Tag: monument creek
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Elevate Downtown Plan eyes beautification opportunities | Cronin and Loevy
More plans and projects from the Elevate Downtown Plan, a major study of downtown Colorado Springs, were recently released by the Downtown Development Authority. The study area was bounded by Cache la Poudre Street to the north, the Shooks Run area to the east, the Mill Street and Lowell neighborhoods to the south, and Monument…
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National bird: Best spots to view bald eagles around Colorado Springs
Here’ the best places for eagle watching around metro Denver.
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Tibetan Buddhist monks, mandala show impermanence of life | Live Well
Being a monk with a mandala might seem challenging to a non-monk. After days of painstaking work, placing colored grains in an intricate geometric pattern on a large mat, the sand painting is destroyed. Whoosh, just like that, the monks sweep the mandala into a dusty pile, carry it to a body of water, dump…
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Bold downtown Colorado Springs waterfront plan deserves consideration | Cronin and Loevy
Neighborhood associations adjacent to Monument Creek and Fountain Creek in Colorado Springs are currently busy reviewing an ambitious long-term plan for the redevelopment of those two bodies of water. The portion of the two creeks to be redeveloped begins where Monument Creek, flowing southward, passes under Garden of the Gods Road. The creek then flows by…
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WATCH: Bears spotted north of downtown Colorado Springs on Ring camera
Three bears have been spotted near downtown Colorado Springs on Monday night, just north of Cascade Avenue and Uintah Street. Ring camera footage shows two of the bears walking up a residential street, passing by a parked car. Holly B., who shared the video with the Gazette, said she saw a total of three bears.…
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Phase one of Rock Island Greenway makes progress | Cronin and Loevy
Rock Island Greenway Advocates, the citizens’ group that supports turning the old Rock Island Railroad right of way away into a lengthy neighborhood park, have presented phase one of their redevelopment plan. It will create a 4.5-acre public park just to the south of Mann Middle School and Stratton Elementary School between Templeton Gap Road…
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Colorado Springs City Council gives final approval to creekside camping ban
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Countless homeless people across Colorado Springs have two weeks to pick up stakes and move after the City Council gave final approval Tuesday to a crackdown on creekside camping. The deadline comes after the council reaffirmed its decision last month to ban camping within 100…