Springs bucks suburban poverty trend 
by Amy Gillentine Published: January 20,2010
Tags: Brookings Institute, city, Colorado Springs, poverty levels, suburbs
Colorado Springs suburbs are bucking a nationwide trend known as “the suburbanization of poverty.” While the number of poor people living in suburbs grew by 25 percent from 2000 to 2008, the poverty rate in Colorado Springs’ suburban areas showed no change – but a significant increase inside the city limits, according to findings from [...] [...]







