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Newest Fire Station Breaks Ground
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“Do you know how many shovels I have?” Mayor Hancock joked after the June 6 ceremony breaking ground on a new fire station in Stapleton. For Mayor Hancock and the rest of the officials in attendance, Fire Station #39 is just the latest construction project in the rapidly expanding northeast corridor of Denver.
DSST Chosen as Best Public Charter School Network in U.S.
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On June 18, Denver School of Science and Technology Public Schools (DSST) was named the top public charter school network in the country when it won the Broad Prize for Public Charter schools. The prestigious award comes with a $250,000 grant to support college-readiness efforts at the Denver-based network. DSST includes two middle schools in the Greater Park Hill-Stapleton enrollment zone and two high schools located in Stapleton.
How would you develop a 15-acre plot in Stapleton?
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Business students from the University of Colorado and the University of Denver recently competed in the 16th Annual Rocky Mountain Real Estate Challenge to create the best development plan for 15 acres in Stapleton owned by RK Mechanical, Inc.
…NE News Updates
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Forest City Senior Vice President Jim Chrisman provided the following development information at the May 15 annual SUN (Stapleton United Neighbors) meeting.
Photography and Memory Project
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A room full of strangers of multiple races and ethnicities, half young and half old, finds themselves sharing personal stories of their lives that they’ve never talked about with anyone but close friends.
Shared Workspace in Aurora
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Progress Coworking, a shared workspace near Stanley Marketplace, has “a laid-back feel, like a coffee shop,” says co-owner Joe Phillips.
7th Grader Chosen for National History Competition
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Park Hill seventh-grader Helen Miller has qualified to compete in the National History Day national finals with her project entitled “Conflict and Compromise on the 38th Parallel.”
DSST Stapleton Student Named Boettcher Scholar
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Isabella Horton wants to build a career in biomedical research to help people and discover new ideas.
DDS Teams Place Second in State in STEM Contest
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Denver Discovery School (DDS) 7th and 8th graders placed second in the state in the 16th annual eCYBERMISSION competition.