COS Town Tidings #25-154

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🤣 Today’s Chuckle

📰 Your Input Needed by June 17📣 

📰 Tragedy, Unity, and Call for Action From El Paso County💬 

📰 Annexation Battle You’ll Help Decide🏙️

⚰ Trivia Time: Secret History That Lies "Beneath" The Springs

📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets

🌦 COS Weather - Rain with cooler temps and PM T-storms

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👉You decrypt it 🤣

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📣 Your Input Needed by June 17

Here’s your chance to help guide how our city supports affordable housing and homelessness efforts. Colorado Springs is inviting public comment on the draft 2024 City's Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER), which reviews how federal HUD funding was used throughout the year. The draft is available online and at three City locations through June 17. If you have thoughts to share, you can submit them by email, mail, or phone—and all input will be considered before finalizing the report.

💬 Tragedy, Unity, and Call for Action From El Paso County

Following the recent tragic act of violence at Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall, the El Paso County Commissioners shared a message of support for the Jewish community and those impacted. Along with their condemnation of antisemitism, they also raised concerns about state laws they believe limit local law enforcement’s ability to collaborate with federal immigration officials. The Board emphasized their continued support for stronger enforcement measures and public safety priorities.

🏙️ Annexation Battle You’ll Help Decide

As Colorado Springs voters consider the Karman Line Annexation, neighboring counties are speaking up. Seven southeastern Colorado agencies have passed resolutions against the plan, citing water concerns tied to expanding city limits by 1,900 acres. Rural leaders stress the importance of protecting agricultural resources, while annexation supporters argue water management—not water supply—is the issue.

The decision now rests with you, the local voters, who will weigh in during the special election set for June 17. Full Story

⚰ TRIVIA: Secret History That Lies "Beneath" The Springs

Did you know that Colorado Springs’ earliest pioneers needed a special place to honor their loved ones almost as soon as the city was founded in 1871? The city’s oldest cemetery was established in 1872 and originally called Mount Washington or Mountain Home Cemetery, reflecting the area’s scenic surroundings.

Name the oldest continuously operating cemetery in Colorado Springs…

It was renamed in 1876 to evoke a sense of peace and enduring remembrance. Over the decades, has quietly become the resting place for some of the most fascinating figures from the city’s past—people whose stories helped shape the community we know today. You can even visit this historic site at 1005 Hancock Expressway.

Answer: Evergreen Cemetery

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📆 Sample Local Events

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

• June 4, 7-9pm: The Carole King & James Taylor Story @Phil Long Music Hall $34-$57 (age 14+)

• June 6-15: First Company theatre Presents: The Mousetrap @First United Methodist Church - 420 North Nevada $21

• Jun 6, 7, 14-28: Four Old Broads On The High Seas @Meanwhile Block, 124 W Cimarron $22-$28

• June 6, 7-9pm: The John Denver Experience @Phil Long Music Hall $34-$45 (age 14+)

• June 14, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $74.95

• June 14, 7-9pm: Jimmy's Buffet: A Celebration of Jimmy Buffett - Night 2 @Phil Long Music Hall $34-$57 (age 14+)

👩‍🌾 Farmers Markets

• June 4, 10am-2pm (Wed’s through Sept 24): Briargate Farmers Market @7610 N Union Blvd

• June 7, 8am-2pm (Saturdays through-Oct 4): Monument Hill Farmers Market @66 Jefferson St, Monument

• June 7, 9am-1pm (Saturdays through Oct 11): Opening Day Backyard Market @Black Forest, 6845 Shoup Rd

• June 8, 9am-2pm (Every other Sun, Jun 8-Oct 26): COS Sunday Market @Acacia Park, Downtown

• June 8, 9am-2pm (Sundays through Aug 31): Cordera Farmers Market @11894 Grandlawn Cir, COS

• June 8 (2x/mth, Jun-Oct), 11am-3pm: Southeast Farmer's Market (Food Coalition) @Stompin' Groundz, 2050 Jet Wing Dr

🎶 Summer Concert Series

• June 3, 5:30-7:30pm (Tuesdays Jun 3 through Sept): Music in the Park: The 719 Band @Bancroft Park, 2400 W Colorado Ave FREE

• June 5 (Every Thurs), 6-8pm: Wendy Woo @Banning Lewis Ranch, Vista Park FREE (public + community market)

  • —>🌟Spotlight: Stop by SherBeth’s stand and say hi to Beth!

• June 6, 5-7pm: SofaKillers @First & Main Town Center Park, 3305 Cinema Pt FREE

• June 6, 7-8:30pm: University Village Colorado Summer Concert Series - The Martini Shot @5246 N Nevada (North Plaza next to Hacienda) FREE

• June 13, 6-8:30pm: Fam Jam Concert @UCHealth Park, 4385 Tutt Blvd FREE family friendly

• June 13, 7-8:30pm: Jazz in the Garden @Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 601-631 N Tejon FREE

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