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Less than two months after the Martin Drake Power Plant shut down for good, community input meetings are underway to help build a vision for the future of the site.

Representatives from 23 different homeless-service providers in Colorado Springs, from government agencies to nonprofits, came together last week with one unified goal: find places where parents and children in ComCor

Representatives from 23 different homeless-service providers in Colorado Springs, from government agencies to nonprofits, came together last week with one unified goal: find places where parents and children in ComCor

The Mayor's Office is now accepting nominations for the annual Mayor’s Young Leader Awards. Launched in 2015, the awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of young professionals, age 40 and under, whose efforts positively impact the Colorado Springs community. Nominees must live or work in Colorado Springs. City employees are not eligible.Nominations must be submitted via ColoradoSprings.gov/MYLA by Friday, September 9. The six award categories are as follows:

The language of basketball has a few new expressions.

Spring break is just around the corner for many local school districts, and you may be wondering what events are happening in Southern Colorado.

Since moving to Colorado Springs in 2013, Joseph Bloom has sought out different opportunities to help build up the community.  “I started by looking for ways to elevate some of the current community-building things that were already going on,” he said. “I mean why wouldn’t you want to build up the community that you’re a part of, and make it better?” The Long Island, New York native has volunteered with Hillside Connection, Colorado Springs Food Rescue, Soil Cyc...