Urban Renewal revisits Copper Ridge plan
“At its regularly scheduled meeting on Aug. 28, the Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority board approved the Copper Ridge Redevelopment Plan on a narrow 5-3 vote.
Of the nine active urban renewal projects approved by CSURA, Copper Ridge is easily the most controversial. City Council originally approved the plan in 2010, but deferred action on a comprehensive redevelopment plan until certain markers were met.
The plan called for the use of tax-increment financing to encourage the development of a major regional retail center to be located on 289 largely undeveloped acres located immediately east of Interstate 25 and south of Northgate Boulevard just within the city’s northern boundary.”
Hazlehurst, John. Colorado Springs Business Journal 17 September 2013.