COS Town Tidings #25-196

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🤣 Today’s Chuckle

📰 Could AI Help You Escape a Wildfire?🔥

📰 Mayor vs. Council? City Tax Showdown Over 2B Funds💰

📰 Lane Closures: July 15–17, Powers Blvd Alert🚧

💲 Your Money Matters 💸 Eric's no-nonsense financial tips

⛏️ Trivia Time: Which Museum Digs Into Colorado Springs’ Gritty Past?

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📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets

⛅ COS Weather - Partly cloudy, HOT with a chance of isolated storms

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🔥 Could AI Help You Escape a Wildfire?

Colorado Springs has become the first region in Colorado to adopt AI-powered evacuation planning through software developed by Ladris. This tool uses data like weather, traffic, population, and terrain to simulate natural disasters and plan escape routes in real time. More than 50 local agencies have been trained, with the goal of avoiding past evacuation issues like those seen during the Waldo Canyon Fire.

Supported by a state grant, the initiative is part of a nine-month planning process designed to help first responders better predict and manage disaster response across the Pikes Peak Region. *Full Story

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• July 17, 2025 - 3:15-4:15pm (Thurs) @Library 21c, 1175 Chapel Hills Dr (7 seats left)

• July 22, 2025 10:30-11:30am (Tues) @OCC Library, 2418 W Pikes Peak Ave

• July 31, 2025 11am-noon (Thurs) @Sand Creek Library, 1821 S Academy

• Aug 5, 2025 1:30-2:30 pm (Tues) @Cheyenne Mountain Library, 1785 S 8th St, Ste 100

💰 Mayor vs. Council: City Tax Showdown Over 2B Funds

Colorado Springs City Council is pushing back after Mayor Yemi vetoed an ordinance outlining how recreational pot tax revenue should be spent. The ordinance, which had passed with a 6–3 supermajority, directs funds toward public safety, mental health services, and PTSD treatment for veterans—just as laid out in the 2021 voter-approved Ballot Measure 2B.

Council members argue the mayor’s concerns misrepresent the intent and content of the ordinance, which they say does not limit emergency powers or reduce flexibility. A second supermajority vote will be needed to override the veto in a future meeting.

🚧 Lane Closures: July 15–17, Powers Blvd Alert

Nighttime drivers on Powers Blvd should plan for double-lane closures in both directions through Friday night between 7pm and 4am as crews remove temporary supports from the new Airport Road bridges. The project has reached a major milestone—bridge deck work is nearly complete, and crews are now transporting materials over Powers using the new bridges, improving traffic safety and construction efficiency.

💸 Watch Eric's no-nonsense, 60 second financial tip & the new tax bill (updated monthly)

⛏️ TRIVIA: Which Museum Digs Into Colorado Springs’ Gritty Past?

Did you know that Colorado Springs owes much of its early growth to the search for gold and silver in the nearby foothills, drawing dreamers and innovators who forever shaped the city’s energy and spirit?

The Western Museum of Mining & Industry brings this remarkable legacy to life with more than 4,000 artifacts spread across 27 acres. Founded in 1970 by passionate local historians and engineers inspired by the region’s wild mining past, the museum offers visitors a chance to see and hear enormous steam engines, try their hand at gold panning, and walk through recreated mine tunnels constructed by the Colorado School of Mines.

Which working machine can you watch in live demonstration at the Western Museum of Mining & Industry?

The museum also features live demonstrations, a library packed with thousands of rare mining texts, and videos with history, and outdoor activities. Whether you’re a lifelong local or a newcomer, there’s no better place to get hands-on with the gritty stories and inventions that helped build Colorado Springs into a city of progress and possibility.

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

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📆 Sample Local Events

Weather permitting

• Jul 15-19: El Paso County Fair @366 10th Street, Calhan, CO 80808

• July 15-20, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• July 15, 5:30-7:30pm: Monthly Charity Cribbage Night for NAMI @Colonel Mustard, 1412 S 21st St COS $25

• July 19-20 (every Sat & Sun through Aug 1): Renaissance Festival @Perry Park Ave, Larkspur $30-$32

• July 19, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $63.71 (15 tickets left)

• July 19-20, 26-27, 7pm: Ice Cream Theatre THE RINGMASTER`S ATTIC @The MAT, 1626 S. Tejon $16.50

• July 26, 10:30am-5pm: Cat Fest CO Springs @Norris Penrose Event Center $20-$40

• 🎭 Aug 16, 7pm: Shermy's Backyard Bash (Benefit Springs Rescue Mission) @Peak Improv Theater, 3440 N Carefree $10 donation

• Aug 24, 7-9pm: Crystal Gayle @Phil Long Music Hall $45-$87 (age 14+)

👩‍🌾 Farmers Markets - Weather permitting

• July 16 & 21, 10am-5pm (Mon & Wed): Summer Farmers Market @ Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 N Gate Blvd

• July 16, 9am-2pm (Wed’s through Sept 24): Briargate Farmers Market @7610 N Union Blvd

• July 16, 3-7pm (Wed’s): Colorado Farm and Art Market (CFAM) @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon

• July 17, 5-8pm (Thurs thru Aug 28), Manitou Made Market @Manitou Art Center

  • —>Nature’s Start Bread Company Special at this market only! Friends & Family - BOGO Free on all breads and pastries (Limit one free per customer)

• July 17, 6-8pm (Thurs thru Aug 28): Summer Market at the Lodge @Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort, 2 El Paso Blvd, COS 80904 (Manitou)

• July 19, 7am-1pm (Sat's thru Oct 11): OCC Farmers Market @2407 W Colorado Ave

• July 19, 8am-2pm (Sat’s thru-Oct 4): Monument Hill Farmers Market @66 Jefferson St, Monument

• July 19, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Oct 11): Backyard Market @Black Forest, 6845 Shoup Rd

• July 19, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Sept 27): Homestead Yard Farmers Market @The Yard at The Homestead Collective, 9633 Prominent Point COS

• July 19, 10am-2pm: CFAM (Sat's thru Oct 3): The Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd

• July 20, 9am-2pm (Every other Sun, thru Oct 26): COS Sunday Market @Acacia Park, Downtown

• July 20, 10am-2pm (Sun’s thru Aug 31): Cordera Farmers Market @11894 Grandlawn Cir, COS

• July 20 (2x/mth, Jun-Oct), 11am-3pm: Southeast Farmer's Market (Food Coalition) @Stompin' Groundz, 2050 Jet Wing Dr

• July 25, Noon-4pm (Every other Fri thru Oct 3): UCCS Farmers Market @3942 Regent Circle

🎶 Summer Concert Series - Weather permitting

• July 15, 5:30-7:30pm (Tues’s thru Sept): Music in the Park: @Bancroft Park, 2400 W Colorado Ave 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

• July 18, 5-7pm: Wirewood Station @First & Main Town Center Park, 3305 Cinema Pt FREE

• July 18, 7-8:30pm: University Village Colorado Summer Concert Series - John King @5246 N Nevada (North Plaza next to Hacienda) FREE

• July 25, 7-8:30pm: Jazz in the Garden @Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 601-631 N Tejon FREE

• Aug 2, 4-7pm: Music on The Mesa - RAFIEL & THE ROOMSHAKERS @Goldhill Mesa, 142 S Raven Mine Dr FREE

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