Tag: woodland park
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Childcare facility to open in August 2027
In the mountain town of Cripple Creek, a life-changing event for parents and children begins in September 2027. Envisioned by the Community of Caring Foundation, the childcare facility, “It’s a Place for Kids,” signals hope flanked with a solid business plan. “Many of our potential clients are single job earners who, without childcare, are stuck,”…
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Food drive at Walmart was a collective effort
Donations came from here, there and everywhere after the alert went out about a potential crisis in Teller County. On top of inflation and cuts to nonprofit organizations, many are finding that salaries and incomes fail to meet the needs, food, shelter and transportation, for instance. But the food drive at Walmart May 9 was…
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Woodland Park council bans graywater use
The Woodland Park City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting the use of graywater and the installation of graywater treatment systems. “Graywater is the individual home or business or industrial user treats their water and puts it back into a separate plumbing system within their own structure,” Utilities Director Kip Wiley said, adding that it is…
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Summer begins with end of year BBQ
Finishing a school year always feels good. “It feels amazing,”” said Johnathan North, who just completed his sophomore year of high school. “I’m so glad to be done with the year. It was pretty rigorous, pretty involved.” So how do you make it even better? In Woodland Park, you have a barbecue. The City of…
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Teller County’s mountain of art | Mountain of Art
Picture a pile of colorful paintings, musical instruments, theater costumes and worn dancing shoes in the middle of a field in Teller County. Artists have been asked to bring their artwork to the pile and add at least one piece to the creative berm. The pile grows slowly at first, then faster, as more and…
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‘Mrs. Vos’ was a Woodland Park fixture
By Steve Plutt, Special to the Courier It was in 1933 when John and Clara Vos came to Woodland Park and 1935 when the couple owned and operated a filling station here. That station was at the intersection of Park and Midland, about where Joanie’s Deli and the Thai Restaurant are now. Then they built…
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Rose and the Thorn concert a benefit for symphony guild
As Woodland Park becomes a place to hear country music, the release of the Mojo CD album next month is another bonus for the city’s music fans. Recorded in the Woodland Park home of Kevin Leis and Briggs Geister, Mojo is presented by Rose and the Thorn band. “Our music is swampy blues/country,” said Leis,…
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Competition precedes America’s Mountain Festival
A songwriting competition this month sang a tone of things to come for the second annual America’s Mountain Festival in July. A premier event in Woodland Park, the 2026 America’s Mountain Festival Songwriters Competition May 9 mixed country music with the opening of the Tava House restaurant in downtown Woodland Park. A $10 million project…
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NETCO proposes adding fees to new development
As new developments in the area served by Northeast Teller County Fire Protection District increase the risk of fire and the ability to respond, Chief Tyler Lambert and the board are proposing impact fees. The fees would apply once to new construction or remodels that expand the footprint. The fees are an alternative to asking…
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Andersen responds to impact fees
For general contractor Carl Andersen, who owns Andersen Enterprises, the impact fees proposed by Northeast Teller County Fire Protection District will add to the cost of building. “If you take a 2,000 square foot residential home, at $2.30 a square foot for the impact fee, that’s a $4,600 addition to the cost,” Andersen said. “As…