Urban Renewal Areas

US85

South Academy Highlands (SAH)

Charter Oak

Bandley (SCI Bldg)

FURA and the City of Fountain have adopted four urban renewal areas.  Each one is distinctively different in the purposes it serves on behalf of the community.
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• US85 - original URA designation for FURA establishment and includes the historic Olde Town district of the community.
• South Academy Highlands (SAH) - established in 2014 to support retail development through a City of Fountain annexation; Visit a Site Plan.
• Charter Oak - established in 2015 in unision with a proposed 1,682 acre industrial rail site and to support the expansion of Pikes Peak International Raceway.
• Bandley - established in 2015 as a stand-alone URA designation for the potential revitalization of a former 350,000 SF manufacturing facility; SoCO RIC

To learn more about each URA boundary, select a designation map above.  To learn more about each URA plan, select text hyperlink above.

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Blighted Sites

Urban Renewal designation has to fall within one to nine criteria definitions of blight:

• Slum, deteriorated or deteriorating structures
• Predominance of defective or inadequate street layout
• Faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness
• Unsanitary or unsafe conditions
• Deteriorating site or other improvements
• Unusual topography or inadequate public improvements or utilities
• The existence of condition that endanger life or property by fire or other causes
• Unsafe or unhealthy for living or working
• The existence of health, safety, or welfare factors requiring high levels of municipal services or substantial physical underutilization or vacancy of sites, buildings, or other improvements 

Click Here, to preview our Blighted Sites Map. These sites meet blight criteria and have been identified by the URA in need of partner collaborative redevelopment on behalf of the community.
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