COS Town Tidings #25-227

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📰 Shelter Shortage Hits Families🛏️

📰 Springs’ Abandoned Car Problem — Solved?🚙

📰 Closed for Violations, Now Back Open🍛

Recipe: 🍰 High Altitude Oatmeal Cream Pie Cake

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📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets

🥵 COS Weather - Hot with possible isolated showers

Recreation: 🥾 Hike and Bike Ute Valley’s Beauty

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🛏️ Shelter Shortage Hits Families

With homelessness in El Paso County climbing to record highs, the Salvation Army’s Family Hope Center in Colorado Springs will reduce its overnight capacity for families from 31 to 15 rooms starting October 1 because of a $1 million budget shortfall.

The shelter will continue offering meals, case management, and other supports, but staff layoffs and long waiting lists at other programs highlight the growing strain on local resources. Meanwhile, shelters for individuals, like Springs Rescue Mission, are seeing higher summer numbers, yet barriers such as shelter rules and personal circumstances keep some people from coming indoors. Full Story

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🚙 Springs’ Abandoned Car Problem — Solved?

Abandoned cars in Colorado Springs were left sitting longer than usual this summer after budget challenges forced Neighborhood Services to prioritize only the most hazardous vehicles for towing. While police towing was unaffected, the slowdown left some cars on streets for weeks. Now, with regular operations restored, the City has already removed more than 200 vehicles this year and continues to respond to reports through its GoCOS app, aiming to keep neighborhoods cleaner and safer. Full Story

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🍛 Closed for Violations, Now Back Open

Last week, health inspectors temporarily shut down Shri Ganesh at Voyager & Ridgeline after finding:

• No certified food protection manager on duty

• Missing date labels on prepared foods

• Improper temperatures for chicken and lamb

• No thermometer available to check food temperatures

The restaurant reopened August 12 after addressing these problems, but must pass a full re-inspection within 5–10 days.

Other recent inspections saw multiple violations at places like Juanita’s Best Mexican Food (14 violations), Rodolfo’s Mexican Grill (10 violations) and Coal Mine Dragon (10 violations), to name a few.

High scores went to spots such as Mining Exchange Hotel at 8 S Nevada and Cerberus Brewing Company (702 W Colorado Ave), which is celebrating 10 years with a reputation for both great beer and exceptional food safety. Full Story

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

*Note: Most local restaurants take food safety incredibly seriously. In fact, many owners respond to violations swiftly and thoroughly, often making fixes the same day while they wait for reinspection.

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🍰 High Altitude Oatmeal Cream Pie Cake

Two layers of soft oatmeal cake spiced with cinnamon, sandwiched together with fluffy vanilla buttercream. Each bite tastes like an oatmeal creme pie but in a slice of cake.

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• 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

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• 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 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 21, 5-8pm (Thurs thru Aug 28), Manitou Made Market @Manitou Art Center

• Aug 21, 6-8pm (Thurs thru Aug 28): Summer Market at the Lodge @Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort, 2 El Paso Blvd, COS 80904 (Manitou)

• 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

🥾 Hike and Bike Ute Valley’s Beauty

Ute Valley Park, offers a mix of scenic trails, rocky hogback formations, and rich wildlife habitats for hiking, biking, and running. As part of a partnership with the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, the city asks visitors to help protect the park by staying on designated trails, packing out trash, avoiding fires, leaving nature undisturbed, giving wildlife space, and being considerate of others. The park features trails for all levels, a wetland area, and amenities such as a portable toilet near the main trailhead.

Location: 1705 Vindicator Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Open 5am-10pm May 1 through Oct 31; 5am - 9pm from Nov 1 through April 30. Foot and bike traffic. Leashed dogs allowed.

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