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Pikes Peak Regional Building Department sets a stable budget for 2026
While Colorado Springs and many other cities are dealing with tumultuous local budgets, the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department is expecting a fairly stable run into 2026. Building official Roger Lovell presented the department’s proposed budget to the Colorado Springs City Council during a Monday morning work session, which was very similar to its 2025…
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As home prices reach historic high in Pikes Peak region, is the American Dream of homeownership out of reach?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The median sale price of single-family homes in the Pikes Peak region reached a historic high this summer. The hot sales market underscores the area’s exponential growth over the last decade, coupled with a shortage of available and affordable housing units to meet demand, some…
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Homebuilding rose last year in Colorado Springs, but the housing market faces challenges in 2025
Colorado Springs-area home construction rebounded in 2024 from the previous year, though one local builder labeled last year’s activity as just so-so, while uncertainty about mortgage rates and Trump administration policies on tariffs and immigration could pose challenges for the industry in 2025. Building permits issued for the construction of single-family, detached homes mostly in…
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Fight over shipping container ADU a sign for future zoning disputes in Colorado Springs?
At the end of a road north of Old Colorado City sits a shipping container. The black box has been the focus of an 18-month effort by a neighbor to get the unpermitted and wrongly placed accessory rental unit out of their sight. In spring 2023, Thomas Helger and his wife noticed a large box…
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Lemon Lodge Ski Bar shutters less than a year after its downtown Colorado Springs opening
Lemon Lodge Ski Bar, an entertainment venue that brought an indoor ski and snowboard simulator to downtown Colorado Springs, closed Wednesday less than a year after it opened last summer. The business, at 111 E. Pikes Peak Ave. in the former space occupied by Josh & John’s Ice Cream, featured a German-made SkyTechSport simulator, which…
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Longtime arts center in Palmer Lake for sale
The Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts building in Palmer Lake is for sale. The almost 9,500-square foot property, which was closed by the Palmer Lake Fire Department early this year and had since reopened, is listed at $1,450,000. “We’ve had some showings,” said TLCA Executive Director Michael Maddox. “We’ve had invites to relocate the nonprofit…
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Longtime arts center near Colorado Springs for sale
The Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts building in Palmer Lake is for sale. The almost 9,500-square foot property, which was closed by the Palmer Lake Fire Department early this year and had since reopened, is listed at $1,450,000. “We’ve had some showings,” said TLCA Executive Director Michael Maddox. “We’ve had invites to relocate the nonprofit…
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Tri-Lakes Center back open after being shut down – at least for now
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The show will go on, at least temporarily. Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts reopened on March 8 for two new exhibits: “Different Strokes,” featuring works by wildlife painter Ray Shaw and abstract and nature paintings by Joe Beavers, and works by the Palmer Lake Art…
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Tri-Lakes Center back open after being shut down – at least for now
The show will go on, at least temporarily. Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts reopened on March 8 for two new exhibits: “Different Strokes,” featuring works by wildlife painter Ray Shaw and abstract and nature paintings by Joe Beavers, and works by the Palmer Lake Art Group. The nonprofit arts center has been closed since Jan.…
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Temporarily closed arts center near Colorado Springs to reopen for at least two months
The show will go on, at least temporarily. Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts is now open and will offer a free opening reception from 6-8 p.m. Friday for two new exhibits: “Different Strokes,” featuring works by wildlife painter Ray Shaw and abstract and nature paintings by Joe Beavers, and works by the Palmer Lake Art…