We worked together to distribute flyers to every neighborhood door and email we could find in an effort to have full neighborhood participation. The flyer distribution progress can be tracked using the 2024 Uptown Annual Meeting Flyer Distribution sheet.

Historic Uptown Presentation

2024 Historic Uptown Annual Meeting Agenda

• Refreshments, Meet and Greet. Start meeting promptly at 6:15pm
• Kickoff Meeting and Introduce Existing Board (Cheryl, 1 min)
  Officers:
  President – Cheryl Brown
  Vice President – Dianne Bridges
  Treasurer – Jeff Hodges
  Board:
  Christy Chirby
  Monica Hobbs
  Tam Walsky
  Communications Director:
  Mariah Osborn
• About Our Neighborhood (Cheryl, 4 min)
• Neighborhood Update
  • Treasurer’s Update
  • Neighborhood Communications (Mariah, 5 min)
  • Historic Preservation (Cheryl, 5 min)
  • Neighborhood Plan (Dianne, 5 min)
• Key Goals for 2024 (Cheryl, 5 min)
• Elect New Board (Cheryl, 5 min)
• “Parkside Properties and Historic Overlays” (Tim Scanlon, 30 min)
• Q&A

Historic Uptown Neighborhood

North: E. Cache La Poudre Street; South: E. Bijou Street
East: Alley at Wahsatch & Corona; West: Monument Valley Park

• Unique Characteristics:
  • Significant presence on the National Register of Historic Places –Weber/Wahsatch
    District; Boulder Crescent District; Monument Valley Park; Nine buildings
  • Mutual community among residences, businesses, landlords, students
  • Amenities of all kinds within walking distance (fine arts, food, boutiques, sports)
• What We Care About:
  • Identifying, preserving and celebrating historic homes, businesses and other features
  • Preserving and improving streetscape, particularly the historic medians, parkways and canopy
    trees
  • Improving safety and living conditions and addressing increase in crime
• Our Website: http://www.historicuptown.org

Historic Uptown Properties

• Total # of Properties = 593
• Total # of Buildings = 710
• Net Residential Density (du/ac) = 25.30

% of Properties	Non-Residential 32%	Residential 68%
% of Total Residential Properties	Renter Occupied 61%	Owner Occupied 39%
% Residential Dwelling Units	Single Family 48%	Multi Family 52%
% of Buildings	50 Years Old 79%	100 Years Old 56%

Treasurer Update

• Applied for a 501(C)(3) in December. Application is still in process
• Expenses: $651
• WordPress $90/year, 501(C)(3) application $275, PO Box $176, Checks $10,
  Open Bank Account $100
• Donations/Sponsorship: $960
• Carry over from 2022: $170, Underline $500 ☺, Neighborhood = $290
• Current balance: $309

Neighborhood Communications

• Historic Uptown website redesigned and changed from Near North End to Historic Uptown
• Historic Walking Tour with 56 buildings including pictures and descriptions
• Parkside District created 28 historic building home pages with historical timelines
• Wikipedia article published
• Neighborhood Outreach
  • Newsletter growth from 138 to 348 subscribers
  • Monthly newsletter started in October 2023
  • Facebook reach since September 2023 is 10.8K
  • Instagram reach since September 2023 is 209
  • Google Analytics shows there have been 1K site visitors since October 2023
  • >500 print flyers distributed for the Annual Meeting

Historic Preservation

The Parkside District highlighted in yellow has 28 properties.

Uptown’s Current Historic Designations:

• National Register (red)
• Eligible National Register (orange)
• State Register (blue)
• Eligible State Register (purple)
• Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HP-O) (green)

Parkside District Historic Preservation

• Phase 1 (2022): Gather Historic Data
• Phase 2 (2022-2023): Draft History of Area
• Phase 3 (2023-2024): Meet with Owners
• Phase 4 (Feb-April 2024): Notify the City (this is where we are, currently)
• Phase 5 (April 2024): Initiate Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HP-O) Process
• Phase 6 (2024): City Public Hearings

Phase 1 Activities	Phase 2 Activities	Phase 3 Activities	Phase 4 Activities	Phase 5 Activities	Phase 6 Activities
Obtain copies of Plat Maps and Sanborn Maps	Write a biography of Benjamin Lefkowsky to estabish historic significance	Create a packet for each owner containing an introduction letter, fact sheet, map of the area, HP-O RofA diagram, and participation document	Meet with the Historic Preservation Board	Complete Rezone application	Historic Preservation Board Public Hearing
Obtain CCRS Architectural Inventory Forms, if available	Create webpages with timelines and history of all buildings in the district	9 properties – hand delivered	Meet with City Planning	Work with the Historic Preservation board to complete necessary documents.	Planning Commission Public Hearing
PPLD City Directory entries	Create Fact Sheet	11 properties – emailed	Informal meeting with City Council	Work with City Planning to complete necessary documents.	City Council Public Hearing
PPLD Special Collections building permit records	Create Historic Preservation Overlay RofA process diagram	5 properties – mailed		City Planning inititates the HP-O rezone process.	Celebrate our new Historic District!
Research Benjamin Lefkowsky	Create a map of the area	Collect property owner responses.

Neighborhood Plan

• Vision for the neighborhood, addressing unique characteristics and needs
• Identify what is important to you: problems, opportunities, goals, priorities
• Can address areas such as safety, lighting, traffic, trees, character, open
  spaces, amenities
• You can be part of this! Anyone in the neighborhood (owners, renters,
  businesses). Others will include City admin, non-profits, etc.
• We are currently working on details. What to do, when with whom. How to
  reach out to you, communicate, etc.
• Very exciting!!! Can’t wait to support you on this and start creating!

Key Goals for 2024

• Historic Preservation – continue our efforts on the Parkside District.
• Start neighborhood engagement on the Neighborhood Plan.
• Work with the city on obtaining Neighborhood Street Signs. Need to get funding.
• Continue working with the City on Traffic Safety.
• Advocate for our neighborhood by engaging with the city on zoning, transportation, and any other initiatives that affect our neighborhood.
• Any other areas of focus?

Board Election

• Board of Directors – The Board of Directors shall be elected at large by the general membership. Four of those Board Members shall be elected by the Board to serve as Officers. To vote, you must be an Historic Uptown neighborhood resident, owner of real property, or a business proprietor.
• Officers
  • President – The president conducts Board meetings and ensures that the Board’s directive are implemented and monitored
  • Vice President – The vice president of the Board, is prepared at all times to assume the role of Board president, if necessary.
  • Secretary – The Board’s secretary provides members with required meeting notices, prepares agendas, takes minutes at Board meetings, and reviews and distributes the approved minutes
  • Treasurer – The treasurer serves as the financial officer

Tim Scanlon – Parkside District

• Historic Uptown Historic Preservation Advisor
• Local Historian and Tour Guide
• Retired Senior Planner for the City of Colorado Springs

Parkside District Historic Preservation Presentation

Sponsored by the Historic Uptown Neighborhood Association

February 28, 2024 Annual Meeting

6:00 – 8:00 PM

McAllister House, 423 N Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs CO

Historic Uptown Board Members

• Cheryl Brown President
• Dianne Bridges Vice President
• Jeff Hodges Treasurer
• Christy Chirby
• Monica Hobbs
• Tam Walsky

Project Team

• Cheryl Brown Project Director
• Mariah Osborn Communications Director
• Tim Scanlon Historian, Advisor

Resources

• Website
• Parkside District Preservation

Project Purpose

The purpose of this project is to define and honor important historic resources in the Historic Uptown neighborhood by initiating a historic preservation overlay zone for the Parkside District.

Historic preservation zoning is intended to “Designate, preserve, protect, enhance, and perpetuate those structures and areas that reflect outstanding elements of the City’s cultural, artistic, environmental, social, economic, political, architectural, historic, or other heritage…”

Features of Project

• The Parkside District is named for its proximity to Monument Valley Park
• The effort involves a change of zone, to be approved by City Council.
• The project is designed to be voluntary, and all property owners have been contacted and asked to participate.
• Nearly all the properties are residential in both design and use and were steadily constructed over a period of 70 years.
• The properties within the Parkside boundary total 28. Properties already designated in the National Register or currently zones are not anticipated to participate.

Map of Area

Parkside District Character

• Diversity – multiple types of dwellings and range of sizes
  • Queen Anne
  • Craftsman
  • Colonial Revival
  • Mission Revival
  • Modern
• Historic – Significant periods of history
  • Little London
  • Cripple Creek
  • post-World War II
• Development Trends
  • Health industry
  • Railroads
  • Mining

Buildings Are Tied to Figures Important to our History

• James J. Hagerman, Midland railroad
• Francis Pastorius, Real estate and mining
• Benjamin Lefkowsky, Builder
• Martha and Lew Tilley, Arts

Integrity

• The dwellings setting is little altered from when they were built.
• The area exhibits visual cohesion as largely single-family homes
• There’s an exceptional concentration of Mediterranean Revival architecture

Photos of each building in Tim’s presentation can be found on the Parkside District Preservation page in the Property Research section.

Next Steps

• Historic Uptown Board to assess support of property owners and decide whether to proceed with Overlay Zoning
• Identify the boundaries and assemble legal descriptions
• Prepare a zone change application that specifies the historic and architectural importance justifying its preservation
• Appear before the City’s Historic Preservation Board to initiate the zone change

Highlight Reel