Initially delayed due to the bond market crisis as the pandemic took root a year ago, financing for the Air Force Academy Visitor Center project is now queuing up.
Blue & Silver Development Partners is likely to win approval from City Council in February to increase the amount to be issued by the projectâs Business Improvement District by $10 million â to $90 million. That money will fund infrastructure for the Visitor Center, such as drainage, utilities installation, landscaping and architecture and engineering for the 57-acre site.
The increase stems largely from escalating costs since the project was penciled out in 2019.
In addition, Louisiana-based nonprofit agency Provident Group-USAFA Properties LLC plans to issue up to $225 million in bonds to fund construction of a nearly 400-room hotel at the project site, at the Academyâs north entrance at Interstate 25.
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image captionDon Knight has told the Welsh Government that vaccinating people is a race
An 81-year-old dad has called Welsh ministers clowns after missing their target of giving the Covid-19 vaccine to 70% of over-80s by last weekend.
Don Knight, whose scarred lungs mean he has poor breathing capacity, says he has not heard when his jab will be.
Figures show 96,830, or 52.8%, of the most vulnerable have had their first vaccine dose as Welsh Government blamed the weather for missing their target.
Wales Health Minister Vaughan Gething said people won t be forgotten .
He added he understood people s frustrations and said over 70s in every area of Wales would be invited for jabs by the end of the week.
Once this is lost, it can never be recovered, Councilman Bill Murray said of land dedication requirements.
The proposed parkland dedication rules would lower how much land developers must dedicate to the city to 5½ acres per 1,000 residents, down from 7½ acres per 1,000 people. The proposal is part of a slate of changes to an ordinance that governs what land or fees homebuilders must assign to the city when they build new neighborhoods and apartments.
The change is based on the 2000 and 2014 parks master plans that stated the city s goal is to provide 3 acres of community parkland per 1,000 residents and 2½ acres of neighborhood parkland per 1,000 people, said Chris Lieber of NES, a consultant hired by the city to work on the changes. The master plan standards do not include city open space, such as Garden of the Gods, he said. When open space is taken into account, the city provides about 37 acres per 1,000 residents, Lieber said.
President Donald Trump has awarded U.S. Space Command to Huntsville Ala., in a move that several Pentagon insiders and lawmakers say bypassed the military’s top pick of Colorado Springs, the
Springcrest Neighborhood Alliance is working to block the proposed expansion of Peaks Recovery Center’s on Old Ranch Road east of Voyager Parkway, pictured Friday Jan. 8, 2021. The group doesn’t want to see commercial development allowed in their neighborhood, and members argue the city has not studied the effect of the proposal on Old Ranch Road, a two-lane street.
Mary Shinn, The Gazette