Manitou Springs Clashes with Pikes Peak Cog Railway over Tax Incentive Deal

Manitou Springs clashes with Pikes Peak Cog Railway over tax incentive deal

A tax tiff between the City of Manitou Springs and the cog railway atop Pikes Peak has reached new heights, with the city now claiming it was tricked into giving the railway generous tax breaks and the railway claiming the city is trying to triple its tax rate as a punishment. The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway, which is owned by the Anschutz Corp., dates to 1891 but its dispute with Manitou Springs has its origins in 2017, when th…

Manitou Springs says cog railway 'pressured' it into tax breaks - BusinessDen

Conductor Adam Clawson checks to make sure all passengers are on board the Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway train before it heads back down Pikes Peak on May 16, 2021, in Manitou Springs. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post) A tax tiff between the City of Manitou Springs and the cog railway atop Pikes Peak has reached new heights, with the city now claiming it was tricked into giving the railway generous tax breaks and the railway …