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KEEP ON TRUCKIN’— just not on Austin Bluffs Parkway

At first blush, the topic of truck routes through Colorado Springs sounded like a SNORE. A closer look revealed just how important this map really is to neighborhoods. How would you like to live on...

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MEET MR. NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH!

In Colorado Springs, Dennis Moore is Mr. Neighborhood Watch. He is one of those people who simply like helping others. Even if it requires hours of work every week on their own time. In 1991, Moore...

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National Day of Service comes to Colorado Springs

                                            Turns out some people took seriously Barack Obama’s call for change and public service at the grassroots level. The campaign theme will turn into action...

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Did you say “urban renewal?” Them’s fightin’ words!

Folks in Fountain seem to agree that the entrances to town need to be spruced up. Who wants to look at junk yards and abandoned buildings and the like? What’s the quickest way to spur redevelopment?...

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Neighbors: Developer, Property Owners Association all wet!

Bob Curtis said he has been trying since 2006 to get his Timberview Property Owners Association to help fix drainage problems in the neighborhood east of Monument. Curtis and others in the...

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SOARING EAGLES to city: Think outside the “box”

Soaring Eagles residents want Colorado Springs to think outside the box. Big Box Retail, that is. Folks in the 600-home Soaring Eagles neighborhood in southeast Colorado Springs thought they had...

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PROPERTY MANAGERS — where to start?

Lots of homeowners associations and condos try to save money by simply relying on volunteer boards of directors and maybe a part-time employee or two to manage their associations. Depending on the...

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TIMBERVIEW flooding revisted

Bob Curtis, a resident of Timberview neighborhood east of Monument, has extended an open invitation to any of his neighbors interested in meeting with El Paso County Engineer Andre Brackin regarding...

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