Sack, Joetta L.,
Under Construction: Schools, Developer Partner Up on Denver Project. Joetta L. Sack. - Education Week, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 12, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Under Construction: Schools, Developer Partner Up on Denver Project, March 24, 2004; pp. 1+.
"The vast, bare plot of land in the middle of Denver used to be an airport. Today, it's slowly coming back to life as a planned community called Stapleton. Believed to be the largest current redevelopment project in the country, Stapleton is also a laboratory for creative school financing and planning that offers lessons for other communities caught in the throes of rapid expansion. Even before Forest City Enterprises Inc. won the contract to turn the former runways of Stapleton International Airport into neighborhoods, company officials faced a hurdle in attracting buyers: Middle-income families had fled in droves to surrounding suburbs because of the second-rate reputation of Denver's public schools." (EDUCATION WEEK) This article describes how the partnership between a Denver developer and the school district has led to creative ways to improve the image of the district schools and draw families to the new community. An accompanying sidebar addresses the problem school districts are faced with in finding available property for new schools.
1522-3256;
City planning
Eminent domain
Land use--Urban
Planned communities
Public schools
Public-private sector cooperation
Real estate developers
School buildings--Design and construction
School districts
Denver (Colo.)
AC1.S5
050
Under Construction: Schools, Developer Partner Up on Denver Project. Joetta L. Sack. - Education Week, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 12, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Under Construction: Schools, Developer Partner Up on Denver Project, March 24, 2004; pp. 1+.
"The vast, bare plot of land in the middle of Denver used to be an airport. Today, it's slowly coming back to life as a planned community called Stapleton. Believed to be the largest current redevelopment project in the country, Stapleton is also a laboratory for creative school financing and planning that offers lessons for other communities caught in the throes of rapid expansion. Even before Forest City Enterprises Inc. won the contract to turn the former runways of Stapleton International Airport into neighborhoods, company officials faced a hurdle in attracting buyers: Middle-income families had fled in droves to surrounding suburbs because of the second-rate reputation of Denver's public schools." (EDUCATION WEEK) This article describes how the partnership between a Denver developer and the school district has led to creative ways to improve the image of the district schools and draw families to the new community. An accompanying sidebar addresses the problem school districts are faced with in finding available property for new schools.
1522-3256;
City planning
Eminent domain
Land use--Urban
Planned communities
Public schools
Public-private sector cooperation
Real estate developers
School buildings--Design and construction
School districts
Denver (Colo.)
AC1.S5
050