City seeks land to revitalize rail stop
Stuart Steers, Rocky Mountain News
Published May 15, 2007 at midnight
The Denver City Council on Monday night approved spending $1 million to buy a key parcel of land adjacent to the light- rail station at 10th Avenue and Osage Street.
The city is hoping to use the land to jump-start transit-oriented development in the La Alma-Lincoln Park neighborhood. Denver will work with a private developer to create a mixed-use project that likely will include housing, retail and other uses, officials say.
The project could be a model for the city's efforts to bring new housing and businesses to other neighborhoods near light-rail stations - including the west Denver stations along the FasTracks line to Golden.
"It will provide for economic revitalization in Lincoln Park," said City Councilwoman Judy Montero, whose District 9 includes the neighborhood.
Montero said the purchase, which will be funded by federal community development block grants, would allow the city to "be at the helm" and make sure development follows the neighborhood plan created for the district.
Much of the land around the station has been used for industrial purposes.
Montero said Denver also has received a $200,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to pay for cleanup of the site.
steerss@RockyMountainNews.com or 303-954-2282
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