Tag: amara
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Massive Amara annexation by Colorado Springs narrowly approved
Colorado Springs will grow by another approximately 3,200 acres. After hearing more than seven hours of presentation and public discussion, a split Colorado Springs City Council on Tuesday night ultimately embraced the proposed Amara development, approving local developer La Plata Communities’ request to annex about 5 additional square miles south and east of the city’s…
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City Council expected to vote Tuesday on massive annexation request
Years after it was first presented to Colorado Springs, the City Council on Tuesday is expected to vote on a massive annexation request that envisions growing city boundaries by 3,200 acres. La Plata Communities, one of the Pikes Peak region’s largest real estate development companies, will ask the council to annex the land southeast of…
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Colorado Springs Utilities official, developers clash over Amara’s impact
Colorado Springs Utilities and the developers of a proposed new housing project seeking city annexation, Amara, are sharply at odds over the impact the massive planned neighborhood could have on the city’s ability to fund and operate its utility services. Developer La Plata Communities is asking City Council to annex 3,200 acres south and east…
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Amara annexation hearing postponed by Colorado Springs City Council
The City Council on Tuesday rescheduled the hearing for the proposed Amara annexation southeast of Colorado Springs limits because of a city error in the public posting of the hearing notice. The council voted 8-1 to push the first required public hearing from Tuesday, as originally scheduled, to July 23. Councilman Mike O’Malley was the…
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Controversial Colorado Springs apartment development, Amara annexation each take steps forward
Plans to build thousands of homes on opposite sides of Colorado Springs – one project requiring more than 3,200 acres of sprawling prairie to first be annexed into the city – are one step closer to fruition. Arrowswest Apartments The board voted 7-2 Tuesday to recommend the City Council approve a request to rezone a…
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Amara annexation earns Colorado Springs Planning Commission support
Years-long plans to bring thousands of acres of sprawling prairie southeast of Colorado Springs into city boundaries and build up to 9,500 new homes inched forward Tuesday. In a 7-2 vote the planning commissioners supported La Plata Communities’ proposal to annex approximately 3,200 acres currently located in unincorporated El Paso County and surrounded on three…
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Amara annexation, contentious Colorado Springs apartment development on Planning Commission’s agenda Tuesday
The Colorado Springs Planning Commission on Tuesday will hear the proposed Amara annexation request as well as plans to build hundreds of apartments near Garden of the Gods Road, where previous concerns over emergency evacuations stopped a contentious apartment project in late 2021. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. at the Regional Development Center, 2880…
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City Council aims to guide city growth with new changes to Colorado Springs annexation code
Editor’s note: The City Council’s voting record has been updated in this article, and Councilwoman Yolanda Avila’s vote has been corrected. New properties looking to annex into Colorado Springs city boundaries will have to prove there is a surplus of capacity and resources for all four utilities services, not just water. The City Council on…
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Proposed annexation of 3,200 acres southeast of Colorado Springs moves toward Planning Commission
One Utilities official expresses concern about future capacity
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Proposed annexation of 3,200 acres southeast of Colorado Springs moves toward Planning Commission
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Proposed plans years in the making to annex 3,200 acres southeast of Colorado Springs — previously thought to be stymied by a new city water requirement implemented in early 2023 — are expected to go before the Planning Commission next month. One Colorado Springs Utilities official, however,…