COS Town Tidings #25-280

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🤣 Today’s Chuckle

📰 City Budget: Cuts & Commitments From Mayor💰

📰 Crashes Spike on Powers⛔

📰 Unity Through Remembrance Tonight🕊️

⚰ Trivia Time: What Secrets Lie Beyond Fairview’s Gates?

📆 Local Events + Farmers Markets & Fall Fairs/Festivals

⛅ COS Weather - Mostly cloudy and cooler temps with AM sprinkles possible

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A man saw an epitaph in a cemetery which read: 'Here lies an honest man and politician.'

👉'Shame,' he said, 'two people in the same grave'' 🤣

💰 City Budget: Cuts & Commitments From Mayor

To navigate a projected $31 million budget shortfall, Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi has proposed a 2026 budget that makes targeted cuts while keeping core services intact. Public safety is protected, with full funding for sworn officers, firefighters, and 9-1-1 call centers. The budget also invests in roads, snow removal, and a new “Keep It Clean and Safe” program aimed at addressing crime, litter, and homelessness.

To balance the books without raising taxes, the city will reduce its workforce by 1%, forgo employee raises, close Meadows Park Community Center, and restructure some services. While local small businesses are hoping for more direct support, city officials say the foundation for economic vibrancy begins with safe, clean streets. Despite the cuts, leaders say Colorado Springs remains fiscally strong and focused on long-term resilience.

⛔ Crashes Spike on Powers

Powers Boulevard has seen a string of multi-car accidents lately, and local police are urging drivers to slow down and stay alert. Many of the crashes stem from distractions or people rushing, especially in heavy traffic areas like Barnes and North Carefree. CSPD is reminding us all that a quick glance at your phone—or following too closely—can have serious consequences. Their advice? Give yourself space, check traffic before heading out, and stay focused behind the wheel. A few extra seconds of caution could make all the difference. Full Story

🎯 The Secret to Financial Confidence You Deserve

🕊️ Unity Through Remembrance Tonight

Tonight, this community event, beginning at 6pm, in Acacia Park (115 E Platte) is a heartfelt call to pause and reflect on the lives tragically taken or still unaccounted for. Organizers have created this gathering to hold space for collective grief, remembrance, and healing.

Local representatives and faith leaders will speak words of comfort and resolve, reminding us of the power of unity and the importance of not forgetting. Open to all and free to attend, this evening is meant to honor those impacted by violence—both directly and indirectly—and to remind us we’re not alone in our mourning. Full Story

⚰ Trivia: What Secrets Lie Beyond Fairview’s Gates?

Did you know Fairview Cemetery, just off 26th Street, began as the vision of Anthony Bott—a miner, pioneer, and co-founder of Colorado City—who donated its 32-acre plot in 1895 in exchange for precious water rights? His gift became the region’s resting place for the working class and pioneers of Colorado City, now Old Colorado City, where the stories of prospectors, saloon keepers, madams, and Civil War veterans whisper among the limestone markers.

Which infamous local “madam,” known for her role in the city’s red-light history, is laid to rest in Fairview Cemetery—becoming one of its most talked-about residents?

The cemetery’s first recorded burial was in October 1895, though the land had witnessed sorrow long before—with some burials claimed as early as the 1870s, well before the city officially purchased it. Today, as you walk its grounds with golden Pikes Peak views, Fairview is more than a cemetery—it’s a vibrant chapter of the city’s frontier past, and every grave tells a story.

• 👻 Oct 19, various times: Legends & Lore of Fairview Cemetery @OCCHS, 1000 South 26th St $18-$21 (Time slots are selling fast)

Answer: Laura Bell McDaniel *Source, *Source2 

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📆 Sample Local Events

Weather permitting

• Oct thru 31: Old Colorado City October Strolls

• Oct 7-12, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

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

• Oct 9 (members only day), 10 (noon-4pm), 11 (10am-4pm) & 12 (11am-3pm): BIG Fall Book Sale @PPLD East Library 5550 N Union $6-$7

• Oct 10, 6-9pm: Fall Mustard-themed dinner party @Colonel Mustard’s Sandwich Emporium, 1412 South 21st $35 (1 ticket left)

• 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

• Oct 11, 8:30-11am: Heel Hike Fundraising for Bees @Greencrest Trail, Austin Bluffs & Brenner $23.18

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

• Oct 11, Noon-3pm: Nonprofit Chili Cook-Off @Cerberus Brewing, 702 W Colorado Ave $12

• Oct 11, 6:30-8pm: Movies Under the Stars - Barbie @Bristol Brewing FREE

• Oct 11, 7pm: Oxymorons Comedy: Hocus Jokus @Peak Improv Theater, 3440 N Carefree $15 (family friendly)

• Oct 17, 6pm & 9pm: The Rocky Horror Picture Show 50th anniversary @Ivywild School Gym Auditorium, 1604 S Cascade Ave $22

• Oct 25, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Game Over @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $74.95 (10 tickets left - Halloween Costume Show)

• Oct 29, 6pm: Secret of Black Forest Bistro Murder Mystery Dinner @6750 Shoup Rd $80

• Nov 8, 8am-noon: Bear Creek Bear Run @Bear Creek Nature Center $20-$65 (Registration open for this fun, family friendly annual event!)

• Nov 8, 3-6pm: Senior Holiday Dinner Dance @COS City Hub, 4304 Austin Bluffs 65+ FREE (must register, 23 tickets left)

👩‍🌾 Farmers Markets - Weather permitting

• Oct 8 & 13, 10am-5pm (Mon & Wed’s thru Oct 15): Summer Farmers Market @ Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 N Gate Blvd

• Oct 8, 3-7pm (Wed’s thru Oct 15): Colorado Farm and Art Market (CFAM) @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon

• Oct 11, 7am-1pm: OCC Farmers Market @2407 W Colorado Ave (Last one for the season)

• Oct 11, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Oct 11): Backyard Market @Black Forest, 6845 Shoup Rd (Local produce advertised & Last one for the season)

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

• Oct 11 & 18, 10am-2pm: CFAM: The Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd (Local produce advertised)

• Oct 12, 9am-2pm (Every other Sun, thru Oct 26): COS Sunday Market @Acacia Park, Downtown

• Oct 19, 11am-3pm: Southeast Farmer's Market (Food Coalition) @Stompin' Groundz, 2050 Jet Wing Dr (Last one for the season)

🎶 Fall Concerts - Weather permitting

• Oct 8, 6-9pm: Jazz Thursdays - On The Brink @Mining Exchange Hotel, 8 S Nevada FREE

• Oct 10 & 11, 7:30pm: COS Philharmonic Catch Me If You Can: The Music of John Williams @Pikes Peak Center $58

• Oct 12, 3pm: Pikes Peak Philharmonic: Country @ENT Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $20

🍂 Fall Festivals, Fairs & Activities - Weather permitting

• Oct 10-31 (Fri's 9:30am-2:30pm), (Sat/Sun 9:30-4pm): Pumpkin Fest @Gaither Mountain Blooms, 5210 S Hwy 85 $11.17

• Oct 10-26, 10am-5pm (Every Fri, Sat & Sun): Long Neck Pumpkin Farm @ 7595 California Dr, COS $18

• Oct 10, 11, 17, 18 & 24, 5pm: Manitou Ghost Tours @Manitou Springs Heritage Center, 517 Manitou Ave $19.89

• Oct 11, 8am-2pm (Sat's thru Oct 11): OCC Craft Fair @Old Colorado City History Center, 1 S 24th St

• Oct 11 & 12, 9am-4pm: Sugar Plum Market @Colorado Springs Event Center, 3960 Palmer Park Blvd $7.23

• Oct 11 (Every Sat in Oct), Miner's Pumpkin Patch @ Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 North Gate $13

• Oct 11 (9am-4pm) & 12 (10am-3pm): Front Range Maker's Market @Lewis Palmer High School, 1300 Higby Rd, Monument $5

• Oct 11, 11am-3pm: Fall Festival @Active Chiropractic Wellness Center, 2790 N Academy

• Oct 19, various times: Legends & Lore of Fairview Cemetery @OCCHS, 1000 South 26th St $18-$21 (Time slots are selling fast)

• Oct 25, 10am-7pm: Emma Crawford Coffin Races @downtown Manitou

• Oct 25, 9:30am-4pm: Pup-Kin Days @Gather Mountain Blooms, 5210 S Hwy 85 $5.72

• Oct 25, Noon-5pm: Spooktacular Saturday @Everyday Girl Adventures, 2506 W Colorado Ave FREE

• Nov 1, 10am-2pm: Everything but the Oink @Rock Ledge Ranch $8

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