More than Just a Streetcar on Colfax
by State Senator Chris Romer
For most of my life I’ve lived within an earshot of Colfax. I started riding the Colfax bus to and from my summer job at Denver Brick and Pipe when I was 15. As an urban dweller, I enjoy walking Colfax and observing the architecture and the concrete carnival of great restaurants and small businesses. Colfax has so much potential for economic development, job creation and neighborhood improvement in both Denver and Aurora by creating a livable and connected community along the street. In this politically-charged legislative season, I am proud to sponsor a job creation bill to examine the feasibility of using a private-public partnership to install a streetcar along Colfax Avenue from Auraria to the new Anschutz medical campus.
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