Colorado Springs tourism officials optimistic about summer season ahead

PLUS | Patty Jewett: The century-old, thriving Colorado Springs neighborhood with a golf course and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening! Today is Sunday, May 26, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Colorado Springs tourism officials optimistic about summer season ahead]( Colorado Springs tourism industry leaders are optimistic the Pikes Peak region will enjoy robust visitor spending during the summer tourism season that begins with this weekend’s Memorial Day holiday, despite a slow start for some attractions this spring. [Read More]( [An eighth-grader gives us a glimpse of a brighter politics ahead | Vince Bzdek]( I saw the best speech of the 2024 election season so far last week, and it was given by a pint-sized eighth-grader from a tiny school in Buena Vista. [Read More]( [Giraffe lovers welcome to attend zoo visit, presentation with zoologist in Colorado Springs]( Seven years ago, Jen Law watched April the giraffe give birth live on YouTube — and she hasn’t been the same since. [Read More]( [Klee's Film Review: Trade for Wizards guard would elevate Nikola Jokic, Nuggets offense]( Reviewing the week that was and previewing the next: [Read More]( [The story of Charlotte Hill, a Colorado homesteader who collected 'staggering' amount of fossil specimens]( Shuffling through specimens of shale pressed with prehistoric organisms, paleontologist Herbert Meyer kept coming across a familiar name. [Read More]( [Avalanche Q&A: GM Chris MacFarland talks Landeskog timeline, free agency and more]( Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland discussed a wide variety of topics last week in a season-wrap news conference. Here is a sampling of his best responses on pressing issues Colorado faces entering the offseason. Some questions have been paraphrased for clarity. [Read More]( [Patty Jewett: The century-old, thriving Colorado Springs neighborhood with a golf course | Cronin and Loevy]( Just a century old, the near-downtown Patty Jewett enclave is one of Colorado Springs nicest and quietest communities. It is 10 minutes from downtown, five minutes northeast of Colorado College, and about six minutes southeast of Penrose Hospital. [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up [here.]( Engage in the conversation in [today's eEdition]( Interested in podcasts? Check out ours [here]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903