by Matt Ball on April 12, 2011
Critigen was involved in a detailed spatial analysis project for the City of Denver regarding zoning for solar energy. The city is working on a new zoning code, and was interested in what way they should mandate solar easements and solar rights to protect a homeowners access to solar power. The city was concerned about [...]
by Matt Ball on September 6, 2009
The project to transform Union Station in downtown Denver in a multi-modal transportation hub will begin construction this week, and there’s a new website to mark this progress. Currently the station houses Amtrak rail service, with the redesign making the station a hub for four new commuter rail lines that are part of the FasTracks [...]
by Matt Ball on August 26, 2009
A friend tipped me off to a large number of GIS jobs listed with CareerBuilder in and around Colorado’s Front Range. A search on GIS for Denver yields 37 job listings from Boulder, Denver, Aurora, Broomfield, Thornton and Westminster. A lot of these job descriptions are similar, and most indicate that the company is confidential. [...]
by Matt Ball on October 8, 2008
Denver is piloting a curbside composting program that’s being tested near me. The bins are rather large (65 gallons), and will be picked up with one of those mechanized trucks with the side arms. I love our huge recycling bin that gets picked up bi-weekly, and usually fill it. It’s going to be great to [...]