State Demographer Elizabeth Garner summed up her presentation on Stapleton demographics by saying, “We are definitely not close to average.”
Sump Pump FAQ
With the recent groundwater lawsuit, pump sumps are concerns for Stapleton residents. SUN board member Sean Tierney is investigating sump pump concerns in Stapleton and helps clear up confusion with this FAQ.
5,718 ViewsLegacy of The Black Cowboy
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Maurice Wade, a Montbello resident, wanted to be the first Black cowboy and was surprised to discover one in three cowboys were Black. Read about Maurice and America’s Black rodeos.
5,634 ViewsHumanoid Robots May Help Kids With Autism
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The University of Denver is conducting a study to see if humanoid robots improve recognition of facial expressions and eye gaze in kids with autism.
5,600 ViewsChoice Outcome for Stapleton/Park Hill Middle Schools
King Soopers Meeting Draws Angry Crowd
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Approximately 100 attendees listened to plans for King Soopers and Eastbridge retail and expressed their concerns about the development: the parking is too big, they don’t want a gas station and they fear pedestrian access won’t be safe.
5,465 ViewsSprouts and The Village at Central Park Station
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Developer David Friedman has offered some additional details about his plans for the transit-oriented development (TOD) a block south of the Central Park Rail Station on the land he recently purchased from Forest City.
5,448 ViewsMarlon Green: The Jackie Robinson of Commercial Aviation
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Pilot Marlon Green broke racial barriers when he won a Supreme Court case banning racial discrimination in airline hiring practices. Green started his career with Continental Airlines at Stapleton International Airport in 1965.
5,273 ViewsNot a Political Football: Local Educators Serious About Common Core
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To go beyond the politically charged national controversy and glean a deeper understanding of the Common Core Standards and their impact on our neighborhood schools, the Front Porch convened a discussion with local educators. The three-minute video below was taken from http://www.corestandards.org/
5,206 ViewsWhy Reparations? Paying for Our Nation’s “Original Sin”
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Harold Fields says of reparations: “We have pipes that are deep underneath these buildings and underneath our streets. The pipes are decaying, they’re old. They’re leaking, and they are only distributing resources to certain places. You’ve got to be able to dig up those pipes and re-do the system. It’s not a matter of changing the washers on faucets or putting in a new shower head, but changing the system.”
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