Lake George Colorado News
Interested in the latest Lake George Colorado News? Here is a sampling of the news for Lake George and the surrounding area from the Pikes Peak Courier View.
- Getting familiar with local businesses - Every year and sometimes more often, the Greater Woodland Park Chamber of Commerce leads local business owners and chamber volunteers on tours to familiarize them with other local businesses. Usually they all pile into buses, like they did this past April 25, but on April 18 the “Fam Tour” was instead a walk through Woodland Park’s downtown.
- Generous bequest buys Florissant Library’s new computers - Even in death, long time Florissant resident Lois Drury continues to support the community.
- Northern Rockies wolves de-listed - On April 14, Congress passed legislation that essentially removed the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List in the Northern Rockies and has handed control of gray-wolf populations to the individual states.
- Donkeys show their skill at WPHS - Mark Mahan Never in the history of Woodland Park High School has there been so many asses on the basketball court.
- WP Council talk water taps, grant distribution - Woodland Park City Council made board appointments and Mayor Steve Randolph read three proclamations before council got down to business at its meeting this past week.
- Business owners review marketing plans - Pat Hill Sharing ideas for bringing dollars to Woodland Park, business owners gathered in a community meeting this past week and talked about what works.
- Saving lives with Colorado Life Trak - Teller County Sheriff’s Office Detective Rick Williams and several members of the Teller County Sheriff’s Posse ate lunch with Woodland Park seniors at the Teller Senior Coalition office before making a presentation on Colorado Life Trak.
- Dinner to benefit Welcome Home Warrior - A dinner planned for May 5 at Maximillian’s Café will benefit Woodland Park’s own Welcome Home Warriors.
- Penrose-St. Francis Urgent Care opens in Cripple Creek - Packed full with well-wishers, Penrose-St. Francis Urgent Care in Cripple Creek hosted its grand opening party April 16.
- Community Partnership promotes healthy living - A whopping $169,00 grant each year for the next three has put Community Partnership Family Resource Center in the forefront of preventive health care in Teller County.
- Victor drainage project will improve city’s appearance - For years Victor’s downtown streets have been inundated with sand and gravel after heavy rain and snow melt, clogging drains and causing extensive clean-up problems for street crews. However, that inundation should be a thing of the past with the completion of the city’s new drainage project.
- GMF sets hearing on medical marijuana - The Green Mountain Falls board of trustees set the first public hearing for an ordinance that will prohibit medical marijuana centers within the town limits.
- PPACG looks at long-range transportation - When it comes to future transportation development, the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments is all over it.
- Guns to be topic of discussion at Church in the Wildwood - A conversation about guns has turned into a public forum next month at Church in the Wildwood in Green Mountain Falls. “The idea started with the shooting in Arizona; it brought guns to the forefront of national discussion and also with daily conversation,” said Lucy Ohle, the church’s administrator, referring to the massacre in January in Tucson where six people were killed and 13 injured, including Rep. Gabrielle Gifffords.
- District museum event to benefit Victor Fire Department - Special to the Courier With high winds, little moisture and a fire ban in Teller County, now is a good time to brush up on fire safety. It was in fact, 115 years ago, during similar conditions much of Cripple Creek burned to the ground. On April 25, 1896, and again on April 29, two separate fires erupted south of town. High winds and lack of water contributed to the conflagrations, which burned the entire business district and left upwards of 7,000 homeless.
- Challenging students with math, science - Things get hairy in a hurry in space. That is one of the lessons students learn when they go on a space mission at the Challenger Learning Center of Colorado.
- Bottom-Up plan submitted to governor - Limit regulations and unfunded mandates as well as ease the process for expansion and accessing gaming tax and historic preservation funds. In a summary of the “Bottom-Up” economic development initiative, the committee for Teller County agreed that state government was more of a hindrance than a help in terms of promoting business.
- Casino association clarifies marketing suggestion - The Cripple Creek City Council heard a presentation this past week from Kevin Werner, Wildwood Casino general manager, representing the Casino Association.
- RE-2 explores mill levy override - With budget cuts in the wind, the Woodland Park RE-2 School District is joining several other districts, including Cripple Creek-Victor RE-1, in looking at a possible mill levy override for this year’s November ballot.
- Update from Victor - For the first time, Victor Gold Rush Days, coming up July 15-17, will have a beer garden. The garden, which will benefit the Victor Fire Department, will be open for the Friday night street party that kicks off the event.
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