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Far Southwest Area Plan Full Public Review Draft

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L Willetto Jun 9 2025 at 4:50PM on page 114

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I am excited that missing middle housing is included here! And that the plan is to incorporate those homes in a way that aligns with the context of the area. Building missing middle housing is a key way to attract and retain working families to the neighborhood who would otherwise be priced out.

L Willetto Jun 9 2025 at 4:47PM on page 85

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Recommend adding a few street names to this diagram so viewers can orient themselves quickly.

L Willetto Jun 9 2025 at 4:45PM on page 80

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Great recommendation!

L Willetto Jun 9 2025 at 4:40PM on page 59

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Yes! Harvard Gulch is a great connector to the S Platte Trail.

L Willetto Jun 9 2025 at 4:36PM on page 30

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Great recommendations here. I love to see that this is a priority in Far Southwest!

L Willetto Jun 9 2025 at 1:32PM on page 25

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Really appreciate this note that moderate density is a key part of residential low areas, and can be thoughtfully included.
in reply to L Willetto's comment

L Willetto Jun 9 2025 at 1:30PM on page 15

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Same comment applies to all maps in this section.

L Willetto Jun 9 2025 at 1:29PM on page 15

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It would be helpful if individual neighborhoods were labeled on this map.

L Willetto Jun 9 2025 at 1:25PM on page 8

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Heights

L Willetto Jun 9 2025 at 1:25PM on page 12

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Really appreciate the clarity on this! Great to know that this plan may impact zoning, but that the standard rezoning process will be followed.

L Willetto Jun 9 2025 at 1:01PM on page 11

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I would like to see city planners include and advocate for gentle density housing in Far Southwest neighborhoods (in areas where it makes sense, such as the townhomes being developed at Loretto Heights). I think that the introduction of more multi-family units would bring much-needed housing inventory and affordable options to the area. Gentle density housing options would not detract from the quiet and culturally-rich feel of our neighborhoods, but rather add opportunities for more people to buy or rent in these great areas.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 9:23PM on page 21

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Is it out of the question to find an area in Harvey Park or Fair Hills (HPSouth) that would allow limited retail options and new entrepreneurial businesses to open up---like all those shops on S. Pearl and S. Broadway but in a much tinier footprint---even a limited selection like that could be allowed on church land near Patton Court and Iliff or something like that---coffee shops, etc.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 9:10PM on page 44

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I don't know...there is not a straight connection along Yale Avenue on the west and east sides of Federal Blvd. And then Yale stops at Zuni and you have to jog over again.....College Avenue does go straight through from Federal to Tejon and then you could connect over to the greenbelt (W. Harvard Gulch).

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 9:05PM on page 44

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This connection would be great but there is the big railroad track in the way, plus a fence---there is no connection here at the border of Denver and Englewood---plus, it next to a lot of salvage yards and encampments. Are you proposing a ped/bike bridge be built here to connect the two sides? While I would love that, is there really a big demand---it's super creepy back in those areas!!!

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:58PM on page 80

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Yes, beautify Federal----Broadway looks much better now that there are more street trees and plantings. When does Federal get the same Treatment which should be all the way from Jewell to Belleview.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:54PM on page 73

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I support this Approach.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:53PM on page 77

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I like the idea of reconnecting the street grid but wouldn't the put Eliot and Decatur on top of the mobile home park and existing businesses and apartments? At the very least, W. Asbury should finally be widened and standardized between Federal and Decatur.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:48PM on page 77

Eliot Street only has one "l".

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:47PM on page 79

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It would be great if this concept included a potential solution for getting bikes and peds across Federal Blvd. to access W. Harvard Gulch Trail.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:44PM on page 85

Call it "West Harvard Gulch".

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:43PM on page 85

I like this concept for activating housing and retail on Federal which will benefit residents who move there but also existing residents in the interior of the neighborhood---who could walk over to the shops theoretically. I also like improved landscaping on Federal.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:35PM on page 132

Avenue

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:29PM on page 126

Radcliffe "Avenue", not Boulevard.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:29PM on page 126

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Radcliffe "Avenue"....not Street.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:27PM on page 95

This is a fair image to show for housing in CV....it would be great to show a "long skinny lot" but that might not translate well in a photograph. This photo though does illustrate what is now happening---house in the front and then ag land in the back is becoming another home or an ADU.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:23PM on page 123

Lowell "Boulevard" not Street

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:18PM on page 118

Dartmouth "Avenue"---not Boulevard.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:17PM on page 114

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I agree with this Approach to allow changes in housing density the closer one gets to Federal Blvd. or Evans Avenue. Creating reasons for folks to walk to Federal is also helpful so allowing for small retail mixed with residential near Federal should be explored.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:14PM on page 114

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South Green "Court"---details matter.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 8:11PM on page 113

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Change "Break" to "Bear"

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 7:59PM on page 108

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Wow, who wrote this section...sorry to be critical...but it's Patton Court---not Street. And it's Harvard and Vassar "Avenues". As mentioned earlier, scrub this document to fix these naming conventions, including changing "Harvard Gulch" to "West Harvard Gulch".

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 7:57PM on page 107

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Agreed---the crossing at Vassar Avenue and Federal to get onto W. Harvard Gulch Trail is non-existent. The intent is for folks to go up a block to teh light at All Saints Church and cross there, but that never happens. But unless you build at underpass at Vassar and Federal, I don't know how you can make a better connection for bikes and peds to connect to the trail east of Federal.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 7:54PM on page 107

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NO---it's Vassar and Harvard "Avenues". Streets go North/South and Avenues go East/West

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 7:53PM on page 107

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change "leave" to "live"

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 7:52PM on page 95

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I would also mention that College View petitioned for annexation to Denver and joined the city in 1962 as an already established semi-rural subdivision of individually built homes.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 7:50PM on page 99

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College View should be listed on the bicycle infrastructure signs I see popping up in Harvey Park and other SW neighborhoods. Instead, the signs Englewood going east or Lakewood going west. The neighborhood west of Harvey Park is Bear Valley---that's what should be on the sign. Same with CV from Harvey Park--list it instead of Englewood. I could see if the bike sign were in CV, you could list Englewood as the next location that a bike would get to pass through.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 7:43PM on page 100

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YES! Thank you for including this access point on Cornell. We've been talking about it since annexation!

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 7:42PM on page 100

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Improve/correct nomenclature here---I think you mean Grant-Frontier Park and not "Frontier West Park". Also, the document should be scrubbed so it consistently says "West Harvard Gulch".

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 7:38PM on page 98

In Part B, I'm not sure what is meant by "housing units should be prioritized over suburban houses"?

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 7:35PM on page 95

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Fun Fact: the Englewood Section is known as the "Scenic View" neighborhood today and was paired with College View when both communities were still in Arapahoe County. The Englewood Section was annexed to Englewood in 1957 and it had Scenic View School which has since closed. It takes its name from the view of Pikes Peak to the distant south while College View takes its name from the view of Loretto Heights College nearby.

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 7:31PM on page 93

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Use the term "West Harvard Gulch" consistently. I've seen it elsewhere in this section but "Harvard Gulch" is in south Denver and is different from "West Harvard Gulch".

Shawn Snow Jun 8 2025 at 7:30PM on page 95

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Residential Character is the repeat paragraph shown in Parks. For residential character, I would mention College View's unique "long skinny lots" that were devised in the 1920s when the neighborhood was platted. This unique lot size in Denver was put in place originally for agricultural uses. The city should promote urban farming in College View again since many of these lots remain undeveloped. The lots also offer good opportunities for accessory dwelling units.

Judy W Jun 8 2025 at 6:26PM on page 123

Sheridan Boulevard and 285 intersections really need to be improved functionally and visually as this is the Gateway for Fort Logan residents to Bear Valley Retail and THE Gateway for Fort Logan National Cemetary.
Functionally, a generous sidewalk on the east side of the bridge needs to be added.
Aesthetically the Bridge guardrails need to be replaced. The paint only lasts for so long. Thye should reflect the importance of the crossing of Bear Creek.
The landscape from 285 to Kenyon needs to reflect the importance of the National Cemetery and the character of the Sheridan Boulevard.

Judy W Jun 8 2025 at 6:10PM on page 126

Yes. fully support.

Judy W Jun 8 2025 at 6:08PM on page 128

Nice idea. Not sure how this will work. Are you talking about the Northside of Quincy? Don't we need a sidewalk along Quincy east of Pinehurst Park and almost to Lowell?

Not sure but still like the idea.

Judy W Jun 8 2025 at 4:59PM on page 123

Added a note at the beginning of the Quality of Life section to this effect. I agree.

Judy W Jun 8 2025 at 4:53PM on page 65

Love all of this. Can't wait to see it happen!

Judy W Jun 8 2025 at 4:49PM on page 63

Uncertain where the best place for this comment is. Here or under L section.
It has to do with the retail area at Lowell and Quincy. While I like the idea of a neighborhood retail, the developments do not read as a whole, as a destination where you want to hang out. The stores that are there are not essential. We can buy any of those products and services in other nearby areas. I would not be opposed to expanding the development potential of that area. For example if one or both of the nursing homes leaves the retail development could expand.

I also would not be opposed to a mixed-use development - apartments with retail, etc.

Judy W Jun 8 2025 at 4:39PM on page 63

Yes to all of it.

Judy W Jun 8 2025 at 4:35PM on page 61

Bow Mar Heights Park is a great example of incorporting native plants into traditional park landscapes.
Is this an acceptable place to note that the 180(?) degree view from the east bluff edge should be preserved. ie no trees to obsruct the view. This is where you can go and see the solar events - solstice, equinox.
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