Apparently, it takes a real train, not a promised one, to stimulate investment at a transit-oriented development (TOD) site.
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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
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
Drivers Ed from Anne Hebert on Vimeo.
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.
PARCC Tests: What Teachers, Principals, DPS and Parents Think
Although media coverage about standardized tests often focuses on opposition to them, local stakeholders in education express near universal approval of the rigorous Common Core standards that the exams assess.