FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                     MONDAY, JULY 22, 2002

Stephen Buckner                                             CB02-CR.19
Public Information Office
(301) 938-0201 (cell)
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                **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**
 
                 Census Bureau Director to Tour 
                 Stapleton Redevelopment Project 

Who:    C. Louis Kincannon, director, U.S. Census Bureau
        Jennifer Moulton, director of planning, city of Denver
        Sharon Richardson, chair, Denver Regional Council of Governments
        Guillermo V. Vidal, executive director, Denver Regional Council of Governments
        Melanie Worley, commissioner, Douglas County
      
What:   Census Director C. Louis Kincannon will tour Denver's 4,700-acre 
        Stapleton Redevelopment Project, a futuristic community at the 
        site of Denver's former airport. Following the 45-minute helicopter 
        tour, the Denver Regional Council of Governments will brief Kincannon 
        on how census data played a key roll in the Stapleton 
        Redevelopment Project's planning and construction.

When:   Wednesday, July 24; aerial tour - 1 p.m. MDT; Denver Regional 
        Council of Governments' briefing -  2 p.m. MDT.*
      
Where:  Stapleton Visitor Information Center 
        7706 Martin Luther King Blvd., South
        Denver, Colo.
                                 
*Television assignment desks: If you are interested in participating in a
pool that will accompany the Census Bureau director during the aerial
tour, please contact Stephen Buckner of the Census Bureau's Public
Information Office on (301) 938-0201.