SIZE DOESN’T MATTER after all
Size, when it comes to neighborhoods, doesn’t matter in Colorado Springs. At least not in conversations about protecting character and unique qualities of the places people live. The City Council...
View ArticleHOA DUES – where do your dues rank?
I asked. You answered. Below is what we learned. I’ve posted two lists. One is an alphabetical list of 80 or so homeowners associations and their cousins — community, neighborhood, recreation, condo...
View ArticleMATTRESS RECYCLING FLOPS IN NEIGHBORHOOD
Is Colorado Springs being meanies to the greenies? . Some think so after officials told Tim Keenan he had to move his mattress recycling business out of a warehouse behind his rental house on Costilla...
View ArticleSTOP BURNING UP DOLLARS TO SAVE DIMES
You don’t have to burn up gallons of $3 gas to save a few nickels on each fill-up. Let the Internet do the searching for you. It’s not hard to find the neighborhood gas station with the cheapest gas....
View ArticleMESA SPRINGS WILL BE DOING THE PARKER STREET SHUFFLE
I feel sorry for the folks in the modest Mesa Springs neighborhood. It’s boundaries, generally, are Fillmore Street on the north, Interstate 25 on the east, Uintah Street on the south and, eventually,...
View ArticlePASSING TIME WATCHING OVER NEIGHBORS
When you drive into Pastime Place in the Village Seven neighborhood of Colorado Springs, pay attention to the Neighborhood Watch signs on the light pole. These folks mean it. Especially Charlotte...
View ArticleIS IT TOO MUCH TROUBLE TO PARK IN THE STREET?
Darrell Watson finds it hard to take a simple walk to the park because so many of his neighbors park across the sidewalks, leave trash cans our or erect portable basketball goals on them. Watson uses...
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