Planned Parenthood Expansion:
Full list of neighborhood/community issues provided
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A recent letter to Planned Parenthood from Colorado Springs planner Larry Larsen includes a request that the business “address
and respond in writing to the following neighborhood/community issues” regarding its planned clinic expansion at 1330 W.
Colorado Ave. 1. Destruction of three historic structures 2. Object to one-story building with back to neighborhood, specifically to the Painted Lady [now two doors east] 3. Colorado Avenue frontage significant 4. Loss of three affordable homes 5. Encourage preservation of homes 6. Project may affect area homes and businesses 7. Parking adjacent to Colorado Avenue not good 8. Creeping commercialization of modern buildings 9. Expand at another Clinic location 10. Proposed project does not fit with Westside Plan (one-story, too long & too modern) 11. Not an overlay area or designated, but historically significant and important regardless 12. Does Planned Parenthood really need to expand this facility? 13. Object to use of the property 14. Use causes congestion and impacts to area 15. Protesters cause congestion and impacts to area 16. Will this land use better the community? 17. Questioned the Clinic's services and impacts upon the criminal behavior 18. Will Clinic move, if expansion not approved? 19. Use changes character of the area 20. Use has negative impacts on existing businesses 21. Consider looking for other location 22. Not compatible with area 23. Importance of historical overlay / preliminary historical design standards 24. 1322 W. Colorado should be protected 25. Maintain Westside identity & preserve character 26. Oppose size & scope of project 27. Traffic impacts & hazards 28. Drainage issues in area 29. Clinic has impacted Painted Lady uses 30. Protect unique architecture 31. Impact of use and protesters upon tourist in area 32. Effect upon area property values 33. Consider moving the houses 34. Consider alternative sites to expand Westside Pioneer Article |