🏠 Mayor on Housing Crisis 🚗 Travel Tips 🥗 Greek Pasta 🚨 Teen Missing 🥇 Springs Ranked Top

4 Min Read | Issue #24-145 5/24/24

24 May • Estimated Reading Time: 11 minutes

COS Town Tidings #24-145

📰 Colorado Springs #3 in Best Places to Live 🥇

📰 Memorial Day Holiday Travel Tips from CDOT 🚗

📰 Mayor Addresses Housing Crisis in Springs 🏠

🚨 Missing Indigenous Teen Alert From Cimarron Hills

Recipe: 🥗 Greek Pasta Salad

📆 Local Events | 📅 DEALS

🌤 COS Weather - Isolated PM showers and warm 

 

What do you call a pasta dish that sings?

👉 Fettuccine A Capella! 🤣

Cracking Up Lol GIF by America's Funniest Home Videos

 

🥇 Colorado Springs #3 in Best Places to Live

Colorado Springs ranked third-best city to live by U.S. News & World Report. Rankings are based on 4 indexes: Quality of Life, Value, Desirability, and Job Market. We scored highest in the Desirability Index, reflecting its strong appeal among survey respondents. The city also performed well in the Job Market and Quality of Life indexes, which evaluate factors such as unemployment rates, average salaries, crime rates, education quality, and environmental factors.

However, the city ranked 58th in the Value Index, primarily due to housing affordability issues. Despite these challenges, local leaders are pleased with the ranking and are focusing on improvements in housing, childcare, and education.

🚗 Memorial Day Holiday Travel Tips from CDOT

As the summer travel season begins, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) anticipates heavy traffic in Colorado Springs and along the Front Range. If you’re traveling outside the Springs, major routes especially westbound on I-70 on Friday and Saturday, and eastbound from Eagle County to Denver on Memorial Day, will see increased congestion. CDOT will suspend construction projects from Friday noon until Tuesday to improve traffic flow. US 50 remains closed between Gunnison and Montrose.

Travelers can consider exploring Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways or use CDOT’s Bustang and Pegasus transit services. Bustang offers routes between Colorado Springs, Denver, and Fort Collins, while Pegasus serves the I-70 west corridor. Further details available on CDOT’s website.

🏠 Mayor Addresses Housing Crisis in Springs

The Common Sense Institute's (yes, that's a real thing 😏) recent study highlights a severe housing shortage in Colorado Springs, with a deficit ranging from 16,554 to 27,360 units. This shortage, driven by high demand and insufficient development, has led to a significant decline in housing affordability. The city requires 32,000 to 43,000 new housing units by 2028 to meet the growing population's needs and address the current deficit.

Mayor Yemi acknowledges the critical findings and stresses the importance of evidence-based solutions to enhance housing options and affordability. He emphasizes the need for strategic policy choices and community partnerships to ensure sustainable growth and housing accessibility for all residents.

 

🚨UPDATE: FOUND Missing Indigenous Teen Alert From from Cimarron Hills

Found: Missing Indigenous Teen

UPDATE 5/26/24: Leah Black was found and alert canceled. Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued a Missing Indigenous Person Alert for a teen from Colorado Springs:

15-year-old, Indigenous, female, Leah Black, brown hair and brown eyes, 5'08"/130lbs, went missing on May 23, 2024, at 5:00pm in the 2600 block of Gobi Drive in Colorado Springs. She was last seen walking Constitution Ave. Leah was last seen wearing light blue pajama pants with ducks on them, a black top, and white Crocs. If seen, please call 9-1-1 or the CSPD at 719-444-7000.

 

🥗 Greek Pasta Salad

This easy Greek pasta salad is loaded with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, olives and feta cheese all tossed in a homemade Greek dressing. It’s the perfect make ahead side for all your summer potlucks!

 

📆 Local Events

 

🛍 Discounts, Specials & More

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Songbird Orchids, 2204 W Colorado Ave, (719) 475-1700, Open M-F 9:30 AM-5 PM, Sat 10 AM-5 PM (shop closed from May 25th to May 27th, online ordering available)

Memorial Day Week/end sale: Through May 27th, get 15% discount on all wild bird seed, feed, and supplies. Plus, all online orders over $40, get free delivery. Sale prices online during the weekend.

 

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