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Orientation Tour

Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment

The Mile High Migration: Denver's Response to Growth

Saturday, March 29, 2025
10:30 AM – 1:30 PM MT
Location: Mobile Workshop Departure Area
Bus Walking Ticketed Event
Ticket Price: $48
Division Endorsement: Federal Planning Division, Transportation Planning Division
Denver's current urban context has been shaped by many factors. Apache, Ute, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Arapahoe inhabitants were followed by Gold Rush settlers in the 1800s. Urban renewal, marked by the destruction and rebirth of Denver's downtown, preceded current planning practices and strategies that shape the urban environment and attempt to remedy past oversights. This three-hour bus orientation tour offers an interactive, thought-provoking overview of the Mile High City.

This exciting urban adventure travels through distinctive neighborhoods that showcase Denver's most prominent cultural, recreational, and historical assets, while highlighting many current challenges and the planning interventions that have been implemented to overcome them. Interesting stops show off key infrastructure improvements, transportation advancements, new pedestrian greenways, infill development, parks, housing projects, and more.

Learning Objectives:

  • Gain a general overview of the City of Denver and a deeper understanding of its history and current challenges.
  • Learn and read more about the many interesting places visited.
  • Apply key planning interventions and outcomes related to your area of planning practice.