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ban communities with a planned 200 mile net- work 01 metropolitan urban greenways, 4) The Joint Southeast Public Improvement Asso- ciation (JSPIA) is a private organization which entered into a cooperative agreement with the Highway Department, assuming the responsi- bility for all landscape installation and mainte- nance on 1-25 highway right 01 way within the Denver Tech Center boundaries, 5) The City 01 Thornton entered into a cooperative agreement with the Highway Department as- suming landscape installation and maintenance responsibility lor the Thornton Parkwayll-25 In- terchange. In response to these current trends, the Inter- Scape 25 concept was proposed as a possible so- lution for the Highway Department's landscape maintenance/installation problem, The proposal recommends the formation 01 a non-profit organi- zetion that would assume responsibility lor long term landscape maintenance and supplemental landscape installation on highway right of way with- in the targeted seven mile portion 01 1-25, It is hoped the organization will draw support from all fa- cels of the community: state and city govern- ments, private business and Industry, civic organi- zations and special Interest groups and the general public. Some 01 the proposed objaclives of the fnterScape 25 organizalion woukj be: 1) Enhancement of Denver's image ,,,rough Im- proving and maintaining the visual quality of the 1-25 corridor. 2) Complement the Plalte River Greenway which Is adjacent to most of the targeted section 01 1- 25. 3) Encourage community awareness 01 the aUrac- tiveness 01 landscaping based on Xeriscape concepts by providing a highly visible public example on 1-25. 4) Encourage beautification of adjacent properties to lurther enhance the highway and city image. " Advantages in forming a non-prolh organization to address a landscaping/maintenance problem In- clude: 1) More can be accomplished with the pooling 01 community resources; a non-prolit organizetion can 'bring out the best' from business, govern- mental and citizen sectors. 2) The corridor beautification process can be sig- nificantly accelerated. 3) Objectives can be more economically echieved because 01 Ireedom to solicit private sector competition, 4) The non-profit tax deductible status encourages community participation, 5) Support can take the form 01 monetary dona- tions, grants, or donations 01 plant materials, ir- rigation and construction materials and in-kind materials or services. 6) Fewer bureaucratic restraints provide lor great- er opportunity lor creative/responsive actions. 21.