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According to the June Front Porch, the new Stapleton High School is already a success. In the words of Principal Tropper, Stapleton High School will produce, “graduates who will go on and be amazingly successful adults—not only in the academic sphere, but as human beings and citizens too.” This makes perfect sense to Stapleton residents. After all, it’s their kids who will go on to be so incredible. “My kids are special,” said resident Mary Buenger. “So, the new Stapleton high school will be lucky to get them. I am sure the high school will be great, but no matter where my kids go, they will be tremendous human beings. We do a great job parenting them.” [Read more…] about Stapleton High School Will Probably Be Best in World

Westerly Creek block captain Kristi McDonald was eager to begin all of her duties as new block captain. Duties include organizing the block party, forwarding SUN emails, attaining neighborhood watch signage, as well as many other tasks (I assume). McDonald proudly accepts the important position her peers have put her in, however, she is somewhat disappointed that the MCA doesn’t understand how key the Stapleton Block Captain position is. “The MCA only allots one security officer per block captain,” complained McDonald. “So, my 24 hour security is limited to the abilities of one man being able to protect me if someone wanted to take a shot at me. That seems pretty low. I mean, what does the President get?” [Read more…] about Block Captain Disappointed in Lack of Security Detail

Stapleton residents have had to deal with their share of adversity. From potentially being forced to have kids go to one great school when they wanted to go to a different great school, to patiently waiting for an Eastbridge town center for eight years and running. But, Stapleton residents have endured these tough times and situations. “We as a community have been through a lot,” said resident David Brennan. “Look at the recent hail storms, and then I think even a tornado was pretty close from what I have heard. But, as they say, adversity builds character.” [Read more…] about The Day(s) Stapleton Stood Still: Starbucks Temporarily Closes for Construction

Stapleton potentially has the highest percentage of stop signs at intersections than any neighborhood in Denver. But, all of these controlled intersections haven’t properly controlled the Stapleton pedestrian traffic. “You see residents crossing diagonally in intersections all the time,” said resident Jim Schwab. “Not only is it not safe, but it is inefficient for pedestrians and automobiles. They need to make sure pedestrians are crossing crosswalks appropriately, or do something about it.” [Read more…] about Forest City to Install Diagonal Crosswalks at Key Stapleton Intersections

Stapleton is well known for being a great place to raise a family. Also well-known in Stapleton are the many hard-working moms, both stay-at-home and otherwise. The Stapleton moms get most of the attention due to their hotness and to the now defunct Stapleton Moms Yahoo group. Much less heralded are the dads in Stapleton, but there are many great dads in the community, albeit, not as attractive as the moms. [Read more…] about Over 850 Stapleton Dad’s Receive “Best Dad Ever” Facebook Shout Outs

In the June Front Porch it was announced that the Stanley Aviation building, which has remained vacant for years, will be repurposed and serve as a community marketplace. “This is really exciting,” said resident Mike Stevens. “Eastbridge has been waiting for this for a long time, so to finally get a neat little town center we can be proud of is pretty cool.” Of course, Forest City and Stapleton can hardly make claim to the new project. Stanley Marketplace found a partner in the least likely of places; Aurora. [Read more…] about Stanley Marketplace Shining Example of Possibilities if Forest City Isn’t Involved

The Stapleton King Soopers has long been known as a place you didn’t want to go after dark. In fact, most Stapleton women refuse to go there if it is after 8:30 in the evening. “It just kind of has this creepy feel,” said resident Tracy Strassburger. “And not just in the parking lot. I feel just as unsafe inside the store.” A recent study conducted by the MCA shows that 88% of residents will not go to the Stapleton King Soopers after 9PM, unless it is an absolute emergency. This percentage, however, was only good enough for second place. [Read more…] about Havana 711 Replaces King Soopers as Shadiest Stapleton Place After 9PM

Last Monday, SUN organized another meeting to discuss community concerns over the King Soopers store headed to the Eastbridge town Center. Concerns ranged from location of the gas station to ‘does it really have to be King Soopers?’ But the topic most discussed was the issue of the parking lot. “It seems to me that this parking lot is going to be massive,” said concerned resident Tom Hodges. “Does it really need to be that big?” Sooper’s spokesperson Mike Hoffman says that based on the square footage of the store, and the expected traffic analyzed by Kroger’s actuarial scientists, the parking lot is appropriate for the area. “Kroger has over 2,600 stores, and we do roughly $100 billion a year in revenue. We are absolutely open to suggestions, but we kind of have the hang of things.” Random Stapleton citizens disagree with the grocery behemoth, however. “I really like the concept of new urbanism and that design type is kind of fading out parking lots,” said attendee Sean Lewis. “They are an eye sore, and these days, everyone is walking or riding bikes to get groceries.” Other residents agree. “If I want to drive somewhere, I’ll drive to Whole Foods said Kerry Taylor. “There is absolutely no reason to have a parking lot there. If I don’t need it, no one does.” After hours of Stapleton residents standing up and repeating the same thing the resident said before them, Hoffman begrudgingly agreed that the new Soopers will not have a parking lot. “This is new territory for us,” said Hoffman. “And quite frankly, new territory for any grocery store. I have been working in the grocery business for 25 years, and have never heard of it. So, I guess we will be the guinea pig here and test it out.” Hoffman also agreed that the new store will not have plastic bags available, and people can bring their own reusable bags, or purchase the ones available at King Soopers. Finally, King Soopers has agreed to forfeit its naming rights to the Stapleton community. “Stapleton will decide on the name of the store,” said Hoffman. “It will simply say, ‘powered by King Soopers’ much smaller below whatever title the community comes up with.” The Stapletonion has agreed to work in partnership with Soopers and SUN to help find the best name for the new store. Please email ideas to The Stapletonion at Stapletonion@gmail.com. ]]>