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Colorado is projected to gain a seat in Congress. Here’s why that’s a huge deal.

Allison Stevens - States Newsroom - January 20, 2020

A debate over ‘accessory dwelling units’ in Colorado Springs highlights affordable housing tensions

Julia Fennell | Arielle Gordon | Risako Nakanishi | Colin Suszynski - January 8, 2020

Dawn Howard with the Colorado Cross Disability Coalition prepares to speak on behalf of the East Colfax Community Collective at an apartment complex in the East Colfax neighborhood on Nov. 21, 2019.The collective wants to ensure that city plans for east Denver do not trigger gentrification and displacement. (Photo by Forest Wilson)

Denver community group wants better protections against displacement Within a development plan in the...

Growth Forest Wilson - November 21, 2019

A group set on ensuring that the wave of gentrification that has swept through many parts of Denver doesn’t engulf their communities, too, urged...

Parked: Fort Collins considers reforms to preserve 30 mobile home parks and improve conditions...

Growth Jacy Marmaduke, The Fort Collins Coloradoan - September 18, 2019

Fort Collins leaders are taking advantage of a reshuffled city council lineup to dust off proposed mobile home park reforms that have long failed...

Parked: “Priced out of our hometown,” rising lot rents squeezing out mobile-home park residents...

Growth Mary Shinn, The Durango Herald - September 18, 2019

Durango resident Dave Bray has lived in the mobile-home park on Animas View Drive for more than 30 years, but in the next year...

Parked: Colorado towns are taking action to preserve their remaining mobile-home parks Cities, counties...

Growth Jennifer Brown and Kevin Simpson, The Colorado Sun - September 17, 2019

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Jeff Morehead’s cat slips through the small, square door carved into his wooden fence, a gateway from Morehead’s mobile home lot...

Oil and gas land managment must accommodate wildlife and growth

Guest Post: Finding accommodation among wildlife, growth, and oil and gas leasing

Growth Suzanne O'Neill - September 12, 2019

Last month, Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order that directs state agencies to prioritize protections for big game migratory corridors and winter ranges....

Denver Police Sgt. Brian Conover speaks with Dorian Phillips on Nov. 14, 2018, during a police sweep of a homeless encampment in Five Points. (Photo by Alex Burness for The Colorado Independent)

Guest Post: Boosterism never boosts the homeless

Growth Tom Morris - August 27, 2019

We used to have a skid row in Denver. It was in the 1400 block of Larimer. There were always derelict-looking men hanging around...

Prairie Dog. Photo by Sharon Drummond via Flickr: Creative Commons

Guest Post: Prairie dogs are not pests

Growth Molly Mortimer - August 19, 2019

They’re easy to miss when you’re driving by. Tiny, sandy bodies blend in perfectly with the light dirt in which they make their homes....

Rename Stapleton? Backers say it’s time to dump ‘symbol of hate’ Community will...

Growth Grace Carson - August 19, 2019

Updated Monday, Aug. 19, 2019: In preliminary results, Stapleton property owners have turned down a referendum to change the neighborhood's name, 65% to 35%,...