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Read what's in the March issue of the Front Porch
Commuter Rail on Track for Stapleton by 2016
Construction To Begin This Summer on East Corridor Rail and Central Park Boulevard Bridges
Stapleton seems to have hit the transportation jackpot.?This summer, construction is expected to start on three separate projects at almost the same time: the East Corridor commuter rail line to DIA; the Central Park Boulevard bridge over Sand Creek; and the new bridge over I-70 with entrance and exit ramps connecting to Central Park Boulevard. And by the end of the year, as part of the commuter rail project, the Stapleton Park-N-Ride station could be moving to its new location on Smith Road just west of Central Park Boulevard, setting the stage for the old airport parking structure to come down in 2011.
Carol Duecker, a civil engineer and project manager on the East Corridor for RTD’s FasTracks, says the federal money for the project is not part of the recent stimulus bill, but is from New Starts funding, which they have been working on for five years. Full funding is in place for this project to be awarded in June and start construction in August. If there is a sales tax increase for FasTracks on the ballot in 2010 or 2012, approval or denial will not change the schedule for the East Corridor, but it will affect the timing of some of the other proposed lines.
Architects Share Their Vision of Stapleton’s 3rd School
The new third school at Stapleton has moved from a concept to a picture that resembles real life. At a lightly attended community meeting hosted by S.U.N. on February 4, architects presented their idea for the new school—a three-story area for elementary and middle school students on the west and a one-story area for Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Kindergarten on the east. That concept has been fleshed out and the current drawings give the community a clearer picture of the final building that will sit on the 10-acre site at 35th and Syracuse. The building is oriented toward the south and east, where the new Central Park neighborhood of Stapleton will be under development in the first quarter of 2011.
The school is being designed to accommodate 900 - 950 students in grades ECE-8 and features a gymnasium, a media center/community room/performing arts venue, a cafetorium and a commercial grade kitchen. The total budget for the project is $17.4 million. Groundbreaking is planned for June 2010 and the project should be substantially completed in June 2011.
Front Porch Annual Summer Camp Guide
This year’s summer camp guide features over 50 camps including, among others, sports, art, nature, dance, chess, writing and aviation.
Theater Class Helps Kids Develop Life Skills
Life skills can be hard to learn for first- through fourth-graders, but the use of theater education can make learning easier. The Montview Art Stage for Kids (MASKs) offers local elementary students dance and theater classes. Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski, a Stapleton resident, is the MASKs instructor. He holds a master’s degree in theater for young audiences and a bachelor’s degree in theater education. “We don’t produce a play. We explore life skills and core curriculums through theater activities,” he said. The study of theater helps children to deal with their struggle to infer meaning when they are presented with limited information. “We’re finding in the field that children are struggling with that because they are not afforded the opportunity on a regular basis for imaginative play. They lose the ability to create their own pictures. Theater is different because children are ‘in the moment.’ They are creating it—it’s not being created for them.
Currently, students are in MASKs for only one semester, but another tier of classes is being developed. For information on MASKs, call 303-355-1651, ext. 130. Prorated registration for the current session will be accepted until March 5.
Car Share Helps Kick the Need for Ownership
The Stapleton resident who feels the need to leap into a car only on rare occasions now has a “green” alternative in eGo CarShare. The company’s mission is to reduce the environmental and social impacts of car usage. By using car sharing and bus choices, studies have shown that car usage will be reduced by 44 percent, according to Worminghaus. The company has been operating in Boulder for nine years, and now has six cars in the Denver metro area. “People become members and they get a key fob that lets them into the car. They pay hourly and mileage charges that cover everything, including gas and insurance,” Worminghaus said. Membership is a one-time $25 charge.
Cars can be rented for 15 minutes or 48 hours. The CarShare ride is kept in the parking lot just north of the King Soopers at 28th and Quebec. A CarShare member can use a car at any location, but the car must be returned to that location. For more information about eGo CarShare, go to www.carshare.org or email info@carshare.org. Call 303.720.1185.
Library Plans Move Forward
If the first community meeting about the new Stapleton library was all about dreams, the second meeting, held on February 10, was all about reality. The challenges facing the architects include the budget, the size of the site, and the requirements for running a library (especially in lean times). Even the shadow of the Crescent Flats building to the south imposes restraints on the dreams that were talked about at the first meeting.
An L-shaped building that wraps around the corner of Roslyn and 29th Drive provides a presence on both streets; and keeping the existing parking area saves the cost of digging it up and rebuilding it. For security purposes there can only be one entrance into the main library, so although users will be able to enter the building both from the street and from the parking lot, all must go through a single secure entry to the main library. The pros and cons of two possible entry options were the main subject for discussion and comments by participants. The upcoming meeting, tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, March 24 at 6:30pm in the Bill Roberts school cafeteria, will be the last opportunity for the community to meet with the design team before near-final plans are presented in May. Community comments sent to webmaster@denver library.org will be considered as the design team moves forward. Although DPL and the project team will review all comments, they do not have the capacity to respond to them or enter into discourse about them except at the community meeting.
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