Cory Applegate serves District 4 on the Board of County Commissioners. His district encompasses southern and eastern El Paso County, including portions of the City of Colorado Springs, the entire City of Fountain, and unincorporated areas south of Highway 94 such as Security/Widefield, Hanover, Rush, Ellicott, and Yoder. This district also is also home to three strategically significant military installations: US Army Fort Carson, Peterson Space Force Base, and Schriever Space Force Base.
Cory moved to Fountain, Colorado in 2005. Elected in November 2024, Cory is the youngest known elected Commissioner in El Paso County history. As a journeyman electrician with ten years’ experience in code and commercial construction and maintenance, Cory has a deep understanding of the impacts of regulation and policy on development. His priorities are public safety and infrastructure.
Prior to his election to the Board of County Commissioners, Cory served as a member of the Fountain City Council and was a member of the Fountain Planning Commission. He enjoys outdoor sports in his spare time, including hunting, fishing, archery, and recreational shooting. He is a member of Restoration Church in Colorado Springs.
Commissioner Applegate took the oath of office for his first four-year term on January 14, 2025.
Boards and Committees:
- Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
- El Paso County Board of Health
- Fountain Creek Watershed (alternate)
- Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments (PPACG)
- Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority (PPRTA)
- Pikes Peak Rural Water Authority
- Pikes Peak Workforce Consortium Executive Committee
Liaison To:
- Airport Advisory Commission
- Community Development Advisory Board
- El Paso County Groundwater Quality Study
- El Paso County Pioneer Village Roads Public Improvement District
- El Paso County Road Impact Fee Advisory District
- Housing Authority
- Arkansas Basin Roundtable
- Metro Roundtable
- South Platte River Basin Roundtable
- Widefield Water & Sanitation District Advisory Council
