Tag: Pikeview Quarry
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Reclamation of historic Pikeview Quarry complete: ‘A great day for Colorado Springs’
It began small, as some wounds begin ー something like a scratch on Colorado Springs’ northern mountainside. But over 100 years the people below watched it fester, that scratch becoming a scar that would grow and grow along with a population that looked helplessly on, unable to stop the bleeding. But now, finally, healing. Colorado’s…
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Trails expanding in popular Colorado Springs open space
A new trail network is coming to a beloved open space in Colorado Springs. Many are unfamiliar with the rolling terrain on Blodgett Open Space’s south side — the 153 acres the city acquired in 2021, as part of a deal involving Pikeview Quarry. The land has been referred to as the Pikeview frontage property, long…
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Opponents appeal master plan for Colorado Springs’ Blodgett Open Space
Following approvals from Colorado Springs’ parks board and the committee overseeing trails and open space spending, the fight continues against a master plan more than a year in the making. Regarding the 108-page document outlining future development and management of an expanded Blodgett Open Space on the city’s northwest side, only one “no” vote came…
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‘New phase’ of reclamation celebrated at Colorado Springs’ Pikeview Quarry — but challenges remain
In the foothills of northwest Colorado Springs, along the Pikeview Quarry scar seen from afar over the past century, two men knelt down to plant a young pine. They were David Isbell and Gary Bradley, two among a small crowd that gathered Thursday morning to celebrate what the quarry’s owning company called a “new phase”…
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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…