{"id":7054,"date":"2017-07-18T21:39:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T04:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7054"},"modified":"2020-07-07T03:07:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T03:07:03","slug":"stapleton-residents-demanding-name-change-to-stapleton-aurora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7054","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Residents Demanding Name Change to \u201cStapleton Aurora\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The first residents began moving into homes<\/a> south of 26th Ave. in Aurora where open park space had originally been planned. Aside from losing the original open park space, residents are generally happy. \u201cI\u2019d rather have people as neighbors than prairie dogs,\u201d said Eastbridge resident Sarah Mason. \u201cPlus it blocks the otherwise direct view to Aurora, which is typically unpleasant.\u201d Bob Morrow agrees. \u201cAnything is better than the empty lot we have been staring at or running by for the last decade,\u201d said Morrow. \u201cLooking forward to having some new neighbors.\u201d Most all Stapleton residents have no issues with the new build going on in Aurora, except for one major issue; its naming. As of now, the neighborhood is being pegged as \u201cStapleton-Aurora\u201d and it is not going over well with residents. \u201cWe have done everything, I mean everything to distance ourselves from Aurora,\u201d said Stapleton resident Seth Gibbons. \u201cAnd now, there is going to be a name that directly ties Stapleton and Aurora? I just don\u2019t like it one bit.\u201d Shanley Dawley is also upset about the name. \u201cStapleton Aurora?\u201d questions Dawley. \u201cAre we Stapleton-Denver? Or Stapleton Classic? Maybe Stapleton should have just been Park Hill East. Is there a precedent for a neighborhood crossing city lines? Ridiculous.\u201d Many residents like Pat Westwick are demanding the neighborhood change its name. \u201cI don\u2019t care if the property is the same or the developer is the same,\u201d says Westwick. \u201cStapleton is a Denver neighborhood, not an Aurora neighborhood. This is bullsh*t.\u201d Residents are already at work putting together a list of alternative names for Aurora to consider for its newest neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n