Editing Manitou Springs, Colorado (section)

===City boards and commissions===
The Manitou Springs City Boards and Commissions include:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.manitouspringsgov.com/government/city-boards | title=City Boards and Commissions | publisher=City of Manitou Springs | access-date=May 18, 2013}}</ref>
* Business Improvement District sponsors events and promotions to encourage tourism and business within Manitou Springs. It was also formed to "improve the cleanliness, safety, and marketability of the Downtown Historic District."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.manitouspringsgov.com/government/other-boards/bid | title=Business Improvement District | publisher=City of Manitou Springs | access-date=May 18, 2013}}</ref>
* Fountain Creek Restoration Committee<ref>{{cite web | url=http://restorefountaincreek.org/fcrc/ | title=Restore Fountain Creek | publisher=Fountain Creek Restoration Project | access-date=May 18, 2013}}</ref>
* Historic Preservation Commission manages development, restoration and preservation of the Historic District.<ref name=HPC>[http://www.manitouspringsgov.com/government/city-boards/hpc Historic Preservation Committee]. City of Manitou Springs. Retrieved May 18, 2013.</ref>
* Housing Advisory Board
* iManitou including the Chamber of Commerce, Office of Economic Development and Visitors Bureau.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.manitouspringsgov.com/government/other-boards/imanitou| title=iManitou| publisher=City of Manitou Springs| access-date=May 18, 2013| archive-date=October 6, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006081405/http://www.manitouspringsgov.com/government/other-boards/imanitou| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Metro Parking District, which operates parking lots.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.manitouspringsgov.com/government/other-boards/metro| title=Metro Parking District |publisher=City of Manitou Springs | access-date=May 18, 2013}}</ref>
* Mineral Springs Foundation was organized to "restore, protect and publicize the natural mineral springs".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mineralspringsfoundation.org/ | title=Mineral Springs Foundation | publisher=Mineral Springs Foundation, Manitou Springs, Colorado | access-date=May 18, 2013}}</ref>
* Open Space Advisory Committee was formed to acquire open space.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.manitouspringsgov.com/government/city-boards/osac | title=Open Space Advisory Committee | publisher=City of Manitou Springs | access-date=May 18, 2013}}</ref>
* Park and Recreation Advisory Board is charged with the enhancement and promotion of the local parks and trails.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.manitouspringsgov.com/government/city-boards/parab | title=Park and Recreation Advisory Board | publisher=City of Manitou Springs | access-date=May 18, 2013}}</ref>
* Parking Authority Board<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.manitouspringsgov.com/government/city-boards/pab | title=Parking Authority Board | publisher=City of Manitou Springs | access-date=May 18, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508121807/http://www.manitouspringsgov.com/government/city-boards/pab | archive-date=May 8, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Planning Commission, with the objective of "guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, well adjusted and harmonious development of the City and its environs."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.manitouspringsgov.com/government/city-boards/planning-commission | title=Planning Commission | publisher=City of Manitou Springs | access-date=May 18, 2013}}</ref>
* Urban Renewal Authority Board to oversee the "redevelopment of the east end of Manitou Avenue."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.manitouspringsgov.com/government/city-boards/ura | title=Urban Renewal Authority Board | publisher=City of Manitou Springs | access-date=May 18, 2013}}</ref>