COS Town Tidings #26-093

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📰 A Community Hub Is Closing 💔

📰 🍨 Restaurant Local Favorites: Pass or Problem?

Recipe: 🥕 Carrot Cake Cheesecake

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🌤 COS Weather - Mostly sunny, average temps and windy

Recreation: 🥾 A Sweet Spot to Get Outside

Seven local nonprofits in Colorado Springs are now searching for new office space after learning they’ll need to leave the city-owned Boulder Street buildings they’ve shared for years. The space, often referred to as the “Sustainacenter,” has served as a collaborative home for groups including Hey Neighbor, Kids on Bikes, Concrete Couch, Trails and Open Space Coalition, Fountain Creek Watershed District, Colorado Native Plant Society, and the Mid Shooks Run Community Garden.

For these organizations, the affordable shared setup has helped stretch limited budgets while also creating day-to-day opportunities for collaboration, volunteer coordination and community-focused projects. With the city planning to sell the properties as part of broader budget priorities, the groups now have until June 30 to find a new place where they can hopefully continue working together. Full Story

If you know of available office space… if you own a building… if you can connect them with someone who can help… now is the time.

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

Every week, El Paso County Public Health releases inspection reports for local restaurants. Most businesses pass with few issues, but occasionally a location requires a follow-up visit to correct food safety concerns.

Here's a breakdown of the most recent results:

These restaurants remain open but must correct violations before passing their next inspection.

🥇 Top Scores! Not all inspections bring bad news. Several local restaurants passed with minimal or no issues, showing strong food safety practices.

Now for some good news…these local spots are doing things right 👏

Health inspection results across El Paso County are available online for those wanting to check their favorite spots.

*Note: Most local restaurants take food safety incredibly seriously. In fact, many owners respond to violations swiftly and thoroughly, often making fixes the same day while they wait for reinspection.

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With a thick layer of creamy cheesecake covering spicy sweet carrot cake, this cheesecake recipe is the ultimate Easter dessert!

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If you’ve been looking for a simple excuse to get outside and enjoy one of these beautiful warm days, John Venezia Community Park is a great place to do it. With wide walking paths, open views and plenty of room to spread out, it’s the kind of park that makes it easy to move your body without it feeling like a chore.

And if you’re already thinking ahead to spring and summer gatherings, there’s another helpful update: several of the park’s pavilion-style spaces can now be reserved online, making it a little easier to plan birthdays, family get-togethers or casual outdoor meetups.

Between the walking loops, playgrounds, spray ground, pickleball courts, sports fields and picnic areas, this is one of those parks that really does have a little something for just about everyone.

Location: 3555 Briargate Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80920

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