COS Town Tidings #25-038

📖 READ ONLINE

🤣 Today’s Chuckle

📰 Is Your Neighborhood Firewise Yet?🏡

📰 50 Million Americans Have This—Do You?👂

📰 Local Nonprofits Brace for Changes🤔

Recipe: 🥨 Whole Grain Soft Pretzel Bites

📆 Local Events | 🛍 DEALS (Last Day for FREE item)

🌤 COS Weather - Windy with warm temps before the cool down starts

Recreation: 🥾 Hidden History in Austin Bluffs Open Space

 How do crazy hikers get out of the forest?

👉They take the psychopath 🤣

🏡 Is Your Neighborhood Firewise Yet?

With wildfires becoming more frequent, communities in El Paso and Teller counties are stepping up through Firewise USA, a program that helps neighborhoods commit to wildfire mitigation efforts. More than 50 local communities are already participating, but many households are still unprepared.

One key step is signing up for Peak Alerts, an emergency notification system for wildfire evacuations. Right now, only 26% of households are enrolled, leaving many at risk of missing critical warnings. If your community isn’t Firewise yet, or if you haven’t signed up for Peak Alerts, now is the time to take action. Full Story & list of neighborhoods with Firewise designation

🌡️ Why Your Neighbors Are Raving About This Local Company
Have questions about your furnace? Call Brandy!

👂 50 Million Americans Have This—Do You?

Tinnitus, a condition affecting over 50 million Americans, causes ringing, buzzing, or even music in the ears without an external source. Often linked to hearing loss, ear injuries, or circulation issues, it can range from mild to debilitating.

While there’s no cure, treatment focuses on retraining the brain to ignore the sound, often through sound therapy, hearing aids, or stress management. If tinnitus has been interfering with daily life, exploring treatment options could make a difference. Full Story

🎯 The Secret to Financial Confidence You Deserve

🤔 Local Nonprofits Brace for Changes

With federal funding uncertain, local nonprofits are taking proactive steps to secure their future. Silver Key, which provides vital services for seniors, is leaning on volunteers and grants to keep programs running. Meanwhile, Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity, though not currently receiving federal dollars, is navigating rising costs that could impact future home builds. Both organizations emphasize that while services remain steady for now, ongoing community support will be crucial in ensuring their long-term success. Full Story

🤫 Meet The Pain Whisperer: Discover Comfort
Need an alternative to manage your pain?

🥨 Whole Grain Soft Pretzel Bites

Pretzel bites may just be one of the fastest, easiest yeast-bread projects around. First you make the yeast dough and let it rise. Then you shape the dough into ropes and cut them into bite-size pieces—no tricky twisting needed.

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

🛍 Discounts, Specials & More

Let us know of local deals you want us to add? [email protected]

Nature’s Start Bread Company: Inside The Cupcake Doctor, 3312 Austin Bluffs. Open Mon-Sat: 9am-6pm

• 👉 DEAL Ends TODAY Fri 2/7: FREE bag of deliciously crunchy, sourdough croutons with any purchase while supplies last! ($6 Value) 
  Fresh Baked Sourdough breads, pastries, crackers, cookies, and more!

• 🌟spotlight: 🍞 A Slice of Home: Nature's Start Bread Company Rises in Colorado Springs

Will you do us a favor and spread the word? We need your HELP! Please share Colorado Springs Town Tidings

👉Are you on Nextdoor? Share our newsletter there too!

🎉 Events Calendar!

We're making it easier to discover and share what's happening in Colorado Springs! Our carefully curated, interactive calendar is live and growing. Optional weekly SMS event reminders available!

Have an event to share? Add it directly to the calendar. Click image above to access.

📆 Sample Local Events

• Feb 7-23: Ice Castles @Cripple Creek $21-$29

• Feb 7-9, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Feb 7-16 (Thurs' & Fri's 7:30pm, Sat's 2 & 7:30pm, Sun's 4pm): The Heart Sellers - Theatreworks @Ent Center for the Arts: Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theatre, 5225 N Nevada $30.50

• Feb 8, 10am-1pm: Lunar New Year Celebration @ Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon FREE (Please RSVP)

• Feb 8, 5:30-7pm: Galentine's Bath Tea Event @The Queen's TEApothecary $25

• Feb 9, 3-5pm: Taking Care of the Givers @Yoga Studio Satya 1581 York Rd $20

• Feb 14 & 15, Mar 15, Apr 19, 6:30-8:30pm: Date Night Starlight Safari – Adults Only (21+) @Cheyenne Mountain Zoo $40.75-$55.75

• Feb 18-20, 7:30pm: AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS @Pikes Peak Center $55-$131

• Feb 22, 7pm: All About Love - A Flight of Operas @Broadmoor Community Church $21.25-$61.25

• March 7-16: Lucky Stiff by First Company Theater @First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada $5-$18

• Mar 8, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $64.95 (8 Ticket Left)

• April 13, 7-9pm: Sara Evans | Unbroke Tour @Phil Long Music Hall $40-$239 (ages 14+) (Limited Tickets Available)

Affordable Advertising Options

🥾 Hidden History in Austin Bluffs Open Space

If you want to venture out this weekend, here’s another place to explore outdoors. Austin Bluffs Open Space spans 584 acres and is a geological treasure with rock formations as old as the Rocky Mountains’ rise, about 66 million years ago. Pulpit Rock, a highlight of the area, is composed of sandstone and mudstone, bearing witness to the region’s dynamic geological past. This land, once ancestral territory of the Cheyenne, Ute, and Lipan Apache peoples, now includes University Park Open Space, Pulpit Rock Park, and Austin Bluffs Park.

Click the video below as Heath was here on Sunday and wanted to show you around!

With a mix of paved and gravel trails offering breathtaking mountain and city views, the open space is a testament to preservation efforts under Colorado Springs’ TOPS Program, inviting residents and visitors to explore its natural and historical wonders.

Location: 6411 N Nevada Ave, Hours: 5am to 9pm

OWN a local business and would like to be featured? OR LOVE a local business? 👇Click an option below:

✅Own a local Business? Apply

💓Love a Local Business? Nominate*

Don’t want to be up to date on the latest Colorado Springs news, events, and more with our daily newsletters? Reply to this email with “2-3 Times/Week” and we’ll only send you 2-3 times/week instead (Wed, Sun and if we do a special weekend event issue.)

PLEASE DON’T MARK US AS SPAM! You signed up for this newsletter and there is a link below you can use to unsubscribe.