The Indy Give! season started November 1! Your donation supports parks, trails and open spaces, our projects for bicycle infrastructure and connection of trails and bikeways, regional projects like the Ring the Peak Trails, and more.
Join us for lots of unique events, with prizes, food and drink, and fun!
From pups to bikes to Toad the Wet Sprocket, we’ve got something you’ll like. Please come out and support us, and have a great time! Link to our schedule of Give! events.
Thursday, November 10, 5-10 pm
Yappy Hour with ABRT
Gold Camp Brewing, 1007 S Tejon St.
We’re teaming up with All Breed Rescue and Training to bring you a dog-friendly happy hour with great beer, snacks, prizes and drawings! A portion of the proceeds will be donated back to Trails and Open Space Coalition and ABRT.
We’ll also be presenting our brand NEW dog park brochure, with two new leash-free areas for you to visit with your best furry friend!
An unmissable evening for two great causes! See alt-rock king Glen Phillips live in one of Colorado Springs’ most intimate concert venues. Proceeds benefit local nonprofits Rocky Mountain Highway and the Trails and Open Space Coalition. Special guest Jonathan Kingham will open the show.
General admission and VIP tickets available.
Nov 19 Mountain Equipment Recyclers Sale and Benefit
Nov 29 Do Good Drinking at Pikes Peak Brewing (with Pikes Peak Therapeutic Riding Center, Black Forest Animal Sanctuary, Tri-Lakes Cares, New Horizons Band)
Dec 1 Bikes and Brews at Old Town Bike Shop (with Millibo Art Theater, RMFI, CS Rising Professionals, Kids on Bikes and Medicine Wheel)
Bike Colorado Springs recently put on three rides in different parts of the city, from the Meadows Park Community Center around the Legacy Loop, from America the Beautiful Park to the Popcycle Bridge, and on the Research Parkway protected bike lane. Read more about the rides, and see more pictures, on our blog.
The goal of these rides was to get people used to getting places by bike, and to explore the places that are accessible to cyclists around neighborhoods. Bike Colorado Springs will be leading monthly exploring rides on the Research Parkway corridor, starting in November.
If you see lots of pink and orange flagging in Stratton Open Space, Austin Bluffs Open Space or Bear Creek Canyon Park, City Forestry wants you to know they are designating areas due for forest restoration in early 2017. These projects will be machine and hand work involving cutting and masticating oak brush and trees.
CSU 285 Mesa Road Find out about Colorado Springs Utilties’ Plan to provide water to our community for the decades to come.
New parking at Ute Valley Park
We recently completed the trailhead and parking area for the East
Loop Trail on the northeast side of Ute Valley Park. Access is via the entrance to the Hewlett Packard property off of Rockrimmon Blvd. More info.
Canya Cañon
4-mile race and family hike
Sat, Nov 5, 11 am.
Starts and ends at the
Starsmore Visitor and Nature Center.
Register online at active.com, or in person at Runners Roost Colorado Springs, or the Starsmore Visitor and Nature Center.
Bike Colorado Springs Kickoff Party Thurs, Nov 17 5:30 – 7 pm USA Cycling, 210 USA Cycling Pt
Join Bike Colorado Springs for a celebration of the part that bicycles play in our town. Learn more about us and how you can help Colorado Springs become a more bike friendly community! FB event.
Guardians of Palmer Park Benefit at Great Storm Brewing
Monday, Nov 14, 5:30 – 8:30 pm Join the Guardians at the Great Storm Brewing Give Something Back Event. For every pint of beer sold, $1 will be donated to The Guardians of Palmer Park.
Friends of Peregrine Parks & Open Spaces report that construction has begun on the new kiosk at the Blodgett Peak Open Space trail head adjacent to the parking lot. The structure should be built very soon. John Stark is the new Park Ranger for Blodgett Peak Open Space. John is the new supervisor for all TOPS properties.
Westside Avenue Action Plan
The long-awaited plan to improve the section of Colorado and Manitou Avenues between 31st Street and the Hwy 24 interchange is finally getting closer to action. When completed, this re-design will connect a critical missing link of the Midland Trail, with the addition of a pedestrian bridge and under-road connections.
“Table to Trails” with Salsa Brava, Over Easy, Sonterra Grill
Over Easy, Downtown (above)
and University Village (left)
Just some food pics of the daily specials at Over Easy (yum). Over Easy donates one dollar to the Trails and Open Space Coalition for every special sold!
Now through May 2017, join Salsa Brava, Over Easy and Sonterra Grill in the Table to Trails fundraiser, and $1 from every lunch special sold will go to support the Trails and Open Space Coalition.
These restaurants are locally owned, and use local ingredients when possible. Now they’re taking their local commitment one step further to support our local trails and open spaces.
Enjoy time out with lunch at Salsa Brava, and support TOSC!
Love the trails? Want to see more connections, more bike routes, more care for our parks? Support parks, trails and open spaces!
