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Downtown Partnership unveils 19‑month "Clean and Safe" pilot to expand security, ambassadors and outreach
Summary
The Downtown Partnership presented a 19‑month pilot to expand supplemental security, visitor ambassadors and coordinated outreach in downtown Colorado Springs, seeking roughly $2 million in public and private funding and aiming to start outreach and ambassador work around Aug. 1.
The Downtown Partnership on Monday presented a 19‑month "Clean and Safe" pilot aimed at reducing disturbances, vandalism and merchant calls for aid in downtown Colorado Springs while increasing on‑the‑ground outreach to people experiencing homelessness.
In a presentation to the City of Colorado Springs work session, interim Downtown Partnership CEO Chelsea Gondek and Director of Downtown Safety Pat Rigdon said the partnership plans to pilot expanded supplemental security, a visitor ambassador program, and dedicated outreach workers to connect people to services. "We're here to talk about a clean and safe pilot that the Downtown Partnership is managing," Gondek said in opening remarks.
The proposal calls for roughly $2 million in total funding, split about evenly between public and private sources, with preliminary line items of about $1 million for security and $500,000 for outreach and related communications and legal costs.…
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