Winter Welcome on November 18 at the East 29th Ave. Town Center brought the coldest temperatures of the season to date—but that didn’t dampen the spirits of 3,000 people who came out to view the lighting of the tree and celebrate the holiday season.
Community Issues
A Top-Performing Alternative
The top-performing alternative high school in the Denver Public Schools (DPS) district this year is Denver Online High School, which serves a surprisingly diverse array of students.
DPS Signals Change: SPF Ratings Highlight Equity
School Performance Framework (SPF) “stoplight” scores are out for DPS schools, for the first time in two years, and the results are surprising to many in the local community.
A Line Train Stimulates Central Park TOD
Apparently, it takes a real train, not a promised one, to stimulate investment at a transit-oriented development (TOD) site.
Possible New Role for the Stapleton Foundation?
Landri Taylor, Stapleton Foundation executive director, announced at the November CAB meeting a study into how the foundation could assist buyers in making down payments on affordable homes.
City Casts Doubt On Affordable Housing’s Future at Stapleton
The city of Denver will not enforce the Green Book vision for rental housing at Stapleton. “While the Stapleton Development Plan (Green Book) is mentioned in the Development Agreement as ‘principles’ to be adhered to, the Development Agreement does not adopt those principles as enforceable terms,” says Denver’s housing director Rick Padilla.
In the Face of Hate, Neighbors Jump in to Spread Love and Support
Vandals defaced Stapleton’s Isabella Bird school with a swastika and other offensive graffiti over the weekend of November 18th.
Announcements
Jan. 14—Denver Preschool Showcase of Early Childhood Options
Neighborhood Watch Captains Needed
Neighborhood Watch is one of the oldest and most effective crime prevention programs in the United States.
2017 City Bond Planning Underway
Denver is expecting to place a half billion dollar general obligation bond before the voters in November 17 to pay for an extensive list of capital projects.
Teens Take to the Streets
While DPS has been scrambling to find seats for the many children who started arriving in Stapleton over 10 years ago, residents have been wondering what the streets will be like when those babies are teenage drivers.
A Line Train Horns: Did They Blow It?
For the foreseeable future, the A Line commuter rail cars will continue to blast their horns as they pass through street intersections on their trips between Union Station and the airport.












