tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91339366240637289872024-09-06T17:26:20.304-07:00Ten Years AheadTen Years Ahead is dedicated to things, ideas and philosophies that perhaps right now are not in style, in paradigm or in the cultural norm. Ten Years Ahead is about questioning the status quo and anything else that is of interest.Ian Harwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00996371384942033029noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133936624063728987.post-56009589279828594462008-02-17T18:11:00.000-08:002008-02-17T18:40:52.676-08:00Speer Boulevard and a TrolleyIf I was dictator of Denver, here is what I would envision. First, lets tunnel 1st Avenue in Cherry Creek and connect Cherry Creek Mall to Cherry Creek North. This is not because I love to shop, more because I despise the car and love bring people together in cool spaces.Second, staying near CC, I would also bury Speer Boulevard from University all the way to the Pepsi Center. Now, I am first Ian Harwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00996371384942033029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133936624063728987.post-44030493312894261582008-01-31T18:13:00.000-08:002008-01-31T18:26:52.128-08:00Schools, City Life and Future Business OwnersIn my previous post I spoke about integrating our universities into a renewable energy center. To take that thought one step further, why not bring the universities to the table in our cities, our communities and into our businesses.Many schools offer internships, but few companies are really able to maximize this resource. In my Utopian Denver all the schools and their students would have Ian Harwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00996371384942033029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133936624063728987.post-33118467692545202932008-01-28T11:50:00.000-08:002008-01-30T12:54:14.995-08:00Progressive Colorado (continued)? And a green liquor store?Again, I am not bagging either Colorado or Denver, I am just always hoping for a bit more from our elected leaders and business owners.First off, something truly progressive: a green liquor store, for Denver residents the Argonaut liquor store is building a new shop that will look really nice and be green to boot. Here is the story: (Argonaut Liquors goes Green)Okay, so now lets talk renewable Ian Harwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00996371384942033029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133936624063728987.post-84342820949698877372008-01-21T14:04:00.000-08:002008-01-24T22:32:49.293-08:00Progressive Colorado?Before I go any further, I want to preface this with the fact that I love Denver and Colorado and believe that both are doing great things.That being said, where is the innovation, creativity and progressive features needed to take the city and state into a bold future? Where is the overarching commitment to sustainability, i.e. Seattle's 100 year plan (Open Space Seattle: 2100 ), Chicago's Ian Harwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00996371384942033029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9133936624063728987.post-71235369603552504532008-01-18T17:52:00.000-08:002008-01-18T17:54:34.809-08:00Tax credits for carbon offsetsChange in tax law, offering tax credits for the offsetting of carbon emissions. This program would be three-fold. First being the exchange of personal offsets in exchange for tax credits (both individual and business). The second would be the transfer of credits from the IRS to a carbon broker and lastly then the credits would be traded on the Chicago Climate Index. The third aspect of theIan Harwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00996371384942033029noreply@blogger.com0