Technical Assistance Panels
Technical Assistance Panels (TAPs), composed of qualified and unbiased ULI Colorado members who volunteer their time, bring relevant expertise directly into communities to address difficult real estate and land use challenges.
The City of Brighton
Brighton is home to over 40,000 people, has a rich agricultural history, and sits on relatively level land with views of the Rocky Mountains. Brighton identified land to the south and west of the Adams County Government Center well positioned for development. Using the city’s comprehensive plan to guide its efforts, leadership indicated a strong interest in creating a walkable urban environment featuring a mix of uses across the 370+ acre site. Private landowners and developers who hold the land around the government center were interested in bringing a mix of uses to the site, yet the delivery of those uses and the density of each is dependent on market forces that are proving difficult to predict and agree upon.
Recognizing the challenges of a changing market and striving to encourage growth that serves current and future citizens, the city turned to ULI Colorado for charting a path forward that can catalyze mixed-use development in the area.
About Technical Assistance Panels:
Since 1947, the Urban Land Institute Technical Advisory Services program has assembled 400+ ULI-member teams to help TAP sponsors find solutions for issues including affordable housing, economic development, placemaking, healthy communities, walkability, public-private partnerships and infrastructure, among others.
Technical Assistance Panels (TAPs), composed of qualified and unbiased ULI Colorado members who volunteer their time, bring relevant expertise directly into communities to address difficult real estate and land use challenges. TAPs are designed to provide practical and actionable recommendations that produce results on the ground. They are not academic exercises, but are intended to be blueprints for positive change. TAPs help communities establish this direction and inform next steps, including targeted investments in planning, economic development and infrastructure.
In Colorado, TAPs have provided solutions for such key sites as Five Points, the Colorado Convention Center, Coors Field, Fitzsimons, and the Denver Justice Center. Since 2003, ULI Colorado has completed more than 50 TAPs leading to positive policy changes and built projects.
Interested in volunteering in a TAP or bringing a TAP to your community? [ Submit a Letter of Interest ]
DRCOG Metro Vision Idea Exchange Webinar about how TAPs have helped communities in Colorado:
More info about the webinar is available on DRCOG’s website here.
Downloadable Reports
2024
Brighton – South Brighton Development
Sheridan Blvd – City of Edgewater, CO
2023
University Hill – City of Boulder
2021
Commerce City’s 72nd Ave Station Area
Revitalizing Denver’s South Platte River Corridor
2020
The City of Denver’s American Cities Climate Challenge
Resilience in Downtown Evergreen
Revitalizing Longmont’s Great Western Sugar Mill
2019
Creating a Town Center for Erie
2018
Castle Pines Central Business District
2017
City of Boulder Alpine Balsam Medical Pavilion Study
City of Boulder North Boulder Art District
City and County of Denver Southmoor Station Transit Oriented Development
City and County of Denver South Sheridan Commercial Corridor
2016
Arrowhead at Vail (AVA)
Boulder’s New ‘East Edge’ – A vision for transportation, mixed-use and sustainability
City of Aurora 13th Ave R Line TOD
CityCenter Englewood
Superior Marketplace
Washington Street – Globeville Neighborhood
2015
Ward Road Station Area in Wheat Ridge
2014
Mineral Station Area in Littleton
Sheridan Station Area in the RTD FasTracks West Line Corridor
2013
Lakewood Oak Street Station Area
Lone Tree – A Clear & Viable Vision for the Entertainment District
Louisville McCaslin Blvd
2012
Steamboat – A Clear & Viable Vision for Yampa Street
2011
Aurora RTD Iliff Station
The Welton Corridor of Five Points
2010 & Prior
Denver Public Schools Property Assessment
Sun Valley Study with Denver Housing Authority
The Confluence Site by Confluence Park