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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

THE WIRE HELP DOWNTOWN

Residents have until Dec. 17 to help the Downtown Development Authority boost two Downtown businesses during the holiday shopping season via a Gift Card Cash Mob. The businesses are Yobel/The Look Up Gallery and The Local Honey Collective, which lost nearly all inventory due to smoke damage from the Dec. 4 fire on Bijou Street.

Residents who purchase a gift card online at either store through Dec. 17 will see the DDA match the first $50 of each card purchased at that amount or higher, for up to $2,500 in matches for each business. The cards can be redeemed once the businesses reopen.

CLAIMS OVERHAUL Colorado Springs Utilities CEO Travas Deal has begun efforts to overhaul procedures used by the Claims Review Board, a Utilities panel that makes customer reimbursement decisions for sewage backups.

The changes come in response to the Indy’s story, “Hitting the fan,” published Nov. 1, which reported some customers have waited a year or more for reimbursement; that the more expensive the claim, the longer it took for reimbursement; and that though 272 customers filed claims, Utilities paid only 79 of those for a total of $736,878 in the last 11 years. It’s not clear whether the 193 uncompensated customer claims were not legitimate or if those customers simply gave up rather than pursue legal action.

Deal tells the Indy he’s met with the Claims Review Board and imposed a 72-hour window to conduct initial investigations into the cause of backups and for reports to be made to leadership.

“I can’t remove barriers if I don’t know what’s going on,” he says. “The process needs to be changed. This needs to be handled with sensitivity, and I’m always going to err on the side of the customer.”

Matter of Record The city announced that the Interstate 25 exit at Fontanero Street will change its name to Centennial Boulevard due to the city’s extension of Centennial by 1.5 miles from Fillmore Street.

New signage has been installed at the exit to reflect the name change .

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis joined five other governors to urge the federal government to downgrade cannabis to a Schedule III drug from a Schedule I drug, noting the change “would allow cannabis-related businesses to take ordinary tax deductions, like any other business.”

Former Olympic swimmer Klete Derik Keller, 41, of Colorado Springs, was sentenced Dec. 1 to 36 months of probation and six months of home confinement in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Keller pleaded guilty to a felony charge of obstruction of Congress in his and others’ efforts to disrupt a joint session to count electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.

A lawsuit seeking to release Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s elephants to sanctuary has been dismissed, with District Judge Eric Bentley ruling that the zoo had a right to care for the elephants.

The Nonhuman Rights Project filed a habeas corpus petition in the 4th Judicial District Court in June alleging five elephants were being held “in captivity” at the zoo.

The 376-page petition claimed that “like humans, elephants are autonomous and extraordinarily cognitively complex beings — and they possess complex biological, psychological, and social needs that cannot be met at the zoo.”

On Dec. 3, Bentley ruled the group didn’t have a legal case against the zoo.

“There is a legitimate question in this case as to who properly speaks for the elephants (or, in other words, who gets to be the ‘elephant Lorax’) — the NHRP, which represents that it wants to improve their lives by moving them to an accredited elephant sanctuary, or the Zoo, which has fed them, nurtured them, and taken care of them for many years,” Bentley wrote. “It appears to be the Zoo, and not the NHRP, that has the more significant relationship with Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo.”

Former Mayor John Suthers’ law firm, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, defended the zoo in the suit.

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Cristina Welch

SOAKED Falcon Highlands Metro District residents search for flooding solutions BY PAM ZUBECK | zubeck@csindy.com

Tubes channel water from underground into the streets in Falcon Highlands Metropolitan District northeast of Colorado Springs.

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RISTINA WELCH SITS AT her dining table on an October morning surrounded by stacks of notebooks and papers accumulated during her eight-month investigation. Her quest has led her on a wild goose chase from one government entity to another, always coming away with the same answer, if she gets an answer at all: “Not our problem.”

But the problem is quite obvious, and it’s growing more ubiquitous by the week, as evidenced by tubes running from homes in the Falcon Highlands Metropolitan District into the streets, draining groundwater from areas surrounding foundations that should be channeled into a nearby creek.

Instead, the water spills onto sidewalks and runs through the neighborhood. One resident of the roughly 350home subdivision just outside northeast Colorado Springs’ city limits saw his long-idle sump pump crank up in May 2021, and it’s been running ever since.

At issue, Welch believes, is the apparently faulty underdrain system buried some 20 years ago when the homes were built, for which no one now 4

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will accept responsibility.

Horror stories abound. One resident spent $50,000 to repair water damage caused by the seepage. Another wound up with mold, one of the most difficult and hazardous home invaders to mitigate.

The situation also is entangled in a debate over water rights. Who owns the water that’s been flooding Falcon Highlands’ streets? Should the Falcon Highlands district, which is funded by property owners, pay that rightful owner for the misdirected water?

If the underdrain was installed by the developer, is the developer, Cygnet Land LLC, responsible if it’s damaged or collapsed? If not, who? How much damage has already been done to homes’ foundations? Who should pay for that?

All of those questions and more have been directed to the subdivision’s governing body, the FHMD board of directors, and to County Commissioner Carrie Geitner, who says she’s aware of the issue and points to a Nov. 6 letter from County Attorney Kenneth Hodges to the FHMD’s attorneys saying the county has no obligation to fix the drain.

The letter cites a staff comment to commissioners regarding the original plat, saying an underdrain system was needed and that developer Cygnet Land would install it and FHMD would maintain it.

The FHMD board has taken no action of which residents are aware.

Welch and others have banded together to try to find a path forward and hope to recall and replace three board members. But if the district and the county hope residents will give up, they might be surprised.

As Welch herself says, “I’m like a dog with a bone.”

FALCON HIGHLANDS WAS CREated by Cygnet Land LLC starting in 2001 and covers hundreds of acres.

The area lies in the unincorporated Falcon area where growth has boomed over the last two decades. Grocery stores, a Walmart Supercenter, an array of restaurants and shops and other businesses lie east and northeast of FHMD. Some are included in the district.

In a Feb. 11, 2002, letter of intent to form the district, the attorney represent-

ing the district at the time, Pete Susemihl, stated the district would design, build and finance various municipal infrastructure, including “drainage.” The letter also states, “Drainage improvements will be coordinated with Woodmen Hills in order to prevent downstream flooding.” (FHMD operates with an intergovernmental agreement with Woodmen Hills Metro District for water and sewer service.) When the district was formed, county staff noted in planning documents that FHMD’s “roads and related drainage structures will be conveyed to the county.”

The district provides basic infrastructure services, according to its website.

Though the FHMD mill levy initially was capped at 25 mills (by comparison, the county’s levy is 7.732 mills), it’s since grown to 40.713 — 5.708 mills for operations and 34.248 mills to fund debt payments. That’s 37 percent of the total tax bill paid by homeowners in the district; for one home, for example, the FHMD taxes comprise $1,216 of the home’s total tax bill of $3,290. That bill also includes taxes due to the county, School District 49, Pikes Peak Library District, Falcon Fire Protection District and the Upper

No one has treated this like an emergency situation...

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Cristina Welch: “I’m like a dog with a bone.”

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Black Squirrel Creek Ground Water Manbuild another 378 homes on 125 acres of agement District. vacant land within the district.

In the district’s service plan, dated Welch says Challenger’s planning docJuly 25, 2002, proposed improvements uments show no plans for an underdrain. included drainage, which was defined Asked about that and the existing as “Design and construct all necessary underdrain problems, Challenger’s Vice drainage facilities including detenPresident of Community Development tion ponds, culverts, pipes, channels, Jim Byers says via email, “Challenger did swales, and weirs in accordance with an not develop Falcon Highlands and has no approved regional drainage plan....” responsibility for the under-drain system” The service plan also states those drainbut that, “If a system [in its new addition] age improvements “will be conveyed and is required one will be installed.” ... maintained by El Paso County along After residents expressed concerns with routine street maintenance.” about the proposed high density and In detailing costs of infrastructure, the other issues, the County Planning service plan doesn’t mention the underCommission on Nov. 16 recommended drain specifically. against approval of Challenger’s proposCounty Attorney Hodges says in his al. County commissioners take up the Nov. 6 letter that county planners noted to proposal on Dec. 14. county commissioners when the original Welch tells the Indy that if, as Geitner development was approved that FHMD says, commissioners are concerned about “will perform all maintenance functions the issue, “Then they should take approfor facilities and lands not dedicated to priate action at the next hearing and not either the County or to another utility.” allow history to repeat itself.”

Those notes further state that the counAFTER MONTHS OF RESEARCH ty would not maintain the under-drain. and attempts by FHMD residents to con“The County has no indication that the tact the district board, county commissionunder-drain has been maintained since ers and others, it remains unsettled who’s installation,” the letter says. responsible for the underdMoreover, the letter rain system, though Geitner notes that because the alleges it’s the district. sump pumps are pouring The Colorado Division of water onto county streets, Water Resources Ground the county is “placed in the Water Commission told position of having to take residents the commission enforcement action requirconsiders the underdrain ing the citizens to divert system a “dewatering systhis water back onto their tem” that requires a permit, own property.” though the state has yet to In an email to the Indy figure out who’s responon Geitner’s behalf, county sible for maintenance and staff said the commissioner repairs. While the commishas been “deeply engaged” sion has no authority over in the underdrain system.

— Cristina Welch the district’s issues, offi“I take very seriously cials told residents, it does my responsibility to citihave authority to ensure that designated zens, and I have directed county staff to groundwater that’s been exposed to the exert every effort to resolve this presssurface unnaturally without authorizaing issue,” Geitner said in a written tion is returned to the system or offset statement. “An examination of the twoby a replacement plan to the water rights decade history of this underdrain system owner. reveals that it was to be managed and Welch and other residents say they maintained by the metro district.... We haven’t gotten help from Geitner, who are committed to achieving a resolution sent Welch a message saying, “We’re as swiftly as possible.” looking into it.” The FHMD board has A county inspection on Sept. 21 been nonresponsive, Welch says. revealed a blockage 47 feet into the The board, via the district managers, underdrain that prevented the camera didn’t respond to the Indy’s questions, from going farther. The obstruction point but issued a statement on its website on “would indicate possible damage to the Nov. 13. underdrain,” the report said, noting a The statement calls the issue “complicomplete replacement would cost from cated” and one “without clear or easy $9 million to $16 million. answers” but that the board is evaluatCygnet co-manager Randy Steichen ing it and trying to identify potential tells the Indy the company turned over solutions. responsibility for the infrastructure to “We are taking affirmative steps to the district long ago. It still owns vacant continue the investigative process, which land in the district, he says, which, like includes working with El Paso County to some homes, also has flooded this year. cooperatively trouble shoot and discuss FHMD now has 347 homes, and developer Challenger Homes proposes to continued on p. 6 ➔

Several dozen residents met in October to discuss the drainage problem.

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Hodges’ letter to FHMD’s attorneys, potential actions,” the statement says, though, notes the county’s “limited adding that ownership and responsibilinvestigation” showed that “the underity remain unsettled. drain was obstructed by sediment.”

During an Oct. 7 community meeting Welch’s take: “It seems like we’re all at a Falcon Fire Department station, one pointing fingers.” district resident said his sump pump has CHARLES WOLFERSBERGER, A been pumping water since May 2021. A CPA who’s provided services to metro bucket test showed that 56.45 acre feet districts but does not work for FHMD, (or 18.4 million gallons) of water per spoke to the group at the Oct. 7 meeting. year is pouring nonstop from the home’s He noted that Colorado and Florida sump pump. One acre foot can serve two have allowed corporations, such as households per year. developers, to create and control districts “There are at least four houses pumpsupported by property taxes. The system ing out a similar amount of water concreates inherent conflicts of interest, he tinuously,” Welch tells the Indy. Her said, because developers often are those home’s sump pump started pumping in who create districts as the only landownMay this year and “hasn’t let up since,” ers at the start, and, thus, the only votshe says. ers; they then issue debt.

Another man at the Some developers then buy meeting said he studied that debt and continue to rainfall in the area going control the board for years, back more than 50 years he said. and found the wettest year Even after districts was 2015, when 6 inches develop enough to have more than this year were home ow ner- c ont r ol le d measured, and there were boards, the developers no underground water steer the boards into hiring issues back then. “This year CPAs, lawyers and managis the second wettest year ers that already work for in history,” he said, “and the developers, he said. we’re having water issues “Those contractors are now. But we didn’t have there to give advice,” he water issues when there said, “But they don’t run was more rain, so everythe show. It’s your metrobody saying it’s because — Carrie Geitner politan district. It’s funded of ‘unprecedented rains’ is by you as a community.” full of shit on that.”

Thus, Wolfersberger said, districts Another said, “My basement is should work for the homeowners, not destroyed. Water’s coming in.” against them. “It’s a good way to have a Welch said at that meeting that her unified voice when it comes to fighting this home hasn’t been damaged so far, type of battle,” he said, such as when seekthough the sump pump moves volumes ing help from another government, like the of water into the street. “Because of the county, to get the drain system fixed. consequences of them [district board] When an FHMD board member accepting the system, it’s going to be resigned months ago, several homeowncomplicated and potentially expensive ers applied to be appointed, but the curfor them to deal with, which potentially rent board has yet to fill the slot and has could mean cost to our community as said it won’t until the board’s Jan. 8 meetwell,” she said. “But there’s just really ing, Welch says. no way around it.... If this continues to If an appointment isn’t made within saturate the foundation, you can end up 60 days of the vacancy occuring, a state with problems down the line or sinkstatute allows county commissioners to holes could be forming under the house. appoint a replacement, but in this case I think it’s important that we have a mulcommissioners have not done so. tifaceted approach to resolving these The four FHMD board members are issues, and put pressure on them [district Tim Dickey, who has listed his home for and county officials] in as many ways as sale; homeowner Tonia Joyner; and Erin possible.”

Ganaway and Leo Schuhmacher, both of Welch and others were given noticwhom work for current developer Chales when they purchased their homes lenger Homes. that their home sites were atop areas Ganaway and Schuhmacher together with high groundwater levels, and own a .002296-acre parcel in FHMD that some homes already had sump pumps the El Paso County Assessor’s Office valinstalled when built. ues at $300. That’s about 100 square feet, Leafing through piles of paperwork on the size of a small bedroom, and the tax Oct. 20 as she explains the conundrum bill is about $9 a year. to a reporter, Welch notes it’s more than Property records show the parcel was troubling that as far as she knew at that transferred to Ganaway by Challenger time, there had been no investigation by Communities at no cost on Feb. 16. She anyone to discover what’s wrong.

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then transferred it to herself and Schuhmacher as joint owners the following day.

(Schuhmacher also owns a .002296acre tract in Ventana Metro District in the Fountain area with two others, including Brian Bahr, owner of Challenger, property records show. It, too, is valued at $300 by the Assessor’s Office. Schuhmacher serves on the Ventana district board.)

Schuhmacher will serve on the FHMD board until May 2025, while Ganaway’s term ends in May 2027.

Welch and others recently filed a notice to recall Ganaway, Schuhmacher and Dickey from the board “because all of them have obvious conflicts of interest.” They’re waiting for a judge to approve the petitions for circulation.

Notably, as a board member Dickey has filed a dozen conflict-of-interest disclosures with the state from 2016 through 2022. He doesn’t explicitly state where his conflict lies, but cites his seat on the board and the district’s issuance of $7 million in bond debt, noting “the amount of my financial interest in the relationships disclosed above is: $395,000,000.”

He doesn’t elaborate in those filings, and he could not be reached for comment.

Asked about all that, Byers with Challenger says, “Challenger is the majority property owner within the district and has two individuals that are employed

by Challenger ... on the board. Those two positions have been open for several years prior to their appointment. Meaning that no other property owners had

any interest in being on the board.”

This is common in special districts, Wolfersberger told residents on Oct. 7.

Residents often aren’t much interested in serving.

Welch says residents must gather 300 signatures per recall petition within 60 days after they’re approved by the court to force a recall election. To do that, she says, they’ll host a “Petition Signing Party” at a local brewery.

Welch also submitted a notice of claim to the county and the district on Oct. 24, seeking reimbursement for $53,392 she’s spent buying a backup sump system, the erosion of her home’s value and other related costs.

THE DISPUTE HAS NECESSARILY caught the attention of the Upper Black Squirrel Creek Ground Water Management District, which covers 350 square miles east and northeast of Colorado Springs, and includes the Falcon area.

District President Dave Doran tells the Indy the water pouring into the streets from FHMD’s underdrains belongs to the Upper Black Squirrel district.

Doran’s district reported the matter to the state Ground Water Commission, which Doran says had put the FHMD on notice that the water being wasted belongs to the Black Squirrel district.

“They can’t take that water and bring it to the surface and evaporate it off or waste it,” Doran says. “That water is germane to the alluvial aquifer. They’re all going to have to get replacement plans.”

That would mean coming up with a method to compensate the Black Squirrel district for the spilled water, which should have flowed into Black Squirrel Creek’s west fork just south of Falcon Highlands, Doran says.

“It’s 100 percent Upper Black Squirrel water,” he says. “It’s the naturally occurring recharge to our alluvial aquifer. It will make its way to the south and east and gets absorbed into the alluvial aquifer. But because they built these homes, they have to have sumps that go into the underdrain system to keep high groundwater away from those homes.” A functioning underdrain system would carry the water into the west fork, he says.

Doran says that FHMD’s drainage problem might not be the only one in that area.

“There are serious issues going on with a lot of flooding and basement flooding out in the county because of the development they’ve done,” he says.

“They’re excavating groundwater and discharging it to the surface. They have to come up with a replacement amount of water to suffice what they’ve taken away from the basin.”

Welch notes that if there’s no replacement plan, the water illegally spilled counts against the FHMD’s domestic water supply from groundwater wells, which raises questions about the district’s water service going forward.

“No one has treated this like an emergency situation,” she says, “and for the homeowners, it is.”

Falcon Highlands residents

One of many tubes attached to sump pump apparatus drains water into the streets in Falcon Highlands Metro District.

Pumped water fills buckets.

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T’S BEEN 35 LONG YEARS SINCE GUTTERMOUTH first surfaced, so it’s easy to imagine that a large percentage of their fans have ditched their backward baseball caps, gone out and bought long pants, learned to stifle their smirks, maybe even become card-carrying members of the woke generation.

OK, probably not that last one. This is, after all, a band that

hails from Huntington Beach in Orange County, the place where, according to Ronald Reagan, good Republicans go to die.

Inspired by bands like The Adolescents, Exploited, Social Distortion and the Angry Samoans, Mark “ADD” Adkins and company built a following in the OC punk community for playing fast and loose pop-punk with snarky lyrics, catchy hooks and anarchic stage shows.

They also prided themselves on their ability to be as offensive and/or juvenile as possible with songs like “Lucky the Donkey,” “My Neighbor’s Baby,” “Hot Dog to the Head” and “Camp Fire Girls #62.”

Which is not to suggest that Guttermouth haven’t shown moments of sensitivity, as when they dropped off a Warped Tour partly because the other bands were so mean to then-President George W. Bush.

The group’s big break came in the mid-’90s, when they went out on the road with Offspring, whose lead singer Dexter Holland subsequently signed them to his upstart Nitro label. Over the next five years, they made five albums, a couple of which found their way onto Billboard’s Heatseekers chart, as well as a Jimmy Kimmel appearance and placements in numerous video game soundtracks.

The Guttermouth lineup has since undergone a couple dozen changes, the sole constant being Adkins, while still doing their best to capture the snot-punk spirit of their golden years, back when the OC Weekly raved about their “seminal Orange County punk albums” while Allmusic claimed they “reflect all the worst aspects of the Orange County punk scene.”

Two different points of view, to be sure, but by no means mutually exclusive. — Bill Forman

Guttermouth, with Bricheros, Thursday, Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m., The Black Sheep, 2106 E. Platte Ave., $20, all-ages, blacksheeprocks.com; listen — tinyurl.com/Gutter-23

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BJ Estares, acoustic/blues/singer-songwriter, with Route 61; 6:30 p.m., Jack Quinn’s, facebook.com/jackquinns.

Grass It Up, bluegrass; 6:30 p.m., Front Range Barbeque, frbbq.com/events.

Jazz 93.5 Ad Lib Lab Jam Session; 5:30 p.m., The Carter Payne, jazz935.org/ events.

Between the Heart, emo/mathrock, with The Amber Gene, SemiFiction, Origami Summer; 7:30 p.m., What’s Left Records, whatsleftrec.com.

Tim Costello, Americana/jam; 7:30 p.m., Jack Quinn’s, facebook.com/jackquinns.

Jeremy Facknitz, singer-songwriter; 6 p.m., Buffalo Lodge, bicycleresort.com.

Irish Christmas in America, with Oisín Mac Diarmada, Caitríona Sherlock, Gráinne Hambly, Seán Gavin, Samantha Harvey; 7 p.m., Stargazers Theatre, stargazerstheatre.com.

Kirk Larson Trio, originals/improvisation/covers; 8 p.m., Armadillo Ranch, manitouarmadilloranch.com.

Last Reel Hero, reggae/ska/punk rock, with Castillo Bravo, Punch Your Boss; 7 p.m., Vultures, vulturesrocks.com.

O Come, Emmanuel Christmas Concert, violinist Theresa Phillips, cellist Pam Chaddon, pianist Rob Lambrech, vocalist J.J. Kaelin; Tri-Lakes Cares fundraiser. 7 p.m., St. Peter Catholic Church, Monument, tinyurl.com/Emmanuel-StPeter.

Pump Up the Jam Dance Party; 8 p.m., COATI, facebook.com/coatiuprise/ events.

The Springstown Shakers, blues; 6 p.m., Mash Mechanix, mashmechanix.com/ events.

THURSDAY 12/14 Acoustic set; 6 p.m., Buffalo Lodge, bicycleresort.com.

CC Tiger Jazz Concert; 7 p.m., Packard Hall/CC, tinyurl.com/CCJazz23.

The Fab Four, Rubber Soul album and greatest hits of The Beatles; 7:30 p.m., Pikes Peak Center, pikespeakcenter. com.

Grapefruit Moon, acoustic duo; 7 p.m., Armadillo Ranch, manitouarmadilloranch.com.

Mindless Vitality, “rocking loud,” plus toy drive for Christmas Unlimited, with Cell 23, Clementine, Strung Short; 8 p.m., Black Sheep, blacksheeprocks. com.

Nerea the Fiddler, fiddle/stepdance; 7 p.m., Jack Quinn’s, facebook.com/jackquinns.

Dylan Teifer solo piano/jazz improv/ originals; 7 p.m., Summa, dizzycharlies. com.

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Tri-Lakes Music Association Christmas Concert: My Christmas Prayer; 7 p.m., Palmer Ridge High School Auditorium, Monument, trilakesmusic.org.

Jon Wayne and the Pain, “mostly reggae”; 7 p.m., Black Sheep, blacksheeprocks.com.

Wintersong, “Combining music and spoken word and spanning the centuries from medieval to modern,” with Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble; 7:30 p.m., Shove Chapel/CC, cvae.org.

SATURDAY 12/16 The Beaches, rock, with The Drawn Out, Jake’s A Gentleman; 8 p.m., Black Sheep, blacksheeprocks.com.

The Bellamy Brothers, country, with A Carpenter’s Daughter; 7 p.m., Boot Barn Hall, bootbarnhallco.com.

Black Pegasus & Friends: Christmas Food & Toy Drive Show, rap/hip-hop, with Sleazy Reese x Dre Dean, Vetlyfe, Big Mak, Andiroo, Htheoutlier, G-Colo, Big CJ, Lucidelic, ANTI-Famouz; 6 p.m., Sunshine Studios Live, tinyurl.com/ BlackPegasus-23.

Ceschi, hip-hop/folk punk, with Total Cult, Space Cowboys, Lucy Freedom; doors 7:30 p.m., What’s Left Records, whatsleftrec.com.

Colorado Springs Conservatory’s Holiday Extravaganz!, seasonal musical and theatrical selections; 2 p.m. and

PLAYING AROUND 7 p.m., Ent Center for the Arts, tickets. entcenterforthearts.org/4733.

Colorado Springs Philharmonic: Christmas Symphony, with Colorado Springs Chorale Society; 7:30 p.m.; Pikes Peak Center, csphilharmonic. org/event/christmassymphony.

Harp Twins, electric harp/concert grand harp; 7 p.m., Stargazers Theatre, stargazerstheatre.com.

Brandon Henderson, singer-songwriter; 7:30 p.m., Jack Quinn’s, facebook.com/ jackquinns.

Holiday Hayrides & Songs with George Whitesell; 6 p.m., Buffalo Lodge, bicycleresort.com.

Kirk Larson Trio, originals/improvisation/covers; 8 p.m., Armadillo Ranch, manitouarmadilloranch.com.

Mama Magnolia, rock/soul; 8 p.m., Lulu’s, lulusdownstairs.com.

Hazel Miller and the Collective, Christ-

mas show; 7 p.m., Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, trilakesarts.org.

Nube Nueve, Latin jazz; 7 p.m., Summa, dizzycharlies.com.

Soli Deo Gloria Choir 50th Anniversary, holiday music, with Colorado Springs Children’s Chorale, Pueblo Choral Society; 3 p.m., First United Methodist Church, solideogloriacs.org.

Stereo Ontario, psychedelic rock, with Megatheria, The Salesmen; 7 p.m., Vultures, vulturesrocks.com.

Tri-Lakes Music Association Christmas Concert: My Christmas Prayer; 7 p.m., Palmer Ridge High School Auditorium, Monument, trilakesmusic.org.

Triple Nickel, country; 6 p.m., Whiskey Baron Dance Hall, tinyurl.com/whiskdh.

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Deafheaven, Summit, Denver, Dec. 13 The Menzingers, Mission Ballroom, Denver, Dec. 13 Son Little, Fox Theatre, Boulder, Dec. 13 The Fab Four, Pikes Peak Center, Dec. 14 Mac Powell, Pueblo Memorial Hall, Pueblo, Dec. 14 Rufus Wainwright, Macky Auditorium, Boulder, Dec. 14 The Lil Smokies, Bluebird Theater, Denver, Dec. 14-16 The Edge Band, Fox Theatre, Boulder, Dec. 15 Alexandra Kay, Oriental Theater, Denver, Dec. 15 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Ball Arena, Denver, Dec. 15 Jimkata, Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, Denver, Dec. 15-16 The Beaches, Black Sheep, Dec. 16

Howlin’ Goatz, Fox Theatre, Boulder, Dec. 16 DeVotchKa, Bluebird Theater, Denver, Dec. 22 Tape B, Ogden Theatre, Denver, Dec. 22 Tony Exum Jr., Lulu’s, Dec. 23 Gasoline Lollipops, Fox Theatre, Denver, Dec. 31 Itchy-O, Summit Music Hall, Denver, Dec. 31 Christmas Symphony/Colorado Springs Symphony, Pikes Peak Center, Nov. 24-26 The Iron Maidens, The Black Sheep, Dec. 29 Elephant Revival, Boulder Theater, Boulder, Dec. 30 Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Hi-Dive, Denver, Dec. 30 Neal Francis, Ogden Theatre, Denver, Dec. 31 Continued at csindy.com

with Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble; 7:30 p.m., Shove Chapel/CC, cvae.org.

SUNDAY 12/17 Bare Bones Trombone Choir: Trombone Christmas, 4 p.m., Sunrise United Methodist Church, tinyurl.com/trombone-23.

Colorado Springs Philharmonic: Christmas Symphony, with Colorado Springs Chorale Society; 2:30 p.m., Pikes Peak Center, csphilharmonic. org/event/christmassymphony.

Gamelan Ensemble Concert, Indonesian music/dance; 3 p.m., Packard Hall/ CC; tinyurl.com/Gamelan-cc23.

Little London Winds Christmas Concert; 7 p.m., Bethel Lutheran Church, littlelondonwinds.org.

LOOK’EE HERE!, blues; 1 p.m., Armadillo Ranch, manitouarmadilloranch.com.

Pikes Peak Philharmonic: December Concert, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite No. 1, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kije Suite, Anderson’s Sleigh Ride; 3 p.m., Ent Center for the Arts, pikespeakphil.org/ upcoming-events.

Traditional Irish session; 3 p.m., Jack Quinn’s, facebook.com/jackquinns.

Tri-Lakes Music Association Christmas Concert: My Christmas Prayer; 2 p.m., Palmer Ridge High School Auditorium, Monument, trilakesmusic.org.

Steve Weeks, singer-songwriter; 5 p.m., Goat Patch Brewing, tinyurl.com/SteveW-Goat.

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MONDAY 12/18 All Ages Jazz Jam Session with guitarist David Musante; 5:30 p.m., Armadillo Ranch, manitouarmadilloranch.com.

Parish House Baroque’s Christmas Party, baroque composer Nicola Canzano; 7 p.m., The Peel House at First Lutheran Church, parishhousebaroque. org.

WEDNESDAY 12/20 Acoustic set; 6 p.m., Buffalo Lodge, bicycleresort.com.

Megan Burtt, rock/soul, with Michelle Mandico, Laura Reitzel; 7 p.m., Lulu’s, lulusdownstairs.com.

Countywyde, bluegrass; 6:30 p.m., Front Range Barbeque, frbbq.com/events.

Little Girl Blue, with Laiona Michelle, bio-musical based on the life of Nina Simone; 7:30 p.m., Ent Center for the Arts, tinyurl.com/Nina-Ent23.

Craig Walter, singer-songwriter; 6:30 p.m., Jack Quinn’s, facebook.com/jackquinns.

THURSDAY 12/21 Frog & Fiddle, Americana/jam; 7 p.m., Armadillo Ranch, manitouarmadilloranch.com.

Little Girl Blue, with Laiona Michelle, bio-musical based on the life of Nina Simone; 7:30 p.m., Ent Center for the Arts, tinyurl.com/Nina-Ent23.

Paisley Fields, queer country, with glitter porn; 7:30 p.m., What’s Left Records, whatsleftrec.com.

Santa’s Guitar: Ryan Chrys & the Rough Cuts Christmas Show; 7 p.m., Vultures, vulturesrocks.com.

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At The Vanguard School, education is not simply the means to the end of career fulfillment; it is the integral and challenging path to a life lived well. A classical education is about learning from the collective wisdom of our past. We treat history and literature as an ongoing story of which we are a part. This story reveals truth, beauty, and goodness in our world and how we can participate as human beings. Our school’s enduring, nationally acclaimed program prepares graduates for advanced education,

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A Vanguard education is not easy. We often take our students to the “edge of struggle” because we know this is where the most growth happens, and the best work gets done. Vanguard students often go on to be immensely successful in higher education and beyond, but often, even more students go on to live life well, even when circumstances do not go according to plan. The skills they learn here equip them to maximize successes and to persevere through setbacks. Ultimately, Vanguard students are prepared to face each opportunity and obstacle as a learning experience.

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How many missed days of school are too many? Here’s what you need to know about attendance This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. doesn’t say that students have to be sent to truancy court, and many school districts will try sending parents warnings and will try to help find other solutions first.

If you get a letter from your school saying that your child is at risk of being designated as truant, the best thing to do is to talk to your school. Not communicating could lead schools to think the issue isn’t being taken seriously and to involve the courts.

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In Colorado, the number of chronically absent students has grown significantly since COVID.

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OU MIGHT HAVE SEEN recent headlines about the growing number of kids missing school.

In Colorado, just this fall, state officials said almost a third of students are chronically absent. The number has gone up significantly since the pandemic and schools are struggling to figure out how to get kids to return to classes.

Kids might miss school for a number of reasons, including for work, an illness, a lack of transportation, or to care for younger siblings. Absences also go up near the holidays as families go on vacation and figure a few missed school days can’t hurt.

But, regardless of the reason, research shows consistently missing school can affect a child’s learning. Missed days can add up more quickly than you think.

Here’s what you should know: What’s the big deal? Why is missing school such a problem?

When kids miss school, they miss out on learning opportunities. Just a couple of missed days might mean a child can fall behind on several topics or lessons, and sometimes, there isn’t a good way for them to easily catch up.

Research shows that students who miss a lot of school are more likely to not be able to read on grade level by third grade, and later on are more likely to fail classes and drop out of school.

“Attendance matters and being engaged in learning matters,” said Johann Liljengren, director of dropout

prevention and student reengagement at the Colorado Department of Education.

Schools also stress attendance when Count Day comes up in October. Students must be enrolled and present in school during the window, so they can be counted and so the school receives state money for that student.

So, how many missed school days are too many?

The research that links bad outcomes to missing school usually looks at students missing just 10 percent of school time.

In Colorado, that would mean about two days a month, or about one day every other week. Over the course of the school year, that would add up to missing a whole month of school.

And in schools where classes are only four days per week, it’s even easier to reach that 10 percent of missed time.

What is chronic absenteeism?

A student who is missing 10 percent of school time is considered chronically absent.

The state tracks percentages of how many students are chronically absent in a school or district. It’s a measure that can signal inequities among different groups of students and can be a red flag that shows students need more support.

But what if the absences are excused?

In short, it doesn’t matter. When research looks at school absences, both excused and unexcused missed days still

have the same results because students are missing new lessons either way.

When the state counts who is chronically absent, it also doesn’t matter if those absences are excused or unexcused.

Can children or parents end up in court over missed school?

It can happen. In this case, whether an absence is excused or not does matter.

State law says that a school district can identify a student as “truant” when they have more than 10 unexcused absences in the year, or four in a month. The law

I need help or I want to talk about my case with someone. Who can help?

Your first stop should be your child’s school. It will be important to talk through the barriers for your child to attend school every day. The school can then point to services within or outside of the school that might help.

For example, schools might connect a student to tutoring if they aren’t in school because they feel like they’re struggling, or might connect a family to services if the problem is related to issues with housing or health care.

Some schools have had creative solutions including pairing students so they can walk to school with a buddy who can hold them accountable, and make them feel safer than being alone.

Yesenia Robles is a reporter for Chalkbeat Colorado covering K-12 school districts and multilingual education. Contact Yesenia at yrobles@chalkbeat.org.

Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news organization covering public education.

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TEPEX RETIRES, INEFABLE IS BORN Chef Fernando Trancoso’s Inefable opens today, Dec. 13.

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HEF FERNANDO TRANCOSO FIRST CAUGHT MY EYE IN SEPtember 2020, shortly after he’d arrived here from Sante Fe. He was attracting long lines for spectacular carnitas at a food truck named Tobala with his initial business partner. Just two months later, I found myself writing about his departure from Tobala to create his own venture named Tepex. Surely you’ve heard of it, and hopefully you got your fill dining at the lauded truck (that quickly became a town favorite at breweries like Lost Friend) over the past few years, because it’s now closed and up for sale.

Normally that’d be the end to a sad story, but it’s actually just the beginning of a very happy one for Trancoso. He’s now pursuing a dream nearly a decade in the making with the creation of Inefable (instagram.com/inefablecos), a Latin-flavored fine dining spot opening Dec. 13 in the upstairs space at Avenue 19. (Think: the equivalent of Ephemera at COATI.) The name — In-eff-ab-lay — is Spanish for “ineffable,” defined generally as something too great to be expressed in words. “But it leaves you with a good feeling,” says Trancoso. “I see it like art, where it has to make you feel something.”

I sat down with Trancoso last month to sample a couple plates from his newly created menu and discuss the concept and what diners should expect of the beloved streettaco guy now homed in brick-and-mortar. Here’s a rundown: • Inefable is Mexican-focused but also incorporates flavors from South and Latin America, with French foundational influences says Trancoso. “There’ll be more

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One example from my tasting: a pipián verde sauce (made with tomatillos, serranos and pepitas) typically gets lettuce, but Trancoso prefers spinach for a deeper green hue over his tetelas appetizer. “My goal is to showcase a side of Mexico not familiar to a lot of people in the U.S.,” he says. “Tepex did that to some degree with street food.”

• The menu will be seasonal and primarily draw from all seven culinary regions in Mexico. Before spending 21 years in Santa Fe, Trancoso grew up in Aguascalientes.

“The good thing about living in central Mexico is we got influences from everywhere; the coast was five hours away, Guadalajara was close and Mexico City wasn’t too far away.” Inefable is launching with a relatively short menu, to include eight apps, six mains and four desserts. (He’s hired a former employee who’s now a pastry chef fresh out of Escoffier School of Culinary Arts.) Trancoso says there’ll be ample seafood but almost always beef cheeks and tongue, pork belly, and proteins like lamb and duck. (He notes a bone-in lamb dish with Mole Coloradito sauce.)

• Trancoso is a self-taught chef. He says when he was working front-of-the-house for many years he would study and learn by recreating recipes at home. “I didn’t have the time or money to go to school, but I worked for some of the best chefs in New Mexico.” His mentors include regular James Beard Award finalist Martín Rios at Restaurant Martín and Fernando Olea at highly awarded Sazón, as well as Robert Chickering at Galisteo Bistro.

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CALENDAR ART EXHIBITS Academy Art & Frame, 7560 N. Academy Blvd., 719-265-6694, academyframesco. com. 16th Annual High School Students Ceiling Tile Competition, judged by the public at the gallery or at tinyurl.com/ student-tiles. Artists’ reception Friday, Dec. 15, 4-7 p.m. Joni Ware’s The Beauty of the Earth show continues through December.

Anita Marie Fine Art, 109 S. Corona St., 719-493-5623, anitamariefineart.com.

Storied Places, oil paintings by Chuck Mardosz and Richard Dahlquist. Through Dec. 21.

Bosky Studio, 17B E. Bijou St., tinyurl. com/Bosky-SmallWorks. 14th Annual Small Works Show — “Hundreds of pieces of art created by talented local artists hung floor to ceiling for your viewing pleasure.”

The Bridge Gallery, 218 W. Colorado Ave., #104, 719-629-7055, thebridgeartgallery. com. Small works “in clay, photography, painting, fiber and mixed media. Invited artists are Darla Slee, Clyde Tullis, Nancy Burton, Alan Burton, Rui Haagen, Rob Watt, Karla Lee, Lori Nicholson, Peter Marchand, John Lawson, Dave Armstrong, Michael Cellan, Deena Bennett, Betty Atherton.” Through Dec. 16.

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Another Way Is Possible, organized by RAWtools, “contains items that tell the story of the transformation of guns to garden tools, art, jewelry, and other lovely things. ... RAWtools is a local organization dedicated to helping people solve their problems without guns and violence.”

Through Jan. 28. Museum free days: Dec. 15, Jan. 13 and 19.

Commonwheel Artists Co-op, 102 Cañon Ave., Manitou Springs, 719-685-1008, commonwheel.com. Holiday Market with works by 32 Colorado artists — everything from original artwork/prints to glass and metal art to wearables to soaps and candles. Through Dec. 28.

Cottonwood Center for the Arts, 427 E. Colorado Ave., 719-520-1899, cottonwoodcenterforthearts.com. Sew Subversive: A Textile and Fiber Installation answers the question “What can you say with fiber that you can’t say with other mediums?” Through Dec. 22.

Disruptor Gallery, 2217 E. Platte Ave., shutterandstrum.org.

What Kinda Brown Are You? Works by Jasmine Dillavou, Avery Chatmon, Ashley Cornelius, Christopher Beasley and Kevin Persaud.

Gallery 113, 125½ N. Tejon St., 719-6345299, gallery113cos.com. In the Spirit of the Season, artworks by the gallery’s

17 local member artists — wildlife and landscape photography, jewelry, pottery, hand-turned wood, hand-painted silk and leather creations.

Hunter-Wolff Gallery, 2510 W. Colorado Ave., 719-520-9494, hunterwolffgallery. com. Jewelry and newly released bronze sculptures by Maria Battista.

Kreuser Gallery, 125 E. Boulder St., 719464-5880, kreusergallery.com. Shifting Reality by Lori Goede: “paintings that capture the profound connection between individuals in classical literature.”

Don Goede’s Release of the Trammels is my coming out of the mental health closet art exhibit. It will be filled with a small fraction of neurotic and anxiety-riddled artwork and what I have deemed therapeutic manifestations of the Hypomanic variety.” Atmospheres and Orbits by Nancy Roach: “paintings done in oil and cold wax depicting an attitude of experimentation and play.” Artist talks: Don and Lori Goede, Dec. 20, 5:30 p.m.; closing reception Jan. 5, 5-8 p.m.

The Look Up Gallery, 11 E. Bijou St. (inside Yobel), thelookupgallery.com. Look Up and Yobel were seriously damaged in the Bijou Street fire last week. Want to help? Watch facebook.com/shopyobel for ways you can support the owners, including the Downtown Development Authority’s Gift Card Cash Mob, which runs through Dec. 17.

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G44 Gallery, 121 E. Boulder St., 720-9510573, g44gallery.com. Annual Holiday Show features work by more than 100 local artists and artisans. Closing reception Jan. 5, 5-7 p.m.

Manitou Art Center, 513/515 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, 719-685-1861, manitouartcenter.org. Studio Artist and Makerspace Member End of Year Show.

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Pikes Peak State College Fall Student Exhibition, through Jan. 19; Gallery at Studio West, 22 N. Sierra Madre St.; see tinyurl.com/PPSC-Fall23 for hours.

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DANCE A Colorado Nutcracker, a Colorado Ballet Society performance. Clara is transported to 19th-century Colorado Springs for Christmas Eve with city founder Gen. William Palmer and his family. Tuesday, Dec. 19, 7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2 and 7 p.m.; Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., danceinthesprings.com/tickets.

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Winter Solstice Hike, 1.5-hour hike through Garden of the Gods Park with the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society, Thursday, Dec. 21, 6-8 p.m.; Garden of the Gods Visitor Center, 1805 N. 30th St.; register at tinyurl.com/solstice-GOG. Solstice Celebration, “investigate old and new ways to celebrate this celestial event and demonstrate traditions to bring home for a family solstice celebration.” Thursday, Dec. 21, 4:30-6:30 p.m.; $5/$4 members, prepaid registration at tinyurl.com/epco-fun; Fountain Creek Nature Center, 320 Pepper Grass Lane, Fountain.

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SPECIAL EVENTS Wintersong, “combining music and spoken word and spanning the centuries from medieval to modern. Exploring mystery, timelessness, the intersection between light and dark, and the beauty of the natural world as it is revealed in winter.” Friday-Saturday, Dec. 15-16, 7:30 p.m.; Shove Chapel/CC, 1010 N. Nevada Ave.; tinyurl.com/Wintersong-23.

The Annual Colorado Springs Citywide Kwanzaa Celebration will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. each day from Tuesday, Dec. 26, through Monday, Dec. 31, at In-Balance Wellness Studio, 2820 E. Pikes Peak Ave.; cospringskwanzaa.org.

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Flying W Ranch Christmas Jubilee comes with a zillion twinkling lights and a musical show by the Flying W Wranglers, noted for their “stunning three-part harmonies, superb instrumentation, and clean bunkhouse humor.” Through Dec. 23, various times; 3330 Chuckwagon Road; seeflyingw.com for times and tickets.

NYE Under the Lights, ring in the New Year in OCC with music, drinks, photo ops and s’mores. Sunday, Dec. 31, 6 p.m. to midnight; Colbrunn Court; tinyurl. com/OCC-NYE23.

New Year’s Eve with Bell Brothers Brewing, includes new beer releases, live music, prize drawings and champagne toast. Sunday, Dec. 31, 4 p.m. to midnight; 114 N. Tejon St.; facebook.com/ BellBrothersBrewing.

NYE Comedy Contest: Pikes Punks Comedy Show, Sunday, Dec. 31; 8 p.m.; The Public House at the Alexander, 3104 N. Nevada Ave; tinyurl.com/ PikesPunks-23.

New Year’s Eve Snow Ball, includes dinner, drinks, dancing to SofaKillers and SOAPDISH, and champagne toast. Sunday, Dec. 31, 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.; Boot

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New Year’s Eve Celebration at UPCC, with music, food, dancing, prizes and champagne at midnight. Sunday, Dec. 31, 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.; Ute Pass Cultural Center, 210 E. Midland Ave., Woodland Park; tinyurl.com/NewYears-WoodyP.

STAGE & THEATER Small Mouth Sounds, “In the overwhelming quiet of the woods, six runaways from city life embark on a silent retreat. As these strangers confront internal demons both profound and absurd, their vows of silence collide with the achingly human need to connect.” Dec. 14-16; Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave.; tinyurl.com/smallmouth-2.

Burly Scouts Camp of Burlesque Graduation Show, Friday. Dec. 15, 7 p.m.; Sunshine Studios Live, 3970 Clear View Frontage Road; tinyurl.com/Scouts-Camp23.

Yule Be Naughty: Millibo’s Annual Holiday Cabaret, “join Babette and an all-star cast as they sing, dance, circus, and poke fun at the trials and tribulations of this most Merry Season.” Dec. 1423, adults only; see themat.org for times and tickets; Millibo Art Theatre, 1626 S. Tejon St. The Seafarer — “It’s Christmas Eve in Dublin, Ireland. In the rundown house where Sharky cares for his blind brother, old acquaintances gather for a card game — joined by an ominous stranger.

As the booze flows and the game intensifies, Sharky discovers he is playing for his soul.” Through Dec. 17; 2409 W. Colorado Ave.; springsensembletheatre.org.

Miracle in Mistletoe Town OR Cooking the Books for Christmas Dinner — will real estate mogul Ivana Cringe replace the town department store with a burger franchise? Through Dec. 23; Iron Springs Chateau, 444 S. Ruxton Ave., Manitou Springs; ironspringschateau.com.

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Colorado’s outdoor recreation economy generated $13.9 billion in 2022, a 19 percent year-over-year increase.

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The outdoor recreation industry makes up 2.8 percent of the state’s gross domestic product.

It’s estimated Colorado Springs residents save $56.5 million in medical care costs each year by exercising in the city’s parks and recreation system amenities.

Statewide, outdoor recreation comprised 130,000 jobs last year, up 9 percent from 2021.

Coloradans spent 10 percent more on outdoor recreation in 2022 compared to 2021. That figure was up 15 percent during the peak of the COVID pandemic, but the industry saw double-digit growth two years in a row.

Locally, more than 15,000 elite athletes visit and train in Colorado Springs each year.

Snow sports contribute $1.4 billion to the state’s economy.

Tourists visiting local trails, open spaces, parks and recreational facilities spend $135 million annually and generate $6.36 million in local tax revenue.

Local parks, trails and open spaces raise the value of nearby residential properties by $502 million and increase tax revenue by $2.58 million a year.

Approximately $32.4 million is spent each year on sports, recreation and exercise equipment in Colorado Springs. That spending supports 88 sporting goods stores employing nearly 1,000 people, generating $178 million in local sales.

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