Under Construction: Schools, Developer Partner Up on Denver Project. Joetta L. Sack.
by Sack, Joetta L; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 12Institutions. Publisher: Education Week, 2004ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): City planning | Denver (Colo.) | Eminent domain | Land use -- Urban | Planned communities | Public schools | Public-private sector cooperation | Real estate developers | School buildings -- Design and construction | School districtsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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.
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