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Elyria Swansea Neighborhood Plan
About Elyria Swansea Small Area Plan A new small area plan for the Elyria and Swansea neighborhoods was started in 2007 as part of a grant awarded by the US EPA to the Healthy Air for Northeast Denver (HAND) partnership, a collaboration between Groundwork Denver and the City. This funding was used to bring consulting assistance to the planning process to enhance public participation and to conduct analyses beyond the usual scope of the City’s small area plans.
Public Workshop
On November 3, 2007, more than 40 neighborhood residents met to discuss their ideas for the future of the neighborhoods. In addition, between November 2007 and March 2008, the City's planning team met with the Elyria/Swansea/Globeville Business Association, property owners and business operators in the eastern portion of the study area, and young people in the neighborhood to solicit their input. Read a summary of community input (pdf, 1MB) received from these meetings
Other Elyria Swansea Planning Efforts
Other Elyria Swansea Planning Efforts
The last Swansea/Elyria Neighborhood Plan was adopted in 1983. The River North Plan (pdf, 6MB), adopted in July 2003, includes a sizeable area of Elyria between 38th Street, Interstate 70, York Street, and 40th Avenue.
Swansea/Elyria Charrette Report, issued in 1989, summarized a series of meetings that addressed various neighborhood issues with community leaders. This report updated the 1983 neighborhood plan in some needed respects such as its urban design analysis. An Economic Assessment of the Elyria/Swansea Neighborhoods was completed in 1999 by the Colorado Center for Community Development at the University of Colorado Denver. This report provided partial but significant new information about the area’s economic conditions.
The Elyria-Swansea Neighborhood Assessment, completed in 2003, documented the current conditions in the Elyria/Swansea statistical neighborhood in terms proscribed by Denver’s Comprehensive Plan 2000 and Blueprint Denver, which prioritize housing, mobility, land use, environmental sustainability, and historical legacies. The neighborhood assessment found many changing conditions, needs and opportunities, and recommended undertaking a new area plan Several environmental impact statement (EIS) processes for major new transportation are currently being conducted in the area by other parties: The Elyria Neighborhood Association has created a vision plan to reconnect adjacent neighborhoods, leverage transit-oriented development, promote sustainable infill development that increases livability, and encourage a walkable mixed-use community.
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Do you have any questions or comments about this small area planning effort, or want to get on the email distribution list?
Contact:
Steve Gordon
720-865-2922
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