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Please Note:
Starting, Thursday, November 08, 2012
THE BACK FENCE WILL BE PUBLISHED
ONCE A WEEK.
This will allow us to focus more on our cycling & pedestrian advocacy in conjunction with the opening of the West Rail Line and the "final mile" from each station to dwellings & destinations in the area. There may be a new publication. Stay tuned.
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THE BACK FENCE NEWSLETTER
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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The "W" Line Opens in:
177 Days.
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Hi 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, October 24, 2012. |
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West Corridor, Denver & Region
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RTD to Produce $300 Million Plan for FasTracks
By Monte Whaley, Oct 24 2012
Regional Transportation District general manager Phil Washington vowed Tuesday night to find $300 million to help complete unfinished portions of the metro-wide FasTracks commuter project.
READ MORE...TheDenverPost
Aurora Vets Worried About Reaching New Hospital by Light Rail By Kurtis Lee, Oct 24 2012
Patients traveling by light rail to the new Veterans Affairs hospital will have to travel about a half-mile from Interstate 225 and cross busy Potomac Street to reach their doctors, and that has veterans advocates worried.READ MORE....
DenverPost
New Tech Startup Campus Galvanizing Denver Community
By Andy Vuong, Oct 21 2012
The transformation of a historic building into a digital-startup nucleus is galvanizing the Denver community, from civic leaders to young entrepreneurs to seasoned executives.
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National
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More Small Towns Thinking Big
Haya El Nasser, Oct 18 2012
Carmel is forging a national reputation because of its embrace of the arts, European-style street design and urban housing - all of which have given this former Quaker village and sleepy bedroom community a cosmopolitan flair unusual in suburbia.
TheNewYorkTimes
How Small a House is Too Small? By Allison Arieff, Oct 19 2012 Most people see a parking space and promptly back up into it; Tim McCormick sees one and thinks, "I could live here."
READ MORE...GristDotOrg
Climate Silence: It's the Political Right, Stupid
By David Roberts, Oct 22 2012
Watch this absolutely extraordinary video from the 1988 vice presidential debate, dug up by Brad Johnson of Forecast the Facts:READ MORE...GristDotOrg
Building up, Not Selling Out: Can Denser Cities Save Family Farms?
By Claire Thompson, Oct 22 2012 In 2006, the developers of Olive 8 - a swanky hotel/condo complex planned for downtown Seattle - were looking for a way to build beyond the 300-foot height limit that zoning allowed. Doing so required some compromises - but not the kind of backroom deal residents of Chicago or Baltimore might assume.READ MORE...
StreetsBlog
Beware the Dread "Parking Lot for Bikes"
By Ben Fried, Oct 19 2012
Looks like Queens Community Board 1 has some competition when it comes to irrational opposition to on-street bike parking. DNAinfo reports that a proposed bike corral at Wyckoff Avenue and Starr Street in Bushwick has some detractors at Brooklyn Community Board 4. |
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International (when available)
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Court Hails Bus, Says Yes to BRT
By Tripti Lahiri, Oct 19 2012 In January, an 84-year-old activist filed a lawsuit in the public interest asking an Indian court to scrap a road project in South Delhi that carved out separate space for buses, pedestrians and cyclists. One of his arguments was that car users are special (The Job Creators), therefore deserve to travel faster, and were being hindered by the BRT, as it is known, which includes a dedicated bus lane...
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Political Endorsements
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>Matt Cohen, RTD District M
Re-elected Matt Cohen.
He walks the talk.
http://www.cohen4rtd.com/ >Barack Obama & Joe Biden for President and Vice President of the United States
Obvious
http://www.barackobama.com/ >Ed Perlmutter, 7th Congressional District.
Fair and Steady as a Rock
http://perlmutter.house.gov/ >Andy Kerr, State Senate District, SD 22
Rising Star For Education
http://www.andykerr.org/
>Max Tyler, HD 23
Champion For Solar
http://www.maxtyler.us/
>Casey "Ed" Tighe, Jefferson County Commissioner
Highly Recommended
http://www.facebook.com/tighe.casey
>3A & 3B
Yes
Time to support our school kids the way we used to.
http://www.supportjeffcoschools.com/support-jeffco-schools/unanimous-yes-on-3a-and-3b/ >Amendment 64
Yes
Time to stop supporting the Prison-Industrial Complex over this issue. If you want to control this "evil" then tax it to death and over-regulate the industry. >Amendment 65
Yes
Corporations are not people and therefore don't have "Freedom of Speech." >Amendment S
Yes
Flexibility for the Governor in hiring decisions. |
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Wednesday's Film (when available)
| YouTube Madison B-cycle, the bike share in Madison Wisconsin, has unveiled the product of its ArtBike project, a collaboration between Madison B-cycle, Boys and Girls Club of Dance County, and DreamBikes of Madison.
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Things you need to know along the West Corridor
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Lakewood, Nov. 1-17, 2012
40 West Arts District on Colfax will host the Fall Arts Harvest Festival & Exhibition the first three weeks of November. As a part of Denver Arts Week, the three-weekend event includes dozens of artists displaying in a juried art exhibition.. For the calendar of activities, visit
>Lakewood, Every October Wednesday at Noon, 12 noon to 1:15pm Community Room in the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 South Allison Street, Lakewood, Co. 80226. Each October the American Planning Association and the City of Lakewood celebrate National Community Planning Month to show the important role that planning plays in communities across the U.S. National Community Planning Month highlights the contributions of sound planning and also publicly recognizes the participation and dedication of Lakewood residents who have contributed their time and expertise to the improvement of our city. These citizens participate on planning committees, in public hearings and in community meetings to become better educated about issues affecting Lakewood and to voice their opinions and desires for community planning efforts in Lakewood. To learn more, click below.
Denver Union 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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>3415 West Colfax Ave TOD Assemblage
>4917 West 11th Ave Assemblage [sold]
Sold, See Press Release
>10th Avenue Light Rail Assemblage
>1010 Sheridan Blvd TOD Site
>5310 West 10th Ave TOD opportunity
>13th Avenue & Newland St., Light Rail Vacant Land
>5830 West Colfax Ave
>1025 Ammons Complex
>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.
West Corridor Vision
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Things You Need to Know Around the Region
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>Denver, Thursday, November 8th, 2012, 7:00am to 10:30am The Transit Alliance Presents the Transit Event of 2012
Union Station:
Community Trans-Formation
Celebrating the Vision of FasTracks Coming to Life The Ritz Carlton Denver, $75 - Individual, $700 - Table
Click on the UNION STATION logo above to RSVP.
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| The opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of William A. Spriggs and no one else. |
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