Related Information

A number of other relevant organizations, reports, and planning efforts in the region—while separate from the Fort Carson Regional Growth Plan—may be of interest to our stakeholders. They include:

Child Development

• "Economic Impact of Child Care and Early Education in the Pikes Peak Region"
• Early Childhood Development Toolkit for Employers
• Minneapolis Fed and Early Childhood Development

Economic Development

• Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce – Military Affairs Division
• Dream City 2020
• Operation 60ThirtyFive
• Pikes Peak United Way Quality of Life Indicators Report

Health and Behavioral Health

• RAND Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Study
• EPICON Study on violence at Fort Carson (July 2009)
• "Effects of Multiple Deployments on Army Adolescents"
• "Children on the Homefront: The Experience of Children From Military Families"
• Mission: Readiness/Military Leaders for Kids
• National Resource Directory: NRD provides access to services and resources at the national, state, and local levels that support recovery, rehabilitation, and community reintegration

Housing

• GAO Military Housing Report: Enhancements Needed to Housing Allowance Process and Information Sharing among Services (May 2011)

Transportation

South Academy Corridor Great Streets Project (Colorado Springs)
Future of Regional Transit Study (Colorado Springs/Mountain Metro Transit)