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Greenspaces or housing? How a Denver debate resonates across Colorado

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Dawn breaks over the former Park Hill Golf Course in Denver after a winter storm dropped snow along Colorado’s Front Range on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022.

Many cities have chunks of land they’re not sure what to do with. The fate of one of these big open spaces – in Denver – is in front of voters. The decision they’ll make illuminates a lot about the debate over greenspace versus housing, which we see in communities across Colorado.