Resources
We’ve collected a whole host of resources for you to connect to the right people in the city that can help.
Colorado Springs Open For Business
COSOpenforBiz is a "step-by-step" online guide to assist entrepreneurs like you from your great idea to grand opening. Find your key point of contact and helpful resources. This tool serves the brick and mortar small business development process. Starting a business is not a linear process. As you move through each step; other steps or agencies may apply depending on the specifics of your business development needs.
Colorado Springs Chamber/EDC
Discover Colorado Springs, a pioneering powerhouse offering world-class innovation, accessibility, and opportunity.
With a wave of business and industry development, unique military assets, high-quality job growth, and competitive affordability, Colorado Springs consistently ranks as one of the best places to live and work. From startups to Fortune 500 companies, Colorado Springs businesses benefit from a community rich with investment, talent, and experience.
Living City Ventures
Developing a commercial real estate project, especially those on challenging sites and in urban fabrics, requires precise teaming and timing in concert with thorough due diligence and acquisition strategy, creative financing mechanisms, and understanding how a project fits into the local context of the market.
Pikes Peak Small Business Development Center
The Pikes Peak Small Business Development Center offers business consulting and training that maximizes the economic potential of entrepreneurs. Their mission is to help existing and new businesses grow and prosper. The goal at the Small Business Development Center is to help emerging and existing entrepreneurs gain control of their business operations. They provide free guidance and counseling in all aspects of funding and developing small business. They strive to help grow and start businesses. While they cannot eliminate risk, they work to minimize it by helping clients write comprehensive business plans, conduct financial forecasts, strategize marketing tactics, apply for funding, and improve operations.
Downtown Partnership
Downtown Partnership is the leading catalytic champion for Downtown Colorado Springs, accomplished through a wide variety of programs and services. Their mission is to ensure that Downtown serves as the economic, civic and cultural heart of Colorado Springs.
Downtown Partnership stewards the vision for our Downtown, providing a powerful collective voice of our membership to ensure our city center prospers. They work closely with city and county elected leaders, civil servants, property owners, nonprofits and business and civic leaders to guide policy and investment choices.
Additional Resources
Zoning and Planning: CLICK HERE
Pikes Peak Regional Building Department: CLICK HERE
City Clerk’s Office: CLICK HERE
Colorado Springs Utilities: CLICK HERE
El Paso Assessor’s Office: CLICK HERE
Fire Marshal: CLICK HERE
Public Health: CLICK HERE