Baker Neighborhood — Denver, CO
Burnham Yard Small Area Plan
Don't
let them
plan our
neighborhood
without us.

The Walton-Penners are proposing a plan that will route tens of thousands of additional cars through our community, and your answers shape what gets built.

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The Answer Guide
Burnham Yard Small Area Plan — Baker's Unified Response
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Open the surveyScan the QR or type the link above. Takes 10–15 min.
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Select Quality of Life + MobilityThese two matter most. Land Use (Q1–5) can be skipped.
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Follow this guideDark chips = our picks. Copy the comment text word for word.
Land Use, Housing & Economy Questions 1–5
Q1–5 — Zones, housing, business types, anti-displacement
Skip or answer freely. No unified response
Feel free to skip this section entirely. If you answer, consider: affordable housing, anti-displacement, neighborhood-serving retail, preserving legacy businesses.
Quality of Life Questions 6–13
Q6 — Top 3 bike/ped connections?
8th Ave – West Baker to plan area
3rd Ave – Valverde to Baker
Bayaud Ave – Valverde to Baker
Do NOT select Osage/Rio Grande. It enables a token bike lane on a dangerous industrial road instead of on 3rd.
Q7 — South Platte River activation?
Very Important
Flood mitigation + habitat restoration. The 1965 flood was one of Colorado's worst.
Q8, 10, 11, 12, 13 — Rankings & cultural identity
Skip or answer freely. No unified response
Feel free to skip these or share what Baker's history, culture, and open spaces mean to you.
Q9 — 5280 Trail alignment?
B – Bikeway alongside stadium & entertainment district
Encourages bike access to the site instead of cars/rideshare.
Mobility Questions 14–22 — Most Critical
Q14 — Street priorities: select up to 3 in each column
A: Walking & Rolling
8th Avenue
3rd Avenue
Bayaud Avenue
B: Bike Infrastructure
8th Avenue
3rd Avenue
Bayaud Avenue
C: Safer Crossings
8th Avenue
Bayaud Avenue
3rd — left blank (bike/ped only)
Copy & paste into the Q14 comment box:

Early renderings show tens of thousands of cars traveling through the narrow residential streets of Baker neighborhood, directly past the only entrance to our elementary school, past the only entrance of a Montessori preschool, and within close proximity of our largest park, Dailey. This will create dangerous congestion and unhealthy noise and air pollution. We demand instead that traffic coming south on Osage be restricted from turning east onto 3rd Ave or Bayaud, and instead be routed down Rio Grande and Kalamath to the nearest major road. Along 3rd between Osage and Santa Fe, we propose a two-way protected bike lane wide enough to accommodate passing bike taxis, safely shuttling visitors and residents between the complex, businesses on South Santa Fe, South Broadway and through Baker.

Q15 — New RTD bridge location?
Ellsworth
Shortens distance to Yard businesses. Existing elevated RTD rail structure = most feasible.
Q16 — Top 3 physical barriers? (write "3rd Ave bike/ped crossing")
I-25 at: 3rd Ave bike/ped crossing
Freight Rail at: 3rd Ave bike/ped crossing
Platte River at: 3rd Ave bike/ped crossing
Q17 — Top 2 walking/biking priorities?
Safer & more frequent crossings
Trees & shade infrastructure
Q18 — Top safety concern?
Other, please specify
Write: "Restricting stadium and entertainment district traffic from Baker's quiet residential streets"
Q19 — Top priority on 6th Ave?
Enhancing safety & reducing speeds
Q20 — 8th Avenue goals?
Easier access across barriers
Biking & walking on 8th
Street trees & green infra
Q21 — Neighborhood improvements?
Overflow parking
Reducing cut-through traffic
Other: "stopping stadium traffic from driving through Baker streets, especially 3rd & Bayaud"
Q22 — Greatest barriers?
Lack of safe crossings
Physical barriers
Other: "Busy cut-through traffic driving through quiet Baker streets"