Author: Breeanna Jent

Some Colorado Springs council members on Tuesday implored developers of the new outdoor Ford Amphitheater to take additional measures to mitigate noise after hearing from more than two dozen residents who said excessive sound levels emanating from the venue have interrupted their daily lives. Developers with VENU, the company formerly known as Notes Live that…

Colorado Springs Utilities ratepayers could pay an average of $14 more a month for water, wastewater, natural gas and electric services next year, as outlined in the municipally owned agency’s proposed $1.8 billion budget for 2025. The proposed spending plan is 21% more than the approved $1.5 billion budget for 2024. It will include recommended…

Developer La Plata Communities is reassessing the future of thousands of acres it owns outside of Colorado Springs limits, land the City Council last week ultimately decided — after years of planning efforts — it would not allow to annex into the city. There’s no concrete Plan B right now, La Plata Communities President and Chief…

Impassioned debate continues over the projected impact of the Amara annexation on municipal utility ratepayers, as Colorado Springs City Council’s second and possibly final vote on the massive development approaches Tuesday. Two councilwomen opposed to Amara said they are concerned that ratepayers, particularly larger commercial and industrial users, may not have initially realized they are…

The fate of a Colorado Springs developer’s vision to build hundreds of new homes within a parcel of a rural community near Fort Carson rests on a precious natural resource: water. Massive Amara annexation by Colorado Springs narrowly approved The Equity Group proposes annexing roughly 105 acres of land west of Highway 115 and south…

Three years after La Plata Communities proposed the sprawling Amara development to be built on thousands of acres of land on its way to being annexed into Colorado Springs, developers on Wednesday celebrated the City Council’s decision to welcome the master planned community into city boundaries. Amara annexation: Who on City Council voted yes, who…

Colorado Springs will grow by another approximately 3,200 acres. After hearing more than seven hours of presentation and public discussion, a split Colorado Springs City Council on Tuesday night ultimately embraced the proposed Amara development, approving local developer La Plata Communities’ request to annex about 5 additional square miles south and east of the city’s…

Colorado Springs residents could decide this fall whether to extend for another decade an established local sales tax that funds road improvements. The City Council at its Aug. 13 regular meeting is expected to vote to put a question backed by Mayor Yemi Mobolade onto the Nov. 5 general election ballot that, if voters approved,…

Years after it was first presented to Colorado Springs, the City Council on Tuesday is expected to vote on a massive annexation request that envisions growing city boundaries by 3,200 acres. La Plata Communities, one of the Pikes Peak region’s largest real estate development companies, will ask the council to annex the land southeast of…