More than 175听participants听attended our 2019听Community Building Colorado-Style Conference, entitled, "Squeezed Out: Challenges of Diversity and Affordability in Colorado Communities,"听which brought together听leaders from neighborhoods, towns, cities and the University of Colorado Boulder. The Oct. 25 conference focused on the challenges that Colorado communities face: rapid population growth; demand for vital and green neighborhoods; affordability; adaptation to climate change; emerging transportation technologies; and aging infrastructure.听Speakers听discussed creative solutions to these ongoing issues as well as opportunities for university partnerships.听
鈥婽he event was听sponsored by CU Boulder鈥檚 Community Engagement, Design and Research Center (CEDaR), the Colorado Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) and Downtown Colorado Inc. (DCI).
Whether you attended or missed the conference, please feel free to review our 2019 agenda, 听and panel summaries (listed below).听If you would like access to our 2019 speakers' presentation slide shows, please email Susan with your request.
Curious about other past听 Commuity Building Colorado-Style conferences? Then visit听our Community Building Colorado-Style听.
Also, check out the winning submissions听from听the 2019 Urban Solutions student poster contest, held听in conjunction with the Squeezed Out conference and sponsored by the American Planning Association (APA) and CEDaR. Selected participants presented their posters to professional planners during a conference networking reception in the lobby of the ENVD building听on Oct. 24.听First place ($250) went to听, created by Ian Klene and Sebastian听Elverskog. Second place ($150) went to听听by Alec Stolz. Clare Hamilton received third place听($100) for her project,听听All winners were听students in CU Boulder's Program in Environmental Design (ENVD).
Student summaries* of Squeezed Out panels:
Panel I: Development, Affordability and Dislocation in Colorado Cities
Rural Counties Bleed Population, but Front Range Can't House Them, by Ryan Mae Handy
We Like It Here, Why Should We Leave? Displacement and Affordability in Colorado, by David King
Building Together, by Bradon S. Nicholson
The Future is in Growing Together鈥� Otherwise it May be a听Slow Individual Decline,听by James Russell听
Panel II: An Interview on Equity and Community Building
Countering Displacement through Equity and Community Building, by Eli Baana
Considerations for Achieving Authentic, Equitable Community-Building Strategies,听by Sarah V. Crump
Steps to Integration, by Susan Downing
Decoding Equity in a Community,听 by Ali Pfenninger
Everyone鈥檚 invited to the Birthday Party: A Conversation on Defining Equity, by Ella Sanders
Panel III:听Perspectives on Affordability: Lessons Learned听
Building Outside of the Box, by Natalie Floyd
Squeezed out:听Challenges of Diversity and Affordability听in Colorado Communities, by Alex Hemmer
Putting Practice into Action: Housing Affordability Edition, by听Stefi Szrek
Challenging the Housing Status Quo: Lessons on Affordability, Design听and Transportation Planning, by Annelies van Vonno
Quality or Costs? Planning for Affordable and Livable Communities, by Andrea Vaughn听
*Student summaries were written by听students enrolled in the class,听"Small Town, Rural, and Tourism Planning,"听offered by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the听University of Colorado听Denver and听taught by Korkut Onaran.
Interested in becoming听a speaker, presenting听a poster or attending our听2020听Community Building Colorado-Style conference? Email听Susan.
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