When Denver updated the city zoning code in 2010 it included a new tool, the Conservation Overlay District. Conservation Overlay District are different than historic districts because they do not regulate demolition of historic structures and do not require design review of modifications. However, conservation overlay districts can create special zoning that supports the character of a neighborhood. Panel:

Rafael Espinoza – Former City Councilman District 1, Planning Consultant, former INC Board member

Tim Boers, HUNI/Highland United Neighbors, resident and architect who led the three-part COD for HUNI

Sarah Showalter, Citywide Planning Manager, Denver Community Planning and Development (CPD).

Moderator: Ms. Blair Taylor (Park Hill resident, recent City Council candidate, recipient of INC’s Neighborhood Star award for community and neighborhood activism)

Video and editing Phil Hainline