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As the Washington region makes way for more transit-oriented development around Metro stations, the Purple Line, and other transit hubs, here are some equity-centered initiatives leaders can consider from other cities across the country. 

Residents living on Josephine and York Streets in Denver’s Elyria-Swansea neighborhood are launching a campaign to change the traffic patterns of the roads. Right now, Josephine Street and York Street near Central 70 Project construction are one-way roads.

Lisa Garcia, who was wanted for a homicide in Denver's Elyria-Swansea neighborhood in July was fatally shot near an apartment complex on Sept. 3.

Why Participatory Planning Fails (and How to Fix It) “Having participated in several of the I-70 meetings, I got to see firsthand how community input really just meant show up, complain, and we’re going to do the opposite of what you’re asking,” says one Denver councilmember. May 4, 2021, 11am PDT | rkaufman Share My friend Tom lives in North Denver’s Elyria neighborhood, down the street from the I-70 highway and within smell of the city’s famously odiferous dog food factory. H...

Tom, who is an artist, plans to make it into a collage — a reminder, or maybe even a historical record — of the days when planners and researchers knocked on his door all day long — and tried to transform North Denver from a superfund site to a sustainability hub. I live in Denver too, some 25 blocks south of Tom, also within the smell of the dog food factory. I have spent a lot of time over the past few years trying to understand the city’s growing inequality. By some metrics, Denver l...