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COLORADO REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
— December 16, 2015-January 5, 2016
Dirk “Doc” R. Hobbs, the new
senior vice president of mar-
keting and communications at
the Colorado Springs Region-
al Business Alliance, and CEO
of Healthy Coloradan Media
Group LLC, recently received an
appointment to the Governor’s
Council for Active and Healthy
Lifestyle.
“Colorado leads the nation on
so many fronts as it pertains to
health and wellness, and, cer-
tainly, an active lifestyle. Cultur-
ally, we’re beginning to truly
embrace the concept of personal
accountability and responsibil-
ity for our health and wellness,
but we still have work ahead of
us in terms of building on what
we’ve learned and building gen-
erations of like-minded people,”
said Hobbs.
“The efforts being put in
motion by this council have the
ability to positively influence
how schools and businesses
across our state promote and
live out the mission,” he contin-
ued. “There
are numer-
ous
orga-
n i z a t i o n s ,
p r o g r a m s
and health
systems here
in Colorado
Springs that
are
spear-
heading or
are involved
in industry, bar-raising initia-
tives from which our neighbors
to the north can learn. I expect
I’ll be bringing a lot of good
information for my health and
wellness colleagues back home
with me as well.”
The council’s mission is to pro-
mote and support events and
programs that encourage physi-
cal fitness, educate citizens on
the lifelong benefits of an active,
healthy lifestyle, and collabo-
rate with government entities,
schools, nonprofit associations,
businesses and health care and
fitness organizations to advance
the vision. Hobbs’ appointment
represents the first such appoint-
ment of a citizen from Southern
Colorado for this council.
“This is the kind of ‘on-the-
scene and in-the-conversation’
involvement I’d like to see more
of as Colorado Springs enters
its next chapter. Doc’s appoint-
ment was forthcoming from his
25 years in health care advocacy.
The RBA will spearhead pro-
grams through our community
development efforts, methods
to get more leaders from our
community into the conversa-
tions that are happening on the
state and national level. When
we’re at the table, we can lever-
age, learn and welcome others
to take a closer look at Colorado
Springs. To be in these conversa-
tions is to be on the front line of
opportunity and in collaboration
with those who can positive-
ly contribute to the growth of
our community,” said Regional
Business Alliance President and
CEO Dirk D. Draper.
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The Downtown Denver Part-
nership released its first Center
City Neighborhood Residential
Development Map and Profiles
report showing that 72,767 resi-
dents call downtown’s center
city neighborhoods home.
The map also depicts 12,933
total residential units complet-
ed or under construction since
2011.
The report supports the
Downtown Denver Partner-
ship’s commitment, as out-
lined in the 2007 Downtown
Area Plan, to create a diverse
downtown that is socially and
economically inclusive, and
its commitment to add 18,000
new housing units to center city
neighborhoods by 2027.
“The explosion of population
growth in the center city, where
some neighborhoods have
grown by more than 30 percent
since 2010, is a testament to our
collectiveprogress towardbuild-
ing an economically healthy,
growing and vital downtown,”
said Tami Door, president and
CEO of the Downtown Den-
ver Partnership. “Residen-
tial development projects and
access to high-quality amenities
and multimodal transportation
options are critical components
of attracting downtown’s next
generation workforce, who con-
tinue to place downtown living
in high demand.”
Highlights from the map
include: 15 neighborhoods
comprise the center city for the
report with residential devel-
opment occurring at 98 proj-
ects across 13 of these neigh-
borhoods since 2011; residential
population in the center city has
increased 15 percent since 2011;
and 95.9 percent of the units
completed or under construc-
tion since 2011 are rental units.
“Although we are well on our
way to achieving our goal of
adding new housing units to
downtown, we know that we
must continue to advocate for a
broad array of housing options
to ensure that we achieve diver-
sity in housing type and afford-
ability,” said Joe Vostrejs, chair-
man of the Downtown Denver
Partnership and partner at City
Street Investors.
The full report is available at
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Downtown Denver Partnership
DDP releases first Center City residential development map
Kimberly Woodworth was
named operations director of the
Economic Development Council
of Colorado, a statewide profes-
sional organization dedicated
to strengthening Colorado’s
economy by providing state-
wide opportunities and benefits
unique to the industry.
Woodworth previously served
as operations manager for Metro
Denver Economic Development
Corp. In that position, she man-
aged a $4 million budget, coor-
dinated meetings for the Metro
Denver EDC and its three indus-
try coalitions, and led events
management, including the
annual Site Selection Conference.
In addition, Woodworth assisted
with company expansion and
recruitment activities for the
Metro Denver region. Prior to
working with the Metro Denver
EDC, she spent six years with
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