A Voice for Downtown Colorado Springs
The Downtown Partnership works to ensure Downtown is a vibrant, welcoming place to live, work, visit, and do business — and a strong economic engine for the region. We bring businesses, residents, property owners, and community partners together to advance Downtown’s success and advocate for the decisions and investments that will shape its future.
Our Mission
To ensure that Downtown serves as the economic, civic, and cultural heart of Colorado Springs.
Why We Advocate FOR
A thriving Downtown is essential to a thriving city and region. What happens Downtown — and the decisions made beyond its boundaries — shape our ability to attract investment, grow businesses, create jobs, welcome residents and visitors, and build a strong quality of place.
We advocate on issues that affect Downtown’s economic vitality and long-term success — supporting opportunities for investment and growth, addressing challenges that create barriers to business and development, and helping decision-makers understand what Downtown needs to thrive.
Our advocacy can include local, regional, state, and federal issues when they have a meaningful impact on Downtown’s future.
What We Advocate For
Our priorities reflect the conditions that make Downtown a strong place to do business, invest, live, and experience Colorado Springs. We advocate for the policies, investments, infrastructure, and partnerships that strengthen Downtown’s economy while preserving the character and civic life that make it the heart of our community.
- A Strong Business Climate & Growing Local Economy: Supporting a competitive business environment that encourages entrepreneurship, investment, job creation, and the continued growth of Downtown businesses.
- A Safe, Clean & Investment-Ready Downtown: Advancing public safety, cleanliness, maintenance, and quality of place to protect property values, support business activity, and create an environment where people and investment can thrive.
- Infrastructure That Drives Investment: Supporting strategic investment in streets, sidewalks, utilities, parks, public spaces, and other infrastructure that strengthens Downtown’s economic competitiveness and supports private development.
- Unlocking Development & Property Investment: Encouraging new development, adaptive reuse, redevelopment, and preservation that puts underutilized properties back to productive use and expands Downtown’s tax base and economic activity.
- Policies That Support Growth & Investment: Advocating for predictable, efficient, and business-friendly land-use, zoning, permitting, tax, and funding policies that reduce barriers to investment and support Downtown’s long-term growth.
- Connected & Accessible Downtown: Improving transportation, transit, parking, accessibility, and multimodal connections that make Downtown easier to reach, support customer and employee access, and strengthen the value of Downtown as a business district.
- Housing That Supports a Strong Downtown Workforce: Expanding housing choices and opportunities for homeownership to support workforce growth, increase Downtown residency, and strengthen the customer base for local businesses.
- Arts, Culture, Sports & Hospitality as Economic Drivers: Supporting the creative, cultural, sports, entertainment, and hospitality sectors that attract visitors, generate economic activity, strengthen Downtown’s identity, and contribute to a vibrant business environment.
We may also address other issues when they have a meaningful impact on Downtown’s long-term success.
Explore Our Endorsements
Learn where the Downtown Partnership stands on current ballot measures and why these issues matter to Downtown Colorado Springs.