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Downtown Area Plan Heads to City Council for Final Hearing and Vote Published on November 17, 2025 City & County of Denver and Downtown Denver Partnership to Present Ambitious Plan to Make the Urban Core More Playful, Livable and Resilient Tagged as: , Community Planning & Development, News, Press release
Burnham Yard Small Area Plan to kick off with public open house Published on November 05, 2025 The City and County of Denver and project partners will host an open house Wednesday, Nov. 19, to launch the neighborhood planning process that will create a long-range vision for the historic at Burnham Yard site. Tagged as: , Community Planning & Development, News, Press release
Mayor Nominates Brad Buchanan as Executive Director of CPD Published on October 16, 2025 Mayor Mike Johnston today announced Brad Buchanan’s nomination, pending City Council approval, to lead Denver’s Community Planning and Development (CPD) full-time. In June, Mayor Johnston announced Buchanan would hold dual roles as CPD’s interim Executive Director and National Western Center Authority’s (Authority) CEO. Tagged as: , Community Planning & Development, Mayor, News