Projects & Initiatives

-Carnegie Library

Our mission is to keep the Manitou Springs Carnegie Library a center of knowledge and life-long learning for all, as it has for generations, and serve as a space for community connections for the next 100 years.

-Climate Protection Campaign

Visit the Manitou Springs Climate Protection Campaign Facebook page.

-Cog Railway Agreement 2018

After many meetings and extensive community engagement, City Council approved a new tax incentive program agreement with the Cog Railway on November 20.

-Fire Training Facility Outreach

-Hiawatha Gardens

Learn about the ongoing initiative to gather information about community preference for the future of the Hiawatha Gardens site.

-Historic District Survey Plan

The draft study started in September 2020 that will help guide the City’s future preservation efforts.

-Manitou Incline

This web page links to the City of Colorado Springs' website where you can place a reservation.

-Manitou Springs Climate Action Work Group

-Manitou Springs Code Update

-MAPS - Manitou Ave from Park Ave to Serpentine Dr

The design of the improvements to Manitou Avenue from Park Avenue to Serpentine Drive (also known as the MAPS project) overseen by CDOT with involvement of the City of Manitou Springs.

-Parks and Facilities Capital Improvement Plan

The City of Manitou Springs has contracted Cushing Terrell to create a Capital Improvement Plan for the City’s parks and public facilities. The Manitou Springs Parks and Facilities Capital Improvement Plan (MSPFCIP) will identify all City-owned parks, playgrounds, infrastructure and public buildings to provide a roadmap for what improvements will be made, when, and include a maintenance plan.

-Plan Manitou / Community Master Plan

Visit the Plan Manitou website.

-Proposed Art Installations

Here will be pictures and descriptions regarding proposed art installations in Manitou Springs. Any feedback is welcomed and encouraged!

-Rainbow Falls

Learn about the Manitou Environmental Citizens Action.

-Restorative Justice Council

-Transportation & Mobility Master Plan (Study)

Through a collaborative effort, the City of Manitou Springs, City of Colorado Springs and the Cog are undertaking a study to identify opportunities and address improvements that will enhance mobility within the City and connections to adjoining regional areas and transportation systems. The visionary and future-forward plan should advance and evolve community goals identified in Plan Manitou and align with planning/design efforts of other mobility projects.

-Wireless Facilities Regulations

The City of Manitou Springs has adopted new Wireless Facilities regulations in response to a recent Federal Communications Commission Small Cell Order, which established a number of mandates related to the regulation of small cell facilities. These new regulations also provide more stringent regulations of large cell facilities as well.