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Colorado Springs to cut staff, close community center amid $31 million budget shortfall
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs will be closing Meadows Park Community Center in the next month and cutting 38 employees immediately in order to reduce the city’s budget heading into 2026. Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced the series of cuts Friday afternoon to address what is projected to be…
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‘The ADA was a start:’ The push for accessibility in Colorado Springs continues
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 1,000 people marched from the White House to the U.S. Capitol decades ago to demand that Congress pass the Americans with Disabilities Act. When they arrived, 60 left their wheelchairs and other mobility…
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Amid Colorado Springs budget shortfall, marijuana industry pushes back on departing from ‘will of the voters’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the city of Colorado Springs braces for a $11.5 million budget shortfall this year, it could use marijuana revenues to ease a small portion of the pain, but leaning too heavily on the money…
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Colorado Springs organizations file lawsuit to fight state law they say unfairly favors developers
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Two Colorado Springs organizations are among a group of plaintiffs across Colorado who filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to overturn a new state law they argue is unconstitutional and unfairly favors developers. “HB24-1107 effectively silences citizens who wish to hold their government accountable for land use decisions. This bill is a blatant attempt to…
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Colorado Springs kicks off annexation plan update process
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Colorado Springs has begun the process of updating its aging annexation plan to better guide how, when and where the city, currently spanning about 200 square miles and home to nearly 500,000 residents, will grow. “What I hope to get out of this process is an annexation plan that discusses, above and beyond, the physical…
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Local nonprofits pledge to serve immigrants after El Paso County leaders ask for assistance to be limited
“…if someone comes up cold and hungry and asks for help, we’re not going to let them go unserved,” said Andy Barton, president and CEO of Catholic Charities of Central Colorado.
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Springs nonprofits pledge to help immigrants (copy)
While city and county leaders reemphasized Wednesday that neither Colorado Springs nor El Paso County are designated as sanctuaries for illegal immigrants crossing the nation’s borders, and county commissioners urged that community assistance be limited to only what’s necessary by law, local nonprofit leaders say they’ll continue to do what they always do: serve anyone…
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(print) Nonprofits pledge to lend helping hand, while El Paso County leaders stand by their position on arriving border immigrants
While city and county leaders reemphasized Wednesday that neither Colorado Springs nor El Paso County are designated as sanctuaries for illegal immigrants crossing the nation’s borders, and county commissioners urged that community assistance be limited to only what’s necessary by law, local nonprofit leaders say they’ll continue to do what they always do: serve anyone…
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(print) Nonprofits pledge to lend helping hand, while El Paso County leaders stand by their position on arriving border immigrants (ready)
While city and county leaders reemphasized Wednesday that neither Colorado Springs nor El Paso County are designated as sanctuaries for illegal immigrants crossing the nation’s borders, and county commissioners urged that community assistance be limited to only what’s necessary by law, local nonprofit leaders say they’ll continue to do what they always do: serve anyone…
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Mill Street neighbors could avoid long-feared city razing of homes and businesses, as new wrinkle arises
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For five years, residents of the Mill Street neighborhood just southwest of downtown Colorado Springs have been “living in fear of the big bulldozer coming,” as longtime urbanite Peter Sprunger-Froese puts it. While several homeowners bugged out soon after they were notified in 2018 that their property lies in the path of a potential realignment…