DENVER (AP) — A Denver neighborhood voted Wednesday to recommend changing its name after a yearslong debate over its association with a former mayor with ties to the Ku Klux Klan.
The 11 elected neighborhood delegates of the Stapleton Master Community Association voted unanimously in favor of the change and to work with the registered neighborhood association to come up with a new name.
Christie Spilsted, a delegate on the Stapleton neighborhood’s community association, said she initially was against changing the name because it would cost too much and the community had decided against it.
The community’s master developer and the City and County of Denver also need to approve a name change before it can take effect.
But Stapleton said he supported the name change if it “brings more equity, fairness and opportunity” for Denver residents and Colorado residents of color.
