Everywhere you go in Colorado Springs, you will certainly see the telltale green and blue signs: This space has been adopted by X. If you haven’t, go check out any of the medians on our major thoroughfares, or go look at nine out of ten of our public parks, any of our biking and hiking […]
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Just a little north of Fort Collins, Colorado lies Wellington, a small town that consists of one middle school, one elementary school, a grocery store, two gas stations, a Burger King, and two small neighborhoods. Wellington is reminiscent of one of those small towns we watch on television shows and movies like One Tree Hill,
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Recycling needs to be a reflexive habit throughout America. In most of the world, including North America, we do one of two things with garbage: burn it or bury it. Neither one is good for us or for the environment. Across the nation, landfills grow, cities choke on pollution, and water contamination damages the quality
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There was a time when human civilization spanned the solar system, and our technological prowess was unmatched. That is all history now. We are a shadow of our former selves. If not for the Traveler, an immense sphere of unknown origin, we would have been destroyed. Its sacrifice saved our race. Now we have made
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Big-box stores aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. At the Deerfield Community meeting on August 14, 2013, Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach and city employees attempted to explain his upcoming budget and proposed Economic Revitalization Plan (if you’d like to read a brief summary of the budget, click here). The city’s efforts to simplify the message certainly showed
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In this video about Marijuana Reform, USR columnist and editor Lindsay Deen explores government officials’ reactions to Amendment 64 and, in her opinion, their attempts to ignore the will of the majority. She offers thoughtful commentary and detailed evidence to support her claims. Check it out today! Click here to access the interactive flash video on a new
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