Kans.-a small town that grew into a residential center for people who worked in the much larger city nearby. Yet the mental images that go with the word suburb don't really fit Merriam all that well. Grist.org Slow Ride: Buses are the New Vehicles of Youth Rebellion By Claire Thompson, Mar 26, 2012
Instead, I find I get a certain sense of freedom from riding the bus. Taking the bus requires a different mindset; it requires you to let go of impatience, of the need for control...Once I get on the bus I can relinquish my control to the driver, relishing the passive travel time as an opportunity to collect myself on the way to work, make social plans on the way home, or just chill out and not worry about having to do anything until I get where I'm going. READ MORE...PikeResearch.com The Coming Rise of Electric Bikes
March 2012
Electric bicycles are the world's best-selling electric vehicles with sales expected to reach over 30 million units in 2012. E-bicycle sales volumes are being driven by macroeconomic trends such as the growth of urbanization and the increasing need for low-cost transportation in developing markets
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International (when available)
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Sweden Builds 18-Story Greenhouse By Jess Zimmerman, Feb 13, 2012
Swedish company Plantagon International is taking the urban greenhouse to the next level, and then the 17 levels beyond that. Their new vertical greenhouse in Linköping, Sweden will be 177 feet high.
ThisBigCity.net
How Walkable Streets Can Reduce Crime By Walkonomics, Mar 26, 2012
According to a recent BBC report, the Rotterdam police department decided to try an experimental project called 'The Neighbourhood takes Charge'. Police encouraged local residents to draw up a list of things that they wanted to see improved to make their community safer and happier. The police then spent 16 hours per week solving the issues that were most important to local tax-payers.
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Wednesday's Film (when available)
| Vimeo.com How Bikes Make Cities Cool - Portland
By Kona Bikes, March 2012
Fresh from the Kona Productions Crew, How Bikes Make Cities Cool - Portland, is a five-minute mini documentary that explores the thriving bicycle culture resident to one of North America's most progressive metropolises.
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Things you need to know along the West Corridor
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>Lakewood, Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 9:15am to ? 1425 Brentwood, Ste #7, Lakewood, Co. 80214
The Jefferson County League of Women Voters will examine the proposed expansion of Chatfield Reservoir to help meet future metro area water demand. Members will discuss the need and effects of expanding the reservoir, which could flood park facilities, impact recreational use and wildlife habitat, among other things. The meeting is open to all. For more information, call Carmah at (303) 239-0981. To learn more about Jeffco LWV
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>Lakewood, Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012, 7am - 8:30am. Cindy Baroway and Scott Koop, City Council representatives for Ward 2, will meet with residents and considerate guests for their monthly outreach meeting at the Lakewood-West Colfax Business Improvement District Office, 7125 W. Colfax Ave. The West Rail Line will traverse the northwestern section of their Ward. >Lakewood, Wednesday, April 11, 10am Mark Your Calendars! Swinerton Builders and RTD Invites Everyone to the Wadsworth Parking Structure Groundbreaking! See details
>Denver Union Station Basement, Friday, April 27, 2012, 7 to 9pm
Final Open House for the Model Railroad extraordinary display before construction closes same.
Soon the terrific model railroad display put on by the Platte Valley & Western Model Railroad club in the basement of the Denver Union Station will have to close because of the redevelopment of the Station (let's hope they put in better ventilation and more areas to sit for old and struggling families) The open house will run from 7pm to 9pm in the Basement.
Press Release pdf
>Lakewood, Wednesday, June 13, 4-6pm.
Grand Opening party of A+E Fine Woodworking, woodworking studio, 7175 W. 16th Ave. A&E Woodworking will become a future art collaborative where artists will share a common location to create their artwork. The location is located 0.6 miles - 3 minutes via bicycle - from the future light rail stop at Wadsworth Station.
The very popular RTD West Corridor bus tours are back!! All tours will be from 9am to 11am on the 3rd Friday of the month (April thru Sept). Each reservation that is made is for one seat only; please sign-up all attendees individually. You will receive e-mail confirmation within one week of your registration. Click here to register
MAY 19 - 20TH, 2012
JUNE 9-15th, 2012
AUGUST 20-26th, 2012
SEPTEMBER 21-23RD, 2012
Denver Union Station
Construction Cam
Golden Jeffco Station
Construction Cam
Wish You Could Find an Apartment/Condo near a Light Rail Station? As part of TBF's continuing efforts to bring TOD's to the West Corridor & elsewhere, this link from Walk Score.com will now be a permanent feature. Thanks. |
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Commercial Real Estate Assemblages, Land or Buildings Available on The West Corridor
Please note: TBF does not
own or sell any real property.
Prices displayed may not be correct.
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>4917 West 11th Ave Assemblage
>10th Avenue Light Rail Assemblage
>1010 Sheridan Blvd TOD Site
>13th Avenue & Newland St., Light Rail Vacant Land
>5830 West Colfax Ave
>6990 West Colfax Ave Pad Site
THE BACK FENCE supports a corridor wide, regional vision, with individual nodes of unique "places" within that corridor. We hope that the listing of commercial properties available will help to speed this vision to fruition sooner. Learn more about this vision below from the Center for Transit-Oriented Development.
Editor's note: Due to the greatness of Democracy and right of it's citizen's to express concerns freely, RTD has issued a follow-up statement addressing those issues raised surrounding the Future Sheridan Street Parking Structure raised on March 01, 2012. Subjects include 1) Sun/snow on the north side of the structure. 2) Safer lighting between station and parking structure. 3) Ped/bicycle interaction from structure to station. 4) more.
Sheridan Parking Structure
Here's a PowerPoint Presentation of the RTD Elected Officials Briefing held Feb 10, 2012. Part One deals with grade crossing safety (boring) and Part Two has (awesome) photos of the latest civil construction of the West Rail Line. Well worth a peek.
RTD West Rail Line video flyover (entire line from Union Station to the Golden Jeffco Station.
West Corridor Vision
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Things You Need to Know Around the Region
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| The opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of William A. Spriggs and no one else. |
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