Tag: mayor yemi mobolade
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‘Conversations on a Bench’ focuses on 24 hours of talk about homelessness in Colorado Springs
From 1 p.m. Thursday to 1 p.m. Friday, a park bench in downtown Colorado Springs is taking on the persona of a talk show stage, with the topic of the 24-hour day being homelessness. “I see a community that wants to be part of the solution and not just complain from the balcony,” Travis Williams,…
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Mayor Mobolade presents tight 2026 Colorado Springs budget proposal
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Colorado Springs is heading into 2026 with an $11 million drop in its general fund and $31 million less in the city 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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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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Colorado Springs leaders, businesses ‘disappointed’ — but not shocked by Space Command relocation
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Alabama lawmakers stood with President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the billions in investment they expect U.S. Space Command headquarters will bring their state, Colorado politicians and local leaders said they were disappointed but not shocked by the news. In an initial…
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New homelessness response plan for Colorado Springs includes 60 actions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Getting a clearer idea of the scope of homelessness in Colorado Springs is one of the next steps that will come out of the new Homelessness Response Action Plan that Mayor Yemi Mobolade released Thursday. Whether he’s speaking with residents, business owners or service providers,…
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Federal judge throws out challenge to Colorado Springs’ local election schedule
A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a voting rights challenge to Colorado Springs’ municipal election schedule, brought by four civic groups seeking to force the city to move its April elections to November to reduce turnout disparities among voters of color. The parties submitted hundreds of pages of evidence disputing whether April elections in…
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‘1,000 Neighborhood Gatherings’ launches in Colorado Springs to bolster social support systems
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Remember when relaxing on the front porch on a lazy day or after finishing supper was a pastime? Porch sitters had a lot to see. Kids whizzing by on bicycles, adults working in the yard, bits of conversations floating through the air and passersby stopping…
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Colorado Springs First Lady Abbey Mobolade’s innovative mental health initiative progresses
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Not everybody who is depressed has a mental illness. But everyone gets depressed from time-to-time, and for those who don’t necessarily need therapy or medication, wouldn’t it be nice to have a few ideas of how to get out of a funk? Maybe schedule of…
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City of Colorado Springs beginning campaign to get 2C sales tax back on the November ballot
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city of Colorado Springs is beginning its campaign to get a voter-approved 2C sales tax back on the ballot this November. 2C is the city’s road improvement plan for rebuilding and improving the city’s…
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Colorado Springs mayor releases action plan guiding citywide goals in 2024
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade on Friday released a framework that intends to track the city’s work and its progress in 2024 on a number of action items. Developed around five priorities — public safety, infrastructure, housing solutions, economic vitality and community activation — the Strategic Doing Framework, as it is called, will “move ideas and plans…