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.
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.
Work on the new $58 million Air Force Academy Visitor Center in northern Colorado Springs a key piece of the City for Champions projects that helped revitalize the city s economy ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to start next year after setbacks related to the coronavirus economic shockwaves.
The bonds needed to finance the center and associated commercial buildings planned to stretch across 51 acres were to be offered for sale in October, with construction starting shortly afterward. The October sale date was set after the bonds failed to sell in March when the coronavirus caused the bond market to collapse.
Work on the new $58 million Air Force Academy Visitor Center in northern Colorado Springs a key piece of the City for Champions projects that helped revitalize the city s economy ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to start next year after setbacks related to the coronavirus economic shockwaves.
The bonds needed to finance the center and associated commercial buildings planned to stretch across 51 acres were to be offered for sale in October, with construction starting shortly afterward. The October sale date was set after the bonds failed to sell in March when the coronavirus caused the bond market to collapse.
Pikes Peak area tourism rebounds strongly from COVID-19 pandemic
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) A strong fall season for visitors has significantly improved the outlook of the 2020 tourism season in the Pikes Peak region.
America s Mountain set a record during September, October and November with a 25% increase in attendance more than 153,000 people the largest three-month period in its history. The surge in visitors means that Pikes Peak officials now expect an overall decline of 15% rather than a projected 50% because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mild weather and the relaxing of pandemic health restrictions are two reasons cited for the turnaround.