Save White Acres Colorado Springs
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Uploaded by SaveWhiteAcres on Nov 27, 2008
White Acres is part of the scenic backdrop for much of Colorado Springs, from Old Colorado City to the airport, from the Air Force Academy to Fort Carson.
Adjacent to Red Rock Canyon Open Space and Section 16, and less than a quarter mile west of the Bear Creek Nature Center, White Acres occupies a strategic location in relation to our parks and open spaces. It encompasses the light colored cliffs west and south of the 5-way intersection of 26th Street, Gold Camp Road, Bear Creek Road, Lower Gold Camp and Wheeler.
White Acres has significant intrinsic value as open space; and its strategic location adjacent to Red Rock Canyon Open Space, Bear Creek Park, and Section 16 gives it special importance as part of a larger whole.
White Acres is now County zoned for forestry and recreation.
Infinity Land Corporation is seeking to have the property annexed into the City of Colorado Springs for a roughly 23 acre development which could include 16 to 22 attached housing units and 27 single family homes. Annexation and development would bring urban density, traffic, visual blight to our scenic backdrop, and the loss of open space connection from downtown to Manitou Springs.
Geologically, White Acres is an extension of the hogbacks of Red Rock Canyon Open Space. It spans the same geology from the Niobrara formation through the Morrison formation. The primary geologic exposure is Dakota sandstone which is seen in the prominent east faces. Except for the Jurassic age Morrison formation, the sedimentary geology is all from the Cretaceous period.
A few people have said that the Whites heirs decided to donate the property to the Bethany Baptist Church because the they wanted the property to retain its character rather than being developed into a hillside subdivision.
The Church gave the property the name White Acres and developed a small part of it for outdoor worship services and other events. This development includes a pavilion, a play area and a parking lot.
The Church now has the property on the market for the second time in as many decades.
http://www.SaveWhiteAcres.org
http://www.WhiteAcres.org
http://www.redrockcanyonopenspace.org
photos maps, report from UltraROB:
http://www.savewhiteacres.com
News report with video here:
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/35519099.html
Contact us at:
SaveWhiteAcres@Yahoo.com
Please help us by contacting city council to stop this travesty:
lrivera@springsgov.com
Lsmall@springsgov.com
shente@springsgov.com
dglenn@springsgov.com
jheimlicher@springsgov.com
MRadford@springsgov.com
tgallagher@springsgov.com
rpurvis@springsgov.com
JMartin@springsgov.com
CLieber@Springsgov.com
and call Bethany Baptist at:
1930 W Colorado Ave
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
(719) 634-7232
questions@bethanybaptistcoloradosprings.org
to ask them to honor the wishes of the White family and leave the area undeveloped.
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It will all burn if Parks Dept and TrailArts keeps on cutting live and dead trees and brush at Stratton Open Space, and half-burying them! Why? to reduce "trail-density" which means to keep you out. Search Stratton Open Space in utube, open some of the links. You will not believe what they are doing.
brushbros 10 months ago
I think they should make it an OHV park. The City of Colorado Springs owes us that for taking away Coral Bluffs
membermanco 2 years ago
i hope this place stays saved i like to ride my bike around here
wrightwoodfilms 3 years ago
Good luck on trying to keep it from development. As long as you have Dennis Hisey as a county commissioner, he'll vote for the developer every time without regard for local residents who've lived there for a long time. All they look for is the revenue they can get. We tried to save an open space behind our property in Widefield and lost although every property owner surrounding the space objected to development.
BlackbirdSpecOps 3 years ago
Great Video. Infinity Land Development has plenty of other land they still need to sell and develop. I'm hoping the city will buy this without hesitation.
PamelaOrr 3 years ago
Wow. What a beautiful place, and great shots of the wildlife. Sure hope it doesn't get developed. Laura
Zollogal 3 years ago