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100 _aSack, Joetta L.,
245 0 _aUnder Construction: Schools, Developer Partner Up on Denver Project.
_cJoetta L. Sack.
260 _bEducation Week,
_c2004.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
_nArticle 12,
_pInstitutions,
_x1522-3256;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
500 _aOriginally Published: Under Construction: Schools, Developer Partner Up on Denver Project, March 24, 2004; pp. 1+.
520 _a"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.
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aCity planning
651 _aDenver (Colo.)
650 _aEminent domain
650 _aLand use
_xUrban
650 _aPlanned communities
650 _aPublic schools
650 _aPublic-private sector cooperation
650 _aReal estate developers
650 _aSchool buildings
_xDesign and construction
650 _aSchool districts
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2005,
_pInstitutions.
_x1522-3256;
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