by Mr. Leadville | Feb 20, 2021 | Leadville News
So much for quality of lifeOn Feb. 10 there was an article on the front page of The Gazette entitled “City Council reduces parkland requirement for developers.” The council voted 5 to 4 to decrease parkland requirements from 7.5 acres to 5.5 acres per 1000 residents....
by Mr. Leadville | Feb 20, 2021 | Leadville News
Colorado Springs home prices soared again by double digits at the end of 2020, as a steady demand for housing and a shrinking supply continued to drive up costs.In the fourth quarter of last year, the Springs’ median home price climbed to $371,300, a 15.2% gain when...
by Mr. Leadville | Feb 20, 2021 | Leadville News
Somewhere Fannie Mae Duncan is smiling.The Black entrepreneur’s famous jazz joint, the Cotton Club, which opened in the ’50s and was torn down in 1975 as part of an urban renewal program, is set to reincarnate downtown. Not at 25 W. Colorado Ave., where...
by Mr. Leadville | Feb 20, 2021 | Leadville News
Colorado Avalanche Information CenterBY: MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC NEWS (DENVER) — Two people have died in separate avalanches in Colorado, bringing the state’s fatalities to 10 in the last three months. A snowmobiler was buried in an avalanche west of Rollins Pass and a...
by Mr. Leadville | Feb 20, 2021 | Leadville News
Traffic congestion is the top problem facing the city’s transportation infrastructure, a recent survey of 1,700 residents found. But it’s a problem that cannot be solved by simply building wider roads, in part because that’s not a feasible option in...