Tag: fishers canyon open space
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Neighbors concerned about new open space in Colorado Springs
A draft plan for a new open space in Colorado Springs was recently presented, ending in applause from an audience foreseeing the next great escape around the city’s southwest mountains. Not all were happy. “Think about us please,” Sandie Gilliam pleaded to the crowd, referring to her fellow residents of the Broadmoor Bluffs neighborhood. The…
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Plan for Colorado Springs’ Fishers Canyon to be presented
A plan for a new open space in Colorado Springs is to be unveiled at an upcoming meeting. The meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School, where city parks department officials will once again convene any and all interested in the future of Fishers Canyon Open Space. A meeting…
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Meeting set to address concerns about future of Fishers Canyon Open Space in Colorado Springs
Another opportunity approaches for people to weigh in on the future of what some see as Colorado Springs’ next premier open space. That’s Fishers Canyon Open Space, the 343 acres acquired by the city’s Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) fund in 2021. The land of pine and oak rising to granite promontories near 9,000…
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New open space in Colorado Springs to be envisioned at upcoming meeting
A master plan for a new, highly anticipated open space in Colorado Springs is about to start taking shape. Any and all interested in the future development and management of Fishers Canyon Open Space are set to convene at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School. It will be the first such meeting…
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Colorado Springs parks leaders zero in on projects for 2024
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs parks board this month heard plans and goals for new trails and open space projects for 2024. David Deitemeyer, the parks department’s senior landscape architect, started his presentation with Austin Bluffs Open Space. That’s the mosaic of meadows and woods surrounding Pulpit…
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Colorado Springs parks leaders zero in on projects for 2024
The Colorado Springs parks board this month heard plans and goals for new trails and open space projects for 2024. David Deitemeyer, the parks department’s senior landscape architect, started his presentation with Austin Bluffs Open Space. That’s the mosaic of meadows and woods surrounding Pulpit Rock, given that open space name in a 2020 master…
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Colorado Springs’ next great escape: A look at Fishers Canyon Open Space
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the silent wilds of Colorado Springs’ southwest foothills, David Deitemeyer stopped at a house-sized boulder. He stopped to ponder its history over untold time — however it dislodged from the high, ancient flanks of Cheyenne Mountain and tumbled here. “Just to think about where…
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Colorado Springs’ next great escape: A look at Fishers Canyon Open Space
In the silent wilds of Colorado Springs’ southwest foothills, David Deitemeyer stopped at a house-sized boulder. He stopped to ponder its history over untold time — however it dislodged from the high, ancient flanks of Cheyenne Mountain and tumbled here. “Just to think about where it came from,” Deitemeyer remarked. “How it got here, and…