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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />1615 <br /> <br />during the middle 1970s focused on <br />diversifying the local economy. Colorado <br />Springs was advertised as a "best of the <br />West" City, with the climate, scenery and <br />cultural amenities emphasized in <br />magazines and in personal interviews with <br />business leaders. The campaign was a <br />great success and has led directly to an <br />emerging electronics industry center in <br />Colorado Springs. Several of these <br />industries have located here, bringing <br />with them job opportunities and a more <br />diverse economy. <br /> <br />Colorado Springs enters the 1980s as the <br />67th largest city in the United States with <br />231,600 persons, second only to Denver in <br />Colorado. The rapid growth experienced <br />in recent decades shows little signs of <br />abating as industry and people continue to <br />look to Colorado and the Sun bel t as a <br />good place to locate. This history of <br />planning and development of the City has <br />shown that, except for brief periods of <br />time, the form and amount of <br />development has been a result of <br />economic ond political forces rather than <br />conscious planning. Now, more than ever, <br />a process is needed which would guide the <br />location and type of development and <br />safeguard the quality of life. <br /> <br />IElaine Freed, A Brief History of EI Paso <br />County, 1980, p. 8. <br /> <br />2Saxon B. Sharpe, What Happened to <br />Palmer's Dream?, Term Paper, Colorado <br />College, 1976, p. 13. <br /> <br />3Elaine Freed, A Brief History of EI Paso <br />County, 1980, p. 7. <br /> <br />4Eloine Freed, A Brief History of EI Paso <br />County, 1980, p. 9. <br /> <br />5Saxon B. Sharpe, What Happened to <br />Palmer's Dream?, Term Paper, Colorado <br />College, 1976, p. 17. <br /> <br />6Elaine Freed, A Brief History of EI Paso <br />County, 1980, p. II. <br /> <br />7Saxon B. Sharpe, What Happened to <br />Palmer's Dream?, Term Paper, Colorado <br />College, 1976, p. 18. <br /> <br />8Marshall Sprague, Newport in the <br />Rockies, 1980, p. 315. <br /> <br />9Elaine Freed, A Brief History of EI Paso <br />County, 1980, p. 13. <br /> <br />9 <br />