LEAVE A COMMENT FOR RTD!

It's come to our attention that a recommendation regarding the development of the historic station building could come as early as today. We encourage all of the Union Station supporters to leave their comments for RTD:

http://www.rtd-fastracks.com/dus_1

For information from our Public Space Symposium (2009) which helps to clarify some of the proposed ideas, please see the excerpt from the letter below and the document at:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B14OGQyGiITvNTIzOTk4NWUtMTcxNy00YjYwLTk1MDMtNGNiNzcxMjUxNzNm



...We are forwarding the attached document that succinctly describes both the master plan’s vision for Wynkoop Plaza and the management structure that was recommended by the expert panel in the Public Space Symposium of 2009. You may recall that the Symposium was a fairly elaborate joint effort between the Downtown Denver Partnership, USNC and USA to identify the best strategy for management of Wynkoop Plaza. Again we would like to reiterate USA’s position that management should be in the hands of a non-profit entity whose sole purpose is the success of the Plaza. Integrating management with another broad mission (like management of the Historic Station Building) both weakens the focus required for success and disenfranchises other significant stakeholders. There is a strong local example of the model recommended… Civic Center Conservancy, which has proven that a broad stakeholder board with a singularly focused staff can improve activation of a signature public amenity, increase funding opportunities for that activation.. and as a result creates a more desirable and safer environment that draws people into it...



Thanks!

Neighborhood Meeting: Future Re-Use of Denver Union Station

All,

Last night the public was invited to hear two competing ideas for the re-use of the Historic Union Station. Each development group was asked to showcase their proposals for the interior redevelopment of Denver Union Station and make clear their vision for the future of this iconic building. The room was packed and the ideas shared were fascinating!!

Next Wednesday the 9^th, as a follow up to this meeting, the Union Station Advocates will be bringing together neighborhood stakeholder groups to discuss last night’s presentations and further identify key issues surrounding these proposals.

Join us at the Wynkoop Brewery’s Mercantile Room on Wednesday November 9^th from 5-7pm. Please RSVP by sending an email to info@unionstationadvocates.org

Hope to see you there!

RTD Releases Date, Time, Place for DUS Historic Station Presentations

RTD submitted the following press release which designates the date and time for the presentations of the Denver Union Station Historic Station redevelopment proposals!

Thursday November 3
6PM
Colorado Convention Center
Rooms 201 and 203
700 14th Street in Downtown Denver



NEWS RELEASE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:

October 19, 2011
Pauletta Tonilas
Public Information Manager

303-299-2469 (office)
303-250-4846 (cell)





Public Invited to Hear Two Competing Ideas for
Denver Union Station Historic Building
November 3 event to showcase proposals for the interior redevelopment of Denver union station

Denver, Oct. 19, 2011 – Two teams competing to redevelop the Regional Transportation District’s historic Denver Union Station building will present their proposals at a public event on Thursday, Nov. 3.

The two and a half-hour event will be held in the Colorado Convention Center, Rooms 201 and 203, 700 14th Street (at California) in downtown Denver and begin at 6 p.m. Each team will have 30 minutes to present the details of its proposal with a 30-minute question/answer session with the public following each presentation. The first presentation by Union Station Neighborhood Company starts at 6:15 p.m., and the second presentation by Union Station Alliance will begin at 7:25 p.m.

Denver Union Station will serve as the intermodal transportation hub for the Denver metro region, bringing together rail and bus service, Amtrak, shuttle service, taxis, bikes, and pedestrian uses. As owner of the building, the RTD Board of Directors will decide soon how the interior of the building will be redeveloped to accommodate its new role as both an activity center and a transit station. As part of this process, RTD initially released a Request for Qualifications followed by a Request for Proposals, receiving two developer concepts for consideration.

Beginning in 2010, RTD commissioned a Stakeholder Committee made up of representatives from downtown interests, historic preservationists, the City and County of Denver, the Denver Union Station Project Authority and others to identify potential uses for the rehabilitation and reuse of the DUS Historic Building. The Stakeholder Committee developed building reuse goals, considered alternative reuse scenarios, evaluated the ability of the reuse scenarios to meet community goals, and discussed the process for selecting a developer to complete the building restoration and reuse. The Denver Union Station project is part of RTD’s voter-approved FasTracks transit expansion program to expand rail and bus service throughout the Denver metro area. FasTracks will build 122 miles of commuter rail and light rail, 18 miles of bus rapid transit service, add 21,000 new parking spaces, redevelop Denver Union Station and redirect bus service to better connect the eight-county District. The FasTracks investment initiative is projected to create thousands of construction-related jobs during the height of construction, and will pump billions of dollars into the regional economy over the next 20 years.

Historic Station Public Meeting

RTD is planning to hold a public meeting on November 3 to give the citizens an opportunity to learn about the proposals for the Denver Union Station Historic Station Building. We would encourage all of the USA supporters to come out! We will post more information as soon as we know it.

Green Infrastructure Ideas by Sustainable Cities Collective

Hi Advocates!

Here is a great article about sustainable infrastructure in cities!

http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/kaidbenfield/30272/how-green-infrastructure-making-cities-more-sustainable-hospitable

SPECIAL DENVER UNION STATION TOUR

SPECIAL Denver Union Station tour this saturday! Chance to see the project from 200 ft above!! Saturday, 10AM, in front of the historic station, 17th and Wynkoop, a little more than an hour long, $10 donation recommended.

We would love to see you all there!

Denver Union Station Historic Building Reuse Options

As the due date for the two proposals for the redevelopment of the historic Denver Union Station building draws near (Oct 3, in fact), we wanted to remind our readers of the varied options for the redevelopment of the historic building.

Please remember that there will be a public meeting to discuss these options, so we highly recommend that our interested followers read-up on the options and come ready to make suggestions and commentary.

As a means of highlighting the two proposals, we are linking to the summaries given earlier this summer on DenverUrbanism.com.

For an introduction to the proposals, please click HERE.

To read about the idea's from the Denver Union Station Redevelopment Team, please click HERE.

To read about the proposed ideas from Union Station Neighborhood Company, please click HERE.

Thanks everyone! Stay tuned for an announcement to follow regarding the date for the public meeting.