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MAKING THE COLFAX STREETSCAPE VISION REAL By J. Patrick O’Leary Colfax Business Improvement District (CBID) is looking for a design firm to make its vision for the Colfax streetscape real. Requests for Proposals will be sent out early this month to create a Master Street Design Plan (MSDP) for the stretch of the avenue within district boundaries, according to CBID Director Frank Locantore. The current “ideal” timeline includes selecting a firm at the end of February or early March, and beginning design work in April. “It [the MSDP] is basically an architectural drawing for landscape, not just the street, but the right of way, sidewalks and amenities,” he explained, comparing it to an architect’s drawings for the use of the interior layout of a building, only for landscape around the streets. CBID had wanted to create an MSDP since 2014, when it began working with and applied for funds from the city’s Office of Economic Development to cover some of the expenses, according to Locantore. “We applied, but were not granted any money,” he said. In 2015 the Office of Economic Development changed its process, so that only “shovel-ready” projects – and no longer planning – are funded. CBID will now bear the entire cost, which Locantore said might range from $75,000 to $100,000, although more detailed, comprehensive plans can cost far more. “How do we want that design to benefit our community of property and business owners, and the patrons who live in or come to the area to support the businesses? How much do we increase the pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, along with the vehicular infrastructure? Do we want emphasis on public art, trees, plants, recycling bins along with landfill containers? These are all components in putting together a MSDP.” But it’s more than a locally conceived wish list. “We [also] want to take into account external forces, like Bus
Rapid Transit … so we will work closely with public works, RTD, and other agencies, so that something we do in 2018 doesn’t have to be changed in 2020.” Locantore said in the past CBID had created plans for specific projects, including trees and lighting, but those were not part of a comprehensive plan nor “a vision of what we want on the street.” The Request for Proposals will include guidance gathered from the community. “People are loving Colfax. There were a couple of events recently where attendance at meetings were through the roof… we crowd-sourced for
information about, ‘What Colfax means to you’,” Locantore said, and elaborated on a few details: that people wanted places to linger, and to be able to find places to eat or drink “without any brain damage.” “We want to be able to apply that excitement in our plan… Maintain diversity in an eclectic sense, with options and choices, and public art… We want that personality and character of Colfax to be the outcomes from the plan.” “At the end we’ll have a roadmap of sorts,” Locantore said, which can be taken to the city or builder for the next steps, financing and construction.
RECYCLE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE – IT’S AS EASY AS 1,2,3! By Denny Taylor Recycling your Christmas tree is as easy as 1,2,3 with Denver Recycles/Solid Waste Management’s annual Treecycle program. This year’s program will run January 4 through January 15. By recycling your tree through Denver’s Treecycle program, you can help keep trees out of the landfill, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help create mulch that is available to Denver residents for free at the Annual Treecycle Mulch Giveaway & Leafdrop Compost Sale in the spring. Here’s how easy it is to recycle your Christmas tree: 1. Remove all decorations, lights, and the tree stand. Natural (real) trees only! NO artificial or flocked trees. 2. Set your tree out for collection during the two-week Treecycle collection period (January 4-15). Christmas trees are collected by tree-only collection trucks during this period. 3. Reclaim free mulch made from your tree at the Annual Treecycle Mulch Giveaway & LeafDrop Compost Sale in the spring!
Treecycle set out instructions depend on your regular trash service type. Manual & Cart customers should set trees out at their regular trash set out locations by 7 am on their trash collection day during the week of Jan. 4th or the week of Jan. 11th. Dumpster customers should set trees in the alley by 7 am on either Mon., Jan. 4th or Mon., Jan. 11th and the trees will be removed during that week. Do not place trees in trash carts or dumpsters. Trees placed in trash carts or dumpsters are mixed in with other trash and do not get recycled. Instead, trees should be placed at least two feet away from dumpsters, carts and other obstacles so that the special tree-only collection trucks can access them. Last year, Denver residents recycled nearly 20,000 trees. Please participate in this year’s Treecycle program and help us recycle even more in 2016! For more information about Treecycle, the Annual Treecycle Mulch Giveaway and LeafDrop Compost Sale, or other Denver Recycles programs call 720-9131311 or visit DenverGov.org/DenverRecycles.
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