When nearby Fort Carson announced that several thousand new soldiers and their families would be stationed there in the next few years‚ Pueblo officials knew their housing market would prosper. But when the area began to draw increasing numbers of retirees‚ and more high end businesses opened in or relocated to the area‚ a boom was born.
Pueblo is a multicultural community located at the confluence of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek, south of Colorado Springs. Locals and visitors enjoy events and food specialties, such as the Loaf ‘N Jug Chile & Frijoles Festival and Pueblo's famous green chile "Sloppers". One of the largest steel-producing cities in the U.S, Pueblo is sometimes referred to as the "Steel City", and the city is one of Livability's Top 10 Cities for Historic Preservation.