Tag: briargate
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Colorado Springs Container Store to close, company acquired by Bed Bath & Beyond
The Colorado Springs location of The Container Store, a specialty retailer that focuses on storage and organization products, is closing after roughly three and a half years. The company made the announcement on its website in March but offered no explanation for the closing. It did not respond to multiple requests for comment from The…
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CityVet expands into Colorado Springs
CityVet, a growing nationwide network of veterinarian-owned practices, has expanded into Colorado Springs. Dallas-based CityVet officially opened its first Colorado Springs clinic late last month, on Sept. 29, at 9235 N. Union Blvd., Suite 5170 in Briargate. Owned and led by veterinarian Dr. Zuania Cordero, it is the seventh CityVet clinic in Colorado. Six others…
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Missing girls last seen in northeast Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police need help finding two missing teens last seen getting into a vehicle at a residential area in the northeast part of the city early Tuesday morning. Sophia Sortkin, 15, and 13-year-old Mia Gil were spotted getting into a white 2002 Buick Sedan…
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Colorado Springs preschoolers donate hundreds of canned goods, clothing to local nonprofit
Dozens of Colorado Springs preschoolers got into the holiday giving spirit on Thursday by donating hundreds of canned goods to a local nonprofit as part of an annual nationwide campaign. Three local Primrose preschools participated in the Caring and Giving Food Drive, a national community service effort aimed at helping underserved communities. Primprose preschoolers and…
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Controversial Briargate-area apartment project gets green light from City Council
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs City Council on Monday ruled a controversial attainable housing project planned to be built in Briargate can move forward despite neighbors’ concerns the development would negatively impact the public health, safety and general welfare of the surrounding area. The board voted 6-1…
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Controversial Briargate-area apartment project gets green light from City Council
The Colorado Springs City Council on Monday ruled a controversial attainable housing project planned to be built in Briargate can move forward despite neighbors’ concerns the development would negatively impact the public health, safety and general welfare of the surrounding area. The board voted 6-1 to uphold the Planning Commission’s Jan. 10 approval of the…
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Appeal hearing on controversial Colorado Springs apartments postponed
A hearing to appeal the development of the 232-affordable unit Royal Pines Apartments in Briargate, previously scheduled to take place at Tuesday’s regular City Council meeting, is postponed. The council on Tuesday unanimously voted to move the hearing to a special meeting on Feb. 26 at 1 p.m., following the council’s morning work session. The…
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Pine Creek neighbors appeal controversial Briargate apartments
Pine Creek residents are preparing to take their fight against plans to build hundreds of new apartments in Briargate to the Colorado Springs City Council. Preserve Pine Creek Village, a group of Pine Creek neighbors, on Thursday formally appealed the Planning Commission’s Jan. 10 approval of plans to build the 232-affordable unit Royal Pines Apartments…
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Contentious apartments in north Colorado Springs approved by commission
Residents raise wildfire evacuation concerns
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Farmers market schedule
Daily • Spencer’s Lawn & Garden Center, 1430 S. Tejon St., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays), through November, spencersgardens.com • Smith Family Farm Market, 8310 Blue Gill Drive, Falcon, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., through Oct. 31, rockyfordmelons.com Monday • Mining Museum Farm Stand, 225 North Gate Blvd.,…