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Stanley's new owner promises continuity

More than 20 leases are coming due as Magnetic Capital takes over Stanley.

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Stanley Marketplace&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="new owner" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/arapahoe/2026/05/26/stanley-marketplace-redevelopment-plans-aurora" data-vars-content-id="f360e1bd-48ad-427a-b1e0-f1f1af15b696" data-vars-headline="Stanley&#x27;s new owner promises continuity" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/arapahoe/2026/05/26/stanley-marketplace-redevelopment-plans-aurora" target="_self">new owner</a> doesn&#x27;t want its $40.9 million takeover to be noticeable.Why it matters: Stanley has become one of metro Denver&#x27;s defining mixed-use success stories, drawing 1.3 million visits annually to a former aviation factory now packed with local businesses.

Arapahoe Community College lands NASA aerospace training hub

ACC will train technicians for the fast-growing aerospace industry.

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Arapahoe Community College isn&#x27;t sending astronauts into space, but it wants its graduates building the bolts, soldering the parts and drawing the plans that get them there.Why it matters: ACC&#x27;s leaning into aerospace as community colleges nationwide face pressures to prove their programs lead to good-paying jobs and four-year degrees.

Career classrooms become hot ticket

Students are lining up for career-focused classes.

About 20 years ago, Megan Trail&#x27;s high school counselor asked why such a promising student was choosing a construction job over a college education.Zoom in: Today, Trail leads three new HVAC classes at Cherry Creek Innovation Campus in Centennial, where enrollment has more than tripled in seven years and the school&#x27;s finishing a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="$100 million expansion" data-vars-click-url="https://ccic.cherrycreekschools.org/ccic-20" data-vars-content-id="697766f8-14e2-4155-9253-ec80f126267e" data-vars-headline="Career classrooms become hot ticket" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://ccic.cherrycreekschools.org/ccic-20" target="_blank">$100 million expansion</a>.

Arapahoe County's missile silo problem

Repeated missile silo rescues are straining fire crews.

Back-to-back rescues at an abandoned Titan I missile silo have Arapahoe County fire chiefs warning that thrill seekers are stretching rural crews and putting rescuers at risk.Why it matters: Every rescue pulls fire crews into dangerous Cold War-era complexes where radios fail, standing water pools and decades-old concrete and metal are deteriorating as wildfire season stretches already-thin departments.

Neighbors react to nuclear plan at Buckley Space Force base

Some neighbors support a proposed microreactor, but concerns remain.

Aurora residents soon could be living near a nuclear microreactor.The big picture: Neighbors in the shadows of Buckley Space Force Base say the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="April announcement" data-vars-click-url="https://www.ans.org/news/article-7930/colorado-montana-bases-selected-for-dod-microreactor-program/" data-vars-content-id="cfc0df60-54ec-420a-bf05-da85d52f72f2" data-vars-headline="Neighbors react to nuclear plan at Buckley Space Force base" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-7930/colorado-montana-bases-selected-for-dod-microreactor-program/" target="_blank">April announcement</a> naming the base a preferred site for a nuclear project came without warning.

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