COS Town Tidings #25-169

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🌟Local Feature: 👶 A Welcoming Start: Supporting Families in Colorado Springs

📰 Street Breakfast Today At Dawn!🥞

📰 Springs Safeway Workers Vote to Strike🛒

📰 I-25 Lanes Close Overnight🚧

📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets

🌤 COS Weather - Mostly sunny and warm

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👶 A Welcoming Start: Supporting Families in Colorado Springs

🤗 Discover the compassionate care that helps families embrace their new beginnings with joy. 💖

There's nothing quite like holding your breath as new life enters the world – that moment when time stands still and everything changes forever. Whether it's your own child, grandchild, or a dear friend's baby, bringing new life into this world is pure magic.

For Jolene Hamann, this magic became her calling. During her military service, compassionate midwives transformed her own birthing experience, planting a seed that would eventually bloom into Beginnings Birth Center in 2018. She recognized that families deserved more than sterile hospital rooms and rushed procedures – they deserved to feel empowered, heard, and cherished during life's most precious moments.

Step into Beginnings and you'll find something remarkable: spacious, spa-like suites where mothers can move freely, soak in custom waterbirth tubs (the only ones in Southern Colorado), and labor surrounded by those they love most. No restrictions on who can witness this miracle. No rushing. Just gentle, continuous support from certified nurse-midwives who treat each birth as the sacred event it truly is.

Lauren Silk, who leads marketing and outreach for the center, knows this firsthand – her youngest child was born at Beginnings. She personally creates a wonderful bridge, bringing both her professional expertise and personal experience to families considering this path. Her journey from doula to team member reflects the center's commitment to supporting families in every way possible.

The love doesn't end at delivery. Beginnings wraps families in care for weeks afterward – ensuring successful breastfeeding, healthy bonding, and confident transitions into parenthood. They even provide well-woman care, supporting mothers through every stage of life.

Your family deserves this kind of care. If someone you love is expecting, or if you're seeking compassionate women's health services, don't wait.

Call Beginnings Birth Center today at (719) 367-9405 or visit beginningsbirthcenter.com. Located at 9475 Briar Village Point, Suite 100, between Memorial Hospital North and the Promenade Shops. Because every birth story should be beautiful.

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🥞 Street Breakfast Today At Dawn!

The Colorado Springs Western Street Breakfast takes over downtown this morning with a hot $5 breakfast, western entertainment, and nearly 90 years of history behind it. Hosted by the Pikes Peak Range Riders, this annual tradition raises money for military families and includes live performances, kids’ activities, and the start of the Riders' backcountry journey leading up to the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo. It’s a true celebration of local heritage, and attendees are also encouraged to donate western memorabilia to help preserve this long-running tradition.

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🛒 Springs Safeway Workers Vote to Strike

Safeway employees at 12 stores in Colorado Springs have voted to authorize a strike, with an overwhelming 99% in favor. They join grocery workers in other cities like Pueblo and Denver who are seeking better pay, benefits, and staffing. Safeway has said its stores remain open and that negotiations are ongoing, but customers may want to stay informed in case local operations are affected. Full Story

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🚧 I-25 Lanes Close Overnight

Drivers using northbound I-25 between Fillmore and Garden of the Gods should prepare for overnight lane closures tonight, June 18. The left lane closes at 7pm, with traffic down to a single lane from 10pm to 5am, and full reopening by 6 am Thursday.

These closures are part of a traffic shift needed to prep for demolition of the Ellston Street Bridge. Additionally, Sinton Trail under I-25 will be closed June 17–24 for safety during the bridge work. Weather could alter the schedule.

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🎉 Events Calendar! (More events including FREE, click here)

📆 Sample Local Events

*Weather Permitting

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

• June 18-22, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

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

• June 19, 6pm: Juneteenth Concert @ Fountain Valley YMCA, 326 West Alabama Avenue, Fountain

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

• June 20-22: Southern Colorado Juneteenth Festival @ The Citadel Mall

• 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 (Sat’s through-Oct 4): Monument Hill Farmers Market @66 Jefferson St, Monument

• June 21, 9am-1pm (Sat’s 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 (Sun’s 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 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 24, 5:30-7:30pm (Tuesdays Jun 3 through Sept): Music in the Park: @Bancroft Park, 2400 W Colorado Ave 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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