COLORADO SPRINGS — As plans inch along to replace Pikes Peak’s oft-maligned Summit House, a citizens’ group with deep roots in public service says it wants to make sure that whatever gets built in its place can boast about more than its doughnuts.
“This is a once-in-a-generation chance,” said Marcy Morrison, a former state legislator and co-founder of Advocates for the Pikes Peak Summit House, which is urging the community to rally together to replace the unpopular, squat structure with something to inspire pride.
The group is made up of fewer than a dozen people, albeit with impressive résumés. Among the members are co-founder Bill Ruskin, a retired veteran of the Colorado Springs parks department and creator of a national volunteer group still active on National Forest lands, and Walt Hecox, a retired professor of environmental economics at Colorado College.
The 18-month-old group says that Pikes Peak is saddled with a visitors center comically beneath its station — a king with a tin crown. It wants the community to be heard when it comes to correcting the imbalance.
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