COS Town Tidings #26-006

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🤣 Today’s Chuckle

📰 This Is What Hope Looks Like 🐾

📰 Hwy 24 Exit Closes - Here’s Why 🚧

📰 A Game-Changer for SE Colorado Springs 🌱

🏥 Trivia Time: How Did A Church Hospital Become A City Landmark?

🛍 New: Bargain Box Weekly Sales, Jan 6-11! 

📢 Featured Event - TODAY, Jan 6 & 13

📆 Local Events + Concerts & Special Events

🌤 COS Weather - Mostly sunny, breezy with above average temps

Birthdays are good for your health...

👉the more you have, the longer you live 🤣

Birthday hat on.
Midlife clarity in progress.
I’m embracing this one!
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🐾 This Is What Hope Looks Like

A recent post from National Mill Dog Rescue is touching hearts across the community after sharing an update on Freida, a five-year-old French bulldog who arrived unable to use her back legs. This week, Freida was fitted with a custom wheelchair and almost instantly, her world opened up. She’s now exploring the play areas, chasing balls, spinning with excitement, and doing something she couldn’t before: truly playing.

Her journey is a powerful reminder that healing doesn’t always look like walking again, sometimes it looks like rolling forward with joy, confidence, and a brand-new sense of freedom. And this chapter is just the beginning.

Want to learn more about the National Mill Dog Rescue? We featured them here:

• 😢 From A Cold Cage To A Loving Home

🛍 Bargain Box: This Week's Hot Deals!
Jan 6-11

A new week means new treasures! We're giving you a first look at the incredible finds and amazing sales hitting the floor for Jan 6-11. Watch now to see what's waiting for you! This week up to 50% OFF + Looking for Bronco’s Apparel?!

Location: 405 S Nevada Ave, Open Tues - Sat 10am-2pm. (719) 475-1029 (Closed New Year’s Day)

• —> 🤲 They Have 5,000 Reasons to Work for Free

🚧 Hwy 24 Exit Closes - Here’s Why

Drivers who use US Hwy 24 near Peterson Road will notice a permanent traffic change that started yesterday. A slip exit lane closed as crews continue work on a long-term safety project designed to improve traffic flow and access near Peterson Space Force Base. While construction continues through January, drivers should plan for slight delays and follow posted signs for the smoothest route through the area.

🎯 The Secret to Financial Confidence You Deserve

🌱 A Game-Changer for SE Colorado Springs

Solid Rock Community Development Corp is opening the doors to its new Aquapod Farm in Southeast Colorado Springs, a year-round aquaponics facility designed to tackle food insecurity with fresh, locally grown produce. Using a sustainable system that pairs fish and plants in a self-cleaning ecosystem, the farm will supply nutritious food directly through the community food center while also creating hands-on learning opportunities, volunteer pathways, and local jobs.

The grand opening celebration on Jan 10, 11am-2pm, invites the community to tour the farm, enjoy hot cocoa, win prizes, and take home one of 700 free heads of lettuce, marking a powerful step forward in building healthier, more resilient neighborhoods.

👵 From "Too Fragile" To Daily Adventures... with Kristen Nielsen

🏥 TRIVIA: How Did A Church Hospital Become A City Landmark?

Did you know Colorado Springs’ first real city hospital began not with a government plan, but with a handful of local church women who were simply tired of watching their neighbors suffer? In 1904, members of the Woman’s Home Missionary Society at First Methodist Episcopal Church looked around a fast‑growing town and saw miners, families, and churchgoers getting sick with no dedicated hospital to turn to. They scraped together support to convert an old sanatorium at South Institute and East Colorado into a small, faith‑driven hospital where deaconess nurses lived upstairs, worked downstairs, and cared for anyone who came through the doors.

When the City of Colorado Springs bought Beth‑El Hospital in 1943, what new name did it give the hospital, and why?

Just a few years later, the community doubled down on that vision. With land donated by city founder General William Jackson Palmer, Colorado Springs residents backed the construction of a modern brick facility at 1400 E Boulder St, renamed Beth‑El, “House of God.” It stood on level ground instead of a windswept hill and soon became the place where local nurses trained, babies were born, and epidemic patients were treated, anchoring an east‑side neighborhood that many of your readers still drive past every week.

Over time, Beth‑El grew into Memorial Hospital and its nursing program evolved into today’s Johnson Beth‑El College of Nursing and Health Sciences at UCCS, meaning the nurses caring for Colorado Springs patients now are part of the same story that started with those determined women in 1904.

Answer: In 1943 the city renamed it “Memorial Hospital” to honor the men and women who were killed in World War II. *Source

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✨ Special Class TODAY, Jan 6 & 13

• Jan 6, 2-3pm: Listening To The Quiet Voice Within: A Talk On Intuition @ Treehouse Cafe $20

• Jan 13, 2-3pm: Energy in Motion: How Your Thoughts Attract Your Life @ Treehouse Cafe $20

  • —> With Laurel: 👁️‍🗨️ The Strength To Endure Comes From This

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📆 Sample Local Events

*Weather permitted

• Jan 6-11, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @ 1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Jan 7, 6:30-7:30pm: Waltz 1 with John @ Dance Wonderland, 2103 N Weber $15-20/class

• Jan 8, 5-8pm: Meet the Artists Receptions @ Gold Hill Mesa

• Jan 8, 6:30-9:30pm: Salsa 719! Latin Dance Night & Social @ Movement Arts Community Studio, 525 E Fountain Blvd $5-$7

• Jan 9 & 28, 9am-5pm: Dog Days at the Zoo @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo

• Jan 9-11: Dinosaur Adventure @ COS Event Center $25-$99

• Jan 9 (Noon-6pm), 10 (10am-6pm), 11 (10am-5pm): Colorado Springs Home Building & Remodeling Show @ Norris Penrose Event Center $5

• Jan 9, 6pm: Soap Making Class @ Meraki Springs, 2703 W Colorado Ave $65

• Jan 9, 6:30-8:30pm: Sound Emersion - Planetary Gongs @ 17717 Leisure Lake Dr, Monument $75

• Jan 10, 11am-3pm: Winter Wellness: New Beginnings @ 11720 Woodmen Hills Dr, Peyton FREE entry

• Jan 10, 7pm: Droppin' the Ball: After New Years Comedy Show! @ Peak Improv Theater, 440 N Carefree $15

  • —> 🎬 What If Your Second Act Is The Main Event?

• Jan 11, 2-4pm: Wintery Wine Glass Workshop @ MY CELLAR WINE BAR, 9258 Forest Bluffs View $37

• Jan 13, 2-3pm: Energy in Motion: How Your Thoughts Attract Your Life @ Treehouse Cafe $20

  • —> With Laurel: 👁️‍🗨️ The Strength To Endure Comes From This.

• Jan 16-18: The Springs Home Show @ Colorado Springs Event Center FREE Admission

• Jan 17, 10-11:30am: Build a Bird with Bricks & Minifigs @ Fountain Creek Nature Center $25 (Prepaid registration required)

• Jan 23, 7:30pm: The Mat!ch Game @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $17.50

• Jan 24, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, The Hollywood Hit @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95

• Feb 12-Mar 1: The Roommate @ Fine Arts Center, 30 West Dale St $30-$60

🎶 Concerts

• Jan 7, 5:30pm: James Wallace Blues @ Distillery 291, 4242 N Nevada

• Jan 10-11: The Human Equation @ Ent Center for the Arts $18-$41

• Feb 6, 7pm: Three Dog Night @ Pikes Peak Center $63-$260

• Jan 24 (7:30pm) & 25 (2:30pm), 7:30pm: Brahms / Tchaikovsky @ Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts, 190 S Cascade $57-$120

• Feb 22, 3pm: Pikes Peak Philharmonic: Pops @ENT Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $14-$20

🎉 Holiday Festivals, Fairs & Activities

• ⛸ Through Jan 31: Skate In The Park @Acacia Park $15

• Jan 10-Feb 21: Ice Castles @ Cripple Creek $16-$29 (tickets on sale now)

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