🎈 Mylar Balloon Caused Power Outage 🚥 Traffic Impact 🚨Park Shooting

COS Local News & Events | Issue #24-060 2/29/24

29 Feb • Reading Time: 11 minutes

COS Town Tidings Issue #24-060

📰 Planting COS City Flower Beds, Want to Help? 🌷
📰 Mylar Balloon Caused Power Outage 🎈
📰 Traffic Impact: Electric System Upgrade 🚥 

🚨 Fatal Incident: Northeast Park Shooting

📅 Save the Date | 📆 Local Events

Recipe: 🍄 Sticky Shiitake Mushrooms
🌞 COS Weather - Sunny & warm
🤝 Affordable Advertising

 

What should you wear on February 29th to stay safe?

👉 Jumpsuits! 🤣

Leap Year

 

🌷 Planting COS City Flower Beds, Want to Help? 

COS City Flower Beds by volunteers

Colorado Springs implements sustainable practices in spring planting, focusing on native plants for city flowerbeds. Greenhouse crews cultivate seedlings for strong, low-maintenance perennials, benefiting pollinators and birds. The city also adopts a cost-saving strategy by using self-mixed planting material.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Springs in Bloom, a community-driven initiative where volunteers contribute to planting city beds. While some slots for volunteers remain available, the program serves as a testament to the collaborative effort in maintaining the city's vibrant floral landscape.

🎈 Mylar Balloon Caused Power Outage

A rogue Mylar balloon caused a power outage affecting nearly 10,000 customers primarily in the vicinity northwest of Peterson Space Force Base and the Colorado Springs Airport on Monday. As a cautionary reminder, Springs Utilities emphasizes the collective responsibility in ensuring the safe coexistence of balloons and power lines, highlighting the profound impact even a single rogue balloon can have on thousands of customers' electricity supply.

🚥 Traffic Impact: Electric System Upgrade

Colorado Springs Utilities launches a new electric project on N. Nevada Ave., enhancing system reliability. The project entails the removal of overhead circuits and the installation of a 600-amp underground electric system spanning from E. Harrison Street to E. Commerce Street.

Residents and commuters are advised to anticipate traffic disruptions along the northbound lane of N. Nevada Ave. Additionally, access to E. Harrison Street will be restricted through March 22nd, necessitating a detour route via Lilac Street and N. Weber Street.

For inquiries or additional project information, community members are encouraged to reach out to the dedicated community engagement team via phone at 719-668-7765 or email at [email protected].

 

🚨 Fatal Incident: Northeast Park Shooting 

A tragic incident unfolded at High Meadows Park in northeast Colorado Springs, where police responded to reports of a shooting just before 5 p.m. Wednesday evening. The park, located near Springs Ranch Elementary School in the vicinity of Peterson Road and North Carefree Circle, became the scene of a fatal shooting that claimed one life and left another individual critically injured.

This is an active investigation. If anyone has information regarding this incident or was a witness, please contact CSPD at 719-444-7000. No further details were available at the time of publication.

 

📚 Explore Careers: D49 Hiring Fair!

District 49 is hosting a Hiring Fair on March 9 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at The Campus in COS (6113 Constitution Ave), with over 150 job openings: teachers, bus drivers, custodians, etc. Attendees can meet representatives, have same-day interviews, child care services and food trucks available. Click for details and registration link.

The French Kitchen 💚 CLASS OPENING Mar 1st, 9:00am

Save 20% with coupon code: LASTMINUTE on Season to Taste class: 4 spots reopened for Friday. Take home lots of food, new techniques, and sometimes even new friends - plus delicious recipes to recreate and impress. Learn to make:

  • Herb de Provence, Creole seasoning, Blackening spice, “Everything” seasoning, Fresh herb salad and dijon vinaigrette, Herb de Provence roasted chicken, Blackened fish with voodoo rice, Ultimate avocado toast

TAX RETURN HELP: Get help preparing and filing your tax returns! AARP Foundation Tax-Aide offers no-cost tax preparation services (by appointment only) to anyone, especially 50+ years or those who cannot afford paid tax prep services, thanks to IRS-certified volunteers.

 

📆 Local Events

 

🍄 Sticky Shiitake Mushrooms

Mushrooms are a nutritional powerhouse, rich in flavor and bring bountiful nutrients to the table. This recipe combines some of the best flavors in Asian fusion, and so simple to make for a quick weeknight dinner with all the pantry staples you already have.

 

 

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