The Colorado Center for Community Development (CCCD) is a joint program between the University of Colorado Denver and the College of Architecture and Planning that has provided design, planning, and technical assistance to Colorado communities since 1976, particularly on issues of community development and services. As part of its Rural Assistance Program, CCCD is committed to offering affordable professional services to underserved and rural communities throughout Colorado with populations of 8,000 or less in order to provide planning assistance to those without planning staff.

1. May-August 2010
Colorado Center for Community Development
Summer Internship and Mark Murphy Scholorship Recipient
Who is CCCD?
The Colorado Center for Community Development (CCCD)
is a joint outreach center of the University of Colorado
Denver, and technical assistance outreach program of
the College of Architecture and Planning. CCCD has pro-
vided Colorado Communities with design and planning as-
sistance on community development, community service
issues, and architecture and planning services since 1976.
The Rural Assistance Program is committed to offering
affordable, professional design, planning and technical
assistance through the principles and practices for com-
munity development. Our mandate is to provide planning
assistance to underserved and rural communities
throughout Colorado. We generally serve small communi-
ties with no planning staff and have population of 8,000
or less. Work is funded in part by the Colorado Depart-
ment of Local Affairs (DOLA), the University of Colorado
Denver and contributions from local communities.