Saturday, February 16, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. At Bear Creek Nature Center This special event is open to everyone (over 21), whether you make your own wine or just appreciate wine. Come to Bear Creek Nature Center to sample various commercial wines, enjoy light appetizers and live acoustic guitar music, explore the new nature exhibits,…
VIDEO: TreeCycle brought in more than $20,000 for local youth sports. That’s about 4,500 recycled Christmas trees. Proceeds benefitted Colorado Springs Youth Sports and six other youth service organization. A special thanks to the volunteers that worked several hundred hours to help out.
VIDEO: The Southern Shooting Partnership is a group of counties, state and federal agencies and public utilities working to develop safe, recreational sport shooting facilities in the Pikes Peak region. It’s members are: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Colorado Springs Utilities, Denver Water, Douglas County, El Paso County, Fremont County, Jefferson County,…
El Paso County’s Winter Hobby Wine Competition Do you make your own wine? Are you interested in entering your wine in a competition to get valuable feedback on your wines from an expert judging panel? Enter your best homemade wines in the 2019 El Paso County Winter Hobby Wine Competition. All entries must be submitted…
The El Paso County Board of Commissioners is seeking community-minded citizen volunteers to serve on the El Paso County Community Development Advisory Board. Applications for the open position are due by February 15, 2019. The Community Development Advisory Board is currently seeking one new member representing District 4. On April 1, 2009, El Paso…
El Paso County’s Fountain Creek Nature Center and Bear Creek Nature Center announce the events and activities for February 2019 which includes: snowshoeing, photography workshop, kids’ night hike and much more. Fountain Creek Nature Center 320 Pepper Grass Lane, Fountain, CO 80817 719-520-6745, www.ElPasoCountyNatureCenters.com Nature Adventures: Backbone Bonanza Thursday, February 7, 10-11:30 a.m.…
The El Paso County Board of Health signed a resolution declaring teen vaping a “public health crisis” in El Paso County, this week. This action follows an executive order signed in November by former Colorado Governor Hickenlooper aimed at reducing teen vaping and tobacco use across the state. These actions come as teen vaping reaches…
El Paso County Commissioner Longinos Gonzalez, Jr. will host a Town Hall Meeting on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019 at the Ellicott Community Center, 23355 State Hwy 94, to discuss general County-related topics and receive input from El Paso County citizens. “I’m looking forward to this opportunity to hear the thoughts of people from the eastern…
The public is invited to a community meeting to share their input and learn about the exciting plans for a potential northern El Paso County Nature Center. Please join El Paso County Staff and Altitude Land Consultants from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 31, 2019, at the Black Forest Fire and Rescue…
El Paso County Parks is exploring several changes to the County’s Park Rules and Regulations regarding the operation of County Park facilities to address safety and security concerns. The first potential change includes modifying the operational hours for Regional Parks from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. to open one hour before sunrise to closing one…