Denver ‘blitz’ aims to reduce mountain of development plans needing review

This story first appeared on BusinessDen.com, a BizWest news partner.
DENVER — City staff members that process and review development plans have been ignoring emails and letting phone calls go unanswered in recent weeks.
After all, it’s what the boss ordered.
The employees, a small portion of the approximately 300 staffers in Denver Community Planning and Development, have been engaged in what department Deputy Director Jill Jennings Golich dubbed a “blitz” in a Monday meeting. The effort aims to reduce the mountain of plans needing review as a result of the city’s new income-restricted housing mandate.
“This team is currently engaged in what we…
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