Wednesday, Feb. 29 The Ute Pass/Woodland Park Kiwanis Club meets at 6:45 a.m. at the Mangia Mangia restaurant in Woodland Park. Call 687-5534 for more information. The Timberline Artists meet at 10 a.m. every Wednesday of each month, upstairs at the Aspen Mine Senior Center in Cripple Creek. Everyone with an interest in art is…
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Woodland Park Planners Approve First-ever Affordable Housing Law
Woodland Park Planners Approve by Rick Langenberg After six months of discussion and often heated debate, Woodland Park planners have finally signaled the green light for the city’s first-ever affordable housing law. In fact, the proposal represents the first time in nearly two decades that city leaders have brought a formal ordinance addressing the…
CRIPPLE CREEK CITY COUNCIL
CRIPPLE CREEK CITY COUNCIL Editor’s Note: The following information, submitted by the Mayor and Cripple Creek City Council, is the first of a series of monthly columns that the elected leaders will run in the Mountain Jackpot newspaper regarding activities and city updates they want to highlight. January News: – The Council has denied a resolution to allow sexually oriented businesses…
Falls Residents Struggle To Rebound From Devastating Fire
Devastating Fire by Rick Langenber Colorado Springs suspects arrested Despite suffering a devastating community loss from an arson-related fire of a historic gem, the town of Green Mountain Falls is quickly rebounding and is proceeding with a business as usual attitude. Early Thursday, the town incurred a huge blow, when GMF’s highly revered town…
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Top Teller Volunteers And Civic Groups Honored
by Rick Langenberg It what has become the annual “Volunteers of the Year” ceremony, nearly 20 highly revered individuals and local organizations were recognized recently for their contributions and hours of dedicated work before a packed audience at the Ute Pass Cultural Center. The 10th annual Teller County Cares Service Awards, sponsored by Build A Generation, has…
Cultural King Ralph Holloway
Cultural King. Ralph Holloway, who heads the Woodland Park Arts Alliance and runs the Seven Arrows Gallery in Woodland Park, was named last week as the Wagon Boss of the year by the Woodland Park Chamber of Commerce. Holloway also received top laurels earlier this month as the Arts and Culture volunteer champion during the annual Teller County Cares Service Awards. Holloway…