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Committee forwards Far Southwest Area Plan to full council after broad community support
Summary
City planning staff presented the Far Southwest Area Plan — covering Harvey Park, College View and surrounding neighborhoods — and the Community Planning and Housing Committee voted to forward the plan to the full council after staff reported high engagement and unanimous advisory and Planning Board recommendations.
Brian Boteo, senior city planner with Denver Community Planning and Development, told the Community Planning and Housing Committee on Nov. 18 that a Far Southwest Area Plan covering Harvey Park, River Park South, College View, Bear Valley, Marston and Fort Logan has been developed through extensive community engagement and is consistent with Comprehensive Plan 2040 and Blueprint Denver.
Boteo said staff aimed to make the plan locally specific and that outreach included a kickoff meeting, pop‑ups, RNO meetings, visits to high schools and an online survey. "We sent out, 30,000 postcards, nearly 30,000 postcards," he said, describing an effort to notify every address in the plan area. He told…
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