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Planning commission recommends updated 'Elevate Downtown' plan after broad outreach

Colorado Springs City Planning Commission · April 8, 2026
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Summary

The commission recommended that city council adopt the Elevate Downtown plan — an update to the 2016 neighborhood plan — following staff and consultant presentations and public support from downtown stakeholders. The recommendation passed 6–1.

The Colorado Springs City Planning Commission on April 8 recommended that city council adopt the Elevate Downtown neighborhood plan, an update to the 2016 framework that sets land use, mobility and economic goals for roughly one square mile of downtown.

Staff told the commission the two‑volume plan meets applicable Unified Development Code and Plan COS criteria and provides a required plan of development that guides the Downtown Development…

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