{"id":5177,"date":"2014-10-21T21:24:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T04:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5177"},"modified":"2014-10-21T21:24:59","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T04:24:59","slug":"stapleton-residents-plan-hundred-man-march-to-protest-town-center-gas-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5177","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Residents Plan \u201cHundred Man March\u201d to Protest Town Center Gas Station"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"king<\/a>Roughly a month ago, there seemed to be hope that King Soopers would drop the proposed gas station<\/a> in Eastbridge. Angry Eastbridge residents were ready to take their medicine and accept the King Soopers into the town center with open arms (sort of). \u201cWe were ready to accept the give and take of having the large grocer in the middle of our neighborhood,\u201d said resident and Eastbridge town center activist Allie White. \u201cAt the same time, we were celebrating getting rid of the gas station, which is one of the main things residents were concerned with.\u201d\nWell, that celebration has been put on hold, and the champagne has been re-corked. Recently, at the October 14th CAB ZAP meeting, Sooper\u2019s representative Joel Starbuck said that the Sooper\u2019s higher-ups do not feel a gas station-less King Soopers is an option in the Eastbridge town center. Furthermore, when asked about moving the station north, Starbuck said that Forest City was not willing to entertain that idea. So, for many Stapleton activists, they are back to square one. “We are getting a giant King Soopers, a giant parking lot, and a gas station. I feel so defeated,\u201d said resident Greg Clark. \u201cWe have put so much time and effort into this. We have done research, shown statistics, polls, other data, as well as attended meetings and tried to work with those in the right positions. I would have rather had King Soopers and Forest City tell us there is literally nothing we could do to change their minds, as many of us have spent 10\u2019s of hours working to create a great town center only to be back in the same spot we began.\u201d\nClark and others aren\u2019t done yet, however. \u201cWe are going to go old school,\u201d says Clark. \u201cIf they won\u2019t listen to our well thought out rational concerns backed by numbers, then we will do a protest march.\u201d Clark says that concerned residents are planning a march and protest at the Quebec King Soopers. \u201cSome residents don\u2019t even know what is going on in Eastbridge,\u201d said Clark. \u201cWe need people to understand that what happens in one Stapleton borough could happen in another one. People all over Stapleton should be concerned this is the direction things are going.\u201d Clark says that people can find out more about the protest and march by joining the Eastbridge Town Center at Bluff Lake Retail Development Facebook group<\/a>.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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