I read today that Denver was just named a top 20 city of the future by Sunset magazine. The article states that the 2010's shall be the Decade of Experimentationand the West will be its laboratory. We can definitely see evidence of this in our aggresive light rail program, bike sharing and plethora of "green" building. It is great to see Denver acknowledged for our efforts and hopefully this will encourage us Denverites to keep moving forward and making our world a better place.
Sunset highlights the following innovative actions Denver is taking to make it a city of the future. For the entire article, visit the site here.
Launched by Mayor John Hickenlooper, the innovative Greenprint Denver plan is a vision for the city. And it's no lightweight public-relations effort: Denver plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10% across the community by 2012 and by 25% overall by 2020.
One day, residents may be able to take a zero-emissions bus to commuter rail and light rail (122 miles of new tracks are planned), then hop on a bike from Denver B-cycle, a citywide bike-sharing program, and arrive at an office building certified by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
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