COS Town Tidings #24-201

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📰Monsoon Season: What to Expect 🌀

📰Join the Block Party on July 20 🎈

📰Rising Colorado Springs Homeowner’s Insurance Rates 📈

Recipe: 🥒 Gaby’s Cucumber Salad

📆 Local Events | 🛍DEALS

⛈ COS Weather - Hot with usual PM T-Storms

A local church had troubles getting their insurance to pay for the lightning damage


👉The insurance claimed it was deliberate damage by the owner🤣

🌀Monsoon Season: What to Expect

As southern Colorado anticipates the monsoon season, weather patterns indicate a potential for below-average rainfall.Recent moisture was driven by the waning El Niño and high-pressure systems, rather than the monsoon. Typically, the monsoon season brings significant rainfall, influenced by various climatic factors, including El Niño or La Niña conditions. This year, transitioning toward La Niña, predictions lean towards a drier season, according to the Climate Prediction Center. Full Story

🎈Join the Block Party on July 20

Pikes Peak United Way will hold a communityblock party tomorrow, July 20 from 10am-2pm at the Family Success Center, located at 1520 Verde Drive. All are welcome! This event is part of Mayor Yemi Mobolade’s 1,000 Neighborhood Gatherings initiative, which aims to reconnect neighbors and promote mental health and well-being. The block party will feature games, community resources, and food trucks, providing a fun and engaging way for the community to come together.

📈Rising Colorado Springs Homeowner’s Insurance Rates

Homeowners in Colorado have seen significant increases in insurance premiums, with the state ranking second in the nation for rising rates. Contributing factors include high claim rates for hail, fire, and wind damage, prompting insurers to raise premiums. The Colorado Division of Insurance has approved these increases and introduced the FAIR plan to aid high-risk homeowners. State lawmakers are also conducting studies to find long-term solutions. Homeowners can mitigate costs by shopping around for insurance, bundling policies, seeking discounts, and updating risk factors. Full Story

🥒 Gaby’s Cucumber Salad

Somehow, crisp cucumber, creamy avocado and a super basic balsamic dressing create a stellar cucumber salad, it’s a simple, colorful, fresh-from-the-farmers’-market recipe.

Access the complete recipe with tailored modifications to suit your dietary requirements, along with convenient print options.

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📆Local Events

• July 19-20: El Paso County Fair @366 10th Street, Calhan $8 General Admission

• July 19 (3 Left)-21, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• July 19-20, 3:30 PM: 2.5-Hour Cocktails & Canapés Walking Tour @1 N Tejon$79 must be 21+

• July 20, 9am-2:30pm: Ivywild Garden Art Toure IGATE 2024 @Millibo Art Theatre, 1626 S Tejon $10 donation

• July 20, 10am-5pm: A Day In The Springs Summer Festival 2024 @1810 North Gate Blvd $15

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

• July 20-21, 6:30pm: Ice Cream Theater Suitcase Fairytales @Millibo Art Theater family-friendly

• July 21, 2-4pm: Hydrangea Hearts | Upgrade with DIY Candle @Painting With A Twist, N Powers Blvd $39-49 (Only 7 Seats Left)

• July 25, 6-9:30pm: Tails, Tunes & Tastes @Cheyenne Mountain Zoo $65-$75 Adults Only, 21+

• July 27, 11am-3pm: Neighborhood Ice Skate Fest @101 E Cache la Poudre StFREE Skate rentals $5 (RSVP by 7/20)

• July 27, 3:45-9:45pm: Rocky Mountain Flower Fest @ Venetucci Farm, 5210 S. Hwy 85 $35-$55

• Aug 2 & 9 (7:30), 3-4 & 10-11 (2:30): The Play That Goes Wrong @ First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada $15-$18

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

• Sept 28, 6-10pm: SKSF Night of Comedy 25 yr fundraiser @Boot Barn Hall, 13071 Bass Pro Dr $85-$600 (Early bird pricing ends 7/31)

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