Downtown population doubled, retail sales broke a half-billion dollars, and more than 800 arts/culture/sports events took place downtown in 2025. These are just a few highlights of the highlights Downtown Partnership CEO Chelsea Gondeck shares from the 2026 State of Downtown Colorado Springs Report.
Note: we discussed the “rumored” sale of Poor Richard’s in this episode, apparently just minutes before the sale was announced.
LINKS:
Front Range Passenger Rail Community Q&A: Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs
April 17, 5:30 to 7 pm at Kinship Landing
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MENTIONED:
Condo defect legislation
OneVeLa 27-story high-rise apartment project
Cottonwood Center for the Arts
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Fan Fest
Parade of Lights
Pride Fest
Colorado Springs Labor Day Lift Off
CSPD
Elevate Downtown Plan
Revel: The Urban Arts Party
AdAmAn Alley
Mom’s Day Out
Acacia Park
Dizzy Charlie’s Music & Events
Downtown Rotary Club
Front Rail Passenger Rail District
Kinship Landing
Windsor
Loveland
Castle Rock
Peregrine
Briargate
Ski Broadmoor
Sharktooth Ski Area
U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum
Switchbacks FC
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Poor Richard’s
Richard Skorman
Kimball’s Peak Three
Chuck Murphy
Thunderball
Bingo Burger
Borriello Brothers Pizza
Eric Brenner
Red Gravy
Perry Bolts
Eclectic CO
Yobel
Emily and Clay Ross
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