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State, regional partners urge Colorado Springs to back Pikes Peak outdoor strategy as $50 million fund opens
Summary
At a May 12 work session, state and regional outdoor leaders described the Pikes Peak Outdoor Vision Plan, urged local investment and described a new $50 million Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) implementation fund that regional partnerships can apply for this summer.
Colorado Springs City Council members heard a progress update Monday, May 12, 2025, on the Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance’s Regional Outdoor Pikes Peak initiative and the statewide Colorado Outdoor Strategy, with state and local leaders asking the council to back the plan and consider local funding to compete for implementation grants.
The update, presented by Connor Hall of the Colorado Office of Outdoor Recreation Industry and Becky Lineweber, executive director of the Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance (PPORA), outlined a multiyear vision plan for El Paso, Teller and Fremont counties and described a new GOCO-led implementation fund. Hall said the strategy “drives partnerships and collaboration,” and urged local leaders to support the regional partnership’s work.
The nut of the proposal is a draft vision plan PPORA released the week before the meeting and opened to public comment through June 1. Lineweber told council members the PPORA plan identifies priorities, data tools and a proposed regional management model intended to make conservation and recreation planning more coordinated across…
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