About BID - Downtown Partnership

About BID

The Greater Downtown Colorado Springs Business Improvement District (BID) ensures that Downtown provides an urban environment that is clean, engaging, welcoming, and walkable.

The BID promotes the Downtown experience through consumer marketing efforts that draw visitors and locals to the city center and creates a welcoming experience through colorful flowerbeds, seasonal banners, wayfinding signage, contracted security services, and more.

Voters established the first Downtown BID, the Pikes Peak Avenue BID, in 1994, and following two voter-approved expansions, the current BID now encompasses 32 blocks.

The services and improvements provided by the BID are not intended to duplicate or supplant those provided by the City of Colorado Springs within the boundaries of the BID, but rather to enhance the Downtown experience.

The BID is financed by a 5 mill levy on real and personal property within the district.

For a map of the BID, click here.