Author: RICH LADEN and BREANNA JENT The Gazette
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Comparing building height limits in 3 Front Range cities: Boulder, Denver, and Fort Collins
What height limits, if any, do other communities have for their downtowns? Here’s a look at three Front Range cities: • Boulder: Buildings can be no taller than 55 feet in downtown, as well as citywide, according to the Boulder City Charter. Among several reasons listed in the Boulder City Charter, the height limits would “preserve…
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A downtown view controversy 20 years ago stirred passions among Colorado Springs residents
Matt Mayberry, director of the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, and Katharine Lee Bates, the poet and writer who authored “America the Beautiful” more than 130 years ago, have something in common. Both can see Pikes Peak thanks to a controversy more than two decades ago over the then-proposed expansion of the El Paso County courthouse…
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Lemon Lodge Ski Bar shutters less than a year after its downtown Colorado Springs opening
Lemon Lodge Ski Bar, an entertainment venue that brought an indoor ski and snowboard simulator to downtown Colorado Springs, closed Wednesday less than a year after it opened last summer. The business, at 111 E. Pikes Peak Ave. in the former space occupied by Josh & John’s Ice Cream, featured a German-made SkyTechSport simulator, which…
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Illegal Pete’s makes its debut in downtown Colorado Springs
One restaurant has arrived in downtown Colorado Springs and another is poised to reopen. Illegal Pete’s, the fast-casual, Denver-area chain known for its Mission-style burritos, tacos and other Mexican fare, opened Thursday at 32 S. Tejon St. in downtown — more than two years after owner Pete Turner announced he would bring his popular restaurant…
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Indoor water surfing facility eyed for Colorado Springs’ north side
Surf’s up — on Colorado Springs’ landlocked north side, of all places. Surf Shack, a planned, two-story 12,000-square-foot recreation center, would bring indoor water surfing to Polaris Pointe, the retail and commercial development southeast of Interstate 25 and North Gate Boulevard, according to a proposal submitted to city government officials. As envisioned, Surf Shack would…
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Whataburger’s 7th area restaurant opens in Monument
A seventh local Whataburger will open at 11 a.m. Tuesday at 17889 Fat Tire Drive, southeast of Interstate 25 and Colorado 105 in Monument, north of Colorado Springs. BurgerWorks Colorado, a franchisee for the Texas-based Whataburger chain, opened its first local restaurant in February 2022 on the Springs’ far north side. The Monument Whataburger, developed…
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Skirted Heifer restaurant sets reopening date in downtown Colorado Springs
The Skirted Heifer is back. The popular hamburger restaurant, which was heavily damaged and forced to close in February after a car rammed its storefront at 204 N. Tejon St. in downtown Colorado Springs, will reopen to the public at 11 a.m. Friday, said owner Kevin Megyeri. Friday’s opening will follow an invitation-only gathering Thursday…
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Avelo Airlines soon to resume nonstop service from Colorado Springs to Los Angeles area
Avelo Airlines returns next month to the Colorado Springs Airport. The Houston-based, low-fare carrier will resume its twice-weekly, nonstop service May 23 from the Springs to the Hollywood-Burbank Airport, outside Los Angeles, Avelo said this week. Flights will take place on Sundays and Thursdays via Boeing 737 aircraft, the carrier said. Introductory one-way fares will…
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Colorado Springs electronics manufacturer adding 100 jobs as part of company expansion
Soaring demand for sophisticated electronic devices that can be as small as a coin has helped propel a major expansion for a Colorado Springs company. Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, a more than quarter-century-old microelectronics manufacturer and whose products serve the aerospace and medical industries, the Department of Defense, NASA and other clients, said Tuesday it…
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Longtime Walgreens store closes after more than two decades on Colorado Springs’ east side
Walgreens, which said last summer that it would close 450 stores by the end of August, has shuttered a longtime location on Colorado Springs’ east side. The suburban Chicago-based Walgreens closed a store April 2 at 4305 E. Platte Ave., on the southeast corner of Platte and Murray Boulevard. The store had been open since…