Projects - Old — Pioneer Development Company

Current & Previous Projects

PDC is one of the lead consultants pioneering rural development in the San Luis Valley. Working closely with the Town of Center, this project involves a public private partnership and master planning 90 acres adjacent to town limits. PDC assisted the town with the annexation, updates to the land use code, forming an urban renewal plan and creative financing to make the project feasible. This master planned community will bring affordable housing, commercial development and public amenities to the town.

PDC has been hired by the City of Durango to provide on call economic development services. We work closely with the Community Development Department and the Durango Renewal Partnership to facilitate public private partnerships. These partnerships are designed to help the City achieve its mission of providing more affordable housing to its residents and attracting commercial development for its economy. Our economic development services include gap funding analysis, fiscal impact analysis, TIF projections, reimbursement agreements, and bonding capacity forecasts.

PDC is a partner with Kansas State University’s Technical Assistance to Brownsfield ‘s program (KSUTAB). As a KSUTAB partner, PDC provides Economic Development feasibility studies to brownsfield communities across the county. KSU TAB operates within EPA regions 5,6,7 and 8. Past project locations have included: Sheridan County, WY, Sioux City, IA, Natchez, LA and most recently Amsterdam, NY. PDC services help these brownsfield communities position formerly contaminated properties for redevelopment.

PDC is working with the Town of Frederick’s Urban Renewal Authority in creating its newest Urban Renewal Plan. The Eagle Business Park Phase II plan will leverage tax increment financing (TIF) to attract commercial manufacturing businesses to the town. The plan includes tax exempt property and a land swap that will help Agilent Industries expand their operations in northern Colorado. This plan will facilitate over a billion dollars in investment and in primary jobs in the Town of Frederick.

The City of Delta and the Delta Urban Renewal Authority has contracted PDC to facilitate hotel development in the community. Delta has sought to attract a brand name hotel for over a decade. This project is intended to realize these community goals. PDC will layer funding tools ranging from land equity to TIF to create an incentive package to make hotel development feasible.

PDC is working with the Town of Erie Urban Renewal Authority (TOE URA) on the I25 Erie Gateway Project. This visionary project aims to extends the towns urban fabric towards the I25 corridor, while maintaining its historic smalltown character. The I25 Erie Gateway project envisions walkable neighborhood level development complete with commercial businesses, shopping and public amenities. PDC is helping establish an urban renewal plan plan(s) over this 2000 acre area to leverage TIF and metropolitan districts to help extend public infrastructure throughout the site. This will establish a public private partnership that will achieve the community’s vision for this development.

Perched above the Arkansas river within the City of Pueblo, the Bluffs is a mixed use development featuring apartments and commercial space. This site faces significant development challenges and funding gaps. PDC was hired by the Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority to create an Urban Renewal Plan and leverage tax increment financing (TIF) to support the development. This public private partnership will help achieve a higher and better use to a historically underutilized site near downtown Pueblo.

PDC is working with the City of Longmont and the Longmont Urban Renewal Authority to create its newest Urban Renewal Plan Area. This Urban Renewal Project includes the historic Sugar Beet Factory. The Sugar Beet Factory and its surrounding parcels require significant environmental remediation. PDC conducted a Conditions Survey to catalogue blighting factors and begin of Urban Renewal treatment. This Urban Renewal Project will help remediate environmental contamination, opening the door for new investment and redevelopment.