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Colorado justices deal blow to urban renewal authorities’ revenue
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday sided with an interpretation of state law that will result in more revenue going to local governments from urban renewal zones and less money for the entities overseeing redevelopment of those areas. In a case arising from Arapahoe County, the court addressed the division of property tax revenue from…
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Colorado’s urban renewal law under scrutiny by state Supreme Court
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For years, Colorado’s urban renewal law has enabled local governments to spur redevelopment of areas deemed blighted, with downtown Golden, Denver’s Central Park neighborhood, and the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora among the projects completed under the state’s framework. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court examined a key tool that urban renewal authorities use to…
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State Supreme Court agrees to hear Fourth Amendment, urban renewal cases
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The Colorado Supreme Court agreed this month to hear two appeals, one implicating the Fourth Amendment’s protection against warrantless searches and the other encompassing a key financing system for local redevelopment. On Monday, the justices accepted the appeal of Adrienne Marie Stone, who a Jefferson County jury convicted of menacing and child abuse in 2019.…