COS Town Tidings #26-064
🤣 Today’s Chuckle
📰 Sales Tax Growth Continues 📈
📰 Free Ride Pilot Program 🚌
📰 World’s Biggest Potato Truck in COS 🥔
Recipe: 🍝 Gluten-Free Beef Stroganoff
🛍 New: Bargain Box Weekly Sales!
📆 Local Events + Concerts & Activities
🌤 COS Weather - Mostly sunny, very warm and windy with high fire danger
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Did you hear they're remaking The Princess Bride with an all-potato cast?
👉"Hello, my name is Idaho Montoya. You peeled my father. Prepare to fry." 🤣
📈 Sales Tax Growth Continues
El Paso County’s economy is holding steady. Sales and use tax collections for 2025 are up about 2% over last year, showing consistent growth and stable local spending. The latest quarterly update matched financial forecasts and continues to support public safety, roads, parks, and community programs.
County leaders say they’re watching economic trends closely to keep long-term plans on track. El Paso County also maintains one of the lowest tax burdens per resident in the state.
🚌 Free Ride Pilot Program
Mountain Metro Transit is rolling out several changes this spring to make getting around Colorado Springs easier and faster.
Starting March 29:
Route 10 and Route 11 will run every 30 minutes instead of once per hour.
Route 5 and Route 25 will increase service from every 30 minutes to every 15 minutes.
Route 3 will become fare-free as part of a new pilot program.
Why the change?
The free Route 3 aims to help reduce street parking congestion in Downtown Colorado Springs, Old Colorado City, and Manitou Springs.
Riders are encouraged to park in garages or lots and take the bus to busy areas.
If ridership is strong, the free route could continue long-term.
The new service changes take effect March 29 and will not increase parking or bus fares elsewhere in the system. Full Story
🛍 Bargain Box: This Week's Hot Deals!
A new week means new treasures! We're giving you a first look at the incredible finds and amazing sales hitting the floor for through March 7. Watch now to see what's waiting for you!
👉 Remember, you can donate items here too!
Location: 405 S Nevada Ave, Open Tues - Sat 10am-2pm. (719) 475-1029
🥔 World’s Biggest Potato Truck in COS
The Big Idaho® Potato Truck stops at Texas Roadhouse (595 S 8th St), tomorrow on Fri, Mar 6 from 3–6:30pm. The potato isn’t real, but it weighs four tons and stretches 72 feet with the truck. That’s about 21,562 medium potatoes in one giant spud-on-wheels.
If it were real, it would take 7,000 years to grow and two years to bake. 🤣 Instead, it’s here for photos, food, and family fun.
The truck travels 22,000 miles a year and visits more than 120 cities. Now it’s our turn.
📸 Stop by, snap a pic, and see the world’s largest potato on wheels. Full Story
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🍝 Gluten-Free Beef Stroganoff
Recipe by Fearless Dining
Get ready for the best in comfort food. Mouthwatering chunks of beef cooked in a flavorful sauce and served over gluten free egg noodles.
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📆 Sample Local Events
*Weather permitted
Through Mar 6-7: Ice Castles @ Cripple Creek $16-$29 (Last Days)
Sept 19-20: Pikes Peak Regional Airshow @ COS Airport $50-$204 (Tickets on sale now)
Mar 5-7: Wine Festival of Colorado Springs @ Various locations (Register events fill up)
Mar 5-8, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @ 1 Tejon St $69-$87
Mar 5, 5:30pm (show starts at 6): 90s Murder Mystery Dinner @Vine & Wheel, 616 S Tejon $100
Mar 5, 6:30-8:30pm: Floral Macrame Workshop | Add DIY Candle Making @ 2834 N Powers Blvd $40
Mar 5, 6-8pm: Spring Fling Carnival @Wolford Elementary, 13710 Black Forest Rd
Mar 6, 5-8pm: First Friday ArtWalk @ Old Colorado City
Mar 6, 5-9pm: First Friday @ Downtown Colorado Springs
Visit Gallery 113: 🖼️ Where Art Speaks to Your Soul
Mar 6, 6pm & 7 (6 & 1pm): Fountain Community Theater - Adam's Eve @YMCA Building, 326 Alabama Ave, Fountain $17.30
Mar 6-8: First Company Theatre presents, I Remember Mama @420 N Nevada $17-$20
Mar 7, 10am: Citizen Science Program: Wolf Advocacy @Concrete Coyote Community Park, 1100 S Royer St FREE
Mar 7, 10am-Noon: Jigsaw Puzzle Swap @ Penrose Library FREE
Mar 7, 10am-2pm: Lunar New Year Celebration: The Year of the Fire Horse @CSPM, 215 S Tejon FREE (RSVP recommended)
Mar 7, 11am-Noon: Marking Time: Commemorating the Past in the Pikes Peak Region @Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
Mar 7, 1-2:30pm: Terrarium Workshop @ Plant Mamas Garden, 6436 S US Hwy 85/87 Suite D Fountain $30 (Spots fill up fast)
Mar 7-8: Suitcase Fairytales @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $30.50
Mar 7, 2-3pm: Genealogy Basics @PPLD, Virtual Library on Zoom FREE
Mar 8, 1-4pm: Downtown Community Pop-up Market @ 702 S Tejon FREE to attend
Mar 8, 4:30pm: Goat's Milk Soap Making @ Meraki Springs, 2703 W Colorado Ave $65
Mar 12-15: Friends of the Library's BIG Spring Book Sale @East Library, 5550 N Union $6/bag
Mar 13, 9am-5pm: Dog Days at the Zoo @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo
Mar 13 (Noon-6pm), 14 (10am-6pm), 15 (10am-5pm): Remodeling Expo @Norris Penrose Center $5
💐 Mar 14, 10am-3pm: Spring Market in Black Forest @Edith Wolford Elementary, 13710 Black Forest Rd
Mar 14, 1-4pm: A.P.P.L.E. Project - Pruning 101 Workshop @ 17 N Spruce St $35 (Few tickets left)
Mar 14, 6-8pm: Floral Moon Wreaths With Hanging Crystals @ 2834 N Powers Blvd $45
Mar 14, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, The Hollywood Hit @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95
Mar 15, 1-4pm: Mosaic Lotus Flower Class @The Glass Collective, 828 E Fillmore #A $65 (Always sell out fast - don't wait)
Mar 21, 10-Noon: Spring Equinox: Flowers & Flow @Gather Mountain Blooms, 5210 S US Hwy 85 87 $57.52
Mar 21, 7pm: World Ballet Company presents Cinderella @ Pikes Peak Center $60-$226
Mar 22, 11am-3pm (every 4th Sunday): Crafters Collective, Maker's Market @ 3104 North Nevada FREE to attend
Mar 31, 11am-12:30pm: Mediterranean Diet Workshop @Colorado State University Extension COS, 17 N Spruce St, Suite 226 $17.85
Apr 5, 9-9:30am (First Sun every month): Positive Intention Group Meditation Gathering @ Yoga Studio Satya, 1581 York Rd FREE
Apr 11, 5:30pm: VERY IMPORTANT CHARITY EVENT (V.I.C.E.) @ Antlers Hotel 18+ $50 (Ticket Sales end Apr 1)
Apr 18, 5:30-9:30: Lumpia Rolling Party @Care and Share, 2605 Preamble Pt $75
🎶 Concerts / Music
Mar 5, 7:30pm: JUMP - America's Van Halen Experience @Phil Long Music Hall $42-$54
Mar 6, 7:30pm: ELVIS: One Night Tribute to The King @Phil Long Music Hall $48-$83
Mar 6-7, 7:30pm: La Vida Loca @Pikes Peak Center, 190 S Cascade Ave $35-$121
Mar 8, 3pm: Fauré Requiem French choral music @Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 601 N. Tejon FREE
Apr 20, 6-8:30pm: Harmony in Bloom Spring Fundraiser @The Peel House at First Lutheran Church, 1515 N Cascade Ave $50
Apr 26, 3pm: Pikes Peak Philharmonic: R&B @ENT Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $14-$20
🔥 Sept 26 & 27: Bruno Mars Concert @ Falcon Stadium, USAFA ON SALE NOW (will sell out)
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