COS Town Tidings #25-240

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🏡 Home and Living: 😷 Back-to-School = Back-to-Germs

📰 Colorado’s New Laws After Special Session🏛️

📰 Can You Save Money on Beef With These Options?🥩

📰 Colorado Springs Gets Bear-Safe Grant🐻

Recipe: 🥗 Bean Salad with Salami and Feta

📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets

🌦 COS Weather - Warm with sporadic PM heavy rains in areas

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😷 Back-to-School = Back-to-Germs

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🏛️ Colorado’s New Laws After Special Session

After Colorado’s special session wrapped up this week, new laws and proposed changes were introduced to address budget shortfalls. One significant change allows healthcare providers, such as Planned Parenthood, to receive state-only funding after losing federal support. Another change revises a ballot question regarding free school lunches, now redirecting funds toward SNAP assistance.

Several bills are still under review, including a proposal to allow the governor to temporarily suspend state programs and one to repeal a reduced insurance tax rate for companies. As these bills move forward, updates will follow. Full Story

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🥩 Can You Save Money on Beef With These Options?

As Labor Day approaches, many are getting ready to fire up the grill, but rising beef prices are causing concern in Southern Colorado due to low herd numbers. The prices for ground beef have more than doubled in recent years. Local businesses like Centennial Cuts and Ranch Foods Direct offer alternatives by selling locally-raised, high-quality meat without additives, helping customers save while supporting local producers.

While Centennial Cuts attributes the issue to natural industry fluctuations, Ranch Foods Direct believes it’s a result of big corporations driving smaller businesses out, leading to market consolidation. Despite the challenges, these local businesses remain committed to providing affordable, high-quality options to their customers. Full Story  

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🐻 Colorado Springs Gets Bear-Safe Grant

The city of Colorado Springs is making strides toward a safer, more bear-friendly community with the help of a $110,000 grant from the Human-Bear Conflict Reduction Community Grant. The funds will be used for installing bear-resistant trash containers, offering educational outreach to residents, and supporting local programs on safe living with wildlife. Other Colorado communities, such as Beulah and Woodland Park, are also receiving funds to combat bear-related issues. These efforts are critical as the area grows, promoting both human and wildlife safety.

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🥗 Bean Salad with Salami and Feta

This dense bean salad is packed with beans, salami, crunchy veggies, and feta. It’s hearty, flavorful, and full of protein and fiber. A salad that actually satisfies and is perfect for meal prep or feeding a crowd.

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

• Aug 28-31, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Aug 29, 10am-2pm: Colorado Springs Senior Center Grand Opening Event @1514 N Hancock Ave FREE

• Aug 29-Sept 1: Phelan Gardens Labor of Love Labor Day Weekend Sale and Event @4955 Austin Bluffs

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

• Aug 30, 11am: Dahlias at the Castle Gardens @Miramont Castle, Manitou $55

• Aug 30, Spt 4-8, 11-14: The Shark is Broken @Springs Ensemble Theatre, 2409 West Colorado $25

• Sept 1, 10am-3pm: Labor Day Vintage Base Ball @Rock Ledge Ranch $8

• Sept 4, 8-10pm: “Weird Al” Yankovic feat Puddles Pity Party @Ford Amphitheater $101+

• Sept 5-21, 10am-6pm: Parade of Homes in Colorado Springs $18

• Sept 5-7: Briarfest @St Gabriel The Archangel Catholic Church, 8755 Scarborough Dr

• Sept 6, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $63.71 (16 tickets left)

• Sept 12, 7pm: LA Phil Trio: Mastery in Motion @ENT Center $44

• Sept 12 & Oct 10, 7:30pm: The MAT!ch Game @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $17.50

👩‍🌾 Farmers Markets - Weather permitting

• Aug 28, 5-8pm, Manitou Made Market @Manitou Art Center (Last one for the season)

• Aug 28, 6-8pm: Summer Market at the Lodge @Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort, 2 El Paso Blvd, COS 80904 (Manitou - Last one for the season)

• Aug 30, 7am-1pm (Sat's thru Oct 11): OCC Farmers Market @2407 W Colorado Ave

• Aug 30, 8am-2pm (Sat’s thru-Oct 4): Monument Hill Farmers Market @66 Jefferson St, Monument

• Aug 30, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Sept 27): Homestead Yard Farmers Market @The Yard at The Homestead Collective, 9633 Prominent Point COS

• Aug 30, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Oct 11): Backyard Market @Black Forest, 6845 Shoup Rd

• Aug 30, 10am-2pm: CFAM (Sat's thru Oct 3): The Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd

• Aug 31, 9am-2pm (Every other Sun, thru Oct 26): COS Sunday Market @Acacia Park, Downtown

• Aug 31, 10am-2pm: Cordera Farmers Market @11894 Grandlawn Cir, COS (Last one for the season)

• Sept 1 & 3, 10am-5pm (Mon & Wed’s thru Oct 15): Summer Farmers Market @ Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 N Gate Blvd

• Sept 3, 9am-2pm (Wed’s thru Sept 24): Briargate Farmers Market @7610 N Union Blvd

• Sept 3, 3-7pm (Wed’s thru Oct 15): Colorado Farm and Art Market (CFAM) @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon

• Sept 5, Noon-4pm (Every other Fri thru Oct 3): UCCS Farmers Market @3942 Regent Circle

• Sept 7, (2x/mth, Jun-Oct), 11am-3pm: Southeast Farmer's Market (Food Coalition) @Stompin' Groundz, 2050 Jet Wing Dr (Produce vendors)

🎶 Summer Concert Series - Weather permitting

• Aug 29, 6-7pm: Palmer Lake Library Concert Series, Peak Big Band @Palmer Lake Village Green & Gazebo, 66 Lower Glenway St FREE

• Sept 2, 5:30-7:30pm (Tues’s thru Sept): Music in the Park: @Bancroft Park, 2400 W Colorado Ave FREE

• Sept 6, 4-8pm: Music on The Mesa - Harry Mo & The Cru @Goldhill Mesa, 142 S Raven Mine Dr FREE

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