{"id":4495,"date":"2014-02-05T21:46:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T04:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4495"},"modified":"2014-02-05T21:46:58","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T04:46:58","slug":"looking-back-the-2002-stapleton-land-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4495","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back: The 2002 Stapleton Land Rush"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Stapleton<\/a>Back in 2002, when George W. Bush was president, we were still searching for Bin Laden, and the Patriots beat the Rams in the Super Bowl, a pioneering family took advantage of the Stapleton land rush. \u201cThe city was looking to expand, and wanted to do so before Aurora claimed the concrete infested former airport,\u201d said 86 year old former Deputy Mayor Hans Schmit. \u201cSo, we essentially offered free titles to anyone who was willing to move out into the barren wasteland. And, really that is how Stapleton started.\u201d\n\nThere weren\u2019t many takers. \u201cIt seemed as if it was in the middle of nowhere,\u201d said original Stapleton land-rusher Clive Taylor (72). \u201cPlus, a former airport and nothing around for miles. For most of us, we would have rather lived in Sterling. But, the land was free, and that was just the head start that most of us needed.\u201d Taylor and his family made the move, settled on a plot of land, and began construction on their home. \u201cWhen we settled here, there weren\u2019t builders, not even Laing or Trimark. You found your land, and started building your house.\u201d\nClive stayed in Stapleton for many years before finally selling his house. \u201cSome things have stayed the same,\u201d said Taylor. \u201cYou can still have chickens and goats like you could way back in \u201902. But, the changes that have come with big business and a growing community were just too much for simple folk like us.\u201d Clive and his family became frustrated with bickering between neighbors, late night parties, and most of all, the lack of an Eastbridge Town Center. \u201cIt was the one thing we were promised before the rush. And we are pretty sure we will not be alive if it ever happens.\u201d\nSo much has changed in Stapleton since the \u201902 land rush. Land that was once free is now coveted by almost anyone in Colorado who can\u2019t afford to live in a gated community. \u201cTo see where it is today from where it started is incredible,\u201d said Schmit. \u201cWe originally just wanted to expand our lands before Aurora scraped it up. But now, it is a thriving, sustainable Denver community. I am glad I was a part of it.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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