The mission of the Stapleton Foundation is to advocate, sustain and realize the principles of the 1995 Stapleton Master Development Plan, more commonly referred to as the “Green Book”. Working with others, we will strive to create a community that is seamlessly connected to surrounding neighborhoods as well as a community that becomes a sustainable model in education, employment, open space, housing, diversity and sustainable development.
The Stapleton Foundation for sustainable urban communities (formerly the Stapleton Redevelopment Foundation) was established in 1990 to develop a visionary plan for the redevelopment of the Stapleton Airport that would maximize the long-term benefit of the site.
In 1995, the Stapleton Foundation published the Stapleton Master Development Plan, commonly known as the Green Book, in partnership with the Citizens Advisory Board (CAB), the Stapleton Tomorrow Committee and the City and County of Denver. This partnership successfully encouraged Mayor Wellington Webb and the Denver City Council to officially adopt the Green Book and to creat the Stapleton Development Corporation (SDC) to implement the vision of the Green Book. More than ten years later, the Master Developement Plan is still considered a visionary model of how cities can break the pattern of urban sprawl.
In fact, the Green Book's innovative plan was recognized when the community received the 2002 Stockholm Partnership for Sustainable Cities Award from the King of Sweden.
Today, the Foundation focuses primarily on three of the five "Guiding Principles" in the Green Book - environmental responsibility, social equity and economic opportunity. We believe these principles represent the "heart and soul" of the Green Book. They underpin the development of the new community at Stapleton and the changes in neighboring communities to ensure the creation of a "sustainable urban community"
Stapleton Development Plan "Green Book"
Sections
Executive Summary
Introduction and Background
Context
Community Objectives and Guiding Principles
Development Plan
Development Plan
Redevelopment Management Structure
Phasing Strategy and Early Action Items
Conclusion – Images of the Future
Acknowledgments
Stapleton Foundation Board of Directors:
Richard Anderson
Hank Baker
Mary Gittings-Cronin
Hubert Farbes
Sam Gary
Tom Gleason
Tom Gougeon
King Harris
Terri Konrad
Allegra “Happy” Haynes
Del Hock
Donald E. Hunt
John Lehigh
Harry T. Lewis, Jr.
Chris Martinez
Melissa McQueen
John Moye
Laurel Raines
Landri Taylor
Foundation Staff:
Beverly Haddon, CEO
Angie Malpiede, Director, Transportation Management Association
Alisha Brown, Director, Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative
Mariana Ledezma, Program Officer Neighborhood Connections
Leslie Joseph, Executive Assistant
