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In today's newsletter:

  • See what's being built off North Gate Boulevard near I-25
  • How could new score-band rules change police and fire hiring?
  • What happens next for the closed Meadows Park Community Center property?

Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A stray afternoon t-shower, with a high of 83 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 82, low: 53.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. New car dealership and restaurant coming to Colorado Springs off North Gate (kktv.com) — A major new Subaru dealership and a Brinkerhoff restaurant are under construction off North Gate Boulevard in northern Colorado Springs, bringing significant new investment to the area. The $28.8 million dealership and $3.5 million restaurant will sit near I-25, offering new car-buying options, dining, and views of Pikes Peak and the Front Range for local residents.
   

2. Colorado Springs draft would require police, fire hiring to exhaust score bands (thebadger.news) — New civil-service rules under consideration in Colorado Springs could change how police and fire hire, promote, and discipline employees, including requiring departments to fully consider one score band of applicants before moving to the next. The draft also revises appeal rights, creates an optional discipline-review path through the chiefs, and sets new public-notice timelines for exams, all pending approval by the Civil Service Commission and City Council.
   

3. Colorado Springs council to introduce proposal to sell former Meadows Park center for $700,000 (thebadger.news) — Colorado Springs City Council is set to consider selling the former Meadows Park Community Center site to a private buyer for $700,000, below its fair market value. City leaders describe the deal as a community benefit for Stratton Meadows residents and Colorado Springs citizens, though the resolution doesn't spell out exactly what services the new owner would provide.
   

4. Colorado Springs proposes $475,000 easement purchase for transmission line (thebadger.news) — Colorado Springs officials are weighing a $475,000 easement purchase on Astrozon Boulevard to advance a new 115-kilovolt transmission line linking substations in southeast and downtown Colorado Springs. Utilities say the project, already moving forward under a court stipulation, is meant to boost power reliability and meet growing demand in downtown and western neighborhoods by 2027.
   

5. Two 'prolific offenders' arrested for alleged organized retail crime in Colorado Springs (krdo.com) — Colorado Springs police arrested two suspects they describe as prolific retail offenders, accused of stealing merchandise from local stores and reselling it on Facebook Marketplace. Officers used a drone to help make the arrests and are now urging residents to verify online purchases, avoid suspicious new-in-box deals, and meet sellers in safe public places or at police stations.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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