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View Photos of 2009 FRESC's "And Justice For All" Celebration and Awards Dinner
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Campaign for Responsible Development
Colorado Community Organizing Collaborative (CCOC)
Members of the CCOC
Colorado SCHIP Coalition
Colorado Unity Coalition for Equal Opportunity
Partnership for Working Families (PWF)
Transportation for America
Funding
Accomplishments
Employment and Internships
En Espaņol
Campaigns and Projects
Equitable Transportation
FasTracks
Transit Oriented Development
National Transportation Reform
Green Jobs and Construction Careers
FRESC promotes registered apprenticeship as green career path for women - video
Good Green Jobs
Apollo Alliance
Green day dawning for electrical workers
Colorado Apollo Alliance Members
Colorado Apollo Alliance Smart Growth Principles
Learn More About "Registered Apprenticeship"
Craft Worker Compensation - Nationally and in Colorado
Links to Colorado Joint (Union) Construction Apprenticeship Programs
Policies to Expand Construction Training
A Periodic Construction Update from FRESC: The Case for Apprenticeship Training (PDF)
Apprenticeship Utilization Model Policies (PDF)
The Colorado and Metro Denver Construction Industry
Denver Metro Construction Workforce and the Need for Expanded Apprenticeship Training (PDF)
Construction Findings of Denver Regional Workforce Gap Analysis (PDF)
Construction Occupational Employment Projections to 2011 (PDF)
Construction Occupational Employment Projections through 2018 (PDF)
Responsible Development
Campaign for Responsible Development
FRESC's Robin Kniech sits on the Denver Union Station Project Authority (DUSPA) - more information here.
View the Union Station Rally Video from April 14th
CRD Principles (PDF)
Full List of CRD Members and Endorsers
Cherokee-Gates Monitoring and Implementation
More About Community Benefits
Cherokee-Gates Campaign
Prevailing Wage Committee
Download our presentation on Denver's Prevailing Wage on TIF Projects (PDF)
Download our Issue Brief: Applying Denver's Prevailing Wage to TIF Projects (PDF)
Brief History of the Prevailing Wage Committee
Westside Alliance - Community Benefit Campaign
Westside Links and Resources
Denver City Council Task Force on Economic Prosperity
Labor gets seat at city table
Responsible Development Research and Advocacy
Maps of Development Trends in the Denver-Metro area
Civic Participation & Voter Engagement
Affordable Quality Health Care for All
Immigrant Civic Engagement
Prior Civic Leadership Institutes
Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice in Colorado
See Video Footage of Rev. Daniel Klawitter leading a delegation to the Securitas company in support of workers organizing for better wages, benefits and training
Read the IWJ-CO Brochure
Download the Open Letter from Religious Leaders and Seminarians in Support of the Employee Free Choice Act
IWJ-CO Accomplishments
Employee Free Choice Act
Listen to FRESC's Director on KGNU Discussing EFCA & FRESC's Newest Report
Download the Open Letter from Religious Leaders and Seminarians in Support of the Employee Free Choice Act
Download FRESC's EFCA Presentation for the Religious Community
Download the EFCA Organizational Endorsement Form
Learn More about EFCA by downloading the Interfaith Worker Justice Colorado Information Sheet
Tools You Can Use
Issues
Affordable Housing
Environment
Good Jobs
Worker Retention
Family-Friendly Benefits
Wage Standards
Research on Low-wage Work and Mechanisms to Expand the Middle Class
New report shows unionization substantially improves economic opportunities for thousands of low- and middle-income families in Colorado
Economy, debt weighing on middle class
New York Times Op-Ed: Totally Spent, Robert Reich
New York Times: A Hopeful Year for Unions
Health Care
Getting More Involved
Publications
FRESC Studies
New FRESC Publication: Making Affordable Housing at Transit a Reality ~2010
The American Dream Denied? Low-Wage Work in Metro Denver ~2009
The Denver Atlas II: A Region in Transformation* ~2008
The Denver Atlas: A Region in Living Color* ~2006
Missing the Target: Denver's Inclusionary Housing Ordinance ~2005
TIF Study III: Are We Building a Better Denver? ~2005
TIF Study II: Who Profits from TIF Subsidies? ~2005
TIF Study I: What do TIF Subsidies Cost Denver? ~2005
FRESC Issue Briefs
FRESC Comments to the Legislative Committee on Job Creation and Economic Growth ~ December 2008
Income and Poverty in Metro Denver: A Brief Analysis of the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2008 Data ~ October 2009
Income and Poverty in Metro Denver: A Brief Analysis Based on the American Community Survey ~October 2008
Beyond the Environment: Socio-Economic Sustainability & Meaningful Community Input in Land Use Decisions, Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute ~ January, 2008
Applying Denver's Prevailing Wage to TIF Projects ~ September, 2006
Colorado Tax Dollars Help Wal-Mart Earn Billions - 2006
The Value of High Road Construction at Cherokee-Gates Redevelopment ~September 2005
CRD Jobs Issue Brief ~May 2005
CRD Housing Issue Brief ~March 2005
A Downtown Denver for Everybody? ~January 2007
Profiles of FRESC's Work
Building Communities of Opportunity: Supporting Integrated Planning and Development through Federal Policy
Making the Connection: Transit-Oriented Development and Jobs, Good Jobs First
The Gates Cherokee Redevelopment Project: A Huge Step Forward for Low-Income People in Denver, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Media
Featured Article: Hard slog on dimes and nickels
FRESC Newsletters
May 2010 Newsletter
February 2010 Newsletter
Media Advisories
FRESC Guest Opinions/Editorials
Keep FasTracks on Track - FRESC's Aurita Apodaca's Letter to the Editor
Weatherization efforts in Colorado, Denver Post Guest Commentary by Carmen Rhodes
Stimulating good jobs, a Denver Post Op-Ed by Carmen Rhodes
For RTD, public needs vs. private rights
Breaking new ground at Gates
Sunshine and subsidies
Build downtown Denver for everyone
Responsible Way to Grow
FRESC Policy, Analysis, and Involvement in the News
The American Prospect, The Reverse Commute
Denver Post: 14 arrested at sit-in for immigration reform
Nonprofit seeks to put RTD project back on track
Ensuring Infrastructure Projects Build Main Street Too - Watch news clip
CO Workers Stand Up Against Wage Theft
On National Weatherization Day, a New Bunch of Skilled Denver Workers Pioneer National Green Jobs Movement
Graduates Tackle Work Force With Green Job Skills
Stimulating good jobs
Low wage jobs increase, middle class shrinks
Hard slog on dimes and nickels
Campaign for Responsible Development (CRD) in the News
Cherokee-Gates
Millions sought for Gates project
Homeless plan OK'd
Invest in area, group urges Gates redevelopers
Urban renewal status for Gates site backed
Denver Council sets hearing
Citizens group to fight tax breaks for Gates developer
Demolition in store
Coalition to meet
DURA relied on TIF to bring in projects
Gates seeks OK for 'new urban' zoning on parcel
Union Station
Labor gets aboard Union Station
Wages a sticking point in Union Station development, December 9, 2008
Union Station may become Denver's gateway again - if it stays on track
Union Station = public benefit: The City Council expects redevelopment to create good jobs and affordable housing
Group seeks more say at Union Station - Rocky Mountain News article on CRD Union Station rally
Group wants more community benefits from Union Station project
Rally targets Union Station
All eyes trained on Union Station
Build affordable housing near transit
Other FRESC Committees and Campaigns in the News
Quality, affordable health care for all
Prevailing Wage Committee
Support lacking for union-backed wage proposal
Case-by-case judgment urged on prevailing wage
Councilmen push for prevailing wage
Talking About Wages
Alameda Square
Residents weigh in on Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart proposal criticized
Wal-Mart opponents say firm will read tax windfall
Wal-Mart, Gates plans ripped
City calls off threat
Apollo Alliance
Green day dawning for electrical workers
'Dependence Day' deplored - Activists mark date U.S. begins to rely on foreign oil in '06
Labor joins environmentalists to lobby on energy
National Coverage of Community Benefits
No Justice, No Growth
National community benefits movement adds agreement in Minneapolis
Partnership for Working Families National Media Links
Big project agreements yield big community benefits
American Prospect: Downtown, Not Just for Yuppies
Other Relevant News on Good Jobs, Affordable Housing, or Sustainable Communities
A Long Overdue Action
Ritter signs bill requiring greater use of renewable energy by 2020
The Union Way Up
Obama settles on Rep. Hilda Solis as labor chief
Program would help at-risk L.A. residents get construction jobs
Pittsburgh Coalition Approves CBA for Arena Site
Partnership for a Healthy Colorado starts site, radio ads
RTD sets pay, health policy for janitors
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