Tag: black forest
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MeadowGrass Music Festival returns to Black Forest over Memorial Day weekend
This year marks the 15th annual MeadowGrass Music Festival, held in Black Forest over Memorial Day weekend. The festival features 22 bands, including local bluegrass band Grass It Up, who are playing the festival for their fifth year.
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MeadowGrass Music Festival returns to Black Forest this weekend
This year marks the 15th annual MeadowGrass Music Festival, held in Black Forest over Memorial Day weekend. The festival will feature live music, family-friendly activities, a beer tent, food trucks and more. The festival kicks off Friday afternoon. The festival will feature 22 bands, including headliners The Steel Wheels on Friday, Blitzen Trapper on Saturday…
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Scenic ‘canopy walk’ envisioned for Tri-Lakes area nature center
“Pretty unique” might be an understatement in describing one of the first design elements proposed for a nature center to be built in Black Forest. That’s how Todd Marts, El Paso County’s parks director, described the dramatic feature envisioned for the long-sought Fox Run Nature Center. Renderings show walking paths wrapping around a tower, perched…
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Scenic ‘canopy walk’ envisioned for Tri-Lakes area nature center
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Pretty unique” might be an understatement in describing one of the first design elements proposed for a nature center to be built in Black Forest. That’s how Todd Marts, El Paso County’s parks director, described the dramatic feature envisioned for the long-sought Fox Run Nature…
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Black Forest’s annual parade is back on after brief cancellation
After a brush with cancellation over lack of volunteers and resources, Black Forest’s annual parade is back on for August. The decades-long tradition is part of the annual Black Forest Festival, which has been a staple event in the unincorporated community north of Colorado Springs since the 1970s. Last year’s festival and parade attracted a…
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Scenic ‘canopy walk’ envisioned for nature center near Colorado Springs
“Pretty unique” might be an understatement in describing one of the first design elements proposed for a nature center to be built in the woods north of Colorado Springs. That’s how Todd Marts, El Paso County’s parks director, described the dramatic feature envisioned for the long-sought Fox Run Nature Center. Renderings show walking paths wrapping…
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Black Forest’s annual parade is back on after brief cancellation
After a brush with cancellation over lack of volunteers and resources, Black Forest’s annual parade is back on for August. The decades-long tradition is part of the annual Black Forest Festival, which has been a staple event in the unincorporated community north of Colorado Springs since the 1970s. Last year’s festival and parade attracted a…
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Classic Homes plans to add hundreds of homes per year to community in northeast Colorado Springs
Sterling Ranch, a community planned on Colorado Springs’ northeast edge, is preparing to add about 300 homes a year as the market improves. Classic Homes Vice President Loren Moreland outlined the company’s vision for the 4,800-home community along Vollmer Road during a El Paso County Planning Commission meeting this week. Since Classic Homes became the…
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MeadowGrass announces music lineup for Memorial Day weekend festival
Only a few more months remain until Memorial Day weekend and the return of MeadowGrass Music Festival. The three-day celebration of folk, Americana, bluegrass, rock, country and more is back for its 15th year. Headliners are The Steel Wheels, an Americana, roots, folk and rock band from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia; longtime Portland,…
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Farmers market schedule
Daily • Spencer’s Lawn & Garden Center, 1430 S. Tejon St., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays), through November, spencersgardens.com • Smith Family Farm Market, 8310 Blue Gill Drive, Falcon, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., through Oct. 31, rockyfordmelons.com Monday • Mining Museum Farm Stand, 225 North Gate Blvd.,…