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Roughly 75 brightly colored balloons will float over Colorado Springs during the Labor Day Liftoff festival. This liftoff will be held Sept. 3-5 at Memorial Park and includes an array of activities and events for the whole family. This is one of the largest free hot air balloon festivals held in the country.

Ron Ilgen, President of Pikes Peak Marathon, knows that the balance of the race's international popularity needs to be balanced with local pride in addition to effective planning, robust volunteer operations and, of course, logistics.

Creating a culinary business, especially one steeped in traditional food with a twist is always about pivoting and understanding your customers. Samuel Tovar, who created Kariacos Food Truck and recently established the Kariacos brick-and-mortar eatery on Circle Drive in Colorado Springs, used this approach to bring the taste of Venezuela to his new home.

O'Furry's Sports Pub & Grill (and, by extension, its sister business: The Omelette Parlor) are staples of Colorado Springs lore. The space that is O'Furry's used to be the barn house of Ruth Etting, a popular Folies singing star of the late 1920s, while the Omelette Parlor was her actual house. The floorboards have stayed the same and likely hold many stories in them.

Taking over a business requires a presence of mind and a sense of what came before while adding personal touches. Donavan Kennedy, who took ownership of Hillside Gardens in Colorado Springs in 2021, understood the need to keep the venue both classic (as it has been for many years as a wedding location) while implementing new ideas such as a possible whiskey bar.

Sandwiches can be a creation of beauty, but it all depends on ingredients and the alchemy that brings them together. Karrie Williams and Mark Jakusovszky, owners and proprietors of Colonel Mustard's Sandwich Emporium in Colorado Springs, realized that it is about specific local ingredients and purveyors.

For the last century or so, it has become a common practice across the United States for local municipalities to hold their elections on a different cycle than the federal elections that run in November on even-numbered years.

Being taken from your family can be traumatic for any child. But imagine during the 1959 Cuban Revolution escaping to the US (specifically Colorado) only to end up in an orphanage with extenuating circumstances.

The National Mill Dog Rescue sits east of Colorado Springs near Peyton, and it is in this rescue that thousands of mill dogs have begun a new life.

Adam Zimmerli, the owner/designer/engineer of the Black Monarch Hotel in Victor, is a maven of historical reconstruction and out-of-the-box architectural theory. His instincts and skills led him from his initial beginnings in construction and renovation roots in Denver to expanding his canvas with a custom-made AirBnB property in Teller County in 2015 and his eventual opening of the Black Monarch Hotel in Victor in 2019.