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Suburban living with proximity to downtown
Minutes outside of downtown Colorado Springs, Hillside/East Lake provides a cross between quiet neighborhood living and quick accessibility to local city favorites. It’s just one part of a quickly-expanding city just an hour and a half south of Denver, filled with opportunities to get outdoors, a mix of numerous home styles and proximity to the city’s local selection of shops and restaurants. “Colorado Springs is growing so, so fast,” says Sarah McGarry, a real estate strategist and team leader of McGarry Home Team. “It’s been exciting to watch that happen.”
Local malls and eateries
The Citadel, a shopping mall and staple of the area for more than 50 years, features over 100 outlets within it, including brands like Burlington and JCPenney. Regional favorite Amy’s Donuts, which reaches into numerous southwestern states as well as Ohio, offers up baked goods, while Switchback Coffee prides itself on quality roasts for its customers. Grocery needs can be met at the local Safeway or Walmart.
Get your groceries at your local Safeway which is near Hillside/East Lake
Stop by Amy's Donuts, it's a local favorite in the Hillside/East Lake neighborhood.
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Various home styles
A variety of home styles can be found in Hillside/East Lake, many along walkable, tree-lined streets. Downtown is a quick drive from the area, which is primarily comprised of residential streets rather than commercial outlets. Architectural styles include ranch homes, colonials and Victorian-style, multi-level residences. “It’s a very charming area with big trees,” McGarry says. “There’s some older homes from the late 1800s and early 1900s.”
Wide streets are common in the Hillside/East Lake neighborhood.
Colonial homes with large porches are in the Hillside/East Lake neighborhood.
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Nearby schools with myriad extracurriculars
Students can begin their learning at Monterey Elementary School, graded at a C by Niche and serving up through fifth grade. Within Harrison School District No. 2, they’ll move on to Fox Meadow Middle School for sixth, seventh and eighth grades, which receives a C-plus rating from Niche. Education finishes off at Harrison High School, which is rated at a B-minus by Niche and offers clubs focused on coding, film, writing and more.
Harrison High School is located south west of the Hillside/East Lake neighborhood.
Palmer High School is west of the Hillside/East Lake neighborhood.
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Parks with recreation on land and on water
Memorial Park lies almost in the direct center of Hillside and East Lake, with Prospect Lake taking up nearly half of its occupancy. Boaters need permits to take crafts on the lake, but can swim in the beach area or take a walk around its 1.25-mile trail. Facilities include more than two dozen fields and courts for baseball, football, soccer and tennis, an indoor pool, the Sertich Ice Center for indoor ice rink adventures and a velodrome for bicycle and roller-skate racers. “It’s a pretty active area on the foothills of Pikes Peak,” McGarry, a native of the area, says. “There’s lots of hiking, biking and camping.” Beside Prospect Lake is the site of the annual Labor Day Lift Off, where hot air balloons take to the sky, and also the site of a yearly fireworks display for the Fourth of July. Just north of Memorial Park is the United States Olympic Training Center, which features a museum, café and park. Evergreen Cemetery provides opportunities for reflection amidst tree-lined pathways, while El Pomar Youth Bike Park is an ideal spot for riders to hone their skills both on asphalt and off the beaten path.
Fountain Park has something for everyone, it's in the hear of Hillside/East Lake neighborhood.
Test your skills in the El Palmer Youth Bike park which is in Hillside/East Lake.
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Connected to Denver and beyond
Route 24 makes up a portion of Hillside/East Lake’s southern border, extending farther west into Colorado and as far east as Michigan. Interstate 25 links New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming and just runs up against the southwestern border of the neighborhood, linking the Springs with Denver and beyond to the north and nearly to the Texas border to the south
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On average, homes in Hillside/East Lake, Colorado Springs sell after 68 days on the market compared to the national average of 52 days. The median sale price for homes in Hillside/East Lake, Colorado Springs over the last 12 months is $348,500, up 1% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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