COS Town Tidings #24-221

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📰 City Seeks Input on Homelessness Plan 💬

📰 Ford Amphitheater Opens Friday! 🎸

📰 Urgent: Apply for Classroom Funds ✏️

Recipe: 🍝 Double Tomato Pesto Spaghetti with Zucchini Noodles

📆 Local Events

🏡 Homes for Sale in Colorado Springs

⛈ COS Weather - Cooler with Heavy Rain Possible

🏅 Olympic Update - Medal Count

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💬 City Seeks Input on Homelessness Plan

Colorado Springs is enhancing its long-term homelessness response plan, reflecting resident concerns and community priorities. This revised plan outlines strategies to manage homelessness effectively and assigns clear roles and funding objectives to ensure homelessness remains brief, rare, and nonrecurring. 

The city invites public feedback through meetings on August 15, both in-person and virtual, and a session specifically for businesses on August 13. These meetings will provide residents with opportunities to learn about the plan and contribute their insights. Registration for these events is available on the city's website.

🎸 Ford Amphitheater Opens Friday!

The time has come…Ford Amphitheater in Northern Colorado Springs is set to open this Friday after a successful soft launch attended by local leaders and music fans. The $90 million venue, a project by J.W. Roth of Venu, faced legal challenges but is now ready to host its first concert with One Republic, kicking off a season of 22 shows.

While the amphitheater is complete, additional work on a new event center will continue, with an opening planned for next spring. Roth has assured nearby residents of sound control measures, aiming to maintain community harmony. The venue is expected to bring over $102 million in annual economic benefits to Colorado Springs.

✏️ Urgent: Apply for Classroom Funds

Governor Polis has allocated $2.7 million to support teachers in purchasing classroom supplies, providing up to $600 per teacher. The funding, from the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief, aims to reduce the financial burden on educators who often pay for supplies themselves. Last year, this program benefited over 7,300 teachers. The funds are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so teachers should apply promptly.

If you are a teacher or know one, please forward this to them right now and encourage them to apply as soon as possible for the best chance of securing their funds.

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🍝 Double Tomato Pesto Spaghetti with Zucchini Noodles

Farmers Market Finds! This fresh summer recipe features burst cherry tomatoes, cherry tomato and sun-dried tomato pesto, zucchini noodles and spaghetti! It’s light and delicious. Recipe yields 4 servings.

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

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📆Local Events

*Events are weather permitting

• Aug 8-11, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Aug 8, 4-7pm (every Thurs through Aug 29): Banning Lewis Ranch market @Vista Park, 8833 Vista Del Pico Dr

• Aug 8, 5:30-7:30pm: Black Forest Summer Jazz Concerts @12530 Black Forest Rd FREE

• Aug 8 (5:30-8pm), 9-10 (8am-noon): You-Pick Flowers @Venetucci Farm $5 general admission

• Aug 8, 6-7:30pm: Pedal Party @Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort $5-$15

• Aug 8, 7-9pm: BINGO @Lebowski’s Taproom, 3240 Centennial Blvd FREE to attend

• Aug 9, 10am-2pm: USA Wheelchair Fencing Media Day @United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum

• Aug 9, 2:30-4:30pm: Seniors Game Event @East Library, 5550 N Union Blvd FREE

• Aug 9-10, 3:30 PM: 2.5-Hour Cocktails & Canapés Walking Tour @1 N Tejon $79 must be 21+

• Aug 9, 6pm: Happy Trails fundraiser @Bear Creek Nature Center, 245 Bear Creek Rd $50

• Aug 9, 6-9pm: 6th Annual Black Forest Biergarten Fundraiser @Black Forest Log School Park $30

• Aug 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 9pm: Circus of the Night @Millibo Art Theater $28

• Aug 17, 5-8:30pm: Lotus Foundation's Hope Blooms Benefit for Survivors @First Lutheran Church, 1515 N Cascade Ave $50

• Aug 17, 7-9pm: Wizard Sock Gnome Craft Party @The Mountain Mercantile, 2616 W Colorado Ave Ste 19 $30 (9 Tickets left)

• Sept 20, 7pm: Crystal Gayle @Boot Barn Hall at Bourbon Brothers, 13071 Bass Pro Dr $49-$99

• Sept 28, 11am-6:30pm: Blues On The Mesa @Gold Hill Mesa, 142 S Raven Mine Dr $50

  • 🌟Spotlight: 🎸Uniting Colorado Springs Through Blues with Amy Whitesell

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