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Pooling resources: a Swim School story

About 20 kids splashed around one recent Friday night in the pool at the Colorado Springs Recreation Center at Memorial Park. It was “Parents’ Night” and a chance for parents to drop off the kiddos and have a date night. Just one year ago, the city’s spigot had run dry on funding for its public [...]

Colo. Springs OKs purchase of land from state

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The Colorado Springs City Council has voted to spend $4.12 million on land the city has leased for four decades from the state. The Gazette in Colorado Springs reports that the council voted unanimously Tuesday to buy the 640-acre parcel that’s between Bear Creek Canon Park and Red Rock Canyon Open Space. Most of the [...]

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