Acadia

In 1907, Mayor Robert Speer said, “Denver can be made one of the ordinary cities of the country, or she can be made the Paris of America.”

Spring 2023 w/ Rob Cleary

Foundation for Urban Conservation

Denver, Colorado

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A lone pine tree. Isolated in a slant of light formed by a spaghetti system of looming highway on and off ramps. Green in a sea of gray. A reprieve from the monotony of the urban commute. A manifestation of nature’s triumph and a symbol of hope for regeneration.

This is the parti for Acadia, a foundation for urban conservation. An oasis along historic Colfax Avenue and congested I-25 with space for Denver’s Office of Climate, Action, Sustainability and Resiliency (CASR) and a satellite office of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Each, conservation champions that will create policy, generate partnerships, educate the public, and develop research in an effort to help Denver, and the nation, develop more sustainability.