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Welcome!
Welcome to the Envision
Shooks Run e-newsletter. Future
e-newsletters will be sent periodically with project updates, upcoming meeting schedules and other useful information about the study.
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To receive future Shooks Run project e-newsletters, send an email to:
Next public meeting: This spring.
Boards/Commissioners/City Council approval process schedule: For a list of all upcoming presentations
CLICK HERE.
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Quick Links
City Plans, and Links
Community Planning Efforts
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City of Colorado Springs
City Engineering / Project
Manager
(Click on link above and scroll to bottom of page)
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The Envision Shooks Run study focuses on one of the more important stream corridors in the central part of the City of Colorado Springs. The study area encompasses two boundaries: the Community Planning and Transportation System Area boundary (noted in blue in the map above) and the Infrastructure Planning Boundary (noted in red in the
map above). The project area is generally located to the
east of Downtown Colorado Springs, between the Patty Jewett Golf Course area to the north and the Fountain Creek corridor to the south. It encompasses the southeastern quadrant of the Legacy Loop trail.
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Reminder: Draft Facilities Master Plan
Available for Review/Comment
Following several months of development and an extensive public involvement process, the Envision Shooks Run DRAFT Facilities Master Plan is now available for public review. Your feedback is encouraged.
The comment period has been extended until Sunday, Dec. 4.
Printed copies are also available for review at these locations (call ahead for hours of operation):
- City Administration Building, Planning Department, 30 S. Nevada Avenue, Suite 105, Colorado Springs 80903, (719) 385-5905
- Felsburg Holt & Ullevig, 3 S. Tejon, 3rd Floor, Colorado Springs, 80903, (719) 314-1800
- Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Dept., 1401 Recreation Way, Colorado Springs, 80905, (719)385-5940
- Penrose Library, 20 N. Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, 80903, (719) 521-6333
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Missed Public Workshop #5?
Approximately 100 citizens attended and participated in the Envision Shooks Run Public Workshop #5 September 27 held at First Presbyterian Church. The project team presented a detailed overview of the process to date and details of the draft Facilities Master Plan, a document defining how best to compliment the "Transformative Theme" corridor vision with specific alternatives.
Click to view Sept. 27 public meeting documents:
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What Are People Saying
Public Meeting #5
I think improving the Urban Canyon and Urban Waterway could bring more business and people downtown. I am concerned about the homeless making a mess in the improvements.
This was my first meeting and I am relatively new to this part of town, but I appreciate how the community is engaged and feedback is asked for.
I would like to see more volunteer activities to shorten the time frame.
Some properties are owned privately (they own it and are responsible to maintain it). The City owns some properties, some are owned by the School District and developers may help with other areas. All of those make a difference in how each of the various properties will be considered within the plan.
Love the proposed new bike/pedestrian crossings between downtown Pikes Peak and Cucharras. It will make it easier and safer to get from our neighborhood to the Pioneer Museum area and the farmer's market.
Legacy Loop is a much-needed trail away from traffic. Currently not safe / useable.
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The Transformative Theme
Following several months and hundreds of public comments/suggestions received during the five workshops held to date (an average of 120 individuals attended each workshop), numerous neighborhood and small group meetings, nearly 200 door-to-door visits with property owners, as well as community organization and elected official meetings, the community has directed the City toward a theme focused on using transportation, infrastructure and parks as seeds to encourage economic growth along the Shooks Run corridor.
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