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Aurora advances major economic revival plan for East Colfax corridor | Sentinel (Aurora, CO) | April 10, 2025

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The East Colfax Corridor is moving into a second phase of a strategic economic revival plan as city lawmakers decide what redevelopment mechanism will benefit it most.

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“We want to create a champion, an organization, an entity, that’s going to champion all of the interests in the Colfax corridor,” said  Brad Segal, president of Progressive Urban Management Associates, consultant for the City of Aurora. 

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Inside the Big, New Plan To Save Downtown | City Cast Denver | April 21, 2025

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Host Bree Davies sits down with Brad Segal, the founder and president of P.U.M.A., a real estate economics and planning firm that consulted on the plan, to explain how the Denver Downtown Development Authority is supposed to bring life back downtown — and why its success matters to all Denverites. Listen >>

DDAs — An Impactful Colorado Tool for Downtown Revitalization | News & Views | Winter 2025

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P.U.M.A.’s Daniel Makela penned an article for this month’s APA Winter Economic Development newsletter on the impact downtown development authorities (DDAs) in Colorado have on revitalization of urban cores. These quasi-governmental entities have the ability to utilize tax increment financing (TIF) to generate additional revenue that is reinvested into downtowns through capital improvements, infrastructure upgrades, and programming to recruit and support businesses. Read More >> (pages 10-11)

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