Red Rock Canyon  
"Working to preserve open space and rural land; and create a network of trails, bikeways and greenways in the Pikes Peak region."  
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August 19 , 2008   

 


Every Tuesday during the month of August, when you eat at The Blue Star, you will be supporting the Trails and Open Space Coalition! A portion of the evening's sales will be donated to TOSC.  You can also purchase a cool inaugural "I donated to the cause" shirt for $8. Any payment above the $8 will be donated to TOSC.

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Colorado State Parks and the Outdoor Stewardship Institute (a program of Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado) have scheduled several training opportunities for the remainder of 2008. Please note that the first 2 trainings are coming up fairly quickly in 2 or 3 weeks!

Some of the trainings will provide free camping. To register for the workshops, please go to http://www.voutdoors.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Agencies.View&Agency_ID=19. If you have never used VOutdoors before, you will need to set up a registration using an email address and password. Or, you can contact Terry Gimbel at osi.gimbel@gmail.com if you have difficulties in regestering for the workshops

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“We’re a Bike-Friendly Community”  Click here to learn more

We have posted all the work days and volunteer projects that we are aware of. If your organization has a trail, park or open space volunteer project scheduled, please let us know so we may post it. If you are looking for a project, please check these out. Organizations and Agencies: please let us know of any additional trail building projects you have planned for this year.

We are on MySpace! Please check us out at www.myspace.com/trailsandopenspaces

 
 

 



Top of Cheyenne Mountain State Park Public Meetings Announced.

Colorado State Parks and the City of Colorado Springs TOPS Program have recently acquired almost 1,000 acres on the top of Cheyenne Mountain that will become part of the existing Cheyenne Mountain State Park. State Parks and the City would like to invite you to join them in creating a conceptual plan for the property that will ensure its responsible stewardship.

6:00 pm, Tuesday, July 15, Public Worshop - Learn all about the property and discuss ideas for its use


6:00 pm, Tuesday, Septaember 9, Public Workshop, Review alternative plan approaches and tell them what you think

5 - 7 pm, Tuesday, November 18, Public Open House, Take one last look at the draft plan

All meetings will be held in the Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School Commons, 1200 W. Cheyenne Road.




Gala in the Garden
August 8, 2008
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1040 S. 8th Street, Suite 101
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(719) 633-6884

We are located in the Red Cross Building, adjacent to Bear Creek Park.