Commerce City
Commerce City

Author: Debra Bullock

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738580203

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Among Colorado's fastest growing cities in the 21st century, Commerce City was settled in the 1850s, located today 8 miles northeast of Denver's capitol building. Known for hog farms, truck farms, and dairies, as well as refineries and grain elevators, Commerce City was, during World War II, the site of the enormous Rocky Mountain Arsenal, a U.S. Army weapons manufacturing facility. Incorporated in 1952 as Commerce Town, the name was changed to Commerce City in 1962, which adopted home rule in 1970. Commerce City is regionally famous and nationally recognized for parks and recreation, Buffalo Run Golf Course, Mile High Kennel Club (dog racing), and nearby Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. The new Commerce City Civic Center and Dick's Sporting Goods Park, which is home to pro soccer's Colorado Rapids, were completed in 2007. Commerce City remains a speedily changing municipality with a diverse cultural mix and generations of residents with strong community roots.

Premium Class Travel
Premium Class Travel

Author: Gregory D. Kutz

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2008-03

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 1428988017

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Previous auditing work on widespread improper premium class travel at the Dept. of Defense & the Dept. of State have led to concerns as to whether similar improper travel exists in the rest of the fed. gov¿t. The author was asked to: (1) determine the magnitude of premium class travel governmentwide & the extent such travel was improper; (2) identify internal control weaknesses that contributed to improper & abusive premium class travel; & (3) report on specific cases of improper & abusive premium class travel. Kutz analyzed bank data & performed statistical sampling to quantify the extent that premium class travel was improper. He also performed data mining, reviewed travel regulations, & interviewed agency officials. Includes recommendations. Charts

Design First
Design First

Author: David Walters

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-08-06

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1136411526

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Well-grounded in the history and theory of Anglo-American urbanism, this illustrated textbook sets out objectives, policies and design principles for planning new communities and redeveloping existing urban neighborhoods. Drawing from their extensive experience, the authors explain how better plans (and consequently better places) can be created by applying the three-dimensional principles of urban design and physical place-making to planning problems. Design First uses case studies from the authors’ own professional projects to demonstrate how theory can be turned into effective practice, using concepts of traditional urban form to resolve contemporary planning and design issues in American communities. The book is aimed at architects, planners, developers, planning commissioners, elected officials and citizens -- and, importantly, students of architecture and planning -- with the objective of reintegrating three-dimensional design firmly back into planning practice.