US Olympic & Paralympic Museum named country s Best New Attraction in USA Today
By: Brenda Argueta
and last updated 2021-01-01 13:16:15-05
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. â Right in Colorado Springs, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum announced Thursday it had been named the country s Best New Attraction in 2020 in USA Today s 10Best Readersâ Choice Awards.
The museum officially opened in downtown Colorado Springs in late July 2020 after its opening was delayed due to COVID-19.
The museum features high-tech exhibits honoring the history of the United States Olympic and Paralympic movement while celebrating the achievements of its athletes. There will be 12 galleries featured in the museum that will go through an Olympic or Paralympic athlete s journey.
Here are the best new attractions, hotels and restaurants for 2021 10Best 12/31/2020 10Best Editors, Special to USA TODAY 10Best
Note from 10Best: Someday, we ll all be ready to pack our suitcases again and head out on our next adventures. In the meantime, we ll keep supporting the places that inspire us. Contact individual businesses for the latest updates.
As 2020 draws to a close, 10Best is taking a look back at all the new hotels, restaurants and attractions that welcomed guests for the first time this past year, even in the midst of a pandemic. In order to crown the best debuts, we asked our readers to vote for their favorite new openings in four categories.
Monycka Snowbird, left, argues against keeping the Cheyenne Mountain Indians mascot with a supporter, who declined to give her name, outside the Cheyenne Mountain School District 12 board work session in the fall of 2020. Snowbird and the other indigenous people who attended the protest felt the mascot is racists against their heritage. Supporters of the mascot said the Indians mascot was an honor and full of school tradition. About 50 people lined the street outside the school district’s administration building. (Gazette file photo)
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That item was resolution of the stormwater litigation against the city.
Three years ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with several other agencies, sued the city over violations of the Clean Water Act. The suit alleged the city had failed to require developers to install stormwater runoff controls.
The agencies won a partial judgment in November 2018 in U.S. District Court. The city was facing hundreds of millions of dollars in fines, but the agencies agreed to negotiate a settlement.
âIâm pleased to say that, absent some very unforeseen circumstances, the judge will be signing off on that settlement ⦠before the first of the year,â Suthers says.
Despite the challenges of 2020, public and private investment in Colorado Springs remained strong.
Colorado Springs remains in the national spotlight as a vibrant city that offers a high quality of life, continuing to attract a skilled workforce.
City communications staff highlighted these key infrastructure projects and the recent addition of several major employers as factors in the cityâs continued progress in a Dec. 23 release:
Colorado Springs is making its mark as the City for Champions.
2020 proved to be an exciting year for southwest downtown and for sports in Colorado Springs.
In October, a 250-foot pedestrian bridge that will connect America the Beautiful Park with downtown Colorado Springs was hoisted into the air and placed on its abutments, signaling the final phase of work before the bridge opens to the public in spring 2021.