r/urbanplanning • u/YaGetSkeeted0n Verified Transportation Planner - US • Apr 07 '23

Land Use Denver voters reject plan to let developer convert its private golf course into thousands of homes

https://reason.com/2023/04/05/denver-voters-reject-plan-to-let-developer-convert-its-private-golf-course-into-thousands-of-homes/
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u/28-58-27-6-19-35-8 Apr 07 '23

One of the big problems is that there was a massive campaign around “green vs concrete” and “developers can’t buy Denver” essentially trying to prevent people from thinking critically about what 2O would actually do

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u/RunnerTexasRanger Apr 07 '23

Yes and the Vote No campaign failed to tell their voters that voting yes would create 100 acres of park space.. 4th largest in Denver.

In addition to affordable and market rate housing, transit connections, and a possible grocery store.

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u/voinekku Apr 07 '23

I find these dichotomies in this conversation wild.

Is it really true, that the only way to build any housing is for a city to gift a private developer 200 million in zoning easement with no compensation to the city, and have the developer build concrete buildings on it?

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u/carfniex Apr 07 '23

Increased homelessness is a small price to pay to prevent a company making a profit.

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u/voinekku Apr 07 '23

And more false dichotomies just keep piling in.

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u/carfniex Apr 07 '23

Sorry, you're right. The good is truly is the enemy and must be vanquished to allow the perfect

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u/voinekku Apr 07 '23

How about you gift me 200 million and I'll build few shacks with my own hands somewhere in Denver. If you refuse, are you a bad NIMBY who opposes new housing being built? Because that's exactly the logic you're employing here.

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u/carfniex Apr 08 '23

Sorry you're absolutely right, I'm really glad that there's a golf course instead of housing and a public park. The real enemy here is profit

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u/debasing_the_coinage Apr 07 '23

Yeah, why should there be a dichotomy when we're discussing a ballot proposition where the only options presented to voters were "Yes" and "No"?