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Stock Show Honors the Past While it Looks to the Future
By Laurie Dunklee he history of the National Western Stock Show is Denver’s history. Visitors and exhibitors experience Denver’s roots every January, as TWestern culture pervades the city for two weeks. As the National Western Center undergoes major renovations over the next few years,
the changes will be met with a mix of nostal- the Stock Show since 1958. “My family has gia and anticipation. grown up along with the National Western. My “In the old days, ranchers brought their great-grandfather judged livestock at the Stock livestock to market at the Stock Show by train Show back in 1932. It’s nostalgic for me there.” and by horseback,” says Clinton Laflin, a But Laflin welcomes the changes to come as fifth-generation rancher from Montana whose the area is transformed into the National West- family has brought Black Angus cattle to ern Center. Between (continued on page 6)
Small Cells – Coming Soon to a Street Near You Start Early With Kids to Promote Denver has Healthy Relationships and been receiving a growing Prevent Sexual Harassment number of requests With sexual from wireless harassment providers in the news, and wireless infrastructure this article companies to by Melinda construct small Pearson cell facilities in looks at how the public right local middle of way. This schoolers graphic is from “Small Cell are being Infrastructure taught to in Denver,” recognize a September and respond 2017 appropriate- publication ly to unhealthy and unwanted behaviors. Among other by Denver Public Works. elements of the curriculum, a video called Tea Consent, Story by John in a humorous and simple way, shows how inappro- Fernandez on priate and ridiculous it is to push another person to do page 8. something they don’t want to do. Story on page 30. Source: Crown Castle January 2018 1 Front Porch – NE Denver sta130324 MCA_Header_L5.pdf 1 3/22/13 2:24 PM
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Game Night at The Cube Thursday, Jan. 25, 6:45–7:45pm Friday, Jan. 12, 5–9pm, The Cube Iceland Come to The Cube for game night! The After many years of strong econom- MCA will be hosting an open house game ic growth, Iceland’s banking system night featuring different board games for the collapsed in 2008 resulting in a severe community to play. Bring your family and economic depression. Today the econ- friends for this free event. January’s theme omy is growing again and Iceland has will be classic games such as Yahtzee, Sorry, become a popular tourist destination. Clue, Life and much, much more! Join Active Minds as we review Ice- land’s history and explore characteris- Wine Education Series tics of the country that make it unique Wednesday, Jan. 17, 7pm, The Cube among the world’s countries. The MCA series features an educational aspect to wine tasting. This sit-down tasting Snow Removal Policy will showcase different wines from different During Major Snow Events as defined regions with a wine educator leading the by current Denver City & County Contents discussion. Tickets are $20 and go up to $40 standards, the Stapleton MCA will the day of the event. To purchase tickets, initiate its emergency snow removal 1 Stock Show Honors the Past 18 Biergarten Brings A Taste of visit stapletoncommunity.com. Must be 21 plan for the alleys along with the city’s While it Looks to the Future Germany to Northfield to attend and no refunds are allowed. plan for neighborhood streets. In the event of a major snow event, the snow Harry Potter Trivia Night at the Cube removal plan will include the contin- 1 Small Cells – Coming Soon to 19 Meals on the Go, Friday, Jan. 26, 7–9pm uous use of heavy equipment, light a Street Near You Argentina Style Come with a team or join a team and test equipment and hand work to remove your Harry Potter knowledge! There will the snow from alleys, intersections and Start Early With Kids to It’s OK to Be a Little Bit Selfish be prizes, drinks and more. Details coming major pedestrian paths. Alley work will 1 20 Get the latest on Promote Healthy Relationships while Helping Others soon to stapletoncommunity.com. be limited to the removal of enough sta130324 MCA_Header_L5.pdf 1 3/22/13 2:24 PM snow from the alleys so residents can and Prevent Sexual Harassment Harry Potter Movie Marathon Lock-In* Event List— access their garages. This emergen- 21 Friday–Saturday, Feb. 2 and 3, 2pm– cy-only procedure involves attempting Colfax Avenue Finally and find more online at 10 10:30am, The Cube to open up a single drive lane through Gets Its Due FrontPorchNE.com YouMaster are invited toCommunity a magical night at Hog Association- each alley in the community. The drive warts! lanes will not be scraped down to pave- 12 NE News Updates 24 Stapleton Name: What’s next? Witches and Wizards will be sorted into ment, to eliminate the need to truck And What Are People Saying houses, where we will show all eight Harry any snow off-site. PotterEvents movies. Beginning & at 2pm, the 15 Indie Prof: This procedure does not negate indi- sorting will begin. Check-in and the sorting vidual property owners from partic- –Thelma 26 Meet Jennifer Bacon —New ceremonyAnnouncements will be from 2–4pm, with the –Icarus District 4 School Board at Stapleton ipating in the snow removal during first movie beginning promptly at 2:20pm. these types of storms. Although we are Representative Representing While movies are showing, students will unable to address the complete removal 16 Affordable Housing Roundup Stapleton and Park Hilll be entertained with crafts, food and snacks of snow on the roads, it is our goal from HoneyDukes. Harry Potter and during major snow events to remove Do What You Love: For Glover 28 January SUN News and Events the Deathly Hollows Part II will finish at enough material to allow for some 17 10:20am, at which time the gates of Hog- It’s Quality Scratch-Made Food level of travel in and out of the alleys. 29 Letters to the Editor warts will re-open. All students should be Paths and parks are done to open up picked up by 10:30am. some level of pedestrian travel. We will *This event is for children in grades 2 Like us at Front Porch Newspaper continue to address all the pocket parks Visit FrontPorchNE.com to through 5. For more details and to register, for updates on local news comment and find articles and pathways to ensure that they are as visit stapletoncommunity.com. snow free as possible to promote pedes- and events. from past issues. trian access throughout the communi- Active Minds Seminar ty. For detailed information about the This is a free, no-reservation-needed public CORRECTION snow removal policy, visit our website program brought to you by the Stapleton Marlon Green story, pg 6 of the December 2017 edition: at www.stapletoncommunity.com. The correct title of the book is Turbulence Before Takeoff: The Life and Times of MCA. Location: Sam Gary Library, 2961 Roslyn St. If you have any questions or comments Aviation Pioneer Marlon Dewitt Green. Thursday, Jan. 11, 6:45–7:45pm about the information above, please Marlon Green attended Xavier Prep School. He corresponded with, and later Wine feel free to contact jolsen@stapleton- married, a teacher at Xavier University (not one of his teachers from Xavier Prep). The story of wine is as rich and diverse as community.com or call the MCA office the lands where grapes are grown. It is a tale The explanation of Green’s complaint with the Colorado Anti-Discrimination at 303.388.0724. Commission and Continental’s suit in Denver District Court has been revised for intertwined with influences of civilizations, agricultural methods, cuisines and more. clarification in the online article (FrontPorchNE.com). Jennifer Olsen Join Active Minds as we describe the history We apologize for the errors. Communications Manager of wine and an overview of various types of [email protected] wine and their most salient characteristics. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We welcome your letters. Send to [email protected]
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Show Association, says the National West- ern is considered the premier stock show in the U.S. because “we do the big four elements of a show: a huge livestock show, multiple rodeos, horse shows and a trade show, all at a very high level.” He says the renovation is a necessity to keep it competitive. “The deferred maintenance of the buildings over time had become too big of an obstacle for the association to overcome—around $100 Stock Show million. The buildings also became noncompet- itive in the world of rodeo, livestock shows and (continued from page 1) now and 2023, the grounds will horse shows.” be expanded and new facilities and infrastructure As part of a longtime ranching family, will be completed. “Things need updating for better Andrews understands the feelings of nostalgia accessibility, electrical and ventilation, especially in surrounding the old facilities. “We (the Stock the old barns,” Laflin says. “To be relevant, the Stock Show) have been here since 1906. The yards, Show, like all of agriculture, needs to evolve and for instance, have been in their position since improve.” 1906. We will maintain this area and expand Paul Andrews, president of the Western Stock our yards so that they can be the celebrated
January 2018 6 Front Porch – NE Denver Left and below: Western wear (and wares) abound at the Stock Show, from a vendor with unique boot colors and patterns to a young cowboy decked out in his best Stock Show clothing. Lower middle: One of many children’s educational activities is learning how to milk a cow. National Western Stock Show January 6 - 21, 2018 www.nationalwestern.com
asset they should be moving forward. genetics to commercial cattlemen. Most people don’t We are going to reuse much of the wood know that 90 percent of cattle ranches in the U.S. are still around the site as part of the new build- family owned and operated. The vast majority have not out of the complex in creative ways been taken over by factory farming.” so that we are honoring the past while Laflin, 28, has cerebral palsy. “It’s caused by a brain we’re heading toward the future.” hemorrhage that can affect various capabilities, like Laflin and his father, Guy Laflin, speaking and walking. I’m fortunate that mine affects me own and operate North Camp Angus like a stroke: the coordination on my right side is more Ranch in St. Igna- compromised than on the tius, Mont., where left. I use a cane most of the they run an average time and a walker where the of 150 cattle. “Our ground is uneven. I live, work business is improv- and drive independently ing cattle genetics and I can do most things on to improve the the ranch. You won’t see me quality of meat,” carrying big sacks of feed Laflin says. “Most or moving cattle through of our cattle don’t a chute. I’m typically on a go into the food horse and not in a situation chain, but provide where I have to move fast.” (continued on page 8)
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Front Porch – NE Denver 7 January 2018 one. In the new facility it will get larg- er. The current facility is run down, and it’s very tight in putting people in Small Cell Facilities – Coming Soon to a Street Near You there. The new facility will be set up By John Fernandez better to run cattle in and cattle out. ell towers began popping up So more people can bid, more people across the landscape in the mid- can watch, and the animals can move C’90s. Now, as wireless communi- around better.” cations continue to evolve, “small cell” The new facility can be bigger installations will proliferate on city streets. because the National Western Center, The cause? Massive increases in mobile through land purchases by the City of data demands and the need to densify Denver, has more land, growing from networks. Verizon representatives say 95 to 250 acres, says Andrews. This industry projections are for a fivefold year and in 2019 that extra land will increase in data demand by 2021. still be empty, offering more parking Quoting from a city of Denver fact for visitors than in the past. “2020 is sheet, “To meet the demands for wire- when you’re going to see some things less data, carriers have begun using new Photos courtesy of Clinton Laflin shifting around, potentially with the Clinton Laflin, interviewed in this article, is pictured at far right in 2012, the year he won Champion lower-powered antenna technology to Cow/Calf Pair at the National Western Stock Show. Pictured with him are his extended family, (left to yards being rebuilt and the Stockyards ‘offload’ data traffic from the larger cell right) Josh Laflin (his cousin), R.D. Laflin (his uncle), and Guy Laflin (his dad). Events Center inside the yards being towers. Each of these smaller antennas built.” serves a much smaller area (1–2 blocks) Along with the new Stockyards but with much higher data volumes. This Denver,” Laflin says. Events Center in 2021, construction type of wireless infrastructure is referred Stock Show Andrews says the new Stockyards of the livestock and equestrian centers to as ‘Small Cell.’” The city expects (continued from page 7) Other branch- Events Center, where livestock auctions will be underway, as well as plans to hundreds, if not thousands, of these new es of the Laflin family raise cattle in will take place, turn the complex into a year- installations in the next few years. By Kansas and Nebraska. The Laflin family is one of the round facility. “The livestock contrast, Aurora anticipates the number reunion is at the Stock Show each year. improvements pens are going to be tempo- of such facilities to number in the dozens. “We don’t see everybody at Christmas; that will benefit rary,” Andrews says. “They’ll The small cell equipment will initially instead, we wait until the second week of ranchers and go in in January, and come meet current 4G (LTE) voice and data de- January,” says Laflin. “My aunts, uncles visitors in the out at the end of January so mands but it may be modified with future and cousins all come. The cattle stalls future. The we can use that area as an 5G higher-speed equipment as technology are situated in aisles and we call our new building is events pavilion from February changes. shared extended family area the ‘family slated for com- to December.” Small cell antenna equipment is typ- aisle.’ I love to walk around the barns pletion in 2021. Laflin says the renova- ically the size of a medium suitcase and with my cousins and evaluate the cattle.” “The public tions will make agriculture must be under 20 cubic feet in total vol- The Montana Laflins drive 16–24 can watch auc- more accessible for visitors. ume including an antenna, radio, power hours to Denver in a pickup with a tions anytime. “But it will still have the source and optical fiber connections. The gooseneck trailer. This year they’ll The Pen [3–5 historic tie. So many families size limitation is set by state law; House bring two bulls and two females to the animals] and like ours bring cattle to the Bill 1193 passed in the 2017 session. Its Stock Show. “We’ll target our longtime Carload [10–12 Rancher Clinton Laflin, who uses a cane National Western. We’ll be major thrust is to create an expedited per- customers to market our program and animals] Show or a walker due to cerebral palsy, is sad to see it change, but we’re mitting process and to mandate the right sell cattle. We’ll spend 10 to 14 days in is really a good shown with one of his calves. also excited. It will be differ- of telecommunications providers to locate ent, but the National Western the small cell facilities on a local govern- will always be important in ment entity’s utility poles, traffic signal my life.” poles or on wires between poles. FOOD & DRINK So, whereas the “macro” towers of a
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King’s Crazy Horse Bar, a notorious strip joint featured in the 1978 Clint Eastwood film Every Which Way But Loose, and a metal pin with two dangling skates from Mammoth Gardens’ days as a skating rink. Colfax Ave. is part of Highway 40, once a transcontinental route that stretched from Atlantic City, N.J., all the way to San Francisco. “All the tourists passed through Colorado on Highway 40,” Barber said. “It was like a little Las Vegas, with its elaborate neon signs By Laurie Dunklee says Barber. “Everyone who has lived in basement for 14 years, until he was enticing travelers to restaurants, enter- he story of Colfax de- Denver has a story about Colfax. We wel- offered a space in the back room of tainment and motels.” serves to be told,” says come all artifacts, photos and stories.” Ed Moore Florist at 6109 E. Colfax. He said Colfax runs 53 miles, from “TJonny Barber, a musi- The Colfax Avenue Museum is stuffed He’s getting new donations all the Table Mountain in Golden to the East- cian, former Elvis impersonator and with an eclectic collection of memorabil- time, including photos of the historic ern Plains. “I don’t know whether it’s curator of the new Colfax Avenue ia, from matchbooks, posters and photos, York Theatre and the Famous Pizza the longest street in America, but it’s the Museum. to a 150-million-year-old stegosaurus sign, and a set of salt-and-pepper longest main, commercial street.” “Here all things Colfax go on footprint, “quarried when they put the pigs from Eddie Bohn’s Pig ‘n’ Whis- Colfax’s heyday as a tourist attraction the wall: the good, the bad and the original Highway 40 through,” Barber tle restaurant on West Colfax. ended when traffic was diverted onto the ugly, from the Denver Mint and the says. The collection includes mementos new Interstate 70 in the late 1960s and Capitol, to strip joints and dives,” Barber was collecting the items in his of former Colfax landmarks like Sid 1970s. “The Colfax strip went to hook-
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January 2018 10 Front Porch – NE Denver Far Left: Colfax historian Jonny Barber opened the Colfax Avenue Muse- Left: The storied history of Colfax Avenue is chronicled um with his collection of memorabilia. Recent donations to the museum in photos, road signs and other memorabilia. The Satire include a photo of the former York Theatre, which Barber hopes to use Lounge, with its martini glass neon sign (left-hand side, for the museum’s permanent home. halfway up), still can be seen on Colfax. Left: Barber performed as an Elvis impersonator from 2004 until 2011, when “The Velvet Elvis” was pronounced dead of a heart attack en route to Rose Medical Center (however, he made a temporary “comeback” in in a symphony orchestra, who played the Playboy 2013). Photos acknowledge famous East High grads Hattie McDaniel, Bar on Colfax. Hattie McDaniel, the first Afri- Marilyn Van Derbur (Miss America 1958), and singer Judy Collins. can-American to win an Academy Award, attended Below: Barber’s T-shirt commemorates Sid King’s Crazy Horse Bar, a East High School.” Colfax strip joint owned by “The Sultan of Striptease.” Sid’s neon sign Other East High grads on the walls are actor Don featured a mannequin on a pole. Cheadle, silent film star Harold Lloyd, and 1970s TV star Pam Grier. Barber hopes to expand the museum’s 17-by-12- foot space to include outdoor space for a “neon gar- den.” “Some of the signs, like Pete’s Kitchen, are still up. The ones that aren’t are still around, being sold on eBay. I’m like Indiana Jones: these signs should be in a museum where everyone can enjoy them.” For Barber, the weird history of Colfax is worth protecting. “Whatever it says about me, Colfax is the street where I feel most at home, where I can be myself. I say ‘Keep it weird.’ The city’s got to grow and change, but I hope our future vision embraces the important history of places like Colfax.” “there would have been no Beat Generation,” said The museum is open during the florist shop Barber. hours, 8am–5:30pm Mon.–Fri. and 8am–5pm Sat. He hopes to illustrate the extremes to be found For more information, see colfaxavenue.com and on Colfax. “We had the Klan here, but also Char- jonnybarber.com, or call 303.525.5840. lie Burrell, the first African-American to perform
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u of CDOT’s High w Performance Trans- y portation Enterprise (HPTE), told the Front Porch, “We are full-speed ahead. Do the lawsuits have an effect? Yes, but not a v real impact. We feel pretty confident about x where we’re at and our position.” The lawsuits have raised issues about air quality impacts and alleged links between the high- way widening project and storm drainage improvements at City Park Golf Course. White and Spector lauded the “mitiga- tion” efforts associated with the $2.2 By John Fernandez billion project ($1.2 billion is the construc- The best women’s tion cost, the balance is for operations, fi- uCentral 70 Project Reaches nancing, maintenance, etc.) They include: Milestone • A “local hire” requirement that 20 healthcare comes percent of the jobs on the project have The project to widen I-70 from I-25 to to be filled by individuals residing in Chambers Road, the Central 70 Project, from those who the neighborhoods adjacent to I-70. reached a milestone in November when White said 200 people have come CDOT reached agreement with Kiewit understand you best. through the program since it kicked Meridiam Partners (KMP) on a complex off in July. public-private partnership (P3) for build- • $15 million in improvements to Swan- ing, operating and maintaining the 10-mile sea Elementary School. stretch of highway. Public meetings in the At Stapleton OB-Gyn, we provide comprehensive, • Upgrades to 284 homes next to the spring will provide details such as con- corridor (e.g., insulation and noise-re- compassionate care for women in every stage of life. struction sequencing. CDOT spokesperson ducing windows and doors). Rebecca White said construction will begin • CDOT’s contribution of $2 million And thanks to our patient-focused approach, we’re all along the corridor but couldn’t identify for affordable housing and Kiewit’s a specific start date other than to say it will able to provide top quality care that fits your on-the- commitment of $1 million to “invest in definitely begin no later than next summer. the community” (e.g., scholarships for Construction is expected to last four years. go lifestyle. With online scheduling and extended local schoolchildren). KMP’s successful bid was based on CDOT’s hours, you have access to the healthcare you need 30 percent design. Final design is underway. The project will expand the six-lane when it’s convenient for you. Visit our website to The widening of I-70 from I-25 to highway to eight lanes including toll lanes. Chambers Road involves the removal of Major features include removing the 1.8- schedule your next appointment online. a 1.8-mile-long viaduct and placing the mile viaduct through Elyria-Swansea and highway below ground level in a stretch of lowering the roadway by as much as 30 road near York St. The selected contractor, feet below grade. A four-acre parkland cap SCLHealthMG.org/stapleton-ob-gyn Kiewit Meridiam Partners (KMP), rose to will cover the highway next to Swansea the top of CDOT’s bidder list in part be- Elementary. The Quebec interchange will cause they propose a shallower trench—30 be completely rebuilt to lengthen on- and feet at maximum depth rather than off-ramps and widen Quebec, including CDOT’s original estimate of 42 feet. This sidewalks, as it passes under I-70. White raises the lowered roadway out of ground- said KMP is obligated to keep three lanes water, reducing construction and long-term of traffic open in each direction through- maintenance costs. out construction during peak travel times. The project still faces legal challenges She said there will be only four or five from community groups and environmental overnight closures of the roadway during organizations, but David Spector, director the four years of construction.
(left to right) Alexa Fuller, NP, Katie Rustici, MD, Sarah Shepard, DO and Peter Kim, MD
KMP, the selected contractor, was able to raise the This view is looking north and shows eastbound level of the roadway by re-routing the two sewer traffic. Swansea Elementary School is located to lines shown in the illustration. This, and thinner the right (east, between Columbine and Elizabeth profile bridges, resulted in a shallower trench— streets), where the roadway will be topped by a 2823 Roslyn Street Denver, CO 80238 | 303-403-6333 (30 feet rather than CDOT’s original 42-foot four-acre park. The top of the retaining wall sits estimate) and lowered the cost of the project. roughly at ground level.
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Jason Smith, a ReyLenn Properties LLC partner, points out the portion of Solana Stapleton located in Denver. All 10 apartment buildings, seen here fronting perimeter streets, are located in Aurora.
Solana Stapleton Fits Into posed by RTD on its concessionaire (Den- v ver Transit Partners) and also because such the “Toe of the Boot” approval would pave the way for federal ap- A 280-unit market-rate apartment proval of a quiet zone that would eliminate project is expected to win city of Aurora the need for train horn soundings each time approval in February allowing construction a train passes through a street intersection. to proceed early in 2018 next year. Sola- Such train horns have plagued northeast na Stapleton comprises 11 buildings on a Denver for more than two years since the A 9.06-acre parcel bounded by 26th Ave., Line began operating. RTD has estimated This MODA Loft is an MLK Blvd., Newark Ct. and Oswego St. impressive loft-style condo that that federal review of the pending PTC Coming Soon | Melinda S. Howlett It occupies one of the larger parcels in an applications by Aurora and Denver would offers light-filled, wide-open, low area of Stapleton referred to as “the Boot” require an additional 60 to 90 days. maintennance living in the heart 8787 E 35th Ave $825,000 due to its shape at the far east end of PTC is intended to be a failsafe system of Stapleton’s Town Center. 4 3 2 2,945 ft2 Stapleton. (See the August 2017 Front Porch for preventing accidents caused by hu- • Located in desirable Central Park N for an article about this part of Stapleton: man error. Accidents such as the recent • Stylish home with great outdoor areas https://frontporchne.com/article/toe- Washington state derailment are termed Sold Jody E. Donley boot-takes-shape/.) The site is unique in “PTC-preventable.” The A Line PTC is | that the Denver-Aurora boundary splits the first such technology designed for a 2426 Syracuse St $388,900 the parcel. Thus, the clubhouse and pool brand-new commuter rail service in the 2 2 2 1,575 ft2 complex adjacent to the future MLK Blvd. U.S. As such, the A Line system, once fully • Mountain & park views from balcony are located in Denver while all the three- approved, may serve as a template for other • Dynamite location and four-story apartment buildings will systems in the country. In 2008, Congress be in Aurora. The developer is ReyLenn mandated PTC for commuter rail passen- Properties. KTGY is the project architect. ger service by 2015, later extending the Developer representative Jason Smith deadline to 2018. says the project is “highly amenitized” including a resort-style pool. The project Aurora Public Schools/ requires no zoning waivers and exceeds x city requirements for parking. It was well DSST Contract Approved received by the Stapleton Zoning and In November, the Aurora Public Listed | Laura T. Hudgins Planning Committee (ZAP) at the Dec. 12 Schools (APS) board approved a con- 8598 E 35th Pl meeting. tract with the DSST Public Schools for $ Call Broker the charter network’s first school outside Denver. The contract is for a middle school “Expedited” PUC A Line 4 3 2 2,922 ft2 w and high school on a nine-acre campus Review Drags to March to be located north of 25th Ave. between Federal regulators in September signed Fulton and Iola streets in Aurora. The mid- off on RTD’s crossing technology but the dle school would open in the fall of 2019 Public Utilities Commission (PUC), which and the high school would open in 2022. has separate regulatory authority for at-grade DSST would give students in the surround- (surface street) crossings in Colorado, denied ing Aurora neighborhoods, those served the RTD application that same month citing by elementary schools Rocky Mountain excessive and erratic warning times. Prep, Paris, Crawford and Montview, first RTD appealed the PUC’s denial of its A preference for half of the school’s open Line crossing gate warning regime. That ap- seats. The remaining half would first go to peal will be considered at a three-day hear- any other Aurora students, but if seats are ing starting March 12. A PUC spokesman still available after that, students outside the Fantastic pocket park location in the Central Park North Neighborhood. indicated a final decision by the commission district may enroll. DSST will have a cap of Luxurious home with a gorgeous kitchen for entertaining and re-finished could occur within a month of the March enrolling no more than 450 students. The hard wood floors. Stroll to Central Park, Punch Bowl Social & Light-Rail. hearing. At the December 8 pre-hearing contract requires that DSST show they’ve Average Days conference, PUC Administrative Law Judge enrolled at least 75 of those students by 80238 on Market Robert Garvey indicated the hearing could Real Estate April 1, 2018. By March 30, 2018, both |||||| ||||||||All Other Stapleton Sales be moved up to February 15 if no objections the district and the charter network must 2017 0 1 3 5 7 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 are raised by the Union Pacific and BNSF identify the money to construct the school Recap Average Price per Square Foot railroads or the cities of Denver and Aurora building. The district is still in the process Source: MLS, 1/1/17–12/5/17, All Other Stapleton Sales to RTD’s “pre-file testimony.” In November, single-family detached homes |||||||| | of acquiring 1.7 acres of privately owned under $1Million. 270 275 280 285 290 296 300 308 310 when the PUC commissioners voted to al- land (the South Stapleton Office Warehouse If your property is currently listed with a Realtor, please disregard this message. It is not our intention to solicit the offerings of other Brokers. low RTD to appeal the denial, the commis- Park building) through condemnation and sion directed that the appeal be expedited. anticipates a legal hearing next April to At the December 8 pre-hearing conference, complete that acquisition. RTD said they may file a motion before www.npreco.com the March hearing requesting permission Greenway Trail Grant NPRE, Stapleton’s original real estate firm, delivers to remove flaggers at the 11 A Line street y a client experience so comfortable, that more than 10515 East 40th Ave | Unit 113 crossings. Denied 90% of our business comes from referrals. Denver Colorado 80239 The PUC is known to be under con- A $1.6 million grant application pre- Jody E. Donley Megan E. Farina Jaryd Y. Takushi Tiffany Mayor Burke 303-394-4526 siderable pressure to approve the A Line pared by Denver last spring to complete Melinda S. Howlett Allison Hundley positive train control system (PTC) both paving three of the remaining unpaved Susan Ingle Carol Moerman GET because it would end financial penalties im- portions of the Sand (continued on page 14) Laura T. Hudgins Ashley L. Howlett comfortable.
Front Porch – NE Denver 13 January 2018 NE News Updates New Denver Water Rates (continued from page 13) Creek Re- l gional Greenway trail in Denver Start March 1 was denied by the Great Out- In November, the Denver Board of Water doors Colorado board in a very Commissioners approved rate changes that competitive funding cycle. Beth take effect March 1, 2018. Monthly bills for Nobles, who became executive most Denver residents will increase by about director of the partnership in July, $2.25 or less if they use water the same as they said she learned of the denial in did in 2017. The rate increase will fund a five- FOR KIDS September. Sand Creek projects year, $1.25 billion capital improvements plan were not included in the Den- that includes a new, 8.5-mile water pipeline, a ver general obligation bonding new water quality lab and expansion of Gross approved by voters in Novem- Reservoir. Customer water bills are comprised ber. The Greenway is pursuing of a fixed charge tied to meter size (to stabilize funding through Denver’s regular Denver Water revenues) and a three-tiered capital improvements program. volume rate that prices water use above the Moving west to east, the three average winter consumption—typically used segments to be paved extend from for outdoor watering—at the highest rate. the Smith Road underpass to the Denver Water, which is separate from the City Westerly Creek confluence, from and County of Denver, is funded by water the recently completed Prairie rates, bond sales, hydropower sales and fees Uplands Park to Martin Luther for new service (called system development King Blvd. at Havana St., and charges). The water provider’s collection from the east end of the Bluff system covers more than 4,000 square miles. It Lake Nature Center down to the operates in 12 counties in Colorado. For more Aurora/Denver boundary near information, see Denver Water’s website at the Peoria St. underpass. www.denverwater.org.
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January 2018 14 Front Porch – NE Denver they seem. Joachim Trier is a talented director who has made a string of excellent films, including Icarus Oslo August 31st, and Louder than Bombs. He is a master storyteller, and in the tradition of great Norwegian films, he is able to quietly display the psychology of his characters through the filmic apparatus, particularly the cinematogra- phy and editing. His films remind of another great director of thrillers, one Alfred Hitch- cock, and Thelma is very much in the vein of the master. The performances in the film are particularly good, especially Eili Harboe as the Follow “Indie Prof ” on Facebook for updates about titular character. She begins the film as a blank film events and more reviews. Each month the Indie Prof slate that envelops the audience as her char- reviews films in theaters and on DVD or streaming services. acter moves in different directions. The film follows along. Thelma (2017) finds that his performance is not really enhanced, and his And oh yeah, it has one of the most arresting— We critics love to categorize films: “a psychological experiment is essentially anticlimactic. and disturbing—opening scenes I’ve seen in a long, puzzle,” “sci-fi,” a “coming-of-age story,” “a supernatural That’s exactly where the story gets interesting. Fogel long time. Make sure you are ready from the start for thriller.” Such labels can sometimes be reductive and fall and Ridchenkov become fast friends, and the mercurial this one. short of capturing the various nuances of a film; still, we Ridchenkov quickly becomes the star of the film. Fogel You will like this film if you enjoyed The Girl with love them and use them freely, mostly as shorthand. I will visits Russia, and Ridchenkov visits Los Angeles. Their the Dragon Tattoo, Twin Peaks, and/or Psycho. do no such thing with the wonderful new Norwegian film Skype talks are even interesting. But then the film quickly Starts Jan. 5 at the Sie Film Center. from director Joachim Trier, Thelma. Rather, I will label it turns darker as Ridchenkov gets swept up in an investiga- as “all of the above.” tion by the World Doping Administration (WADA) and is summarily dismissed from his position in the Moscow Icarus (2016) lab. As he tells more of his story and we find out about Most documentary filmmakers will say his role in Russia’s doping program, his situation be- they start out with an idea for a film that comes more tenuous. He finally flees Russia (in a tense, changes, sometimes drastically, once they suspenseful scene) for the United States and moves in start working on the project. Icarus is a with Fogel. He soon meets with the U.S. Department of case in point: what started out as a film to Justice and tells his story to The New York Times. News re- Thelma address the doping issue in the world of ports of mysterious deaths of friends come out of Russia. cycling took a hard turn into a very contem- His family is hounded. He fears for his life. porary film about politics, world amateur All this began with a bike race. It then turned into sports, and international intrigue. And that a very timely story of how far Russia will go to achieve The film tells the story of young Thelma, who is just is not hyperbole. excellence and dominate the world stage—in this case, off to college for her freshman year and the first time away Director Bryan Fogel is a filmmaker who was also sports, but it has larger implications for our current po- from her overbearing, devout, Christian parents. She soon the creator of the popular Jewtopia play and subse- litical climate. The film is both engaging as well as a true struggles with her intense feelings for another young wom- quent film of the same name. Icarus took shape as a cautionary tale for our times. You can bet it will make an an (which run counter to her faith), and that’s when things vehicle for Bryan to track his own progress as a com- appearance at the Oscars. start to get strange. Whenever she fights off her feelings, or petitive amateur cyclist. He wanted to see if he could You will like this film if you enjoyed The Cove, Exit urges, she falls into something akin to an epileptic seizure. beat the doping test in the famous Haute Route, a Through the Gift Shop, and/or Blackfish. She sees doctors who finally tell her that she may have a race that is known as the amateur Tour de France. He Now playing on Netflix. psychokinetic condition—one which allows her to move was introduced to Grigory Ridchenkov, the head of things with her mind. This happens when she is attempting Russia’s anti-doping system, and Ridchenkov helped Vincent Piturro, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Cinema to suppress her feelings. She then uncovers secrets from her him begin a program of hormone injections and Studies at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He can be past, and we realize that everyone may not be who/what steroid use. When he finally gets to the race, Vogel reached at [email protected].
Front Porch – NE Denver 15 January 2018 Affordable Housing Roundup By John Fernandez s Denver metro housing prices City Housing Director Provides Update With 90 percent of the preserved ira-Swansea neighborhoods (GES) continue to rise, so also does the on Stapleton Affordable Housing units designated as rentals, this means have approached the city with a Acommunity focus on afford- The Front Porch interviewed Denver’s the city goal is limited to preserving request for $3 million to set up their able housing. The Front Porch offers this director of housing and neighborhood 100 for-sale affordable units in that own land trust but no decision has overview of recent activities affecting development on Dec. 14 to see where time frame. Stapleton alone has nearly been made. Interestingly, the Colo- affordable housing in northeast Denver. things stand with the analysis of Forest 400 deed-restricted units, the first of rado Department of Transportation City’s performance and with other items which will begin timing out next year. (CDOT) has committed $2 million SDC Calls for Special Meeting on such as the Stapleton Foundation’s interest The SafeHouse Committee also heard for affordable housing in GES as part Affordable Housing at Stapleton in preserving existing affordable housing a proposal from All in Denver to pres- of its effort to mitigate the impacts ent voters an affordable housing bond of the I-70 widening project known At its Dec. 7 meeting, a majority of units in Stapleton. Rick Padilla said the issue in the fall of 2018 to generate as Central 70. CDOT will be issuing Stapleton Development Corporation analysis of land set-asides and development additional dollars upfront to address a request for proposals (RFP) in (SDC) members called for a special pacing continues and that his office con- the affordable housing crisis. City January for the best ideas on how meeting with the city to discuss the tinues to work with Forest City to “boost finance staff expressed some reserva- to implement that contribution. It status of affordable housing in Sta- production and attract more development tions about the proposal, which will is possible that all of those monies pleton. They requested the meeting partners.” He said his last meeting with undergo further consideration by the could be funneled to a land trust take place within 30 days or as soon Forest City was in August and hopes for committee and the city’s new Hous- serving the GES neighborhoods. as possible. The request followed a a meeting in January to continue discus- ing Advisory Committee. presentation by Tom Gleason of Forest sions. He said he is “very much interested City on the status of the developer’s in pursuing the opportunity” represented Affordable Housing for Veterans progress toward meeting the company’s by the foundation’s proposal to use some of Elevation Community Land Trust in Stapleton affordable housing obligations under its funding for affordable housing preser- Announced A new affordable housing project its development agreement with the vation. The source of that funding is the A coalition of nonprofits and foun- in Stapleton, the Moline Apartments, city. Those may generally be described community investment fee collected each dations announced the creation of a will include 11 units set aside for vet- as a requirement to provide 10 per- time properties in Stapleton are sold (0.25 land trust to buy and build housing erans at 30 percent and 40 percent of cent of all for-sale units as affordable percent of the sales price after the first units that would remain permanently area median income (AMI), most of units (firm contractual number) and $100,000). affordable. Led by Gary Community whom will qualify as homeless house- 33 percent of all units as rentals (not Investments, the group has garnered holds. (This project was originally a contractually required amount) with Council Considers Housing Plan $24 million in commitments and profiled in the November 2017 Front 20 percent of rentals being affordable A Denver City Council committee hopes to provide about 700 housing Porch; see https://frontporchne. (contractual number). At present, 6.8 met Dec. 6 to consider “Housing an units in the Denver area over the next com/article/180-affordable-apart- percent of for-sale units are affordable. Inclusive Denver,” its first long-term plan five years. A land trust owns the land ments-come-mlkmoline26th/). Rentals stand at 32 percent of total since creation of the city’s 10-year, $150 on which units sit. The units are sold Dominique Acevedo of Northeast supply but only 17 percent of rentals million housing fund last year. Members to homeowners who are subject to a Denver Housing Center says the are affordable. Committee members of the Safety, Housing, Education and long-term land lease. Taking land out project will also include 11 units for said time is running out with Staple- Homeless Committee (aka “SafeHouse of the equation significantly reduces households with disabilities among ton at more than 64 percent buildout. Committee) urged city staff to revise the the unit cost. This was the approach the 180 total units. The project will They challenged Gleason’s statement plan to include more specifics and be more used in the Lowry redevelopment be located at the southeast corner of that the supply of affordable housing in aggressive. The Front Porch notes that the through the Colorado Community MLK Blvd. and Moline Street and Stapleton is “market driven,” saying the plan speaks to a city goal of preserving Land Trust, but has not been used is slated to be under construction demand exists for all types of housing. 1,000 affordable units by 2023 citywide. in Stapleton. The Globeville-Ely- starting in January.
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January 2018 16 Front Porch – NE Denver Do What You Love: For Glover It’s Quality Scratch-Made Food out of my bubble and have different experiences. Then I was ready to move on,” says Glover. Glover also worked on farms as part of her culinary experience. “It really makes you appreci- ate what it takes to get the product,” she says. “It makes you Left: The photo session offered Caroline Glover aware of when there a rare quiet moment in her long days making are shortages and just about everything the restaurant serves from scratch. She says doing things from scratch adds prices have to go up. 8–14 hours to her week, but it’s worth it. You have to roll with Above: Neatly stacked logs for the wood-fired the punches and oven fill an entire wall. maybe take (an item) off the menu rather Below: Glover prepares food in the Annette restau- rant’s kitchen. than order it from Mexico, for instance. It just makes you foray into restaurant ownership. Working more aware.” 11–13-hour days, six days a week, she can’t Glover deliber- imagine opening another restaurant. “This is ately doesn’t refer my life! I would want to be there all the time By Courtney Drake-McDonough in Texas, she was planning to become a doc- to her restaurant as “farm-to-table,” instead and I couldn’t imagine splitting my time,” aroline Glover loves to give dinner tor or physical therapist but found herself calling it “scratch-to-table.” “To be truly she says. “This just works on this scale.” It parties. It’s not uncommon for her increasingly dissatisfied with college life. “I farm-to-table is quite a feat so I didn’t want helps that Glover’s husband, Nelson, runs the Cto have 10 close friends over to her just didn’t feel right and didn’t feel happy. I to do any false advertising,” she says. For business side of the restaurant. On their day house, with people gathered in the kitchen, started her, scratch-to-table off, they often go on a long trail run, have a talking to her as she prepares the meal. Same work- means they make nice dinner, and then sleep for 12 hours. goes for dining at her restaurant, Annette, at ing in a just about everything Although Annette is part of the Stanley the Stanley Marketplace, only 40 or 50 people restaurant in-house. “We break Marketplace, it is tucked away, providing a can gather, still free to chat with Glover in and it did down our chickens, bit of an oasis from the rest of the bustling the kitchen. It’s a nightly dinner party, just as feel right make our own stocks, space. A long, darkened hallway leading to Glover envisioned it, spurred on by the lessons to me, our sauerkraut, our the main entrance helps set the tone for the learned from the restaurant’s namesake, her so I feel crème fraiche—a calm, low-key feeling of Glover’s restaurant, great aunt, Annette. like that lot of little details which is exactly what she was after. “She was just a really strong personality mantra that are easy to buy With her great aunt Annette’s influences and super confident in her decisions and my aunt but we take the ever-present for Glover, she is doing exactly choices. I always really looked up to her,” had about time to make them what she wanted to do—create a small, neigh- says Glover of Annette, who passed away following ourselves.” Although borhood restaurant where people could gath- when Glover was 24. “She was always very your heart and your gut—that was really a Glover says doing things from scratch adds er. “I hope people can feel comfortable and vocal about doing what you want and if you jumping point for me.” She applied to culi- 8–14 hours to the week, she feels it’s worth it cozy and that they can hang out and spend feel strongly about something, that probably nary school in New York and was accepted and that it shows in the meals. time here,” she says. “And although it might means you’re right.” but chose to wait a year before attending to Approaching its one-year anniversary, not be a familiar setting at first, I want it to When Glover was a sophomore in college work at a resort in Yosemite. “It let me get Annette is Glover’s first, and probably only, feel familiar to them by the time they leave.”
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January 2018 18 Front Porch – NE Denver Meals on the Go, Argentina Style There’s a more natural place To have a natural childbirth.
Lorena Cantarovici opened her third Maria Empanada at the Stanley Marketplace. She recently received a $3.5 million investment from the Colorado Impact Fund to upgrade, train, hire and open new locations. By Anne Hebert as pizza for their ease and convenience and orena Cantarovici is introducing a are available in a variety of flavors, includ- taste of Latin America to the metro ing breakfast empanadas on the weekends Larea one empanada at a time. Her at the Stanley. third Maria Empanada store, located at Maria Empanada is embarking on the Stanley Marketplace, opened this past collaborations with Stanley businesses, August. She says the 350-square-foot space Cheluna Brewing Co. and Infinite Monkey was one of the “last spots available” and the Theorem. Creating empanada pairings to smaller size was exactly what they needed. go with beer and wine selections keeps the When Cantarovici came to Denver from creative juices flowing and challenges Can- Argentina, she found she was dying for an tarovici and her staff to come up with new, empanada like those made by her mother innovative recipes. and grandmother. She decided “if it’s not A recent recipient of a $3.5 million here, we will make it.” Part of the pleasure investment from the Colorado Impact Fund of owning her business is introducing em- (CIF), a Denver-based venture capital firm, panadas to new customers. Hand-crafted Maria Empanada will use the funds to empanadas, as opposed to mass-produced expand their brand by upgrading kitchen alternatives, are equipment, open- “a dying art,” she ing new locations, explains. and hiring and The Stanley training new em- Marketplace re- ployees. Expansion minds Cantarovici without compro- of the gallerias in mising the quality Argentina where of her product customers can find is of paramount many vendors un- importance. Can- der one roof. Able tarovici, who was to identify with the named in 2017 concept, she felt it as the U.S. Small was a perfect venue for her business. Can- Business Administration’s Colorado Small tarovici, the mother of two boys, is especial- Business Person of the Year, is committed ly pleased with the number of families and to the ideals that motivated her to begin her children that visit the Stanley. “My heart is business with only $4,000 to invest. happy that there are lots of kids asking for Customers may pre-order empanadas empanadas there.” She says it “makes her for parties and gatherings. Orders of 100 day” when children become return custom- empañadas or more should be made at least ers. “Kids are our best critics and our best 48 hours in advance. For more informa- customers.” tion, visit www.mariaempanada.com or call Introducing Birth Center of Denver In Argentina, empanadas are fast, 720.484.5927. The Stanley location is open casual, kid-friendly and reasonably priced. Tuesday–Friday, 11am–8pm, Saturday, ColoColorado’s first and only freestanding, hospital-owned birth A popular choice for meals on-the-go, 9am–9pm and Sunday, 9am–5pm. The center. Women and their families are empowered to customize empanadas occupy the same food category shop is closed on Mondays. their birth plans to create the most memorable experience in the most natural way possible. Our high-touch, low-tech approach from our Certified Nurse-Midwives encourages a low-intervention delivery. Birth Center of Denver is owned by Saint Joseph Hospital, so if medical care is ever necessary, Colorado’sColo top baby hospital is always close by. This February there will be a new place in Denver to deliver your baby the way nature intended.
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Front Porch – NE Denver 19 January 2018 It’s OK to Small Cells Be a Little Bit Selfish while Helping Others By Courtney Drake-McDonough exposure to businesses and swag bags for moms. Adding ricia Chinn Campbell feels moms should be a lit- the element of benefiting schools would help alleviate tle selfish. As the mother of two, Campbell knows any guilt pangs moms might have. The first event, which Tit can be challenging for moms to take time to benefited one school, sold out. People from other parts of focus on their own needs. She also knows that school the city found out about the movie nights as did requests fundraisers are always popping up, so she found a way to to give to other schools. Creating the Mom UP! Project benefit Colorado schools while also benefiting moms. meant being able to have a different format and the
Photo source: rcwireless.com On January 25, through her company, Mom’s Night opportunity for more moms to attend, while still giving A “colocated” small cell installation placed on a street light Out Productions, Campbell will host the inaugural back to the school of their choice. yardarm. Street lights in Denver are typically owned by Xcel. Mom UP! Project at The Hangar at Stanley Market- The speaker lineup for the Mom UP! Project is varied: place. The event, which runs from 4–9:30pm, will have Eric Gorski, bureau chief of Chalkbeat Colorado; Chef (continued from page 9) Small Cell infrastructure.” pop-up shops and restaurants, a cash bar and speakers Maggie O’Toole, a cooking teacher and chef; Heather However, Denver has some general design require- throughout the evening covering relevant topics. The $25 Hunter, a psychic medium; Bridget Molloy, dealing with ments in place for small cell equipment and is consid- ticket, which must be purchased in advance, includes an women’s health and sexual well-being; Sarah Stabio, ering additional design guidelines. Aurora representa- $8 donation to the Colorado public or private school of owner of The Bar Method Denver; and Wendy Gos- tive Hector Reynoso says, “We are really limited in our the mom’s choice sett, a family ability to regulate these new facilities. The city can’t and a swag bag of temperament say no to facilities in the right-of-way. To minimize the offers and samples specialist. Pop-up number of new poles is our priority.” valued at more than shop exhibitors Xcel spokesperson Mark Stutz says his company has $300.00. VIP swag include Tea- “historically allowed communications equipment to be bags are available koe Tea, Plum attached to its electric distribution poles throughout its for $40, with up- Consignment, service area (including Denver) and has had agree- graded offers and Hand and Stone ments in place with multiple wireless carriers to allow samples. Attendees Massage, Wills the carriers to colocate ‘small cells’ on Xcel Energy’s can also add on a and Wellness distribution poles since 2015, when wireless carriers cheese plate from Estate Planning, were planning their first small cell deployments.” So Damn Gouda, a Denver Vein “Since then, upon discussion with the cities/com- local business in at- Center, Gypsy munities … that it serves, Xcel Energy has decided to tendance. Campbell Stitches Studio, make additional company-owned infrastructure avail- encourages moms to and Smartwool. able for the colocation of small cells and is working on come when they can “Sometimes finalizing agreements with various wireless carriers that during the evening, it’s nice to get a would further reduce the need for additional infra- stay as long as they Tricia Chinn’s company, Mom’s Night Out Productions, will host the inaugural Mom UP! little something project at Stanley Marketplace in January, an event that will include speakers and pop up structure in the right of way to support the carriers’ like or even come shops and restaurants. The ticket includes a donation to the school of the mom’s choice. back that has small cell deployments.” and go. nothing to do Hector Reynoso, Aurora’s real property manager, Formerly in advertising, Campbell worked as a consul- with our kids,” says Campbell. “It’s not only about being says he expects the basic installation to be a five-foot tant once her children were born. As they reached school a mom but it’s about being a woman too. There’s a little “silo” atop a 30-foot pole. Aurora rejected the initial age, she realized there were lots of school fundraisers but selfishness involved.” Campbell hopes that between the set of small cell applications because of conflicts with many of them involved the same kinds of activities. She food, drink, shopping and speakers, moms will leave with emergency service equipment. Reynoso expects appli- wanted to do something different that also gave some- something that has added to their lives. “If they learned cations citywide in the coming months. thing back to the moms. something, bought something, made some new friends Verizon spokesperson Meagan Dorsch said her The Mom Up! Project is a branch off of her Mom’s or hung out with friends they haven’t been able to see, company supported the 2017 legislation to “modernize Night Out Production movie nights, created when the that makes it worth it. That, to me, is what will make it a and streamline the permitting process” and its provi- movie Bad Moms came out in 2016. While trying to come successful event.” sions for “local government oversight.” The new state up with a twist on a mom’s night out, Campbell thought For more information, visit https://momupproject. law requires permits to be processed in 90 days or less. about how she could create a fun evening and provide buzz.
January 2018 20 Front Porch – NE Denver By Chris Hegstrom and Judith Schwartz January & Early February Events
Mart, 451 E. 58th Ave. www.indianmarket.net NORTHEAST DENVER/ Visit our online calendar to view more events or submit events 1/19 to 1/21—Vivaldi’s The Four Sea- AURORA EVENTS sons. Presented by Colorado Symphony, 7:30 pm. Denver School of the Arts. Montview and Boettcher Concert Hall, 1400 Curtis St colorado- Quebec. Tickets/complete listings: www.dsap- FrontPorchNE.com > Events symphony.org resents.org, www.dsa.dpsk12.org/performances 1/25 Thursday—Mom UP! Project. Raise funds for our local public schools, give moms a To 1/12—Youth at DAVA Holiday Show To 1/7—Denver International Airport’s 2pm and 7:30pm. www.newmancenterpresents. fun night out and increase activity for communi- and Sale: Peace in the Universe. Down- Ice Skating Rink. 9am-9pm, Free, compli- com town Aurora Visual Arts youth exhibit. Handmade mentary skates available. DIA www.flydenver.com ty businesses. Pre-ticketed event held at Stanley Colora- gifts for sale. 1405 Florence St. Mon.-Fri. 10am- 1/6 to 1/8—Denver Boat Show. Marketplace. Receive swag bag with offers/samples do Convention Center, 700 14th St. downtown 5pm and by appointment. www.davarts.org To 1/2—Denver Pavilions Holiday Car- from participating businesses during check-in, shop ousel. 11am-9pm, $3 or free with voucher from Denver. Tickets: $12; 16 and under free. 1/6 12- at 60 pop-up shops and hear 30 UP! Showcase 1/13 Saturday—6th Annual Preschool Pavilions Merchants. www.denverpavillions.com 9pm, 1/7 10am-9pm, 1/8 10am-5pm. $2 off with Presentations. Cash bar. $8 of $20 ticket donated to Showcase. Presented by Denver Preschool website coupon. www.denverboatshow.com PTA of attendee’s choice. www.momupproject.buzz. Program, a family-friendly, one-stop opportunity To 1/22—City and County Building Holi- 6-11pm. Free. www.downtwondenver. 7:30pm. 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Front Porch – NE Denver 23 January 2018 By Carol Roberts group would drop hat’s Next?” is the ques- Stapleton from its tion we’ve heard since the name, ask Forest The Stapleton Name: What’s next? And what are people saying? Dec. 11 community-wide City to stop using listening sessions about it in their marketing (though recogniz- will have a discussion about the name (2) The Stapleton neighborhood has 10 Wkeeping or changing the Stapleton name. ing it may need to be used legally), and at their next meeting in late January. elected delegates to the MCA. A delegate Five organizations that contribute to the acknowledged that the naming issue can President and CEO Tammi Holloway could request to put a name change on community in different ways sponsored be effective in bringing more attention says the organization has not received the agenda and have a vote on the issue. the two sessions, one afternoon and one to the kind of community Stapleton feedback on this issue from the commu- If the majority of delegates agreed, the evening, to get a sense of community intends to be as described in the Green nity, but starting many years ago, the recommendation would be passed on to views on the subject. All five organiza- Book—socially diverse, inclusive, broad- organization, for convenience, chose to the MCA board, which, as of Jan. 1, 2018, tions have Stapleton associated with their based and welcoming. use its acronym, SDC, rather than its is made up of three residents and two names. Nadine Caldwell and Alice Kelly, full name. representatives of master developer Forest each of whom have been on CAB and Teegarden says, “We are certainly City. If the board approved, then the Four of Stapleton’s community SDC for over 25 years opposed the pleased that…using SDC…also pre- master developer would need to approve motion. Kelly explained, “Rather than vents our organization’s name from the recommendation in order for it to take organizations have it within spending a lot of time changing the being perceived as offensive to others or effect. (3) The MCA Board could put a their power to change their name. name, I suggest that the energies that a distraction to our more pressing goals name change on their agenda for a vote. If Two have already done it. are going toward this go to helping with respect to affordable housing and the board approved the change, again, the make this community more diverse. You other key issues facing the community.” master developer would have to give final Stapleton Foundation work on affordable housing, you help He adds that he’s personally comfort- approval. (Burnett points out that residents Four days after the listening sessions, kids feel safer in their schools, and help able with the community being named can bring concerns about the communi- the Stapleton Foundation issued a press residents understand and appreciate after the old airport, but if it’s a barrier ty to the attention of MCA staff, board release that they had dropped Stapleton each other and their ethnicities. to achieving a community identity of members and delegates through the MCA from their name and will begin doing diversity and inclusiveness, then it’s fine website at StapletonCommunity.com.) business as “The Foundation for Sus- One is laying the groundwork to have another name. A fourth option may be the entity that tainable Urban Communities” effective that would make a change Terry Whitney, currently an SDC assigned the name in the first place, says January 1, 2018. CEO Landri Taylor says possible. board member who also served on CAB Burnett. The DenverGov.org website says: the new name better reflects the scope of for many years, says he does not per- “The Statistical Neighborhood boundar- the foundation’s work, which has grown sonally favor a name change because he ies were developed in 1970 by the Com- beyond Stapleton. The Foundation’s press Stapleton United Neighbors (SUN) believes it is action—the right kind of munity Renewal Program (CRP), which Amanda Allshouse, SUN president release thanks those who “have brought action—that’s important. He’d prefer to was administered by the current Denver writes in this month’s SUN Spot (see focus to the Stapleton name and its see people spending their time helping Department of Community Planning and page 28), “The board has discussed that relationship to the old airport’s namesake, at schools where students really need the Development. Statistical neighborhoods although the call for SUN to change its Ben Stapleton and his connection to the extra support. are typically combinations of census tracts. name is not coming from the majority Ku Klux Klan.” Taylor, however, empha- Geographic place names…were assigned of the community, it is still within SUN’s sizes that The Foundation’s priorities will The fifth organization is legally to each area and reflect commonly used charge to propose an action to the com- continue in the areas of healthy living, bound to the name Stapleton names of subdivisions and historical parts munity based on the strength and nature affordable housing and education with of the city.” of this voice. Over the coming weeks, and changing that name would particular emphasis toward eliminating the SUN board will begin preparing a the achievement gap experienced by the be more difficult. proposed change in the SUN by-laws, But it’s not just about the name. majority of kids in northeast Denver which is the mechanism by which SUN Public Schools. Taylor believes spend- Master Community Association, Inc. A recurring theme among longtime would remove Stapleton from its name. ing time and energy on the community The MCA is tied to legal documents members of the community groups quot- name change distracts from these core that define the geographic area it serves ed above is a concern that changing the community challenges. One has plans to talk about it. (as well as regulations about how it name doesn’t bring Stapleton closer to the operates) —and that geographic area is goals in the Green Book that describes the Stapleton Development Corporation Stapleton Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) legally named Stapleton. It’s possible to vision for Stapleton. (SDC) In a 3 – 2 vote, CAB approved a res- change the name, says MCA Executive One of the observations by Dr. Nita SDC Board Chair Pat Teegarden olution at their Dec. 21 meeting that the Director Keven Burnett, but the first Moseby Tyler, who moderated the Dec. 11 said, by email, he expects the board hurdle is that the geographic area the sessions, is “a substantial number of the MCA represents must have a name—so speakers agreed that changing the name the change process would require a was not the final solution. There was simultaneous decision on a new name. agreement that there would need to be At least three routes to changing the strong community focus to tackle gentrifi- name are legally possible, says Bur- cation, racism and the lack of racial diver- nett. (1) Sixty-six percent of all owners sity in the community. The name change, would have to vote in favor of changing alone, would not solve those issues.” Stapleton to a designated new name.
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January 2018 24 Front Porch – NE Denver The Stapleton Name: What’s next? And what are people saying? Approximately 60-65 people attended each listening session on Dec. 11, with some attending both. A total of about 45 people spoke— with the majority of those who spoke in Harold Scramstad-—The great American stain was built around race. It’s not going favor of a change. to go away no matter what gestures we make...A name is what you make of a name...We have to wash the name with Michael McMurray—Despite being Sandra Burroughs—I fear the name will great schools...with economic and social mixed race and brown skin, I grew up attract others who are proud of Stapleton’s opportunity for everyone. We can’t go back. in a middle class home. (By graduate association with hate. Let’s show them The only place we can go is forward. school) I became aware of the privilege they’re not welcome here. I’ve also thought my life afforded me...What’s important about people with the same fears as mine to others is also important to us...We who choose not to live here. Let’s loudly tell care. It (changing the name) would be those people they are welcomed here. a huge statement of inclusiveness.
Kathy Duda-—We moved here from Chica- go and San Francisco kicking and scream- ing (because) it didn’t seem that diverse. What caught my eye was the slogans... Mandel Rousseau—I don’t think it is just about inclusivity and diversity... (But) this is to have that (Stapleton) legacy contin- a gated community. Children that feel really ued...because of the pain that goes with safe at DSST walk through this neighbor- the KKK. If you know something is wrong hood and they don’t feel as welcome. If and you have the ability to do something we truly came here with the intent to be about it, I challenge you to think about inclusive...then let’s let the people the name that and decide to make a change for the means something to make the change. better. 10 days later at the CAB meeting...
Ellen Miller Brown—What are the children thinking about as they watch us? We cannot divorce ourselves Gregory Diggs (left) has been an outspoken in this decision from what’s going on today in the larg- advocate for changing the name. Ron Adams, at Dipti Nevrekar—I have a dark- skinned Rajeev Vibhakar—We love living in er community...I want to change the name. And I want the Dec. 11 event said, “Stapleton was a com- son who has faced racism at school. I Stapleton. In Stapleton and Denver to show the children that we...stand up for what’s right plex person who did something bad, then did have to tell him...don’t wear a hoodie, I have friends from every spectrum and I hope they will watch us and do the same. something good...Stapleton is a meritocracy. You you can’t act evasive or defiant. Peo- of society...the people who live in work...you can buy a house...There’s no such A summary of statements and conclusions was created ple of color face disparities every day. this community are probably about thing as white privilege.” The two are exchang- by the moderator Dr. Nita Moseby Tyler and is posted Here’s an opportunity to change it. as inclusive as any you could find ing phone numbers to meet and talk. with this story on our website at FrontPorchNE.com. anywhere.
Front Porch – NE Denver 25 January 2018 By Melinda Pearson Meet Jennifer Bacon —New District 4 School Board Representative The Front Porch sat down with newly elected District 4 school board member, Jennifer Bacon, Representing Stapleton and Park Hill to discuss her recent election win and her priorities. Bacon was supported by the teachers’ union, which opposes many recent board reforms implemented around Let’s lean on each other to solve them. For me, The Denver Classroom Teachers’ Association (DCTA school choice, accountability and school closure. The fol- that meant understanding the whole landscape, not supported you). What does that mean for you and the lowing interview has been edited and condensed. just the anti-reform space or reform space. school board, which is largely pro-reform? Elections are also important because they I didn’t come to the DCTA with fire and brim- demonstrate where public will is. With three You won the election, beating out two other candi- stone. I said, let me tell you what I see is happening candidates and two carrying a lot of votes [against in this district. It just so happens that we agreed on a dates in District 4. What does that mean? reform], that means something. I also feel like … lot of things. What we need to understand about the [My opponents’] dynamic allowed me to people are prepared to understand we have to have charter movement is what is the ending? Is it literally have something unique… It’s like I’m speaking a these conversations right now. That’s what I’m being 50% of our schools?...The fact that the ques- language that isn’t reform or anti-reform. What looking forward to doing with the board. When I tion’s on the table, that in and of itself is an issue. I started to say was listen, what does communi- come, I come as an elected official. Sure, I got 42% The other thing is I’ve been a teacher. I was ty-driven leadership look like, which means we of the votes, but another 20% voted for a non-in- also a union member when I was in the classroom. need, together, to identify the problems we have? cumbent, and they want to see change. I understand what that work does to support the professional. [The union] creates mandatory floors. It creates accountability. I’ve worked a lot with teachers in Compassionate, state-of-the-art healthcare for your children charter, innovation, and district schools. There is something to be said about doing something to save this profession, especially in this day and age. That’s what I talked to them about. I also said, I know what the impact is of school closure.
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January 2018 26 Front Porch – NE Denver Meet Jennifer Bacon —New District 4 School Board Representative What is the definition of a Representing Stapleton and Park Hill quality school? When we say high-qual- What are your priorities as you join the school board? ity schools, that means Honestly, the first priority is understanding where two different things to two schools are at, particularly around closure and perfor- different groups. Who has mance, and evaluating what is DPS’ role in either the the power in determining failures or successes. The data to me isn’t exactly as them? I think that…it is our objective as people think it is. job as a district to bring the The other thing is we have to understand our lead- quality. You tell me what ership structures, and what’s going on by way of the you need. I will give you equity measure, the parent survey, all of those things. the best services to get there One of the things that’s really important, that I have versus me telling you… always loved about me as a candidate, is that I come with this is what you’re going to relationships for parents and kids in schools to be able have, right? At least that’s to create a picture outside of the School Performance my vision. Framework (SPF) indicator. In a wide-ranging interview, Jennifer Bacon shared her thoughts on subjects ranging from her For me, I say this: the campaign to her priorities as a board member. I know the board has heard a lot about school clo- kids need to not only master sures. but it’s actually been true that when schools close a reading, writing, science, but charter pops up. Not everybody hates the charter schools. about finding new money all the time. It’s reallocating they need to know who they are in their place in this I don’t. I give DPS the credit for saying we actually have the way we’re spending it. world as readers. That identity piece and cultural the tools to meet these needs now. I worked at DSST. I From afar, I’ve only watched the board talk. Now competency as well as self-determination are critical. know what they do well…but we haven’t been doing it in being in it is a completely different world. I’m looking I think…of public education where the outcome is to places where it really matters. forward to knowing versus making conversation. What I create citizens who are able to carry on for them- We have to now become more efficient, clean up our want to be is a conduit for communication so we can be selves. messes, and level the playing field. That means it’s not held accountable.
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Front Porch – NE Denver 27 January 2018 SUN Meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm (Block Captain meeting) and 7:30pm (Board meeting) at the Central Park Recreation Center, 9651 MLK Jr. Blvd. For information about SUN, visit www.stapletonunitedneighbors.com. To contact SUN or confirm meeting time, email [email protected] January SUN News and Events
By: Geoff Horsfall, SUN Sustainability be invited to participate through respective Registered In the early stages of the program, the SUN Sus- Committee Chair Neighborhood Organizations (RNOs) and the city’s tainability Committee will organize, promote and Parks and Rec Dept. execute our projects. A parallel effort to the projects Stapleton Joins the Denver Sustainable themselves will be establishing “Green Teams.” The Land: An electronics recycling drive. goal of the Green Teams will be to identify com- Neighborhood Network Aligned to the “Chemical Pollution” target area, mitted residents with common interests who can The Department of Public Health and Environment this project will decrease the chemical pollution in our organize and execute events themselves, with the at the City and County of Denver welcomed the Sta- city’s ground and water. Envisioned as an annual event, SUN Sustainability Committee serving in a support- pleton Community into the Sustainable Neighborhood neighboring communities will be invited to participate ing and administrative role. Network on Dec. 20, 2017. Members of the Stapleton through their respective RNOs. SUN will promote the The details of a communitywide kickoff meeting United Neighbors (SUN) Sustainability Committee city’s e-cycle program as part of this effort and work will be announced in the second half of January. drafted and submitted the application earlier in the with recycling centers directly to make the event as If you would like to participate in the implementa- month with support from Coun- tion of this plan, please email SUN cilman Christopher J. Herndon, Sustainability Chair Geoff Horsfall at Sand Creek Regional Greenway [email protected]. Partnership, Stapleton Mortgage & Community Interest in Sustainability Projects Realty, the SUN board, and over 350 neighbors. SUN Monthly Meetings Community feedback and support By: Amanda Allshouse, President, was an important part of the appli- SUN Board of Directors, cation process. To date, 75 residents StapletonUnitedNeighbors@gmail. have requested to be involved in the com implementation of planned sustain- SUN hosts meetings on the third able activities. Of all community Tuesday of each month, 6:30–8:45, members who provided input, proj- in the Central Park Rec Center ects of most interest were (as shown Multipurpose room. SUN’s next in the figure at right): a tree planting in-person meetings will be Jan. 16 event, an electronics recycling event, from 6:30–7:30pm for Outreach, and and a trash pickup event, all of 7:30–8:45pm for the Board of Direc- which have been identified as priority tors meeting. year one projects. The stated goal of program participation was to connect Discussion of the organization name people and build community in and Stapleton United Neighbors out of Stapleton while promoting The SUN board has reviewed sustainability. In turn, proposed projects were aligned cost-effective as possible. themes in community feedback and opinions about with the five broad goal categories (Air, Land, Energy, Energy: A renewable energy & energy conservation fair. the community name from multiple sources of com- Water, People) and associated target areas established Aligned to the “Renewable Energy and Energy Con- munication. The board has discussed that although by the Sustainable Neighborhoods Program, with servation” target area, this project will need the most the call for SUN to change its name is not coming priority given to projects that would benefit not only effort. The goal will be to serve as host to an expo for from the majority of the community, it is still within Stapleton but neighboring communities as well. residents, of Stapleton and neighboring communities, SUN’s charge to propose an action to the commu- Year-one priority projects included in the application interested in learning about their energy options from nity based on the strength and nature of this voice. were: vendors, city services, nonprofits and experts. Over the coming weeks, the SUN board will begin preparing a proposed change in the SUN bylaws, Air: A tree planting day in community parks. Water: A Trash-Pickup Day at Westerly Creek. which is the mechanism by which SUN would re- Aligned to the “Trees and Vegetation” target area, Aligned to the “Storm Water Management” target move Stapleton from its name. this project will improve our parks, reduce solar gain area and done collaboratively with the Sand Creek During the Outreach meeting in January and improve air quality. Neighboring communities will Regional Greenway Partnership, this project will span (6:30pm), the SUN board will summarize feedback the portion of Westerly Creek from Aurora to Sand received from the community via multiple sources Creek. It would have downstream benefit for the South in 2017: in-person (Dec. 11), email (ongoing), and Platte, which collects storm water from Westerly Creek. online (two instances: spring and fall). After commu- As a traveling event, neighboring communities would be nicating the range and depth of feedback received, invited to areas identified for cleanup. evolving plans for a community vote on a proposed bylaw change later this spring will be described. The People: A Sustainability-themed movie & dinner night. language that would be proposed for a community Aligned to the “Community Outreach” target area, vote and the accompanying consideration of region- this project will increase the community’s awareness, al impacts of any such change will continue evolv- engagement and social vitality of the neighborhood. ing in early 2018. Any proposed change to SUN’s Envisioned as an event that can happen a couple of bylaws must be posted 30 days in advance of a vote, times a year, the sustainability-themed entertainment and must pass with 67 percent of a vote of commu- would double as a fundraising event. Proceeds would go nity members over the age 18. to Denver-based sustainability programs.
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Front Porch – NE Denver 29 January 2018 It’s Never Too Soon: Promoting Healthy Relationships, Preventing Sexual Harassment By Melinda Pearson that create when they go to school?” said ecent reports about wide- Roman. “We use scenarios particularly spread sexual harassment in around sexting. How might somebody feel Rentertainment, politics and if their picture was being shared? Then newsrooms have captured the attention they have to go school … and people are of the nation. In response, the #metoo sharing it and laughing at them.” movement has burgeoned on social They work a lot on how to intervene in media, with women affected by sexual such scenarios, especially focusing on how harassment speaking up about abuses powerful peers can be. Roman describes a they’ve suffered, many after years of scenario where one person demands to see scared silence. all the texts being sent by a boyfriend or The national #metoo movement girlfriend, explaining it’s because they care. gives hope that the culture will change. “We have a discussion around what’s Women’s voices are finally being heed- the difference between behavior that is ed, and the powerful men who have controlling versus caring, and how do committed sexual harassment are being you make that distinction?” Roman says. stripped of their control and privilege. “We really focus on the social context of But more quietly, the work to change it—thinking about the fact that youth are the culture is taking place in our own having these conversations among them- backyard, at local middle and high selves, and talking about what’s going schools that are working to prevent the on in their relationships. (We focus on) problems of sexual harassment and giving them the skills to be what we call a sexual assault before they emerge. Kendra Collings, PE/Health lead teacher and wellness director at McAuliffe. positive bystander, being able to point out to somebody else if there’s something that “Let’s Talk About It” in Middle School seems concerning.” Denver-based nonprofit The Blue kids talk about healthy and unhealthy Kendra Collings teaches the “Let’s Talk About It“ Bench works across the state to elimi- relationships, distinguish characteristics of nate sexual assault and diminish its im- each and understand boundaries. pact through advocacy, prevention and The curriculum uses scenarios and care. Among other programs, The Blue activities to engage the students. Instruc- Bench provides sexual assault preven- tors might describe a behavior and ask tion education, serving 13 schools and kids who think it is healthy or unhealthy an additional 14 community organiza- to move to opposite sides of a room and tions in Northeast Denver. then unpack their thoughts about it, said McAuliffe International School, Roman. “We also talk about the range of When you ask which serves around 1,000 mid- behaviors ... everything from sexual ha- someone if they’d ...you may feel dle-school students in the Greater Park rassment to sexual assault,” says Roman. like tea, they may annoyed that they Hill/Stapleton area, uses The Blue say yes or no, or refused it after Bench’s “Let’s Talk About It” curricu- Empathy and Peer Relationships they may give an you made it. But lum to teach its eighth-grade students Empathy can be a powerful teaching unclear answer you don’t have about healthy relationships and consent tool. Teachers ask, “If somebody’s expe- that could mean the right to make yes or no. If you them drink it just in mixed-gender classes. riencing unwanted sexualized comments make tea for them because they Susie Roman, director of prevention at school, how do you think that person’s anyway, and they didn’t give you and education for The Blue Bench, going to feel if nobody’s willing to inter- don’t want it... a clear answer. says their developmentally appropriate, vene and help them out, and it happens scientifically supported approach helps every single day? What environment does Above images are from Tea Consent (Clean) on You Tube. Used with permission from Blue Seat Studios.
January 2018 30 Front Porch – NE Denver It’s Never Too Soon: Promoting Healthy Relationships, Preventing Sexual Harassment Consent spect boundaries, and then being able The messaging around to intervene and to tell others when consent has changed from the you have boundaries is important,” days of their parents, noted says Roman. “We spend a lot of time Kendra Collings, who is the on that.” PE/Health lead teacher and wellness director at McAuliffe. Talking to Our Kids “They changed the message Experts admit that often tweens from ‘no means no’ to ‘yes and teens are reluctant to speak with means yes’ so that it’s abso- their parents about romantic rela- lutely clear,” said Collings. tionships. The “Let’s Talk About It” “And I think that’s probably curriculum intentionally harnesses the most powerful thing [for the power of peer relationships to both] the kids and adults.” influence romantic/sexual behavior. One tool used to explain But there is a lot that parents can and this “firm affirmative” notion should do to support the process. of consent is a quirky video “I always tell parents to be as hon- of stick people. One stick per- est as possible with kids within their son offers another some tea. comfort zone,” says Katherine Howe, The video goes on to show the eighth-grade counselor at McAu- that if the respondent doesn’t liffe. “If you can comfortably have a want tea, changes her mind conversation with your child about Susie Roman, director of prevention and educa- about tea or becomes uncon- what’s going in the #metoo movement tion for The Blue Bench. scious, it is not appropriate and standing up for yourself and to still give her tea. (“Tea” knowing your limits and your body class for 8th graders at McAuliffe. (Front Porch file photo.) stands in for any unwanted ro- and your bubble, I think that’s a really educators and parents. Offered at mantic behavior, such as sex). good quality conversation.” schools like McAuliffe and other “Making sure that kids of all genders Experts advise starting early with community organizations, the two- are really educated about consent, whose such conversations, even in kindergar- hour workshop helps parents develop responsibility it is, what it looks like to re- ten, teaching children that their body strategies to talk with their children is their own, and it is not about relationships and boundaries. OK for others to touch Collings says it is helpful for parents them. It is important to to be prepared with the vocabulary teach young kids the cor- to address whatever situations arise rect vocabulary for their in their children’s lives, even ones bodies also, says Roman, involving harassment or assault. to make sure they are able “We need to make sure that 100 to express their boundar- percent of our youth understand that ies—or transgressions of this is not right. Just because it was their boundaries—when accepted for a while doesn’t mean it needed, even if that means was ever OK. And it wasn’t OK then telling a beloved auntie and it’s not OK now,” says Howe. It’s easy. Only give tea to someone who that they don’t want a hug. “This is how we move forward, clearly says yes to tea. And never give tea The Blue Bench also and this is how we show each other to someone who is unconscious, even if they Blue Seat Studios also has the video Consent for Kids on offers a program called kindness and respect. This is how we said yes when they were conscious. You Tube. Here a child decides what level of physical contact they “Keeping Me Safe” for work together.” are comfortable with.
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