December 30, 2020—Regional leaders, including El Paso County, the City of Colorado Springs, the City of Fountain, the City of Manitou Springs, Town of Monument, the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC, local hospitals, and law enforcement will jointly apply to the State to re-open local businesses. The State’s program is the only option for businesses…
December 21, 2020 – The Board of El Paso County Commissioners is seeking a community-minded member of the El Paso County Bar Association to serve on the El Paso County Juvenile Community Review Board. Applications are due by January 18, 2021. The El Paso County Juvenile Community Review Board reviews case files of juveniles and…
December 21, 2020 – The El Paso County Board of Commissioners is seeking a community-minded citizen volunteer to serve on the El Paso County Community Corrections Board. Applications for the open position are due by January 18, 2021. The Community Corrections Board determines which offenders can safely be placed in the community, who can operate…
December 16, 2020 – The Board of El Paso County Commissioners is seeking community-minded citizen volunteers to serve on the El Paso County Innovation and Technology Committee (ITC). Applications for the open positions are due by Dec 31, 2020. The Innovation and Technology Committee is currently seeking one at-large El Paso County member with interest…
Dec 15, 2020 – The Board of El Paso County Commissioners is seeking community-minded citizen volunteers to serve on the El Paso County Board of Retirement. Applications for the open position are due by Dec 31, 2020. The Board of Retirement, in its sole discretion, may appoint up to two associate members (non-voting) who serve…
December 14, 2020 – El Paso County and the City of Colorado Springs announced a joint Sales Tax Relief plan for restaurants that have experienced sales declines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is limited to the General Fund portion of taxes for each organization (2% for the City and 1% for the County).…
December 9, 2020 – On Wednesday, Chair of the Board of County Commissioners, Mark Waller, delivered El Paso County’s 2020 State of the Region. This year’s theme was “Answering the Call” and the presentation, co-hosted by the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC, was delivered virtually via Zoom and Facebook Live to hundreds of El Paso…
December 1, 2020 – The El Paso County Regional Business Relief Fund (RBRF) saved up to 11,789 jobs and protected $1.1 billion in local economic output, according to a report just released by Summit Economics. The El Paso Board of County Commissioners and the county’s Economic Development department created the RBRF to assist local small…
