History Opens the Door to Denver's Future

DENVER–Kelly Leid, executive director of the North Denver Cornerstone Collaborative (NDCC), shared the vision of the NDCC this week at RealShare Greater Denver held at the Magnolia Hotel ballroom. Leid kicked off the morning session with a keynote address, “Transforming Denver’s Northern Gateway into the Mile High City.”

NDCC was founded by Mayor Michael B. Hancock in January 2013 as part of a larger comprehensive envisioning effort to energize a nearly 23-mile corridor linking Denver Union Station to Denver International Airport along Interstate 70 and RTD’s east line. The four objectives of NDCC included strategically aligning the planning and implementation of the six major projects; supporting internal and external teams; creating new partnerships to execute the vision; and establishing a community engagement and communications effort to advance project efforts. Essentially, it took the regional cooperation of civic leaders to make the bold moves set forth.