Applications for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) are due by 11:59 p.m. on April 14, 2023. Available funding includes the following. $300,000 available for Public Services funding to assist local emergency shelter providers. $100,000 available for rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention projects.

The City of Colorado Springs, in partnership with Comcast, is hosting a “Bridging the Digital Divide” event on Monday, March 20 at 5 p.m. at the Southeast YMCA, 2190 Jet Wing Dr.  Comcast plans to award free laptops to participants who recently graduated from workforce development programs from three local organizations which provide workforce training: Community Works - Colorado Springs, Heart to Heart Academy - CNA School, and HSD2 Adult Education, a program of Harrison School District 2. 

A new mapping tool on the City’s website will track voter turnout during the 2023 General Municipal Election. Citizens will be able to look at turnout percentages by each council district, or by each voting precinct.  Data will be updated each evening. Voters received ballots in the mail this week and must return them by April 4 at 7 p.m. The turnout tracker is on the city’s website at ColoradoSprings.gov/Election.

The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum has exhibits, lectures and events highlighting women during the month of March (and every day). Hear some remarkable stories about Colorado Springs women from our museum’s curator, aka: awesome storyteller.

City Council approved the ConnectCOS transportation plan, the first city-wide multimodal transportation planning effort in two decades. ConnectCOS includes a broad array of recommendations for enhancing mobility in Colorado Springs, including an ambitious and diverse set of recommended projects ranging from sidewalk infill to bus rapid transit to new interchanges that will transform the regional transportation network and greatly improve the accessibility and utility of all modes of travel around the city.

The North Douglas Creek Channel Restoration project is nearing completion. It's a major achievement in the continued efforts to improve the City’s stormwater system and part Colorado Springs' committment to spend $460 million over the next two decades to enhance public safety, provide improved water detention, improve water quality, and reduce flows, including the amount of sediment that flows downstream.

City Council unanimously approved a major addition of open space property for the Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) Program. The 1,118-acre "Wild Horse Ranch" property is located in the Corral Bluffs Candidate Open Space on the city’s eastside. The property unlocks several significant connections, including between Corral Bluffs and Bluestem Prairie open spaces.