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Fort Carson Commander Seeks City Partnership on 'Strategy 2042' Centennial Planning
Summary
Colonel Eric Oxenbaugh asked Fountain City officials to help shape Fort Carson’s long‑range strategy ahead of the installation’s centennial in 2042, highlighting existing intergovernmental service agreements and the base’s local economic footprint.
Colonel Eric Oxenbaugh, Garrison Commander at Fort Carson, told the Fountain City Council on May 13 that Fort Carson is beginning a strategic planning effort called “Strategy 2042” and invited the City of Fountain to participate in planning for the installation’s centennial.
“2042 … is the centennial of Fort Carson here in this community,” Colonel Oxenbaugh said, and he asked the city to help develop a shared long-term vision. He said Fort Carson wants to understand “what does City of Fountain need from us and … what we need from the City of Fountain,” and pledged to return next fall with a more detailed long-term vision and strategy.
Oxenbaugh described an existing intergovernmental service agreement (IGSA) for construction work the city has performed for Fort Carson and said there is potential to expand those awards as the installation seeks to replace capabilities lost through civilian separations. He presented personnel numbers to illustrate Fort Carson’s local economic and community impact — roughly 23,000 service members, 57,000 family members, about 2,000 Department of the Army civilians, and roughly 1,000 contractors — and said more than 80,000 people are connected to the installation and that about 80% live off-post in the local community.
He also previewed military activity for the coming months: brigades deploying to Korea and to the southern border, and other units returning from overseas training. Oxenbaugh noted that active-duty service-member counts will fall temporarily this summer as units deploy, but families will remain in the region.
Oxenbaugh highlighted Fort Carson’s Leaders Academy, a leader-development program for Department of the Army civilians in its third year, and thanked Fountain employees who have participated. The presentation concluded with a group photo and an affirmation of continued partnership between Fort Carson and the City of Fountain.
