COS Town Tidings #25-168

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📰 Major Commute Detour on Academy🚧

📰 Cars or Camps? Neighbors Worried🚗

📰 Did You Vote Yet? Deadline Is Tonight!🗳️ 

👩‍⚕️ Trivia Time: What Heartbreak Led to the Springs’ First Woman Doctor?

📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets

🌦 COS Weather - Cloudy and hot with PM T-storms

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🚧 Major Commute Detour on Academy

Drivers should prepare for overnight closures along S Academy between Milton Proby Pkwy and I-25 from June 17–22, with work happening nightly from 6pm to 4:30am.

Ramp closures and detours will affect access from US 85/87, Coventry Dr, and other nearby routes. CDOT has released detailed detours 

• Southbound S Academy traffic enter northbound I-25, travel to S Circle (exit 138), turn around and travel south on I-25 to exit 135 to rejoin S Academy.

• Northbound I-25 traffic intending to exit to southbound S Academy travel to S Circle (exit 138), turn around and travel south on I-25 to exit 135.

• Traffic exiting southbound I-25 to turn onto northbound S Academy turn west, travel to B Street and turn south onto Magrath Ave, turn east and enter northbound S Academy.

Please plan ahead and stay flexible throughout the week.

🚗 Cars or Camps? Neighbors Worried

A stretch of Mark Dabling is becoming a regular spot for parked cars and RVs used by individuals experiencing homelessness, sparking concerns from both drivers and cyclists. CSPD’s Homeless Outreach Team has issued warnings and towed vehicles, but the area continues to see returning encampments.

While the department offers connections to resources, enforcement alone hasn’t resolved the issue—and many locals are now calling for more long-term, compassionate solutions to help those living on the margins. Is there really a solution though? Full Story

🗳️ Did You Vote Yet? Deadline Is Tonight!

Colorado Springs voters have until 7pm tonight to return their ballots for the Karman Line annexation special election, which will determine whether nearly 1,900 acres of land east of the city becomes part of city limits.

Ballots must be dropped off at one of 27 locations or the City Clerk’s Office—it’s too late to mail them. Voters who need a replacement or encounter sealed return envelopes can still get help at the Clerk’s Office, as long as ballots are signed and submitted on time. The city expects higher turnout than the April election, and results will be released shortly after polls close. Full Story

👩‍⚕️ TRIVIA: What Heartbreak Led to Colorado Springs’ First Woman Doctor?

Did you know Colorado Springs’ first woman doctor didn’t earn her medical degree until she was in her fifties—and only after a heartbreaking loss?

Dr. Julia Loomis arrived in Colorado Springs in the late 1870s, determined to make a difference in a city known for its health seekers. Born the youngest of ten daughters, Julia faced unimaginable grief when her only daughter, Gertrude, died at age 21. This tragedy became the turning point that inspired Julia to pursue medicine, a field almost entirely dominated by men.

Which Colorado Springs cemetery holds Dr. Julia Loomis’s final resting place—a site honoring her trailblazing legacy?

Graduating from the Cleveland Woman’s Homeopathic College at 54, she quickly became a trusted physician in our Colorado Springs community, caring for families and newcomers alike. Her decade of service left a lasting mark, paving the way for generations of women in medicine.

Answer: Evergreen Cemetery  *Source *Source2

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📆 Sample Local Events

Weather permitting

• June 17, 10am: Little Garden Library Grand Opening @Horticultural Art Society 222 Mesa Rd FREE

• June 17-22, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Jun 18, 5:30-9am: COS Western Street Breakfast @Pikes Peak & Tejon $5 for breakfast

• June 19, 10am-4pm: Juneteenth Celebration in the Park @Panorama Park FREE

• June 20, 5-9pm: Fan Fest - PPIHC @ Downtown COS FREE

• Jun 20-21, 27-28: Four Old Broads On The High Seas @Meanwhile Block, 124 W Cimarron $22-$28 (Tickets selling fast)

• June 21-22 (every Sat & Sun through Aug 1): Renaissance Festival @Perry Park Ave, Larkspur $30-$32

• June 21, 10am-5pm: Rock Ledge Ranch 150th Anniversary Celebration @Rock Ledge Ranch $8

• June 21, 10am-2pm: Poochella - Dog Pool Party @Under the Sun Dog Training and Daycare, 6540 Vincent Dr COS FREE admission

• June 22 starting 4am: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) 

• June 27, 11am-6pm & 28, 9am-4pm: Springs Coin Show @First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada $1

• June 28, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $74.95 (10 tickets left)

• July 5, 7-9pm: Dueling Pianos | Patriot Party @Phil Long Music Hall $33-$45 (age 14+)

• July 12, 7-9pm: Tiffany @Phil Long Music Hall $57-$87 (age 14+)

👩‍🌾 Farmers Markets - Weather permitting

• June 18, 9am-2pm (Wed’s through Sept 24): Briargate Farmers Market @7610 N Union Blvd

• June 18, 3-7pm (Wed’s): Colorado Farm and Art Market (CFAM) @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon

• June 21, 8am-2pm (Saturdays through-Oct 4): Monument Hill Farmers Market @66 Jefferson St, Monument

• June 21, 9am-1pm (Saturdays through Oct 11): Backyard Market @Black Forest, 6845 Shoup Rd

• June 21, 10am-2pm: CFAM (Sat's): The Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd

• June 22, 9am-2pm (Every other Sun, Jun 8-Oct 26): COS Sunday Market @Acacia Park, Downtown

• June 22, 10am-2pm (Sundays through Aug 31): Cordera Farmers Market @11894 Grandlawn Cir, COS

• June 22 (2x/mth, Jun-Oct), 11am-3pm: Southeast Farmer's Market (Food Coalition) @Stompin' Groundz, 2050 Jet Wing Dr

🎶 Summer Concert Series - Weather permitting

• June 17, 5:30-7:30pm (Tuesdays Jun 3 through Sept): Music in the Park: @Bancroft Park, 2400 W Colorado Ave FREE

• June 19 (Every Thurs), 6-8pm: The Martini Shot Band @Banning Lewis Ranch, Vista Park FREE (public + community market)

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• June 20, 5-7pm: The Guardians Band @First & Main Town Center Park, 3305 Cinema Pt FREE

• June 20, 7-8:30pm: University Village Colorado Summer Concert Series - Wash Park Band @5246 N Nevada (North Plaza next to Hacienda) FREE

• June 27, 7-8:30pm: Jazz in the Garden @Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 601-631 N Tejon FREE

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