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2019 Revitalization Commission Questionnaire <br />Page 2of5 <br />ig City,/ <br />IRE Louisville <br />COLORAE)O • SINCE 1878 <br />2. What background do you have with urban renewal or tax increment <br />financing projects? <br />For my Master of Public Administration Capstone project, I worked with the City and County of Denver <br />Mayor's Office of the National Western Center to aid in the development of an Agribusiness Innovation <br />Center at the future National Western Center campus. Funding for the National Western Center comes from <br />a variety of sources, including Regional Tourism Act funds administered by the Denver Urban Renewal <br />Authority (DURA). The RTA funding accounts for approximately 14% of the total finance plan for phases 1 <br />and 2 of National Western Center. DURA also provided a report for the Mayor's Office to support strategic <br />planning regarding the proposed relocation of the National Western Stock Show Complex. For increased <br />project context and understanding, I met with Executive Director of DURA, Tracy Huggins. For my research, <br />I conducted mixed methods analysis for benchmarking community engagement practices of 36 innovation <br />centers/incubators across the United States. I provided recommendations to the Mayor's Office of the <br />National Western Center for ways to engage neighborhood residents, businesses, nonprofits, and local <br />educational institutions in the future Agribusiness Innovation Center at the National Western Center. To <br />develop the innovation center concept, I worked in partnership with the NextGEN Agribusiness Strategy <br />Team, including the Executive Director of the National Western Center Office, Denver's Chief Economist <br />and Denver's Office of Economic Development. <br />In my work with the City of Boulder's Department of Community Vitality, I assisted in the development of the <br />Boulder Civic Area. Boulder's 9th and Canyon Urban Renewal Plan was a key component of the Civic Area <br />project and included the development of a Civic Use Pad adjacent to the St. Julien Hotel. In my job with the <br />Civic Area project, I helped facilitate working groups in the areas of innovation, arts, and local foods to seek <br />recommendations for capital development. We gathered local business stakeholders, non-profit <br />representatives, and thought leaders to discuss future capital redevelopment projects in the Boulder Civic <br />Area. Capital projects included an Arts and cultural facility, an indoor farmer's market and an innovation <br />center. I also researched and analyzed current meeting space usage to formulate projections of future <br />redevelopment in the area. <br />17 <br />