Tag: colorado springs mayor yemi mobolade
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Colorado Springs counts down to state’s 150th anniversary
Colorado Springs is gearing up for a series of summer events to mark the dual anniversaries of the state and the United States. Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade, former Mayor John Suthers and a handful of other officials launched the countdown on the shore of North Catamount Reservoir on Thursday morning. Mobolade said he hosted…
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Mayor Mobolade responds to Trump’s social media post, drawing thousands of reactions
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade responded Friday to a video posted on President Donald Trump’s social media account depicting Democratic former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. Trump condemned the video, after it drew widespread criticism — including from some Republicans — for dehumanizing people of African descent. The president also…
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Neighbors of Meadows Park Community Center tell Colorado Springs leaders what they want to see return to the building
For one night, Meadows Park Community Center reopened its doors and was as busy as it had ever been. About 80 people came to the now-closed community center Wednesday night to tell city leaders how they had used the facility. City Hall will use the listening session and small-table meetings to help figure out the…
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City leaders to listen to Meadows Park Community Center neighbors at Oct. 22 meeting
Colorado Springs announced the date for a neighborhood listening meeting with residents affected by the recent closure of Meadows Park Community Center. The “listening and visioning session” will take place at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at the former community center located south of downtown Colorado Springs. Mayor Yemi Mobolade and City Councilmembers Kimberly Gold and…
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Colorado Springs looking for solutions as proposed 2026 city budget drops to $907 million
Colorado Springs is heading into 2026 expecting an $11 million drop in its general fund and $33 million less in the full budget, a sign of the economic uncertainty and constrictions facing the city. Mayor Yemi Mobolade handed the hundreds of pages of his proposed 2026 budget details over to the Colorado Springs City Council…
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Mayor Mobolade speaks about city budget crunch, homelessness and goals for a future second term
More than halfway through his first four-year term in office, Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade landed on a driving idea for his goals with the city: partnership. In an interview Wednesday afternoon following up on his recent State of the City speech, Mobolade repeatedly drove home the value of collaboration. He said the city’s libertarian…
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‘I did not lie to the FBI’: Mayor Mobolade rejects rumors around alleged hate crime hoax
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade spoke Friday to address the recent weeks of rumors surrounding his connection to an alleged hate crime hoax that took place during the 2023 election. In a video message on his official Facebook account, Mobolade emphasized his full cooperation with the investigation into the alleged faked hate crime and condemned…