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WORDS Continued from page 8 fic through the Town. Vehicles have been clocked passing the
fire station at 60 to 70 miles per hour. Under consideration
middle of the Promenade shops at the top of the hill in Castle are speed bumps or speed depressions (fire station and mobile
Rock. Operating as both a catalog retailer and a brick and mor- home park), stop signs, rumble strips, etc. Perhaps a town mar-
tar store chain operated by the TJX Companies, the 32-year old shal for ticketing i.e. Palmer Lake where the policing operation
STP markets items from over 3,000 name brand manufactures is pretty much funded by speeders, while effecting a strong ef-
featuring outdoor clothing, boots, cooking and camping gear.
fort to traffic control.
It is really happen- MONUMENT – With nary a peep from town residents, the
ing – the Arapahoe Pilot Truck Stop races to
Community College completion at the s/w/c of
joint operation with Baptist Road and I-25. It
Colorado State Uni- is quite an upgrade from
versity and the Doug- the old truck stop located
las County School directly across the street.
District broke ground Among its amenities is
on the new $50 mil- an Arby’s Restaurant, and Pilot has applied to the Town for a
lion “Collaboration 3.2 beer permit. Pumps are in and I would expect an opening
Campus.” The site is on the 14 acres on Limelight Avenue, within the next 90 days. Meanwhile, Monument continues its
just behind the Castle Rock Adventist Hospital. The first phase political battle with a replacement mayor, and a Town Council
of the two-building project is pegged to be in operation by the where half the members are failing to attend meetings, lacking a
Fall of 2019. Initial offerings will be in the areas of Business quorum and no meetings are being held. Isn’t politics fun?
& Entrepeneurship, Health Care, InformatioTechnology/Pro-
graming, General Education and Workforce Training. CSU COLORADO SPRINGS – Joining the long list of tenants
will lease space on the campus where students will be able to (Costco, Kohl’s, Lowes, Stein Mart,
perform research, get internship opportunities and complete etc.) at the University Village Shop-
hands-on project work. The Town of Castle Rock is also par- ping Center located at Nevada Avenue
ticipating in the development of the Campus with an in-kind just north of Garden of the Gods, is the
$3 million investment via reimbursement of permits/fees/and Duluth Trading Company. Opened
some site improvements i.e. utilities, grading and parking.
at the end of
April, adjacent
PERRY PARK – Douglas County has completed plans for Stein Mart, this
the roadway changes to is Colorado’s
the entrance and will be second Du-
working with the Metro luth store; their
District to commence their first opened
construction later this sum- in Thornton last year. They are open
mer (hopefully). This also 7 days a week 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. (11-5
permits the Metro District Sundays) with a large collection of
to start forming plans for casual and work clothing for men and women including their
the front area which have been stalled for the past couple of “Longtail T-shirt with 3 extra inches to cover a ‘plumber’s
years pending the county’s final resolution. The Park is also but.” The company was founded in 1989 in Duluth, Minnesota,
scheduled for a total paving overlay this year, similar to what as a catalog-only retailer and later moved its headquarters and
was done last year in Perry Park East. The Metro Board is at distribution to scenic Belleville, Wisconsin. The founders were
full staffing with the appointment of new Cheyenne Drive resi- two brothers working in the construction industry who saw a
dent, Sean King, and the new resident committees formed and need and started their retail exposure with a “Bucket Boss,” a
being formed by the District are bringing more active resident canvas tool organizer that fit over a drywall bucket. This was
participation in the various activities and duties of the District followed by an eight-page catalog along the same line and grew
– join up!
into today’s Duluth Trading Company.
LARKSPUR – At the suggestion of Captain Jim Jensen of the The first building to complete
Douglas County Sher- and open at the Academy
iff’s Department, the Gateway development at the
Larkspur Town Coun- corner of Struthers and North-
cil will be researching Gate is a very modern Star-
a variety of options to bucks. You can buy your
the excessive speeds favorite coffee from 5 a.m. to
along Spruce Mountain
Road, especially during I-25 accidents that shift highway traf- Continued on page 11
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