{"id":113196,"date":"2019-06-20T14:55:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T20:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=113196"},"modified":"2019-06-20T14:55:21","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T20:55:21","slug":"uccs-alumni-imagine-possibilities-for-north-nevada-avenue-corridor-in-focus-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=113196","title":{"rendered":"UCCS alumni imagine possibilities for North Nevada Avenue corridor in focus group"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UCCS’ Cybersecurity Building on North Nevada Avenue was the site of an alumni focus group that explored possibilities of redevelopment in the corridor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The redevelopment of the North Nevada Avenue corridor south of UCCS will have a significant impact on the future of the university, including with students\u2019 experience at UCCS and in building pride among future UCCS alumni.<\/p>\n

Those were among several insights from a focus group of UCCS alumni who met this month at the Cybersecurity Building on North Nevada Avenue. The focus group immersed itself in the issues and opportunities surrounding the corridor\u2019s redevelopment and possible impacts on UCCS, particularly from an alumni perspective. The building, housed in a former manufacturing plant, is owned by UCCS.<\/p>\n

The focus group included alumni from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2010s, two city of Colorado Springs planning staff members and local developer Kevin Kratt, who developed University Village Colorado west of UCCS.<\/p>\n

The group agreed that redevelopment of the corridor could help elevate Colorado Springs as a \u201clifestyle\u201d city. Alumni put forward ideas for the corridor that included:<\/p>\n