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URA Period: 1988 – 2013
The main project objectives of the Lowell area are to eliminate blight, prevent slums and environmental deficiencies and to improve the physical and economic relationship between the area and the downtown-core area as well as to preserve the Lowell Elementary School through adaptive reuse and renovation and provide an attractive entry to downtown and create neighborhood-oriented commercial and development opportunities.
Originally approved by the Colorado Springs City Council on April 26, 1988. The South Central Downtown Urban Renewal Area also known as the “Lowell URA” is generally bound by the Rio Grand Street on the north; Nevada Avenue on the west; the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks on the south and Shook’s Run on the east. The Lowell UR plan lists development objectives that include land uses supportive of and complementary to the downtown core; creative housing opportunities for a variety of family incomes along with ease of vehicular and pedestrian circulation.
The Lowell URA reached the end of its urban renewal designation in 2013, while the developer continues to implement the remaining elements of the plan.