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Our responsibility to the environment begins from the ground up – literally. Dedicated to reclaiming the environment, we set out to rehabilitate the industrial site where the Golden Cycle Mill once operated. Redeveloping a blighted infill site in the city interior is an environmental improvement with wide reaching, positive impacts on the economic vitality, stability and environmental health of a city. Consider it an enormous recycling effort.
After sitting dormant for over sixty years, Gold Hill Mesa is now being reconfigured into a real traditional neighborhood. As an innovative and responsibly planned Traditional Neighborhood Development, Gold Hill Mesa is setting a new standard for urban revitalization.
(click below to learn about our sustainable development practices) |
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• | Green is important: On completion, Gold Hill Mesa will consist of over 50 acres of green space and native vegetation. More than 2,000 trees will be planted. |
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• | Fountain Creek Restoration Project: We’ve partnered with Colorado Springs Stormwater Enterprise and the Department of Transportation to make major improvements to a section of Fountain Creek lying between 8th and 21st Streets. Project goals include: improving water quality and the surrounding ecosystem; creating a stable riparian environment; reducing flooding, erosion and sedimentation; and creating an expandable design to allow for future HWY 24 improvements. |
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• | Fountain Creek Cleanup: Gold Hill Mesa has adopted a section of this waterway. Residents and staff will regularly complete projects to cleanup and enhance the creek and its surrounding environment. |
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• | Urban infill project: We’re alleviating development pressures on our precious open lands while improving and protecting the environment. |
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• | Resource and energy efficient: The high density of residential, commercial and retail space allows for more open space and walkability, reducing dependency on foreign oil and automobiles. |
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• | Traditional Neighborhood Development concept: An economically balanced community that incorporates a network of pedestrian friendly sidewalks, green streets and parks. |
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• | Water efficiency: Front yard landscaping has been designed with drip-line irrigation and a focus towards efficient water use. |
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• | Telecommute: The high speed fiber optic infrastructure offers a truly viable option to work or run a business from home. |
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• | Property rejuvenation: A decades-long standing drainage problem and community eyesore will be alleviated. |
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• | Cleaning up the site: The mitigation process used is recognized by the EPA and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment as an effective model for environmentally sensitive development. |
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• | Voluntary Cleanup Program: Remediation protocols are followed to fully recycle soils for land development under the state’s approval. |
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• | Smokestack preservation: The iconic landmark will serve as homage to Golden Cycle Mill’s industrial productivity. |
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• | Recycled concrete: 300,000 cubic yards (450,000 tons) of fill was mitigated off of the site and processed, sized and sorted into 13,000 cubic yards of recycled concrete to be utilized as riprap to stabilize Fountain Creek. |
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