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Trail talk: Have your say on proposed land swap in involving The Broadmoor, North Cheyenne Canon Park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Is the proposed land trade with The Broadmoor a stroke of great luck for Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services? Or is the plan lopsided? I’ve heard both opinions, and it’s something the hiking/cycling/equestrian…
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12 marketing steps to business success for 2016
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save January is the month that we look back on the year. We either congratulate ourselves on the resolutions that we followed through on or chastise ourselves for our personal promises that withered with neglect. It’s also a…
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EMPTY STOCKING: Home Front Cares helps wounded war veteran
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This is one of a series of stories about the nonprofit agencies that receive money from The Gazette/El Pomar Foundation Empty Stocking Fund campaign that runs through the holidays. During the 2010 holiday season, Keith…
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EMPTY STOCKING: Silver Key delivers food, friendship
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This is one of a series of stories about the nonprofit agencies that receive money from The Gazette/El Pomar Foundation Empty Stocking Fund campaign that runs through the holidays. Twice a week, Silver Key Senior…
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Seeing green: The wonders of Ireland
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Whether you fashion yourself an adventurer, historian, musician or simply a curious traveler, a trip to Ireland is likely to be satisfying. There’s the stunning landscape of the West, the rich culture in Dublin and…
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Telluride Blues and Brews Festival squeezes a last bit of magic out of Summer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s improbable yet perfect, this music festival in southwest Colorado. Thirty thousand people, gathering over three days in a town park in a box canyon framed by toothy, 14,000-foot alpine peaks. It’s summer yet it…
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Trail talk: Fort Collins a role model as a city for cyclists
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “You live in such a beautiful place!” We’ve all heard that sentiment from visitors. We never grow tired of hearing it. Recently, however, a visitor shared a very different assessment. Her assessment came from a…
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Garden of the Gods Gourmet Market and Cafe bigger and better
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The adage that good things come in small packages no longer applies to the Garden of the Gods Gourmet Market and Café – the catering/restaurant/gourmet foods shop isn’t undersized anymore – but it’s good. Very…
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Time to climb: Pacific Northwest offers different challenges for Colorado adventure-seekers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save About 100 miles off the lush, green coastline of the Pacific Northwest, two tectonic plates collided along a boundary that stretches from British Columbia to northern California. Over the past few million years, this geologic…
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Philharmonic performs Strauss
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Alpine Symphony” by Colorado Springs Philharmonic 8 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., $12-$59; 520-7469, pikespeakcenter.com History plays cruel tricks on creative types. In classical music, flip-flops…