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📰 Tonight’s Meeting Could Get Heated 😳
📰 COS Says Enough 🚦
📰 Hummingbird Festival Returns 🌺
Recipe: 🍜 30-Minute Chicken Peanut Noodles
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😳 Tonight’s Meeting Could Get Heated
A California company wants to turn an old Intel factory into an AI data center, but neighbors who remember a noisy crypto mine in the same building are pushing back.
Concerns about power use, water consumption, and noise have led to protests, even as the developer promises the project will stay within city limits.
📢 2nd community meeting happening TONIGHT, Thurs May 14, 5:30–7:30pm at the Marriott, 5580 Tech Center Dr. This is to address residents' concerns about “Project Taurus”. Full Story
🚦 COS Says Enough
Mayor Yemi launched "Safe Streets COS" yesterday at Mann Middle School. The citywide initiative targets dangerous driving with engineering, enforcement, education, and community partnerships. Already this school year, the city has installed 22 additional school zones with improved signage, safer crossings, and better visibility. The goal is to cut serious injury and fatal crashes by 35% by 2035.
Big changes ahead: red light cameras expanding to 20 high-risk intersections, stronger speed enforcement, and a push for every driver in COS to take shared responsibility. Since 2023, traffic enforcement is up 50%. Around school zones alone, it's up 200%.
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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 May 16. Watch now to see what's waiting for you!
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🌺 Hummingbird Festival Returns
One of Colorado Springs’ sweetest signs of spring is returning this weekend.
The annual Hummingbird Festival is back at Starsmore Visitor and Nature Center this Sat, bringing a day full of nature walks, live raptors, crafts, face painting, and hands-on activities for families of all ages. The longtime community tradition celebrates the return of hummingbirds to North Cheyenne Cañon Park and gives visitors a chance to slow down, enjoy the outdoors, and learn more about the tiny pollinators that brighten our mountain canyons each year.
Guests can also plant pollinator-friendly flowers to take home, join guided bird walks, and hear educational talks about hummingbirds throughout the day…all surrounded by the beauty of Cheyenne Cañon.
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🍜 30-Minute Chicken Peanut Noodles
Recipe by Ambitious Kitchen
Savory, spicy ginger chicken peanut noodles with stir-fried veggies, lean ground chicken, and a creamy, flavorful peanut sauce. Just 30 minutes to make and pack over 30g of protein for an easy weeknight dinner!
Editor’s Note: I made this on Sunday. I substituted the chicken for vegetarian option, added a few more veggies and doubled the sauce…it was delicious!
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📆 Sample Local Events
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Every Wed-Sun, 11am-2:45pm: Tea at the Castle @ Glen Eyrie Castle, 3820 North 30th St $50
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Sept 19-20: Pikes Peak Regional Airshow @ COS Airport $50-$204
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May 14-18, 21-24: Do Portugal Circus @ 400 S Sierra Madre (Next to the US Olympic & Paralympic Museum) $15-$70
May 14-17, 21-24: Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill: The Musical @ Fine Arts Center $30
May 16, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, A Noteworthy Crime @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95
May 23-Oct 17 (every sat), 9am-1pm: Black Forest Farmers Market @ 6845 Shoup Rd
Jun 4, 10-11am: Genealogy Basics @PPLD, Virtual Library on Zoom FREE
🎶 Concerts / Music
May 16 (7:30pm) & 17 (2:30pm): Gershwin: Porgy and Bess @Pikes Peak Center, 190 S Cascade Ave $41-$123
May 24, 3pm: Pikes Peak Philharmonic: Rhap @ENT Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $14-$20
July 4, 6:30-10pm: Star Spangled Symphony 2026 @Ford Amphitheater, 95 Spectrum Loop $18-$25 (will sell out, get your ticket today)
July 30,5:30-7:30pm: Jelly Roll @ Weidner Field (will sell out)
🔥 Sept 26 & 27: Bruno Mars Concert @ Falcon Stadium, USAFA (will sell out)
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