{"id":5096,"date":"2014-09-23T22:57:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T05:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5096"},"modified":"2014-09-23T22:57:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T05:57:56","slug":"soopers-service-station-concept-running-out-of-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5096","title":{"rendered":"Sooper\u2019s Service Station Concept Running Out of Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"soopers<\/a>Two things are becoming increasingly clear in regards to the Eastbridge Town Center: Eastbridge is getting a King Soopers, and it won\u2019t have a gas station. That notion became quite clear after Soopers\u2019 representative Joe Starbuck himself said, \u201cDo I want one across from my house? No.\u201d The gas station has become intentionally or unintentionally the biggest bargaining chip for Soopers and Forest City. \u201cI\u2019m not sure they ever truly intended to put a gas station there,\u201d says skeptical resident and conspiracy theorist John Baldwin. \u201cIt was actually brilliant. They storm in here taking the space, and then say they are going to add a gas station. People forget about not liking them, and focus all of their energy on the gas station portion. Well played, Soopers.\u201d\n\nForest City Spokesperson Janelle Ayers says introducing the gas station concept has never been a ruse. \u201cSoopers and Forest City representatives originally thought it would be a much appreciated and necessary addition to the community,\u201d says Ayers. \u201cI think people are forgetting just how big Stapleton is. Do people understand that when you have a high school, it means you have high school drivers? There are going to be an additional 3,000 Stapleton drivers in the next five years. Lines could become worse.\u201d Stapleton resident Lisa Miller disagrees. \u201cThere is a 711 right next to the high school. Sure, there will be some long lines, but we don\u2019t need to build an extra gas station for the kids. We need to not build a gas station<\/a> for the kids.\u201d\nEastbridge residents are a long way from loving the idea of having a King Soopers as the anchor for the town center, but it appears they hate a gas station far more than they hate a King Soopers. \u201cIf we can avoid having a 24 hour gas station less than a quarter mile from my house, I would be pretty happy,\u201d says resident Jon Boccia. Becky Miller agrees. \u201cHey, one thing at a time,\u201d says Miller. \u201cMaybe we can defeat the gas station concept and then move forward. Next up, shrinking the parking lot.\u201d Baldwin feels the giant parking lot may also be something Soopers created just to have some wiggle room to deal with. \u201cLook, say I\u2019m crazy, but look at what people are focusing on,\u201d says Baldwin. \u201cGas stations and parking lots. Almost completely lost on the majority of the community is that we will not be getting a town center similar to the one on 29th St., and we won\u2019t be getting an organic grocer like many had hoped for. So, to me, the gas station and the parking lot may have been created as a smokescreen so that Soopers could just ease into the spot after making a couple of concessions they already knew they would make.\u201d We may not know the truth on this for years, unless a whistleblower from Soopers or Forest City comes forward.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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