
<p>CANON CITY City Administrator Doug Dotson is slated to give an informational update on the proposed "Golden Triangle" today at a 4 p.m. Canon City public works meeting at city hall, 128 Main St.</p><p>The South Canon City Center at Canon City's Golden Triangle is proposed by downtown business owners Al and Linda Ballard. It would call for a resort hotel, downtown chairlift and walkway, expansion of Royal Gorge Route train opportunities, expansion of the Arkansas River Walk and riverfront businesses, creation of extreme sport annual events and a corrections hall of fame and museum.</p><p>The Ballards envision the development feeding more business into downtown by tapping into U.S. 50 traffic where the river and train also are located between First and Third streets, and possibly encompassing the former power plant property to the west.</p><p>"We must get proactive and vocal or we go back to watching people drive through the city and we have no new opportunities to make this a destination," Ballard said.</p><p><a href="http://www.chieftain.com/news/2212000-120/canon-history-cochran-county">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/ci_24963004/mayor-tony-greer-appoints-ca-city-council-members">Mayor Tony Greer appoints Caon City Council members to committees</a> (Canon City Daily Record)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d8d5G_Pr2FuVbsMkQ_Y1lGCq9GzCM&authuser=0&ned=us">3 additional articles.</a></p>