Tag: downtown colorado springs
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Construction to begin this summer on second phase of apartment, retail complex at Weidner Field
Weidner Apartment Homes is preparing to break ground this summer on the second phase of its Experience at Epicenter apartment and retail complex adjacent to Weidner Field in downtown Colorado Springs. The seven-story, 410-unit mixed-use building will be built on roughly 4.5 acres at 650 S. Sierra Madre St., at the northwest corner of the…
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Denver-based sports bar moving into former Oskar Blues space in downtown Colorado Springs
Denver-based Stoney’s Bar & Grill is expanding southward. The locally owned, Colorado-themed sports and music bar that debuted in Denver in August 2010 will open its first Colorado Springs location: downtown inside the former Oskar Blues space in the DeGraff building at 118 N. Tejon St. Owners and founders Stoney Jesseph and Will Trautman have…
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Colorado Springs City Council approves Elevate Downtown plan guiding area’s future investment
The Colorado Springs City Council on Tuesday approved a new document that will guide downtown’s continued development and future investment for the next decade and beyond. The council voted 8-1 to approve the Elevate Downtown plan, with Councilmember Dave Donelson opposed. The 230-page document is a strategic update to the city’s 2016 Experience Downtown Plan…
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City Council changes vote, approves closure of downtown street for Palmer High School renovations
It took three attempts over multiple months, but Palmer High School was given permission from the city Tuesday to build its new campus design across Boulder Street. The Colorado Springs City Council voted 6-2 at the morning council meeting to vacate the block of Boulder that currently separates the two sections of the high school…
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Popular Old Colorado City game shop, ice creamery expand into downtown Colorado Springs
At an unassuming shop in the heart of downtown Colorado Springs, doughnuts are out and games and ice cream are in. Founder and owner Adam Stepan on Friday quietly opened the second location of his game store, Dice Guys, and ice creamery, Ice Guys, at 29 E. Moreno Ave. in downtown Colorado Springs, the former…
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Sports bar drafts downtown Colorado Springs for expansion
Denver’s homegrown The Sportsbook Bar & Grill is bringing its immersive, high-definition, high-density sports viewing experience to downtown Colorado Springs. Located on the first floor of the Springhill Suites by Marriott at 402 S. Tejon St., facing the corner of Tejon and Costilla streets, it will be the fourth Sportsbook location in Colorado and the…
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5 reasons to check out the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs
The Milano Cortina Winter Games have ended. But in Colorado Springs, the celebration never stops. That’s thanks to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, the state-of-the-art complex that keeps the festive spirit going year-round. Maybe that’s reason enough to visit. Here are five more reasons: 1. Torches and medals Visitors start in a room displaying…
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Case made for a restored Acacia Park bandstand: ‘What we’re building is important’
The Rotary Club presented its case for the restoration of the bandshell in Acacia Park to the Colorado Springs City Council during a work session Monday morning. Rotary Club President Trevor Dierdorff presented the proposal to revitalize the historic performance space along with partners from the nonprofit Downtown Ventures and the city Parks, Recreation and…
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New owners promise to preserve, extend Poor Richard’s legacy in downtown Colorado Springs
Poor Richard’s has turned the page on its next chapter. After 51 years in business, owner and founder Richard Skorman and his wife and business partner Patricia Seator on Wednesday officially turned over ownership of the downtown Colorado Springs establishment to its next stewards, couple Joe Cole and Sarah Gibeau-Cole. “We really love the business…
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New Colorado passenger rail project would cover old footprint
In 1900, an adventurous tourist could buy one train ticket in Chicago that would take them all the way to the top of Pikes Peak. The first long leg might take them through the Eastern Plains, stopping at towns that owe their existence to the whims of the railroad builders. Just as Pikes Peak came…