President’s Award of Excellence – Platte Farm Open Space

Valerian Platte Farm Open Space

Valerian received the highest of honors last week at the 2023 ASLA Colorado Award ceremony for Platte Farm Open Space: From Brownfield to Community Asset. This project was awarded the President’s Award of Excellence in Urban Design, with special recognition for exemplary diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. The President’s Award of Excellence is presented to […]

ULI – The Case for Open Space

“As Colorado grows, where will we put new urban parks, and who pays?” Recently, Urban Land Institute (ULI) Colorado held a panel on ‘The Case for Open Space’ to a packed audience at the Children’s Museum. With Colorado’s population nearly doubling since 1993 and Denver’s population expected to grow another 250,000 by 2040, the inclusion […]