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lightrail: Denver Leads the Way in transportation with groundbreaking of East Corridor of RTD FasTracks - 08/27/10 07:01 PM
Yesterday, August 26, 2010, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the ground breaking ceremony of the East Corridor of RTD FasTracks. The event was held on the south grounds of the Jeppesen Terminal building at Denver International Airport and was attended by well over 100 people.
Speakers included Senator Mark Udall, Congressman Ed Perlmutter, Congresswoman Diana DeGette, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, Aurora Mayor Ed Tauer, Kim Day with DIA, Phil Washington and Lee Kemp with RTD. Christopher Martinez, RTD Board, acted as MC.
Lakewood Mayor Bob Murphy attended as well as RTD Board member Matt Cohen who … (3 comments)
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lightrail: New Transit Alliance Citizens' Academy Begins Tonight - 09/23/09 07:00 PM
Tonight kicks off the fall class of Denver's Transit Alliance Citizens' Academy and as a former graduate, I have been asked to make a short presentation to the class. All participants are asked to put together a personal action plan as to how they will take the information garnered from the training and participate in community outreach.
I have been asked to share how I came up with my action plan, present it to the class and then update them on what I have accomplished so far. Participating in the Academy was a terrific experiece and I would encourage members of … (0 comments)
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lightrail: Final Touches to my Personal Action Plan - 03/24/09 08:42 PM
We are getting down to the wire to present our personal action plan for the Transit Alliance 2009 Citizen's Academy. My partner in this endeavor, Mike Henderson, who also works for Your Castle Real Estate, and I met today with a computer guru to work out the details of our plan and the specific information that we needed to finalize our presentation.
We are putting together a presentation that we can give to local groups who want to hear about Transit Oriented Development. We hope to educate citizens, realtors, developers and others on what this development can mean to our communities.
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lightrail: Transit Alliance 2009 Citizens' Academy - Personal Action Plan - 03/20/09 02:56 PM
I have blogged about my participation with the Transit Alliance Citizens' Academy and I am pleased to present the personal action plan that will be implemented in 2009:
Emelyn Morris-Sayre and Mike Henderson (also with Your Castle Real Estate) are teaming up to teach a class on light rail and it's effect on residential home prices in the vicinity of the transit stations. Using data derived from the MLS system, linked to a GIS, and the CSAP scores, an analysis will be done focusing on the Denver Southwest line. Included will be photos of the different stations along the line.
We will … (0 comments)
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lightrail: Transit Alliance Citizens Academy Update - Trying out the Bus - 03/01/09 06:51 PM
I blogged this past week about how excited I was to have been chosen to be a part of the 2009 Transit Alliance Citizens Academy and the opportunity to really become an advocate for rapid transit and expanded light rail. Then a couple of days ago, it hit me like a brick....it had been years since I actually rode an RTD bus anywhere and I hadn't been on the light rail here in Denver.
Having been raised in the outskirts of Washington, DC, I grew up using the bus to get into work on days that three or more of us … (0 comments)
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lightrail: 2009 Transit Alliance Citizens' Academy Kicks Off - 02/26/09 08:27 PM
I am so thrilled to have been accepted into the first 2009 Transit Alliance Citizen's Academy for the Denver Metropolitan area. Over 100 people applied for the 50 spots in the Academy and I find myself surrounded by architects, city planners, lawyers and engineers. We are gathering to learn about transit-oriented development and all of us have a passion for seeing light-rail, expanded bus service and the incredible development surrounding the stations.
Over the next months, I will be keeping you apprised of the extensive information that we will be exposed to. I look forward to your input as to your … (3 comments)
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Emelyn Morris-Sayre, CRS, REALTOR Lakewood/Denver 303-517-5116
Lakewood,
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