View from above of Alpine-Balsam areaIn 2015, the city of Â鶹¹ÙÍø purchased Ìýthe entire hospital campus site at 1100 Balsam Avenue at the corner of Balsam and Broadway streets, as well as two properties on Alpine Avenue and two small properties on North Street. The city purchased the site for several reasons. First, it is an important site to the community and a rare opportunity to help ensureÌýthat future redevelopment of the site fits the community’s vision and goals and enhances the character of the neighborhood. Second, the site presents an additional option for the city to consider as part of a larger facilities-visioning process that may save resources by consolidating office space and public-facing services that are currently leased to the city in a number of locations. The city will also be considering other potential uses for the site to best benefit the community.

The first year of the design workshop, 2016-2017,ÌýfocusedÌýonÌýthe Alpine-BalsamÌýinitiative, a majorÌýlong-term planning, design and development initiative of the city of Â鶹¹ÙÍø, centeredÌýat the site previously occupied by Â鶹¹ÙÍø Community Hospital. The goal of the 2016-2017 workshop was to create a baseline of knowledge and ideasÌýsupporting community dialogue around urban design and planning opportunitiesÌýat the site and in nearby neighborhoods. The project reliedÌýonÌýcollaborative work across multiple disciplines, including faculty and staff in environmental sciences and design, and children and youth organized throughÌýGrowing Up Â鶹¹ÙÍø.ÌýThe project wasÌýfunded by CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø'sÌýOffice forÌýOutreach and Engagement.

To ensure the site’s history and character wereÌýincorporated into the project, public input was solicited throughout the process. It will take many months of gathering community input and planning before the current site can be transformed, but the process of evaluating potential uses is part of the Â鶹¹ÙÍø Valley Comprehensive Plan update. City staff will work with the community to explore future options and will solicit input to ensure that the development fits in with the community’s vision and goals.

, city of Â鶹¹ÙÍø website

Student projects on former hospital site the focus of Dec. 9 open house, CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø Today, Dec. 2, 2016

, CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø Today, April 28, 2017

±Ê²¹°ù³Ù²Ô±ð°ù²õ:ÌýÌýCity of Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Goose Creek Neighborhoods, MetroLab Initiative, Community Engagement Design and Research Center, Growing Up Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Program in Environmental Design, CUEngage, Environmental Studies Program, Masters in Environmental Design.

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Classes

Four classes were taught in fall 2016:

ENVD 3144: History & Theory of ENVD,ÌýJota Samper, assistant professor.

ENVD 3152: Geospatial Applications for Planners,ÌýBrian Muller, associate professor.

ENVS 4800: (SecÌý005) Sustainability and Community,ÌýBrian Muller, associate professor.

ENVD 3122: Research Issues and Methods in Design and Planning,ÌýShawhin Roudbari, assistant professor.

Three classes were taught in spring 2017:

ENVD 3300: Praxis Studio,ÌýStacey Schulte, senior instructor.

LEAD 4000:ÌýLeadership in Context and Emerging Challenges: A Capstone,ÌýKira Pasquesi, program director, CU Engage.

ENVD 4794 Capstone,ÌýBrian Muller, associate professor.Ìý

Additional researcher:ÌýJoel Hartter, ENVSÌýassociate professor.

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