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🌱 What did officials reveal at Salida’s latest Community Coffee?
Salida, Colorado Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Salida! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What did officials reveal at Salida’s latest Community Coffee?
- How a Salida bike co-op is putting more neighbors on wheels
- Will you be at Cleora Park’s ribbon cutting on Oct. 8?
Also on today's calendar: The Vanguard School at Salida and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 80 and low of 44 degrees.
- Sunday: An afternoon shower or two, temps: high: 77, low: 43.
- Monday: A stray afternoon t-shower, with a high of 79 and low of 45 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Road Work, Budgets, and Senior Housing Draw Discussion at Salida Community Coffee (arkvalleyvoice.com) — Salida’s recent Community Coffee highlighted tight city budget planning and invited residents to complete a priorities survey open through October 26, shaping which services and projects rise to the top. Local officials also detailed overlapping road work, senior housing demand, bear-related trash concerns, public health updates, and business-support events affecting daily life in Salida and nearby communities. 
• The ultimate re-cycle: a nonprofit makes bikes more affordable and accessible in Salida (themountainmail.com) — A new Salida-based nonprofit, Chaffee Cycle Collective, is refurbishing donated bikes and offering low-cost bicycles, repair help, and hands-on maintenance education to local residents. Run from members’ garages while scouting a permanent Salida shop, the group already has about 40 members, hosts farmers market repair pop-ups, and organizes social rides to make cycling more affordable and accessible.
• Salida to Celebrate Opening of Cleora Park with Oct. 8 Ribbon Cutting (arkvalleyvoice.com) — Salida residents are invited to the official opening of Cleora Park on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 3 p.m. at 6303 Cleora Road, adding a new neighborhood green space in the Confluent Park development. The 1.24-acre park features a pavilion, walking path, picnic tables, native landscaping, and accessible amenities designed to support recreation while conserving water and local habitat.
📸 Around Salida
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Fall Foliage Fun Run →
Salida
11:00 am
Wednesday October 7
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Other local events
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SHS Volleyball v Florence
Salida High School Salida, CO 81201
4:30 pm -
The Vanguard School at Salida →
Salida High School, 26 Jones Ave., Salida
5:00 pm -
SHS Soccer v Vanguard @ Spartan
Salida High School, 26 Jones Ave, Salida
5:00 pm -
New Artist Ethan Hansen →
Riveting Experience Jewelry, 109 N F St unit B, Salida -
Art demo by Jamie Winsand →
Box of Bubbles, 206 E St, Salida
8:00 am -
Dream Weave at Salida Ceramics →
Salida Ceramics Community Clay Studio, 129 W 3rd St., Salida
6:00 pm -
DREAM WEAVE // Ceramics Exhibition // Opening Reception →
129 W 3rd St, 129 West 3rd Street, Salida
6:00 pm -
Friday Night Zumba ~ October →
229 F Street, Salida
6:00 pm -
Marshland - Live Music →
Tres Litros Beer Company, 118 N E St, Salida
7:00 pm -
The Minutes →
419 D St, Salida
7:00 pm
Monday October 5
Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
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🗓 Events Nearby
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SHS XC Mountain Desert Twilight
Salida Golf Club, 404 Grant St, Salida
4:30 pm
Saturday October 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Babki posted a job opening for Part-Time Game Tester in Salida. Apply here.
- US Department of Veterans Affairs posted a job opening for Medical Support Assistant in Salida. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Salida here.
🗞 Nearby News
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Fairplay
- LCHS volleyball team improves to 6-5 overall (leadvilleherald.com)
Ok Salida! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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