Tag: City Of Colorado Springs
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Strong Pikes Peak Summit House visitation adds to record-setting 2021 tourism season
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than a half million people drove to the top of Pikes Peak through October this year, as the mountain celebrated the opening of the $65 million summit house, beating out vehicle traffic last year. The summit saw 506,940 visitors through October this year, well…
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Colorado councilman calls for boosting $55M parks budget, ahead of November ballot question
Colorado Springs expects to spend about $55.4 million on parks, recreation and cultural services next year — perhaps less than what it needs. For example, the city forestry department needs a budget of about $7.8 million to care for about 270,000 trees, according to the latest Urban Forest Management Plan. The department is budgeted to…
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Colorado Springs allows excavation on open space for quarry reclamation
The company responsible for reclaiming Pikeview Quarry will be allowed to take 150,000 dump trucks of dirt from open space recently purchased by Colorado Springs for $6.8 million — a deal an opponent sees as a giveaway. The work is planned even though the company stated in documents submitted to the state it could do the reclamation…