tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post5220873324193753676..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: Retrofitting Suburbia: Villa Italia to BelmarChas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-38892491244544490102009-02-10T13:11:00.000-07:002009-02-10T13:11:00.000-07:00Of course, there is no "mar" anywhere near this Be...Of course, there is no "mar" anywhere near this Belmar<BR/>===================================<BR/>Unless Chatfield Reservoir counts!!Reid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-74557097785384245172009-02-04T17:56:00.000-07:002009-02-04T17:56:00.000-07:00Belmar isn't half bad, nor is Cindarella City, ano...Belmar isn't half bad, nor is Cindarella City, another of the major mall redevelopments in metro Denver. Both, by the way, have plenty of big box stores.<BR/><BR/>One of the less told stories of this process is how much commercial development is driven by local tax base incentives. <BR/><BR/>Retail generates a lot more tax than it costs in terms of government services in most of Colorado; housing costs a lot more in government services than it generates in taxes beyond the very high end, so governments permit it only when they have few other options.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-89318869837966875312009-02-04T17:34:00.000-07:002009-02-04T17:34:00.000-07:00Nope. No escape.Just like I can't escape developme...Nope. No escape.<BR/><BR/>Just like I can't escape developments called Pheasant Ridge when the bulldozers that created them pushed out the last remaining pheasant in my neighborhood.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.com