With all the road construction we see around Colorado Springs, it has been very pleasant driving on some of the new pavement on I25. This morning it was an absolute breeze going through the Woodmen / I25 area, especially after the never ending Cosmix work over the last several years.
I also noticed that the signs are finally up at the new Costco site at Powers and Barnes. It will be awhile yet until it opens, but I know of some of my friends from California will love it when that happens! There are several new restaraunts and other retailers that look close to opening as well, to add to the plethora of dining choices in the Powers cooridor. The Brazilian steak house thing looks very interesting to me personally!

They say that commercial development follows the rooftops, and some of the big retailers have definitely noticed all the rooftops, both completed and planned, on the eastern section of the city. The recent writeup (Gazette article) on the Banning Lewis Ranch Banning Lewis site (first model homes are finally opening up in September it looks like) was a bit of a jaw dropper, with an eventual build out of 75,000 homes! Who knows if it will ever really reach that, but that is a lot of houses!