COS Town Tidings #25-226

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📰 Accessing Nature Has Never Been Easier🦽

📰 Perseids Light Up COS Skies🌌

📰 Speed & Danger in NE Colorado Springs⚠️ 

Recipe: 🍋Lemon Basil Pasta Salad with Mozzarella & Prosciutto

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📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets

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🦽 Accessing Nature Has Never Been Easier

The Trackchair Program in Colorado Springs is set to expand, bringing more accessible outdoor adventures to those with mobility challenges. By October, the program will include Ute Valley Park and Bluestem Prairie Open Space, offering over 220 sessions this year across four locations.

The Trackchairs are designed to navigate rougher trails with special wheels, and the program is supported by the TOPS, Therapeutic Recreation programs, and funding from the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Outdoor Equality Grant. This initiative ensures that everyone, no matter their ability, can enjoy the beauty of our city’s open spaces.

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🌌 Perseids Light Up COS Skies

The Perseid meteor shower is putting on its annual show, and tonight through Saturday nights will be the best time to catch it in Colorado. As the moon rises later each evening, skies will darken and make those fleeting streaks of light easier to see.

Head east or into the mountains to escape city lights — Mueller State Park, Florissant Fossil Beds, and the Paint Mines are top picks. Friday night even brings a special dark sky party at Mueller (8:30-10:30pm), hosted by the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society. Pack a blanket, give your eyes time to adjust, and get ready for a little cosmic magic. Full Story

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⚠️ Speed & Danger in NE Colorado Springs

In just 3 days, 2 motorcyclists have died at the same northeast Colorado Springs intersection — North Union and Garmish Rd — with speed suspected in both crashes. These tragedies bring the city’s 2025 traffic death toll to 36, half of them motorcyclists.

Neighbors say the spot has long been hazardous, and city officials are now reviewing the stretch between Dublin and Vickers to identify safety improvements. Police are urging drivers and riders to slow down, stay patient, and give themselves extra time before turning to avoid more lives being lost. Full Story

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🍋 Lemon Basil Pasta Salad with Mozzarella & Prosciutto

Created by local Colorado Springs chef, Christine Miller at Season Two Taste. This easy to make delicious pasta salad is the perfect side dish for your next backyard BBQ or a main course for these endless hot summer days!

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

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

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📆 Sample Local Events

Weather permitting

• Aug 15-17, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Aug 15-16 & 22-23, 7:30pm: Circus of the Night @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $28

• Aug 16, 11am-2pm: Sunflower Scribbles with Renee Darling Art @JAKs Brewery, 555 Amelia St $60

  • —> 🎨 Art That Sparks Joy: The Colorful World of Renee Darling

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

• Aug 22-Sept 1: Colorado State Fair @ 1001 Beulah Ave, Pueblo $9-$75

• Aug 23, 9-11am: Sat Morning Farm Tour @Dianne's Dahlias, 225 N Gate Blvd $35

  • —> 💐 A Symphony of Silence and Color: Dianne's Dahlias Blooms Against the Odds

• Aug 23, 7pm: Chicago @Ford Amphitheater, 95 Spectrum Loop $47-$658

• Aug 30-Sept 1: Labor Day Liftoff @ Memorial Park FREE to attend, Tickets needed for special events

• Sept 6, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $63.71 (10 tickets left)

👩‍🌾 Farmers Markets - Weather permitting

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• Aug 14, 5-8pm (Thurs thru Aug 28), Manitou Made Market @Manitou Art Center

• Aug 14, 6-8pm (Thurs thru Aug 28): Summer Market at the Lodge @Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort, 2 El Paso Blvd, COS 80904 (Manitou)

• Aug 16, 7am-1pm (Sat's thru Oct 11): OCC Farmers Market @2407 W Colorado Ave

• Aug 16, 8am-2pm (Sat’s thru-Oct 4): Monument Hill Farmers Market @66 Jefferson St, Monument

• Aug 16, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Sept 27): Homestead Yard Farmers Market @The Yard at The Homestead Collective, 9633 Prominent Point COS

• Aug 16, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Oct 11): Backyard Market @Black Forest, 6845 Shoup Rd

• Aug 16, 10am-2pm: CFAM (Sat's thru Oct 3): The Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd

• Aug 17, 9am-2pm (Every other Sun, thru Oct 26): COS Sunday Market @Acacia Park, Downtown

• Aug 17, 10am-2pm (Sun’s thru Aug 31): Cordera Farmers Market @11894 Grandlawn Cir, COS

• Aug 17 (2x/mth, Jun-Oct), 11am-3pm: Southeast Farmer's Market (Food Coalition) @Stompin' Groundz, 2050 Jet Wing Dr

• Aug 18 & 20, 10am-5pm: Summer Farmers Market @ Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 N Gate Blvd

• Aug 20, 9am-2pm (Wed’s thru Sept 24): Briargate Farmers Market @7610 N Union Blvd

• Aug 20, 3-7pm (Wed’s): Colorado Farm and Art Market (CFAM) @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon

• Aug 22, Noon-4pm (Every other Fri thru Oct 3): UCCS Farmers Market @3942 Regent Circle

🎶 Summer Concert Series - Weather permitting

• Aug 15, 7-8:30pm: University Village Colorado Summer Concert Series - Inman Brothers Band @5246 N Nevada (North Plaza next to Hacienda) FREE

• Aug 16, 4-8pm: Music on The Mesa - USAFA BAND “PEGASUS” • STEELHENGE @Goldhill Mesa, 142 S Raven Mine Dr FREE

• Aug 19, 5:30-7:30pm (Tues’s thru Sept): Music in the Park: @Bancroft Park, 2400 W Colorado Ave FREE

• Aug 22, 7-8:30pm: Jazz in the Garden @Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 601-631 N Tejon FREE

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