COS Town Tidings #25-171

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📰 35K Fans Expected Downtown Today🏎

📰 Tracing Roots in COS🔍

📰 Local Restaurant Banished😱

Recipe: 🍓Easy Strawberry & Cream Mug Cake

🌟 FEATURED EVENT - Come Join Me!

📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets

🥵 COS Weather - Mostly sunny, hot windy with high fire danger

Recreation: 🥾This Hidden Trail Connects the City

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🏎 35K Fans Expected Downtown Today

Fan Fest, one of Colorado Springs’ largest street festivals, takes over downtown TODAY, June 20, in celebration of the upcoming Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. With more than 35,000 people expected, the 10-block party will feature motorsport athletes, sponsor booths, food vendors, and a high-flying freestyle motocross show. Rain or shine, the event starts at 5pm and serves as the unofficial kickoff to Sunday’s world-famous race up Pikes Peak. Full Story

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

🔍 Tracing Roots in COS

Amy Miller, who manages the McAllister House Museum, recently discovered surprising and difficult truths about her family while working with the African American Museum of Colorado Springs and taking a genealogy class. Her ancestors included enslavers, a reality that deeply impacted her understanding of local and national history. Through this emotional journey, she gained insight into her own privilege and now hopes others will feel empowered to learn their personal histories. Full Story

Beginner genealogy classes are available year-round through the African American Historical and Genealogical Society.

🍞 Fresh Baked Sourdough breads, pastries 
📍3312 Austin Bluffs (Inside The Cupcake Doctor): M-Sat, 9am-6pm 
Stop in and get your fresh bread from Victoria! 

😱 Local Restaurant Banished

After numerous failed inspections and health complaints—including reports of unsanitary conditions and customers getting sick—Viet’s Restaurant on N Academy, has permanently lost its food license. The closure, finalized in early June, marks the first time El Paso County has taken such strong action.

Other restaurants like Grand Gyros, also on N Academy, had the lowest health inspection score last week, with 14 violations noted.

But there’s good news too—many beloved local eateries received top marks, including Uwe’s German Restaurant, Bonny and Read, Treehouse Cafe and Drive-In Tasty Freeze.

Health inspection results across El Paso County are available online for those wanting to check their favorite spots. Full Story

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🌞 Free Yoga, Sound Healing & Solstice Magic

Celebrate the summer solstice with FREE yoga, breathwork, sound healing, and mindful movement TOMORROW, June 21 from 9am-noon for the Revive Experience. In addition, attendees can also sample mini-sessions in the upgraded Revive Bio Chamber (an acoustic light and sound healing space)

Get out of the heat, bring your yoga mat (if you have one) and come say hi to me (Sandy) and I’m even bringing my husband Rick! All are welcome…it’s going to be fun and rejuvenating so RSVP NOW to save your spot!

Location: Sacred Space Therapeutics, 459 Windchime Place, 80919

🍓 Easy Strawberry & Cream Mug Cake

Created by local Colorado Springs chef, Christine Miller at Season Two Taste. Strawberries are currently in season…perfectly ripe, sweet, and delicious! This no-fuss, quick dessert is guaranteed to satisfy any sweet tooth and is fun to make.

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

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

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*Weather Permitting

• June 20-22, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• 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 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 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

🥾 This Hidden Trail Connects the City

Stretching about four miles along the Templeton Gap Floodway, this mostly paved trail connects key green spaces like Goose Gossage Sports Complex, Palmer Park, and Union Meadows Open Space. It gently rolls through the city with some moderate hills and a few road crossings, making it great for walkers and cyclists alike. The trail links to the Pikes Peak Greenway and other nearby paths, creating a larger network for outdoor fun.

Whether you're out for fresh air, fitness, or a scenic shortcut, Templeton Gap Trail has something to offer—and more improvements may be coming with future park plans.

Location: Get the trail at Gossage Youth Sports Complex, 3950 Mark Dabling Blvd, COS, CO 80907

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