The city of Manitou Springs has partnered with Resource Central to offer free Slow the Flow sprinkler audits. The audits are 75-minute evaluations that involve visual inspections of systems by professionals, who will identify problems and perform tests on the system to help residents create the most efficient schedule for their yards. Inefficiencies not only […]
The Manitou Springs Fire Department will be hosting a town hall meeting titled âLiving With Wildfireâ at 6 p.m., June 22, at the Manitou Springs Middle Schoolâs media center, 415 El Monte Place, The town hall is to encourage Manitou Springs residents to talk about wildfire in our community and to learn what they can […]
Over the past seven months, the Hiawatha Gardens Task Force III has worked with BVH Architects to develop eight options for the design and use of the historic dance hall building. Four alternatives for revising the current parking lot design to accommodate all modes of transportation have also been developed. In March, the task force […]
Terrence Batson, a nine-year Manitou Springs High School Spanish and German teacher, resigned from the school to pursue his love of working with children. He will move up the pass to Ute Pass Elementary School next school year. Batson first contemplated this move in the early COVID-19 days during lockdown. âWhat happened in schools across […]
As the city of Manitou Springs approaches its 150th anniversary, the history-loving volunteers at the Manitou Springs Heritage Center and Museum have been working on an exhibit to celebrate the milestone. Theyâve brainstormed together, and consulted historian Deborah Harrison about how to organize the information being presented in the âManitou Springs * 150 Years Strong […]
The 47th annual salute to the Wild West returned to Old Colorado City over Memorial Day weekend. The popular event, which is Coloradoâs largest street fair, was canceled the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. Photos by Rhonda Van Pelt
After an extensive national call for entries, Creative Alliance Manitou Springs announces finalists for the Beckers Lane Bridge art installation and the Spirit of Manitou Springs sculpture projects. The Beckers Lane Bridge call received 18 entries and the Spirit of Manitou Springs call received 60 entries. Each projectâs expert jury scored proposals for durability, technical […]
I sincerely and deeply apologize for the insensitive headline I wrote for a guest editorial in our May 26 issue. I finished editing that page and it was laid out a few days before the horrific crimes in Uvalde, Texas. I had to then turn my focus to the other 31 pages in that issue. […]
The advisory trustees of the William & Betty Osborne Trust Fund announce the availability of grant funds for 2022. For an organization to qualify for a grant, it must have a nonprofit status and be involved in charitable work that delivers services to deserving residents within the territorial boundaries the trust outlines. They include Colorado […]
The Manitou Avenue, Park Avenue to Serpentine (MAPS) project is nearing completion. Crews are finishing curbs and sidewalks on the west end of Manitou Avenue. The major capital improvement project has been upgrading and undergrounding utilities, installing a new storm-drain system, improving the roadway grades, installing a new 10-foot-wide multi-use trail, improving pedestrian safety and installing […]
Visitors can now reserve prime parking in Manitou Springs as part of the cityâs Parking Reservations Pilot Program. Eight spaces are available 6 a.m.-6 p.m. for reservations at Hiawatha Gardens, 10 Old Manâs Trail. Reservations can be made a few minutes before arriving â if spaces are available â or up to three months in […]
Jessica Avery, a second-year teacher at Manitou Springs High School, decided to resign this year because she felt like she could not make the impact on students the way she initially hoped. Avery began her teaching career in 2020-2021. She teaches Foundations of Social Studies and Sociology. With the impact of COVID-19, her career as […]
This yearâs Chapter K, Philanthropic Educational Organization scholarship was awarded to Liberty High School graduate Myah Patterson. She is the daughter of Carrick Patterson and Sarah Cox Patterson, a 1994 MSHS graduate and member of Chapter K. Myah will attend Loyola University-Chicago in the fall and plans to major in biology with a pre-veterinarian emphasis […]
Itâs a fact that Manitou residents love their trees. The mere mention of tree removal in any of the cityâs neighborhoods has the potential to ignite a citizen protest. And itâs a reality that is not lost on Matthew Nelson, the cityâs new arborist/horticulturist who began his job about five weeks ago. With a degree […]
The city has launched a feasibility study to determine the long-term vision for the Pool & Fitness Center. As part of this study, city leaders want to hear from you about what you want the Pool & Fitness Center to provide to our community. Please take 10 minutes to complete the Pool Feasibility Survey, so […]
A group of parents in Manitou Springs School District 14 say that more than 60 administrators, teachers and staff left during the 2021-22 school year â and theyâre sounding the alarm, calling the turnover rate âunacceptableâ for a district of Manitouâs size. At the Monday, May 16, D14 school board meeting, D14 parent Brenda Holmes-Stanciu […]
Manitou Springs City Council focused on the cityâs open fires and burning code and received an update on Hiawatha Gardens during its special meeting Tuesday, May 24. Councilors voted 6-0 to amend Manitou Springsâ restrictions on open fires and open burning. âOutdoor smoking of any tobacco product or similar material in cigarettes, cigars or pipes […]
BY HEILA ERSHADI Colorado Media Group founder and publisher Dirk Hobbs announced in a publisherâs note in the latest edition of his business magazine the Southern Colorado Business Forum & Digest that the publication once known as the Colorado Springs Independent (widely known as the Indy) that he recently purchased will be relaunched in July […]
BY WARREN EPSTEIN/SPECIAL TO THE BULLETIN Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade and I have been friends since he helped open The Wild Goose Meeting House. When Yemi told me he was running for mayor, I asked him which side of the countryâs political divide he falls on. âNeither,â he told me. âIâm independent. Iâm in […]
Alice Stoneback, French teacher and Student Council (StuCo) adviser at Manitou Springs High School, is resigning at the end of the 2021-2022 school year to take the next step in her career as the dean of students at Air Academy High School. Stoneback, more commonly known as Stoney by students and staff, decided to make […]
