‘Out of the cycle of poverty, permanently’: Colorado Springs ‘tiny home’ community opens for at-risk young adults
Potential residents will be nominated from human services organizations in Colorado Springs. Initial leases will last for two years to allow tenants to adjust to adult responsibilities and process trauma.
Cripple Creek hopes a 9-month moratorium on new short-term rentals will ease its workforce housing crisis
Following other scrambling local governments in Colorado ski towns, Cripple Creek has issued a nine-month moratorium on opening or operating new short-term rental properties.
A new skyscraper could be coming to Colorado Springs. Not everyone is thrilled
A proposal to put a 25-story apartment building, and a separate, 11-story office building, has some looking to Colorado Springs’ future, but not everyone is convinced that the buildings would be a good fit.
Living costs rise in Colorado Springs — above the national average — and to its highest recorded level ever
And they’re up in Denver too.
Inside its 14-story ‘cocoon,’ restoration work continues on Air Force Academy chapel
See photos of the $150 million renovation in the works.
Incarcerated people are fighting Colorado’s wildfires — including this week’s Kruger Rock Fire
A law passed this year by the state legislature paved the way for more inmates to help fight fires in Colorado. Now they’re getting to work.
After taking a dip, housing prices have inched back up in Denver and Colorado Springs in October
The median price for a “detached” single family home in Metro Denver in October was up to $585,000.
Colorado’s veteran living centers prevented COVID-19 better than similar facilities, audit finds
A report released by Colorado’s State Auditor’s Office showed that state-run facilities that provide care for honorably discharged veterans and their spouses were better at preventing the spread of COVID-19 than private facilities.
He bought land in Park County before he could afford to build a home. So, he dug a hole there instead and lives in it.
Jim McKinney’s “Hobbit House” is one of many makeshift homes on cheap plots of land in Park County that attract those with limited means from around the U.S.
In Colorado Springs, Mayor Suthers touts a strong post-lockdown recovery in his State of the City address
The mayor spoke to a packed ballroom of city influencers inside the Broadmoor Hotel where former mayor Mary Lou Makepeace also received the city’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Home prices fall in Colorado Springs, mirroring Denver’s (minor) slowdown
The median price of a home in September was $440,000.
For This Colorado Springs Boutique Owner Who Opened Her Shop During The Pandemic, Shutting Her Doors Now Is Not A ‘Failed Experiment’
Rebecca Moon said the lessons she’s learned during the pandemic are helping focus her business, Moonbeam Clothiers.
America The Beautiful Park In Colorado Springs Was Once Home To Dozens Of Families. Here’s Their Story
America the Beautiful Park in Colorado Springs has a complicated history. Dozens of families, many made up of racial minorities, were gone when the city decided to raze the Conejos Neighborhood in Downtown Colorado Springs in the 1990s and early 2000s to make way for it. But for former residents of the neighborhood, the change was not painless.
The Conejos Neighborhood May Be Gone, But Its Residents And Role In Colorado Springs History Won’t Be Forgotten
What used to the the Conejos neighborhood in Colorado Springs is now the America The Beautiful Park. But a permanent exhibit at the Pioneers Museum will ensure the contributions to the development and history of Colorado Springs made by the people who lived there, will never be forgotten.
At Fort Carson’s 9/11 Memorial On The Eve Of The 20th Anniversary, A Veteran Stands Frustrated And Reflective
A mangled and rusted steel beam from the twin towers stands outside the primary visitor’s entrance to Fort Carson Army Base.
