Eco Devo Commission opens wallet for Colorado Springs project. Here’s why.

“That the Colorado Economic Development Commission chose to award Regional Tourism Act funding Monday to Colorado Springs’ “City for Champions Project” wasn’t terribly surprising, considering the competition — Colorado Springs was the only government entity to apply for the tax-increment financing in the second year of the RTA program.
But where the EDC really broke from last year was deciding to award to the project as much as $120.5 million — more than the two RTA recipients from 2012 combined and more than twice as much as was recommended by a third-party analyst hired by the state.”

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Sealover, Ed. The Denver Business Journal 16 December 2013.