About Denver's Stapleton

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

The Town Center COP Shop has been open now for approximately eight months, and has been a valuable resource to the community. The shop is completely staffed by volunteers and is regularly open approximately 20 hours per week.

The Shop has been a resource for the surrounding neighborhoods to get information on Neighborhood Watch, Speed Watch, Business Watch, and other safety programs sponsored by the Denver Police Department. The Shop has also provided information and assistance for other city programs and events.

The volunteers at the Shop act as crime liaisons by completing crime reports for citizens, assisting with requests for extra police presence, and providing information to the community. Information from citizens regarding several past crimes has also been forwarded to the Denver Police Department through the Shop.

When two shootings took place in Stapleton during the fall of 2008, the Shop acted as an information hub, receiving and disseminating important and timely information to the surrounding community.

If you would like any information on safety programs, city services, or to report criminal or suspicious activity, please contact us by email, phone, or just stop by. The Shop is located in the same building as Anthony’s Pizza and Forest City Apartments on the corner of 29^th Avenue and Roslyn Street. We are on the south side of the building facing King Soopers. Usual Shop hours are:

Phone: (720) 865-2356

Email: TCCopShop@yahoo.com

Address: Town Center COP Shop

7484 E. 29^th AVE

Denver, CO 80238

We always need volunteers. If you’d like to volunteer and help your community, please contact us and request an information/application packet.

The Town Center COP Shop is currently regularly staffed by the following volunteers:

Julie Cameron – President

Lucia Correll – Funding Coordinator

Jenny Kahn – Volunteer Coordinator

John Chrisbens – Neighborhood Watch Coordinator

Cathy Jordan - Volunteer

Chuck Hackard – Volunteer

The following are volunteers who help support the Shop and the volunteer effort:

Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski – Vice President

Heidi Crum - Treasurer

Valerie Stremsterfer – Secretary

Janet Chrisbens – Volunteer

Michael Comfort – Volunteer

Brian Fox – Volunteer

Doug Gertner – Volunteer

Joshua Henderson - Volunteer

Joy O’Hara – Volunteer

Jose Sanchez – Volunteer

The Town Center COP Shop is also very fortunate to have Sgt. Eric Knutson as liaison from the Denver Police District 2 station, who staffs the Shop regularly on Mondays.

Thank you to all who help make the Town Center COP Shop so successful!

*written by Sgt. Eric Knutsen, Denver Police Department, and originally printed in the February edition of The Front Porch

Forest City and New Town builders have teamed up in an attempt to provide much needed funds to The Challenge Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps low-income students attend college.

Forest City donated the land, a nice corner lot just north of the new Central Park, and New Town Builders was able to build the home with donated materials and labor.

The home is now for sale and New Town Builders has pledged to donate all proceeds to The Challenge Foundation. Anyone interested in purchasing the Challenge House contact John Keene, at 303-547-7578.

Stapleton is Denver's premier sustainable community. The neighborhood has hundreds of home designs to choose from, shops, restaurants, offices and Central Park, the city's largest new park located right in the center of the community. Housing sales cotinue to offer a style, size, design and price point for everyone! You can enjoy owning a condominimum or townhome from a broad price range. Condos/Townhomes sell from $123,000 to $991,000 with an average sales price of $551,000 or a single family home starting at $224,900 to $1,390,000 with the average sales price for the lasst month being $451,000. Stapleton is still Colorado's top selling community. And why it was metro Denver's top selling new community last year. People are discovering that this is a great place to live.