It has recently come to the attention of the Stapleton United Neighbors Board that the City of Denver is no longer filling the bag dispensers along the parks maintained by Parks and Rec.  It is the City’s position that keeping the dispensers full is the responsibility of the neighbors.

What is confusing to most residents, however, is the fact that the Master Community Association (MCA), who maintains many of the finger and pocket parks around Stapleton, is still providing bags in their dispensers.

The SUN Board is currently discussing ways to ensure that all bag dispensers remain stocked so as to encourage dog owners to continue picking up after their pets.

Anyone who would like to offer suggestions please contact the board at StapletonUnitedNeighbors@gmail.com

http://activerain.com/blogsview/918033/Stapleton-Dog-Poop-Bags

The Associated Press
DENVER—Commuters who use Regional Transportation District buses or light-rail trains may have to start paying to park their vehicles, but how much and when depends on where they catch their ride.

RTD’s parking management program took effect Monday for lots including Airport Boulevard and 40th Avenue, and Stapleton, where travelers park at the old Stapleton International Airport parking garage and ride buses to Denver International Airport.

Parking fees for users who live outside RTD’s eight-county service area range are $2 or $4 per 24 hours. In-district users can park free for 24 hours , then pay $1 or $2 for each additional 24 hours.

Other park-and-ride lots will join the program over the next three months, but many lots will remain free for all users.

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On the Net:

Regional Transportation District: http://www.rtd-denver.com

http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_11610062

Planners of the $1.7 billion FasTracks commuter train to Denver International Airport say the project needs to acquire 56 full commercial and residential properties for rail stations and the track alignment.

All but five of the properties needed are operated as commercial or industrial businesses, according to a draft environmental impact statement produced by the Regional Transportation District.

The five residential properties are needed for construction of the east-corridor train line’s Colorado station, which will be just west of Colorado Boulevard near East 42nd Avenue in Denver.

The 24-mile-long commuter-rail line will run from Union Station in the Blake Street corridor to East 40th Avenue, then east paralleling Union Pacific Railroad freight tracks and Smith Road. The line then follows Peña Boulevard north to DIA.

RTD plans to have east-corridor train stations at 38th and Blake streets; Colorado Boulevard; Central Park Boulevard and Smith Road in the Stapleton area; Peoria Street and Smith Road; and East 40th Avenue and Airport Boulevard in the Gateway area.

In addition to needing 56 complete properties for the DIA train line, RTD will need portions of 44 other industrial and commercial properties for rail stations and portions of 14 nonresidential properties for the track alignment, according to the environmental document.

RTD typically tries to acquire properties for transit purposes through negotiated purchases from landowners. When such negotiations fail to produce a deal, the agency can take the land through eminent domain. RTD says it will pay fair market value for such purchases.

Property owners along the east-corridor rail line and others interested in the project will have a chance to comment on the draft environmental study at two public meetings scheduled for early next month.

To view the draft study and get information on the public meetings, go to www.eastcorridor.com.

RTD is hoping that the DIA train and the Gold Line train to Arvada/Wheat Ridge will be financed, built and operated by a consortium of private companies that will bring at least $1 billion in private financing to the project. RTD also hopes the federal government will contribute another $1 billion to this FasTracks project led by private companies.

Construction of the DIA train line is scheduled to begin in 2011, and it is to open in 2015.

Jeffrey Leib: 303-954-1645 or jleib@denverpost.com
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_11606123

We have just added 2 new features to Stapleton-colorado.com.  The first is an organized business directory for all the shops & stores on 29th st, Quebec Square & Northfield.  The second is a social network that allows residents of Stapleton to connect, form groups & stay in touch!

Go to the Stapleton Business Directory

Go to the Social Network

We’re looking for someone with a passion for being involved in the Stapleton community to join us and help provide insightful content for all the visitors of this website.

(Don’t worry, you don’t have to know anything about the internet…you just have to be able to use a word-processor and have internet access.  We’ll show you how to do the rest!)

We need someone who enjoys attending community events, taking photos, writing abot the events, working with community leaders to stay up to date on current events, keeping up to date with any happenings involving our community and getting the residents and businesses in our community to engage in the website.  This is great for someone looking for and enjoyable hobby to do in their spare time and there’s even potential for some side-income.

Interested?  Take a look at our Stapleton Job Board for more details.

We thought it’d be nice to have a more community driven website for the Stapleton Community, so here it is. We have a lot of ideas for where this thing can go, but would love your feedback and suggestions along the way. If there’s something you want to see and isn’t here yet, just tell us. Here’s what we have so far:

Stapleton’s List – Think of this as a Craigslist, but just for us Stapleton-ites (just made that word up). Feel free to post your own community groups, events, items for sale…anything really!

Stapleton Job Board – Looking for a job in the Stapleton area? This is the place. Search for jobs, submit resumes, email jobs to friends. Companies can contact us for their own login so they can post, edit and remove jobs at their own will.

Stapleton Businesses - A listing of businesses in the Stapleton area. Businesses can contact us about creating a custom business page where you can include additional information about your company, post specials, coupons, or anything else you may wish to share with the people of Stapleton.

Neighborhood Info – Just general information on Stapleton and being a homeowner. Tips on lawn care, winterizing your home, that kinda stuff.

That’s about it for now. Again, contact us if you have any further suggestions. Hope you enjoy the site!

-The Stapleton-Colorado.com team.