COS Town Tidings #25-170

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📰 82% of Voters Just Said “No”🗳️

📰 Peak Hours = Peak Stress?⚡

📰 Step Back in Time at Rock Ledge This Sat🐎

Recipe: 🍔 Grilled Salmon Burgers with Lemon Garlic Aioli

📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets

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🗳️ 82% of Voters Just Said “No”

In an unusual special election, Colorado Springs voters overwhelmingly rejected the proposed annexation of nearly 1,900 acres known as the Karman Line. Despite City Council approving the plan earlier this year, a citizen-led petition forced the issue to a public vote, where nearly 82% voted no. The land’s “flagpole” connection and concerns about disconnected growth contributed to the opposition.

City leaders are now reassessing how they approach future annexations and growth, though no next steps have been announced by the developers behind the project (who own the land.) Full Story

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⚡Peak Hours = Peak Stress?

Colorado Springs Utilities is adjusted how it charges for electricity with new “Energy Wise” rates, making power more expensive on weekdays from 5 to 9pm—when most households are at their busiest. The goal is to lower demand and avoid building additional infrastructure.

Families can save (or not accrue additional costs) by shifting energy-heavy tasks to off-peak times like early mornings, evenings after 9pm, weekends, and holidays. While it’s a step toward long-term savings and grid stability, it’s also arriving at the exact time many families rely most on electricity. Is this the right move—or one more burden at the wrong time? 🤨

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🐎 Step Back in Time at Rock Ledge This Sat

Rock Ledge Ranch is celebrating 150 years of local history this Sat, June 21, with a full day of family-friendly activities. Originally homesteaded by the Chambers family in 1874 for its restorative climate, the ranch has become a beloved living history site next to Garden of the Gods. Guests can enjoy wagon rides, live music, crafts, and nostalgic snacks like “crackers and milk” for just 15 cents—just like the old boarding house days. The event offers a fun and meaningful way to honor the past while enjoying the present. Full Story

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🍔 Grilled Salmon Burgers with Lemon Garlic Aioli

Take your dinner game to the next level with these simple salmon burgers made in a food processor. It’s a summer grilling must make filled with flavor and healthy Omega-3’s!   

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

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📆 Sample Local Events

*Weather Permitting

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

• June 19-22, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• 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 25-29: 45th US Senior Open Gold Tournament @The Broadmoor $29-$299

• June 26, 6:30: Gentle Movement and Sound Bath @Treehouse Cafe COS, 5965 N Academy Suite 203 FREE Ages 16+ (Must RSVP)

• 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 $64.95 (8 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 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

• June 25, 9am-2pm (Wed’s through Sept 24): Briargate Farmers Market @7610 N Union Blvd

• June 25, 3-7pm (Wed’s): Colorado Farm and Art Market (CFAM) @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon

🎶 Summer Concert Series - Weather permitting

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

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

• 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

• July 17 (Every Thurs), 6-8pm: The Sofa Killers @Banning Lewis Ranch, Vista Park FREE (public + community market)

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

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