Healthy streams for a thriving community
Pikes Peak Waterways, a nonprofit organization, is the lead champion of the COS Creek Plan, establishing a comprehensive vision for investment and care of the Fountain Creek Watershed, with a primary focus on segments of Monument and Fountain creeks in central Colorado Springs. The plan lays forth a vision for the largest water restoration effort in the history of the Pikes Peak Region, encompassing flood risk management, stormwater quality, ecological restoration, parks and trails, and economic revitalization into a single coordinated framework.
The ecosystem water restoration of the COS Creek Plan is a federally authorized project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Photo Credit: Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun
What this means for Colorado Springs
The COS Creek Plan is the roadmap for Pikes Peak Waterways, offering a community-driven vision built on four guiding principles: restore the corridor’s natural functions, create a premier destination for outdoor recreation, support economic vitality, and build a strong sense of place unique to the Pikes Peak Region.
Implementation partners
COS Creek Plan
The COS Creek Plan lays out a comprehensive vision and strategy to integrate and implement recommendations of multiple planning efforts completed in the recent past to restore the Creek’s environmental qualities, to promote economic vitality, and to greatly enhance and expand the recreational opportunities. Pikes Peak Waterways spearheaded the vision and process that created the COS Creek Plan. This plan is a significant focus of implementation for Pikes Peak Waterways, in collaboration with the City of Colorado Springs and Colorado Springs Utilities. The plan centers on the following four pillars:
Restore the Natural Functions of the Corridor
Create a Premiere Destination for Outdoor Recreation and Leisure
Support Economic Vitality and Revitalization
Build a Strong Sense of Place Unique to the Pikes Peak Region
Get Involved
Pikes Peak Waterways has a variety of ways to get involved. Whether you are an individual who wants to volunteer time, or an organization that wishes to sponsor a section of the creek, a company that chooses to sponsor the organization and projects, or are a grant funder who wants to partner, there are many opportunities to join the movement. Contact the organization with any questions and to become a partner in this journey.
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