The City of Colorado Springs earned a SMART Grants Program award for $1.7 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The grant will fund the City’s Engineering Division’s plans to strategize, prototype, and test next-generation traffic management tools at approximately 50 City intersections with traffic signals. The traffic management tools include radar and light-detecting and ranging technologies (LiDAR) to perceive vehicle position, size, and speed of vehicles entering and exiting intersections and to capture the position of non-motorized users at intersections.

Registration is now open for the 12th annual Mayor’s Cup golf tournament. The event will begin at 7 a.m. on Thursday, May 11 at The Broadmoor Golf Club’s West Course. The charity tournament has raised and donated more than $650,000 to the community since it began in 2012.

In the month of February, the Colorado Springs Airport (COS) saw a total of 143,884 passengers travel through the terminal, with 72,500 of those passengers getting on a plane at COS.

Mayor Suthers presented Visit Colorado Springs president and CEO Doug Price a Spirit of the Springs award at the Visit Colorado Springs’ annual business meeting. He continues to steward efforts focused on creating sustained economic growth and enhancing civic pride. 

City Council is seeking volunteers to serve on the Audit Committee and the Law Enforcement Transparency and Advisory Commission. 
Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Monday, April 3, 2023

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.