Aurora, Colorado Springs and Denver have 'disproportionately impacted communities' when it comes to outdoor-recreation access.
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In an effort to foster equity and diversity, the project also involved an in-depth analysis of disproportionately impacted communities, or DIC. The state defines these as low-income, housing cost-burdened, linguistically isolated, historically marginalized and cumulatively impacted. They also include communities of color, tribal lands and mobile home parks.
In Denver, 53.8 percent of the population is deemed to live within a DIC. Of this group, 3.7 percent, or 14,640 residents, are outside of a ten-minute walk to outdoor recreation spaces. By this measure, Denver ranks third among Colorado municipalities with the highest number of residents in disproportionately impacted communities. Colorado Springs is second, and Aurora ranks first, with 6.5 percent, or 18,691 DIC residents more than a half-mile walk from parks, trails or water access locations.
O'Rourke acknowledges the importance of the outdoors for mental, physical and emotional health, as well as its cultural relevance. “Part of living in Colorado is embracing that outdoor lifestyle," she says."If people are unable to get to trails or parks within their neighborhood or their community, then they're missing out on those outdoor opportunities that we know benefit all Coloradans.
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