It will play a role in neighborhood, historic, and environmental preservation, economic diversification, affordable housing, municipal annexation, long term utilities services planning, etc. I encourage you to become familiar with this working document and participate in upcoming public comment. For more information about the Comprehensive Plan, you can contact Ira Joseph at 578-6299. In whatever form it is adopted by council, the Comprehensive Plan will greatly impact our lives in Colorado Springs. I also ask that you pay attention to the direction Colorado Springs Utilities will be taking over the next few years.
Water still rules the arid West.
I submit that water s use, reuse, acquisition, conveyance and treatment will do more to determine the size, shape, economic stability and quality of life of this community than any smart growth initiative de jour being touted. The local economy is stabilized by continued efforts at economic diversification, business retention, community support of primary and secondary education, provision of quality municipal services, and investment in our urban infrastructure. I m willing to explore siting a convention center downtown, but I do not see it as the anchor of downtown development efforts. Restoration of old city hall on Nevada avenue to serve as the municipal seat of government. As part of the old city hall restoration and other downtown improvements, I would support efforts to return landscaped medians to Nevada Avenue.