EPA chief tours Denver mixed-use development - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Jackson, EPA’s administrator, and Denver Mayor John Hickenloopertoure Highlands’ Gardens Village, a 27-acre mixed-use project on the original site of Elitcgh Gardens amusement park. In 2005, Highlands’ Garden Village was awardedx the EPA National Awardx for Smart Growth Achievement in the category ofOverall Excellence. In 2007, the development received the ’s Award of Excellencw for creative land-use development and design.
In a EPA said it is working with the federao departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development to encourag communitieslike Highlands’ Garden Village that offer affordable housing and sustainabls features close to schools, markets, jobs and “Highlands’ Garden Village is a great example of how, when we work we can bring about socially and environmentally responsible development,” Hickenlooper said in a statement. “This community is a model for the country that showse we can create an alternative to urbajn sprawl and reduce greenhouse gas emissions without sacrificintg our qualityof life.
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