Baker Neighborhood: Burnham Yard / Broncos Stadium

Don't let them
plan Baker
without us.

The Walton-Penner development group has proposed a plan that will route tens of thousands of additional cars through Baker's quiet streets, and the stadium's new entertainment district will put stress on legacy small business along both South Broadway and South Santa Fe.

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June
2
7–8 PM
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On June 2nd, Baker neighbors will gather at Hirschfeld Towers from 7pm to 8pm (333 W Ellsworth Ave, first floor) to decide what priorities our community will champion in the upcoming Community Benefits Agreement: a legally binding deal between a developer and the surrounding community that guarantees specific local benefits like affordable housing, green space, and neighborhood investment. The Baker Neighborhood Homeowners Association (BNHA) is participating as one of 16 seats in this coalition and wants to learn from the community, their priorities.

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Three community priorities

Below are the three specific asks Baker could bring to the Community Benefits Agreement table.

All three of these goals can be accomplished together with a single street design and funding from the Walton-Penner development group, the Broncos owners.

Priority 1

Restrict cut-through traffic from entering the residential portion of Baker via 3rd Ave. Route it instead along the very industrial Rio Grande Boulevard.

Early site plans show 15% of car traffic from the new 100,000 seat stadium filtering into Baker through 3rd Avenue, between DCIS Fairmont Elementary and the Echinacea Montessori school.

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Priority 2

Protect our 36 legacy small businesses along South Santa Fe from displacement from the stadium's new Entertainment District. Major streetscape improvements are being built this November between 13th and 6th along Santa Fe Drive. We ask that those improvements be extended down to 1st.

Major sidewalk upgrades are coming to Santa Fe, between 6th and 13th from the Vibrant Denver Bond. Demand those upgrades be extended into Baker down to 1st Avenue, to draw visitors from the Stadium site into our beloved neighborhood small businesses by making them just as safe, quiet and comfortable as those businesses to the north.

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Priority 3

Connect the residents of Baker, Wash Park, Cap Hill and Speer to the site, with sidewalk upgrades on Santa Fe and a protected bike lane and walking boulevard on 3rd Ave, between Osage and Santa Fe.

As it's planned, Santa Fe has historically unfriendly sidewalks south of 6th Ave and 3rd Ave appears to be being set aside for cut-through car traffic between the Stadium site and the South Broadway entrance to I-25. Demand that The Yard (Smoking Yard's BBQ / Moonrise Coffee Roasters) through Santiagos be connected to the site in a comfortable way that allows these historically overlooked businesses to thrive, especially as new apartment buildings are built closer to Alameda.

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Ten blocks of Santa Fe from 1st Ave to 6th Ave, walking past the legacy businesses that define this stretch.

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Take action

Three things Baker can do right now.

Show up on June 2nd, add your name to the petition, and stay in the loop. Officials track all of it.

Action 1

Attend the June 2nd meeting

Come to our neighborhood meeting on June 2nd at 7pm, on the first floor of Hirschfeld Towers, 333 W Ellsworth Ave. Make your voice heard and let our RNO (Baker's Registered Neighborhood Organization) know that we expect them to advocate for all three of these priorities in their negotiations for the Community Benefits Agreement.

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Action 2

Sign our Change.org petition

Help us show city leaders that Baker expects to be comfortably connected to the new stadium site, that we will protect our neighborhood small businesses, and that our community is more than a cut-through for southbound suburban traffic.

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Action 3

Tap into your network

Sign up for updates on this effort as it evolves. Emails come every 1–2 months, and your information will never be shared with anyone.

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