Governments Exploring Industrial Rail Park In Southern El Paso County

Local governments are partnering to explore a project that could breath new economic life into an area just south of Fountain. El Paso County commissioners voted unanimously last week to OK an agreement between the county, Fountain, the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce & EDC and several other entities to move forward with a proposal for an industrial rail park on a 3,000 acre ranch just west of Ray Nixon Power Plant. The approval kick-starts a process that will take place over the next nine to 14 months to examine the economic benefits of building such a park, whether the site has infrastructure to accommodate the project, how much it might cost, and where that funding might come from, said Kimberly Bailey, Fountain's Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette

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