NACIS 2016 Prsentation Rachel Stevenson, UC Denver Emily Anderson, UC Denver Bryan West, UC Denver Cody Peterson, UC Denver Isaac Rivera, UC Denver Dr. Jordan Hill, UC Denver In the Spring of 2016, various students from multiple disciplines at the University of Colorado Denver, came together to research and map the current and future redevelopment happening in North/East Denver. The city's mayor has imagined a corridor of opportunity that consists of six main development projects aimed at improving the image of Denver. These projects however, have given rise to serious questions regrading social and environmental justice for the communities residing at the intersection of these projects. These students have developed an informational resource aimed at shedding light on the adverse impacts these projects are having and will have on the primarily Hispanic and low income populations of greater North/East Denver. This informational resource took the form of a website that showcased a series of maps visualizing development project areas and the demographics of the local population and various impacts of those development projects.

1. Mapping North
East Denver
Change
Rachel Stevenson - University of Colorado Denver

2. Outline
Background
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The Class
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The Process
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The Project
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Conclusion

3. Background:
Corridor Of
Opportunity

4. The Class Spring 2016
The class consisted of a series of different disciplines
• Planning
• Humanities
• GIS/Cartography
Students look on tasks that pushed their comfort zone
as well as tasks that played to their strengths.
Main focus being: We wanted to help fill the gap of lack
of information

5. The Process:
 Week 1-4: Research and Community Meetings
 Learn about the community
 Understand what work has already been done.
 Understand what gaps are missing.
 Create a plan for the implantation
 Week 5-8: Develop Resources
 Media
 Drawings
 Maps
 Interviews
 Glossary
 Week 12-16: Implementation and FinalTouches
 Build the website
 Wrap up and Next Steps

6. The Project
• The website was the vehicle
by which the class posted all
of the resources we collected
over a four month period.
• The website has:
– Maps of the areas in question
– Videos of the affected communities
– And other resources for community
engagement

7. Conclusion
www.northeastdenverChange.o