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Colorado Springs Meeting on Southeast Community Plan - July 28, 2026

City Council — Tuesday, July 28, 2026
BodyColorado Springs, Colorado
SessionCity Council
DateTuesday, July 28, 2026
StatusFILED
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And then there's a community strategy that is really on the nonprofit side, uh, just more aspirational in terms of what those neighbors would like for their community.

0:09

Um, and it will be a lot of nonprofit programming going forward.

0:14

Um, I also want to emphasize that this is not uh uh these investments in this work has not been going on, has not been stopped waiting for this particular plan to to be adopted.

0:26

This is just a a point in time.

0:29

That's a lot of interest, a lot of investment, a lot of work has gone on uh in the neighborhood, and certainly on the nonprofit side uh in terms of trying to advance the interests of this.

0:39

So this is this is not a uh this is a uh a red letter day, or it will be here soon, but um, but it's not uh a critical it's it it's not we've not been standing around waiting for this particular plan to give us guidance.

0:55

We've been working on this uh for five years.

0:58

Um the big ideas growing in support of business and entrepreneurs, live better, uh upgrade how we move and support our safety.

1:06

Those are kind of the public sector sides of this.

1:09

Uh the community strategy big ideas are create special places and hubs, reflect and celebrate a diverse culture and community strategies for health and food access.

1:19

Uh those are again the the uh community's aspirations.

1:23

Priority topics, you can hear, you can see basically those are the uh uh addressing the big ideas both in the plan and in the community strategy segment.

1:36

This gives you an idea of the development map.

1:38

A lot of things have been going on in the Southeast since uh 2021 when we first started this, but this is kind of an update.

1:46

So you can see a lot of activity.

1:48

Uh it's again, we're not sitting still, and this the community is not sitting still as well.

1:55

This gives you a flavor of the economic development goals, housing goals, mobility goals, all of these are in the document.

2:02

If you have any specific questions, I'd be happy to talk about some of those, but or have somebody who knows a little bit more about them.

2:09

Uh

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Community Engagement█████████████████████████████████████████████60%
Economic Development██████████████████████████████40%
Summary of Proceedings

Colorado Springs Meeting on Southeast Community Plan - July 28, 2026

This meeting, held on July 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM, focused on an update to the Southeast Colorado Springs community plan. The speaker, a city representative, presented the plan's progress and emphasized that community investments and work have been ongoing for five years, prior to the plan's formal adoption.

Discussion Items

  • The speaker introduced a community strategy on the nonprofit side, described as aspirational goals for neighbors, including nonprofit programming going forward.
  • The plan is a point-in-time snapshot of significant interest, investment, and work already undertaken in the neighborhood, not a new start.
  • Public sector big ideas include: growing support for business and entrepreneurs, living better, upgrading how we move, and supporting safety.
  • Community strategy big ideas include: creating special places and hubs, reflecting and celebrating diverse culture, and community strategies for health and food access.
  • A development map showed activity in Southeast since 2021, with updates on economic development, housing, and mobility goals.
  • The speaker noted that specific questions could be addressed by knowledgeable staff.

Meeting Transcript

And then there's a community strategy that is really on the nonprofit side, uh, just more aspirational in terms of what those neighbors would like for their community. Um, and it will be a lot of nonprofit programming going forward. Um, I also want to emphasize that this is not uh uh these investments in this work has not been going on, has not been stopped waiting for this particular plan to to be adopted. This is just a a point in time. That's a lot of interest, a lot of investment, a lot of work has gone on uh in the neighborhood, and certainly on the nonprofit side uh in terms of trying to advance the interests of this. So this is this is not a uh this is a uh a red letter day, or it will be here soon, but um, but it's not uh a critical it's it it's not we've not been standing around waiting for this particular plan to give us guidance. We've been working on this uh for five years. Um the big ideas growing in support of business and entrepreneurs, live better, uh upgrade how we move and support our safety. Those are kind of the public sector sides of this. Uh the community strategy big ideas are create special places and hubs, reflect and celebrate a diverse culture and community strategies for health and food access. Uh those are again the the uh community's aspirations. Priority topics, you can hear, you can see basically those are the uh uh addressing the big ideas both in the plan and in the community strategy segment. This gives you an idea of the development map. A lot of things have been going on in the Southeast since uh 2021 when we first started this, but this is kind of an update. So you can see a lot of activity. Uh it's again, we're not sitting still, and this the community is not sitting still as well. This gives you a flavor of the economic development goals, housing goals, mobility goals, all of these are in the document. If you have any specific questions, I'd be happy to talk about some of those, but or have somebody who knows a little bit more about them. Uh

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