Tag: tops
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Colorado Springs City Council adds support for expanding Cheyenne Mountain State Park
Public land is closer to expanding around the Pikes Peak region’s second most famous mountain. Colorado Springs’ City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) fund spending $4.1 million toward a major expansion of Cheyenne Mountain State Park. That money would acquire an upper 130 acres to be overseen by…
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Master plan for Fishers Canyon Open Space set after narrow City Council vote
By the slimmest margin, the Colorado Springs City Council backed the proposed master plan to manage Fishers Canyon Open Space for the next decade. Fishers Canyon covers 343 acres of mountains and forests on the back end of the Broadmoor Bluffs neighborhood, including the eastern slope of Cheyenne Mountain. The city purchased the sprawling open space…
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Colorado Springs releases ballot language to repeal retail marijuana, allow e-bikes in city parks
Colorado Springs has posted the planned language for two questions that may end up before voters in April. The biggest and most-discussed question would ask voters to undo the legalization of retail marijuana sales that was approved in the November election. The second question would ask voters if the city should allow electronic bikes to…
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Colorado Springs e-bike policy gains narrow vote of approval
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs’ Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Advisory Board on Thursday narrowly approved a policy to expand electric bike access on city trails. This was after a separate committee overseeing the city’s parks and open spaces rejected the proposal ahead of final City Council consideration.…
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Colorado Springs e-bike policy gains narrow vote of approval
Colorado Springs’ Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Advisory Board on Thursday narrowly approved a policy to expand electric bike access on city trails. This was after a separate committee overseeing the city’s parks and open spaces rejected the proposal ahead of final City Council consideration. The prior rejection by the TOPS Working Committee took issue…
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Vote adds scrutiny to proposed e-bike policy in Colorado Springs
A policy expanding electric bike access on Colorado Springs trails fell short of its first vote of endorsement Wednesday, with a board committed to city open spaces opting instead to amend the proposed ordinance that aimed to classify the motor-assisted bikes as “non-motorized use.” Another parks board is set to review the proposal ahead of…
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Plotting Blodgett: Breaking down plan for beloved, expanded open space in Colorado Springs
One recent evening, in an auditorium of almost 100 northwest Colorado Springs neighbors worried or excited about the future of Blodgett Open Space, a presentation ended with a woman rising from her seat. She had a question for the audience. “How many would like Blodgett to stay a nature preserve?” She was met by a…