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BONNYVILLE ought to be Bobsieville!
Meet Florence “Bobsie” Pachak, the unofficial queen of Bonnyville. I am crowning her queen of the little neighborhood of about 325 homes north of downtown Colorado Springs. Who else? She’s one of the...
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LISTENING IS THE KEY TO REBUILDING TRUST, FORMER MAYOR SAYS
Mary Lou Makepeace knows a little bit about governing and earning the trust of voters. She spent 18 years on the Colorado Springs City Council after her appointment in 1985. In 1997, she became the...
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USOC TRYING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBOR, MEND FENCES
Folks in Colorado Springs have been mad lately at the U.S. Olympic Committee. Their anger stems from a feeling of rejection after the USOC talked about leaving due to crowded and antiquated...
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NEIGHBORS TRYING TO KEEP HOPE ALIVE FOR VENEZIA PARK
At the corner of Briargate Parkway and Union Boulevard sits 108 acres of rolling prairie meadow . It’s mostly grasses and a few trees. The south fork of Pine Creek meanders through it. . . . For 20...
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WHERE CAMPAIGN SIGNS GO TO DIE
This concrete trash bin at the Colorado Department of Transportation maintenance yard on Commercial Boulevard near I-25 and South Circle Drive holds dozens of campaign signs found illegally planted...
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VOTERS WANT A VOICE; WILL MINORITIES GET THEIRS FINALLY?
Colorado Springs City Council District Map/courtesy Colorado Springs For years, the Colorado Springs City Council has included four representatives elected from specific districts and four members...
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JOSIE TRUJILLO’S HOUSE NO LONGER SYMBOLIZES BLIGHT
Josie Trujillo at the window of her house in Cragmor. The swimming pool, once filled with mud, cattails, weeds and trees, now only holds a little dirty water from the winter. Josie Trujillo is no...
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PARTY TIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS! MAYBE
Steve Wenzel, left, and Ruth Pedrie dance "The Twist" Wednesday, June 23, 2010 during the Street Breakfast on Pikes Peak Avenue in downtown Colorado Springs. Photo by Mark Reis, The Gazette Until...
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EVEN IN 1912 CITY PLANNING WAS IMPORTANT
"A City Beautiful Dream - The 1912 Vision for Colorado Springs" is the latest in a series of regional history books published by the Pikes Peak Library District As Colorado Springs studies loosening...
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CONVENIENCE STORES TRIGGER CONTROVERSY IN NEIGHBORHOODS
. This is the tale of two convenience stores. One story is complete and the other has not played out quite yet. But I was intrigued by the parallels. A year ago, a hundred or so angry Springs Ranch...
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