Let’s start with a history lesson. Five years ago, Manitou Springs voters made one of their smartest decisions – though nobody knew the final outcome until later. It’s the best example that every vote truly does matter. In the same 2019 election that gave us Mayor John Graham and three new at-large City Councilors, all […]
Nobody knew exactly what to expect on the evening of July 5 in and around Manitou Springs. One unscripted scene quickly answered any question about the community jewel known as First Friday Artwalk. All you had to do was climb the stairs inside Miramont Castle Museum and step into what’s known as the Great Hall. […]
At this time 12 months ago, everyone involved with Creative Alliance Manitou Springs thought 2023 would bring all kinds of challenges and opportunities. Looking back now over the past 12 months, those expectations were on target. For those who need a primer, the Creative Alliance — or CRANE, as the organization likes to be known […]
For more than a century, spanning the city’s 150-year history, Manitou Springs has had a newspaper to call its own. It was actually the Manitou Springs Daily Journal for decades until 1933, then a weekly for the 90 years since, mostly as the Manitou Springs Journal and Pikes Peak Journal operated by the Graham family, […]
Regular readers found out in a Sept. 15 column that the Pikes Peak Bulletin was heading into transition, as has happened to many local papers — large and small — across the country in recent years. For the Bulletin, that period of change and uncertainty started with the scheduled Nov. 1 departure of John Weiss […]
About a decade ago, the Pikes Peak Bulletin went through a perilous time, no different from what had been happening to community newspapers throughout America. This weekly publication, carrying on a proud tradition that dated to the late 1800s, reached an alarming point of shrinking revenues and an uncertain future. The owners were not sure […]
If you ever need a textbook example of how small-town local government should NOT work, look no further than August 2022 right here in Manitou Springs. Tuesday night at Memorial Hall, the Manitou Springs City Council put the final touch on this chaotic month, voting to cut off sales tax funding to the Manitou Springs […]
Sometimes the best way to learn more about Manitou Springs is simply to notice how others react when they come to visit. Every day, in the course of our personal lives, we see and encounter everything our city has to offer, and often as a result we take Manitou’s uniqueness for granted. We think we […]
Back in late July, some wheels began turning toward a major new partnership in Manitou Springs’ arts, culture and economic community. Today, almost five months later, that effort has reached the brink of reality, which as of Jan. 1, 2022, will mean the birth of a new organization — Creative Alliance Manitou Springs. Playing with […]
