In October of 2009, the United States Department of Justice issued a memorandum (the “Ogden Memo”) stating that scarce federal resources should not be focused “on individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana.” The Ogden Memo also emphasized the federal commitment to
Will FasTracks Shortfall Impact Denver Area TODs?
Recent stories in the business section of the Denver Post have featured real estate development around light rail stations. First, there was the story of the Denver Federal Center, and a few days later an article on the Denver Design District. This appears to be a continuation of the theme that transportation will
2011 Mid-Session Colorado Legislative Update
We are past the half-way point of the 2011 Colorado legislative session, which began in early January and ends in early May. Several hundred bills have been proposed, and many have already been “postponed indefinitely” or voted down in committee or in a legislative chamber. Below are summaries of certain significant bills affecting Colorado real
Connected Urban Development – Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute
Last week I attended the 20th annual Rocky Mountain Land Land Use Institute conference at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Nicola Villa with Cisco was the Keynote Speaker on Friday morning. Mr. Villa works with the Connected Urban Development (“CUD”) program across the world in cities like Amsterdam, San Francisco
Section Line Roads: Is There Statutory Authority for Them?
In order to facilitate the settlement of the western United States in the nineteenth century, the federal government broke the land up into “townships” that were generally 36-square mile blocks. Each township was then broken into “sections” of roughly one square mile, or 640 acres. Each section was further divided into “quarter sections,” and further