About 325 meals were served on Christmas Day, thanks to volunteers inside City Hall cooking and packing to-go containers, and others out front handing them to guests.
Courtesy of Creative Alliance Manitou Springs As part of a pilot program matching community volunteers to 24 pollinator-friendly planters, the Manitou Pollinators and Creative Alliance Manitou Springs (formerly the Creative District) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Becker’s Lane Pollination Stations friendly competition. That was among the 12 planters in the Urban […]
Photos courtesy of J. Britt Jones This year’s group of hardy AdAmAn climbers gave it their best shot, but Pikes Peak’s summit was so obscured by clouds full of snow, they couldn’t set off fireworks. This was the 99th time club members have climbed the 14,115-foot peak to celebrate as the new year begins.
Photo by Rhonda Van Pelt Michelle O’Neal, left, and Colleen Boyarko of Monument wear their best Christmas apparel after climbing the Manitou Incline on Wednesday, Dec. 22.
Recycle your Christmas tree with TreeCycle to reduce tree waste, create mulch and support youth development nonprofits in the community. Organized by El Paso County, and with the assistance of the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Utilities and Colorado Springs Youth Sports, TreeCycle will take place the first two weekends of January. For a […]
City officials and staffers welcomed the media and others to the Water Treatment Plant on Thursday, Dec. 16, to celebrate the installation of a new hydropower system. High-pressure water from the Manitou Reservoir will turn a turbine that generates electricity at the plant, which is in the foothills northwest of Manitou Springs.
Courtesy of The BeeHive, written by Steffany Butts-Boucher Self-care is necessary to maintain balance and thrive during difficult times. Here are three practices that boost mental clarity and focus; improve physical and emotional balance; help manage pain, stress and anxiety; and improve relationships and connectivity. These practices also release the feel-good hormones: serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin […]
The Colorado Department of Transportation has resumed its Snowstang bus service, going to the Loveland Ski Area, Steamboat Springs and, new this season, Copper Mountain. Service to Arapahoe Basin began Dec. 18. Snowstang will operate on weekends and holidays, except on Christmas Day weekend, through mid-April 2022. All four routes board at Denver’s Union Station […]
Recycle your Christmas tree with TreeCycle to reduce tree waste, create mulch and support youth development nonprofits in the community. Organized by El Paso County, and with the assistance of the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Utilities and Colorado Springs Youth Sports, TreeCycle will take place the first two weekends of January. For a […]
The city has introduced real-time parking lot occupancy numbers on the city’s website (www.manitouspringsgov.com, top of the home page) that are also displayed on signs at all public parking lots. Plus, after you #PlanAheadforParking you can pay for a spot without a kiosk. The city utilizes a text-to-park system, a browser-based parking payment solution that […]
Photos by Rhonda Van Pelt Dozens of motorcycles roared through downtown Manitou Springs on Sunday, Dec. 5, during the annual Toy Run. Santa and his minions dropped off gifts destined for the Toys for Tots program.
Photo by Larry Ferguson Medical, legal and investigative help, along with mental health counseling, is readily available and easy to access in El Paso and Teller counties for physically and sexually abused children now that the agencies are housed at a recently opened child advocacy center in Colorado Springs. “The children don’t have to go […]
Q&A with Bryan Oller In your opinion/experience, can people capture good winter photos with their phones? Absolutely! There are tons of camera apps, often available for free, that give you an opportunity to put a personal spin on your creativity. My favorite apps to use during those cold and snowy occasions are TinType and Reflex. […]
It’s all “fur da kitties” at Happy Cats Haven. The Manitou Springs-based nonprofit has teams of volunteers who not only help cats find their “furever” homes, but ensure that they and their new families will be happy together. This is the ninth year that HCH has participated in the Give! campaign, and it’s been […]
To further promote tree planting in Manitou Springs, the city will host its second wood auction; this time, it will offer approximately 40 planks of Siberian elm. The silent auction will take place 3-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10 in City Hall, 606 Manitou Ave. All proceeds will be split 50/50 for gardening and tree planting […]
Courtesy of Rebecca Allen St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church of Manitou Springs proudly announces the installation of the new Community Resource Box now located permanently in our churchyard facing Manitou Avenue. This project was funded by the Manitou Arts, Culture, and Heritage Initiative with funding from the city of Manitou Springs Sales and Use Tax voters […]
About 30 volunteers helped serve approximately 600 meals on Thanksgiving Day, head chef Lyn Ettinger-Harwell estimated. The Salvation Army and Ettinger-Harwell are already planning the Christmas Day meal, which will feature ham. Like the Thanksgiving meal, food will be available for people walking up to or driving by City Hall, 606 Manitou Ave., and for […]
If cutting your own Christmas tree is a beloved family tradition — or you’d like it to be —the recreation.gov website has information about how to get a permit and where you can use it. Permits are available for the Pike and San Isabel National Forest that allow cutting through Dec. 15. They cost $20 […]
The city of Manitou Springs has announced the 2021 Manitou Springs Photo Contest winners. The contest drew submissions from 26 people, totaling more than 60 photos. First place and $100 in Manitou Money went to Mickey Simpson’s photo of Schryver Park’s pond in autumn. That will be used as the city’s profile picture on social […]
Schwazze cannabis company announced Nov. 16 that it has signed definitive documents to acquire Emerald Fields, which owns and operates retail cannabis dispensaries in Manitou Springs and Glendale, Colorado. This acquisition is part of the company’s continuing retail expansion plan in Colorado, bringing the total number of dispensaries including announced acquisitions to 22. Founding partner […]
