{"id":4940,"date":"2014-08-12T21:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T04:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4940"},"modified":"2014-08-12T21:00:59","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T04:00:59","slug":"forest-city-to-turn-tower-area-in-to-teen-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4940","title":{"rendered":"Forest City to Turn Tower Area in to \u201cTeen Lot\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"control<\/a>With the high school<\/a> getting ready to open in 2015, one thing is going to become very obvious: Stapleton will have a lot of teenage drivers. \u201cIt really worries me,\u201d says Stapleton parent Amelia Saar. \u201cWe still have lots of young kids in Stapleton and kids playing in alleys<\/a>. It\u2019s just kind of scary to think of having a sudden influx of rookie drivers.\u201d\nOther residents are concerned about where all of these cars are going to be parked. \u201cIt won\u2019t be in 2015 or \u201916, but by 2020 or so, our neighborhood will be overrun with cars,\u201d said resident Mike Shannon. \u201cPeople already just park one car outside and use their garage as storage. Pretty soon, they will have two kids driving, and now they have three Audi A-4\u2019s parked out front. It\u2019s going to look pretty bad.\u201d Resident Luke Schmadeke agrees. \u201cI guess Forest City wanted Stapleton to be urban<\/a>,\u201d said Schmadeke. \u201cThere is nothing more urban than having to drive around for 30 minutes trying to find a parking spot.\u201d\nThe problem seems inevitable, unless families move away from Stapleton once their kids are old enough to drive. However, Forest City believes they may have a solution. \u201cWe know residents are concerned with the potential parking quagmire,\u201d said Forest City Spokesperson Janelle Ayers. \u201cWe have looked at a number of solutions, and we have decided that for the time being, we will make a parking lot out of the area by the control tower<\/a>.\u201d Ayers went on to say that the area was perfect for a parking lot, since \u201cit used to be one.\u201d In the plan, kids will be able to park bikes at the lot or have parents drop them off, then get their cars and head to school or wherever it is they are going.\n\u201cIt\u2019s actually not a terrible idea,\u201d said resident Kim Hansen. \u201cIt makes an effort to keep the kids off of the residential streets, and just on MLK, which they will be using to \u2018cruise\u2019 eventually anyway.\u201d More residents feel it is a fine concept. \u201cThey were going to use that area to make out in anyway,\u201d says Brian Helman. \u201cThis is just making it a little easier for that I guess, but at least they won\u2019t be backing out of garages, or speeding down alleys.\u201d Some residents are frustrated that more effort isn\u2019t going into doing something with the control tower<\/a>. \u201cThey just spent all that time tearing down a parking garage<\/a>,\u201d said Tracy Closson. \u201cNow they are going to rebuild a lot? Not the Stapleton I envisioned.\u201d\nForest City feels that this is simply a good short term solution, making the space at the control tower<\/a> functional, and solving a potential parking issue with teenage drivers. \u201cWe are not saying this is going to be like this forever,\u201d said Ayers. \u201cBut, let\u2019s be honest, we probably weren\u2019t going to do something with the control tower<\/a> for 15 to 20 more years anyway.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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