Downtown Colorado Springs: More businesses open this year than close 21 new street level businesses open downtown in 2020 DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS SEEING A SUCCESS STORY -- AS THE NUMBER OF NEW BUSINESSES OPENING UP... HAS OUTPACED THOSE, THAT HAVE CLOSED. and last updated 2020-12-16 16:03:30-05 COLORADO SPRINGS â The pandemic has been hard on small businesses struggling to survive, but in Downtown Colorado Springs, the number of businesses opening this year outpaced those that closed. According to the Downtown Partnership, they have welcomed 21 new street level businesses this year, and expect another nine to open in the first half of 2021. "A record number of new businesses opened downtown at the street level in 2019, and we've exceeded that number in 2020," said the Economic Development Strategist with the Downtown Partnership, Alex Armani-Munn.