by John W. Olson | Nov 20, 2021 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Streetscapes, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
Old Colorado CIty (OCC) boasts wonderful brick buildings along Colorado Avenue and has the City’s highest concentration of Victorian Homes. It is a neighborhood in Colorado Springs rich with history. “Colorado City,” as it was once known, actually...
by John W. Olson | Mar 27, 2012 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Urban Planning and Design
Today, I am prepared (if I see that it is needed) to address the Colorado Springs City Council regarding the removal of an extra regulatory hoop in the path of progress. Approximately three years ago, Downtown Stakeholders rallied around Colorado Springs Planners Ryan...
by John W. Olson | Aug 8, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
Euclidean zoning codes have created numerous headaches for public and private planners, developers, property owners, architects, planning officials, contractors, and common community residents for several years now. The non-articulate language of the widely used code...
by John W. Olson | Jan 31, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal
The evolution of the big box has become a fairly predictable life cycle for most cities across the country. Larger cities and their respective suburban communities were the first to realize that the expected life of the big box was short-lived. Wal-Mart appears to be...
by John W. Olson | Jul 23, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Colorado Springs’ Downtown Form-based Codes has now been in effect for over one year now. The changes in the code for Colorado Springs were beneficial modifications for neighboring property owners, downtown visitors, users and developers. Not only is the...
