COS Town Tidings #25-203

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🤣 Today’s Chuckle

📰 70 Years of Cones and Community🍦

📰 Backstage Pass to Courts, Cops & County Secrets🎓

📰 Nighttime I-25 Detour You Should Know🚧

🏰 Trivia Time: What Accident Changed Our City Founder Forever?

📅 SAVE THE DATES! TODAY @10:30am

📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets

🌦 COS Weather - Hot with usual, PM T-storms and possibly flash flooding in areas

Why was the geologist always depressed?

👉He had a hard rock life 🤣

🍦 70 Years of Cones and Community

The Old North End’s beloved Tasty Freeze turned 70 this month, bringing neighbors together for a celebration filled with nostalgia, community, and cones for just 70 cents. Classic cars, live Elvis tunes, and smiling kids made the day feel like a slice of Americana.

The event also supported The Place, a local nonprofit for youth facing homelessness. If you missed the fun, don’t worry—Tasty Freeze will host another community event with car shows and live music on August 10. Have you been back to the Tasty Freeze? *Full Story

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• July 22, 2025 10:30-11:30am (TODAY!) @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

🎓 Backstage Pass to Courts, Cops & County Secrets

Ever wonder how your county actually works? The 2025 El Paso County Citizen College offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look into the heart of local government—from the DA’s office to snowplow operations.

Running Oct 13–18, this free week-long program is open to residents and county employees and includes facility tours, meet-and-greets with department leaders, and hands-on sessions on budgeting, land use, public safety, courts, and more. Participants wrap up with a graduation ceremony at Fountain Creek Nature Center. It’s a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and deepen your understanding of the services that shape daily life in El Paso County.

🚧 Nighttime I-25 Detour You Should Know

Just a quick reminder for those who drive late or early: northbound I-25 will be closed overnight tonight, from Santa Fe Ave to S Academy as part of CDOT’s final phase of the MAMSIP project.

The closure runs 8:30pm to 4:30am, so if you’re traveling during those hours, be ready to detour via US 85/87 and S Academy. This is the same project we reported on last week, focused on long-term improvements to safety, bridge replacements, and better traffic flow in this busy stretch between Fountain and Fort Carson.

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

🏰 TRIVIA: What Accident Changed Our City Founder Forever?

Did you know that General William Jackson Palmer, Colorado Springs’ founder, didn’t move straight into his iconic Glen Eyrie castle? In 1871, the first structure completed on his new estate was what we now call the Carriage House—a stable that became a temporary home for Palmer and his wife, Queen, even hosting tea parties with friends amid borrowed cutlery and ten-by-ten rooms above the horses.

How did General Palmer become partially paralyzed later in life in 1906? 

Only after these “picnic days” did the Palmers move into a grander residence, eventually evolving into the 67-room castle known today. The Carriage House itself grew and changed, housing famous horses like Schoolboy and Donner, later serving as a tavern, tea room, and finally, after a dramatic rescue from neglect, as a beautifully restored part of the Glen Eyrie guest experience. Through it all, both buildings have been at the heart of stories of hardship, hospitality, and the near-miss fate of being carved into luxury villas in the early 1900s.

Answer: He was thrown from his horse at Glen Eyrie *Source1 *Source2

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📆 Sample Local Events

Weather permitting

• July 23-24, 26-27, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• July 26-27 (every Sat & Sun through Aug 1): Renaissance Festival @Perry Park Ave, Larkspur $30-$32

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

• July 26, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $59.64 (2 tickets left at discounted rate)

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

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

• Aug 16, 5pm: Velvet Hills Chorus Presents: A Million Dreams @ENT Center $20

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

👩‍🌾 Farmers Markets - Weather permitting

🍑 Palisade Peaches are now available at various markets!

• July 23, 9am-2pm (Wed’s through Sept 24): Briargate Farmers Market @7610 N Union Blvd

• July 23 & 28, 10am-5pm (Mon & Wed): Summer Farmers Market @ Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 N Gate Blvd

• July 23, 3-7pm (Wed’s): Colorado Farm and Art Market (CFAM) @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon

• July 24, 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 24, 6-8pm (Thurs thru Aug 28): Summer Market at the Lodge @Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort, 2 El Paso Blvd, COS 80904 (Manitou)

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

• July 26, 7am-1pm (Sat's thru Oct 11): OCC Farmers Market @2407 W Colorado Ave

• July 26, 8am-2pm (Sat’s thru-Oct 4): Monument Hill Farmers Market @66 Jefferson St, Monument

• July 26, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Oct 11): Backyard Market @Black Forest, 6845 Shoup Rd

• July 26, 10am-2pm: CFAM (Sat's thru Oct 3): The Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd

• July 27, 10am-2pm (Sun’s thru Aug 31): Cordera Farmers Market @11894 Grandlawn Cir, COS

• Aug 2, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Sept 27): Homestead Yard Farmers Market @The Yard at The Homestead Collective, 9633 Prominent Point COS

• Aug 3, 9am-2pm (Every other Sun, thru Oct 26): COS Sunday Market @Acacia Park, Downtown

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

🎶 Summer Concert Series - Weather permitting

• July 22, 5:30-7:30pm (Tues’s thru Sept): Music in the Park: @Bancroft Park, 2400 W Colorado Ave FREE

• July 24 (Every Thurs), 6-8pm: Dotsera @Banning Lewis Ranch, Vista Park FREE (public + community market)

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

• July 25, 5-7pm: Martini Shot @First & Main Town Center Park, 3305 Cinema Pt FREE

• July 25, 7-8:30pm: University Village Colorado Summer Concert Series - The Burroughs @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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