COS Town Tidings #24-183

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🤣 Daily Chuckle

📰 Colorado’s July Laws: What You Need to Know 🏛️

📰 Expect Delays: South Academy Traffic Changes 🚧 

📰 $75M Boost for Colorado Springs Microchip Plant 💵

Wellness Video: 🧍‍♀️ Ease Lower Back Pain with Simple Exercises

📆 Local Events

🏡 Homes for Sale In Colorado Springs

🌦 COS Weather - Warmer with isolated storms possible

Mentioned my back pain to my dad in passing. His reply?

👉"At least it's all behind you."🤣

🏛️ Colorado’s July Laws: What You Need to Know

Today July 1, Colorado enacted new laws that address a variety of issues, including the removal of local residential occupancy limits, expansion of gender-related bias crime definitions, and prohibition of firearms in sensitive spaces like government buildings. Additional measures target the use of deepfakes in elections and impose stricter rules against false electoral slates. Other laws to take effect cover topics such as public trustee fees, environmental sustainability, increase in property tax exemption filing fees and protection of victims of sexual offenses to name a few. More legislative changes are expected in August.

🚧 Expect Delays: S Academy Traffic Changes

Significant traffic adjustments are underway on S Academy between I-25 and Fountain Creek to allow for major construction projects, including new drainage systems and a noise barrier. The northbound lanes have been shifted to the center, and the new alignment will be in place until spring 2025.

Additionally, the northbound off-ramp from I-25 to S Academy has been realigned with a shorter acceleration lane. Bradley Road, under S Academy, will have reduced traffic lanes for bridge work from July 1 to July 3, 8am-4pm. Motorists should use caution and expect delays, especially at ramps with shortened merge areas. Construction schedules are subject to weather conditions.

💵 $75M Boost for Colorado Springs Microchip Plant

Colorado Springs is becoming a key player in the U.S. semiconductor resurgence with a $75 million federal grant awarded to Entegris Inc. The funding will aid in building a 130,000-square-foot plant, part of a $600 million expansion that promises 600 new jobs. The plant will produce critical components for chip manufacturing, with production starting in 2025. This development follows a similar federal award to Microchip Technology, highlighting the city's growing role in high-tech manufacturing. The CHIPS and Science Act supports these initiatives, aiming to secure the U.S. supply chain for advanced technologies. Full Story

🧍‍♀️ Ease Lower Back Pain with Simple Exercises

Seniors (or anyone) dealing with lower back pain can benefit from a specific set of exercises designed to stretch and strengthen the muscles around the lumbar spine. These exercises, which can be modified to suit different mobility levels, are part of a broader strategy that includes overall fitness, core strength, and stress reduction.

*Information is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Please consult a health care professional, nothing above should be construed as medical advice.

📆 Local Events

👉 CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL LIST OF JULY 4TH HOLIDAY EVENTS 👈

• July 1, 11:30am-12:30pm (Every Mon): Beginning & Intermediate Yoga @Rockrimmon Library, 832 Village Center Dr FREE

• July 2 (every Tues), 11am-1:30pm: Food Truck Tuesday @Pioneers Museum, 215 S. Tejon

• July 2-7 (Limited Tickets Left), 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• July 3 (every Wed), 9am-2pm: Briargate Farmers Market @7610 North Union

• July 3, 10am-1pm: First Wednesday Job Fair @PPWFC, 1675 Garden of the Gods Road

• July 3 (every Wed), 3-7pm: Colorado Farm and Art Market @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon

• July 3, 5-8:30pm: Hillside Gardens Summer Concert Series @Hillside Gardens, 1006 S Institute St $15

  • 🌟 Spotlight: 🎵 Enjoy Music, Friends, and Scenic Beauty at Hillside Gardens

• July 3, 5:15-7pm: Tea Blending Workshop @The Queen's TEApothecary, 2504 W Colorado Ave $25

  • 🌟 Spotlight: 🍵 Where Locals Come to Find Their Bliss-The Queen's TEApothecary

• July 5, 5pm: Theatreworks: Shakespeare's 2 Gents @Bancroft Park on behalf of Old Colorado City Library, 2408 W. Colorado Ave FREE

• July 5 (4 Left)-6, 3:30 PM: 2.5-Hour Cocktails & Canapés Walking Tour @1 N Tejon $79 must be 21+

• July 6, 7pm: The Petty Nicks Experience @Boot Barn Hall at Bourbon Brothers, 13071 Bass Pro Dr $39-$59

• July 7, 8:30-9:30am: Pilates & Brunch @Kinship Landing, 415 S Nevada $20

• July 9-13: Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo @Norris Penrose Event Center $10-$55

• July 18, 6-9pm: Taste of Pikes Peak @200 S Sierra Madre $60

• July 20: Cat Fest @ Norris Penrose Event Center $20

• Aug 17-18, 8:30am-5pm: Pikes Peak Regional Airshow featuring The Blue Angels @Pikes Peak Regional Airport, 7250 Getting Hts $42-$85

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