Tag: Blight
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Proposed Union Printers Home makeover clears key step toward urban renewal designation
Developers who proposed the momentous overhaul of Colorado Springs’ historic Union Printers Home cleared a key step toward earning urban renewal designation for the property on Wednesday. At its regular monthly meeting, the city’s Urban Renewal Authority accepted a conditions study of the roughly 26-acre property, conducted last April, that determined it is blighted. Wednesday’s…
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Plans for skyscraper in downtown Colorado Springs rely on ‘blight’ designation
This story has been updated to clarify that the project will generate $11 million in tax revenues eligible for use on public improvements. Plans for a new 27-story skyscraper downtown took a step forward Wednesday with a nod from the Colorado Springs Planning Commission to seek urban renewal designation. The O’Neil Group, a local private…