COS Town Tidings #25-258

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📰 Spirit of COS Awarded💃

📰 City Braces for 2026 Cuts - These Will Sting🏛️

📰 Fountain Creek Wins Big🌿

Wellness: 💋 Skip These Aging Makeup Mistakes

📆 Local Events + Free Concerts, Farmers Markets & Fall Fairs/Festivals

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🌤 COS Weather - Mostly sunny and warm

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💃 Spirit of COS Awarded

Connie Benavidez, affectionately known as “Grandma Connie,” was recently honored with the Spirit of Colorado Springs Award for her lifelong commitment to preserving and sharing Mexican folkloric dance. As founder of Ballet Folklórico de la Raza, she’s spent over 30 years creating space for youth of all backgrounds to experience culture through movement and tradition. Her handmade dresses—each representing a Mexican state—have graced stages from local festivals to national parades, including President Obama’s inauguration.

Her story is now part of the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum’s Una Familia Grande exhibit, ensuring her vibrant contributions will inspire generations to come. Full Story

🏛️ City Braces for 2026 Cuts - These Will Sting

Facing a projected $31 million budget shortfall in 2026, the City of Colorado Springs is proactively implementing cost-saving measures to protect essential services like public safety and infrastructure. These include cutting 38 civilian jobs, scheduling unpaid furloughs, deferring capital projects, and permanently closing Meadows Park Community Center on Oct 10, 2025.

While difficult, city leaders say these early actions will help preserve long-term stability and maintain vital community programs through other centers and partner organizations. The city states a proposed 2026 budget will be presented on Oct 6, kicking off a public review process, although at this time we are unable to find a meeting on that date. We will keep an eye out for more info to share on this.

🌿 Fountain Creek Wins Big

Here’s a little local pride moment worth celebrating: the Fountain Creek Nature Center just won the Sustainability in Action Award at this year’s Visit Colorado Springs Tourism Awards Celebration. It’s a well-deserved honor for a nature center that walks its talk—integrating environmental care into everything from summer camps to garden design.

They continue to weave environmental responsibility into all facets of its work—from native gardens and low-waste events to engaging hands-on programs like upcycled crafts and camps. The center serves as a model of sustainability for the community, offering education, resources, and everyday inspiration to help residents and visitors reduce waste, protect wildlife, and embrace greener habits.

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*Later this week I’ll share WHY I DID NOT do it another way that may have saved me even MORE time!

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💋 Skip These Aging Makeup Mistakes

I rarely wear makeup, but when I do, I want it to look fresh and natural—not dated. Personally, clean, minimal, and practical is my lane (like using arrowroot as my setting powder!)

This video shares simple technique tweaks that make a big difference, especially for mature skin. I’m not endorsing the products in this video—just the helpful how-to’s. Hope it helps!

*Information is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Please consult a health care professional, nothing above should be construed as medical advice.

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

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📆 Sample Local Events

Weather permitting

• Sept 16, 18 & 21, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Sept 17-21, 10am-6pm (Closed Mon & Tues): Parade of Homes in Colorado Springs $18

• Sept 19, 6-9pm: Mabon Light Bottle Workshop @Blessings Bee Bzzaar, 1287 Lake Plaza Dr, Ste 30 $9

• Sept 20, 10am-5pm: Annual Powwow @Rock Ledge Ranch $8

• Sept 20, 7:30-9pm: Movies Under the Stars - The Hangover @Bristol Brewing FREE

• Sept 20, 2-4pm: Doyennes, Disputes, and Woman's Political Domain in Early Colorado Springs @McAllister House Museum, 423 N Cascade Ave $17.85

• Sept 22, 7-9pm: Fall Equinox Hike @Garden of The Gods $5

• Sept 25, 6-9:30pm: Tails, Tunes & Tastes @Cheyenne Mountain Zoo $64.75-$74.75 (Last one for the season, limited tix left)

• Sept 27, 9am-11am: Beginning Bridge Workshop @Bridge Center, 901 N 17th St $10

• Sept 27, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Game Over @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $74.95 (12 ticket left)

• Oct 5, 11am: The Local Motive - Leaf Peepin' Party @Kinship Landing $54.50

• Oct 8, 2-3:30pm: South/Southeast Colorado 50+ Workforce Listening Session (Virtual)

• Oct 10-12, 17-19, 24-26: First Company Theater Presents, Brigadoon @First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada $20

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

• Nov 8, 3-6pm: Senior Holiday Dinner Dance @COS City Hub, 4304 Austin Bluffs 65+ FREE (must register, limited spots available)

👩‍🌾 Farmers Markets - Weather permitting

• Sept 15 & 17, 10am-5pm (Mon & Wed’s thru Oct 15): Summer Farmers Market @ Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 N Gate Blvd

• Sept 17, 9am-2pm (Wed’s thru Sept 24): Briargate Farmers Market @7610 N Union Blvd

• Sept 17, 3-7pm (Wed’s thru Oct 15): Colorado Farm and Art Market (CFAM) @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon

• Sept 19, Noon-4pm (Every other Fri thru Oct 3): UCCS Farmers Market @3942 Regent Circle 

• Sept 20, 7am-1pm (Sat's thru Oct 11): OCC Farmers Market @2407 W Colorado Ave

• Sept 20, 8am-2pm (Sat’s thru Oct 4): Monument Hill Farmers Market @66 Jefferson St, Monument

• Sept 20, 8am-2pm (Sat thru Sept 27): Metcalf Park Market @618 E Ohio Ave Fountain

• Sept 20, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Oct 11): Backyard Market @Black Forest, 6845 Shoup Rd (Local produce advertised)

  • 🌟Stop by this booth…🧄 You HAVE to Taste What They're Growing at The Green Witch Homestead!

• Sept 20, 10am-2pm: CFAM (Sat's thru Oct 3): The Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd (Local produce advertised)

• Sept 21, 11am-3pm: Southeast Farmer's Market (Food Coalition) @Stompin' Groundz, 2050 Jet Wing Dr (Last one for the season)

• Sept 28, 9am-2pm (Every other Sun, thru Oct 26): COS Sunday Market @Acacia Park, Downtown

🎶 Fall Concert Series - Weather permitting

• Sept 16, 5:30-7:30pm (Tues’s thru Sept): Music in the Park: @Bancroft Park, 2400 W Colorado Ave FREE

• Sept 20, 11am-2pm: Music on The Mesa - FALL FESTIVAL, COUNTYWYDE @Goldhill Mesa, 142 S Raven Mine Dr FREE

• Sept 20, 6pm & 21, 2pm: Pikes Peak Music Assn presents - Echoes of the Heart Land @Bancroft Park, OCC FREE

🍂 Fall Festivals & Fairs - Weather permitting

• Sept 19-21: Chile and Frijoles Festival @downtown Pueblo along Union Ave $6-$65

• Sept 20, 8am-1pm (Sat's thru Oct 11): OCC Craft Fair @Old Colorado City History Center, 1 S 24th St

• 🍺 Sept 20, 10am-6pm: Oktoberfest @Cerberus Brewing, 702 W Colorado Ave

• Sept 26 (5-11pm) & 27 (11am-11pm): Oktoberfest @WMMI, 225 North Gate 

• Sept 27, 10am-2pm: McAllister House Museum Harvest Festival @ 423 N Cascade Ave FREE

• Sept 30, 5-9pm: Pikes Peak Oktoberfest @Hillside Gardens & Events, 1006 S Institute St $12.51

• Oct 4, Miner's Pumpkin Patch @ Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 North Gate $13

• Oct 4 (10am-6pm) & 5 (10am-4pm): Market Days @Norris Penrose Event Center $7.23 (Early Bird, sale ends Oct 3)

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