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...picture in Denver and its eastern suburb of Aurora on Sept. 30, 1994, the day the flag was lowered for the last time at Lowry Air Force Base, was typical of what many communities see when their military facilities close. "We had a thousand empty buildings," recalls Tom Markham, executive director of the Lowry Redevelopment Authority. "We had abandoned runways. We had utilities that were old and in the wrong place." The pain of losing 7,500 civilian jobs at Lowry, where the Air Force had a technical training center, was compounded five years later by the closing of nearby...
Rebuilding was not easy. The Air Force was slow to turn over its property, and the environmental cleanup proved time consuming. But today Denver and Aurora proudly call that land Redevelopment Triangle. The two cities are 80% of the way toward their goal of creating 10,000 jobs there and filling the area with 4,500 homes and apartments, plus 2 million square feet of offices, retail stores and restaurants worth $1.3 billion...
...Back gave me courage as I was growing up and made me realize that strength is found within and is not measured by whether you are tall enough to slam-dunk a basketball. Yoda was a hero my size. Dan Madsen Former President The Official Star Wars Fan Club Aurora, Colorado...
...Back gave me courage as I was growing up and made me realize that strength is found within and is not measured by whether you are tall enough to slam-dunk a basketball. Yoda was a hero my size. Dan Madsen, Former President The Official Star Wars Fan Club Aurora, Colorado, U.S. Although I have been an ardent moviegoer for more than 35 years and I am aware of the millions of Star Wars fans around the globe, I don't care that this is Lucas' last in the series. That his movies have amassed billions of dollars in worldwide...
...Aurora, Colo...