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March 11, 2013
Tactical Urbanism Here!

As more and more urbanites flock to Denver, they are beginning to demand more from their city. More bike lanes, more active public places, more creativity, more spaces designed for people. Rather than waiting for authorities to transform their streets and neighborhoods, they are taking action.  The new website TacticalUrbanismHere.com documents these urban interventions to show how small-scale change can have a big impact on Denver neighborhoods.

As more and more urbanites flock to Denver, they are beginning to demand more from their city. More bike lanes, more active public places, more creativity, more spaces designed for people. Rather than waiting for authorities to transform their streets and neighborhoods, they are taking action.  The new website TacticalUrbanismHere.com  documents these urban interventions to show how small-scale change can have a big impact on Denver neighborhoods.

May 29, 2012
Crowdsourcing Denver's Beautiful Streets

How simple community engagement methods can generate data for use by urban planning agencies and organizations.

April 23, 2012
Delivering Denver’s Future - A Participatory Budgeting Process

Several weeks ago, the office of Denver’s Mayor Michael Hancock launched a two-part community engagement strategy to gather public input on important financial issues facing the City of Denver.  A series of public forums put keypad polling devices in the hands of city employees and Denver residents to test the best   ideas for how to address the City’s financial challenges.  The Mayor also unveiled a new participatory budgeting tool encouraging public feedback on key topics relative to fixing Denver’s budget gap. The new interactive tool, Delivering Denver’s Future, gives residents a unique opportunity to weigh in on how to fix the city’s broken budget.

October 27, 2011
Youth Art Program Participants Design Model City: “The Inspiring Community”

Inspired by Denver, Colorado’s downtown buildings and unique architecture, a group of school children, ages 8-11 years, from the local community came together this past summer to explore what it takes to build a real city. Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Art Department and the Denver Public School (DPS) district joined forces to offer students in the area a unique alternative to the typical sports and recreation type of summer camp through an new flagship art outreach program: Art Builds Communities (ABC).

October 14, 2011
Live Webcast: Assessing Community Information Needs: A Practical Guide

This Monday, October 17, the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation release the final in a series of eight white papers aimed at implementing the recommendations of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.  The paper—"Assessing Community Information Needs: A Practical Guide" by Richard C. Harwood—proposes four guideposts and nine strategies for communities to assess and build a healthy information environment.

Monday, October 17  
12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (ET)
Online

October 7, 2011
CityCamp Colorado 2011 - Enhancing Access to Government

CityCamp Colorado 2011 will bring together government professionals, private sector specialists, members of academia, the press, and other interested citizens with the goal of creating actionable plans and efforts to make our governments more accessible.

CityCampColorado 2011 brings together people like yourself to share ideas to enhance access to government.

Citizens are becoming more engaged and more frustrated with government.  They are becoming more active and expecting government to respond.

The Internet, social media, smartphones, and many other tools hold the promise of improving government.   Government and citizens alike need to take advantage of these tools to realize that promise.  

December 4, 2010
Last minute annoucement: CityCamp Colorado

From the official website: CityCamp Colorado will bring together people like yourself to share ideas to improve local government. CityCamp is an unconference focused toward the participants sharing insights and experiences and taking action to bring about the significant, positive change our communities need. At an unconference, content is created and organized by participants.