Denver City Council adopts 2 plans that map growth through 2040
(WorldNews Politics)

The Denver City Council on Monday night adopted two sweeping long-range planning documents that advocates hope will map and manage where growth and development take place in the city over the next 20 years. After hearing three hours of testimony from about 50 residents, the council voted 11-1 to approve a comprehensive plan called Denveright and voted 10-2 to adopt a companion plan called Blueprint Denver, which spells out how the city will absorb density and future growth through 2040. Councilman Kevin Flynn cast the lone dissenting vote on Denveright. He was joined by Councilman Rafael Espinoza in opposing the Blue Print Denver plan. `I strongly support so much of what is in these plans,...