Tag: Labor Day
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Colorado Springs Labor Day Lift Off: What to know before you go
Colorado Springs will be looking to the sky as a beloved Labor Day weekend festival returns this weekend. The Labor Day Lift Off is back this Saturday, with dozens of hot air balloons set to float over Colorado Springs. The free annual festival will run from early Saturday morning through Monday morning at Memorial Park.…
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Colorado State Fair offers 4-H competitions, concerts, rodeo, carnival and more
More than 150 years ago, a Pueblo community came together to celebrate its rich culture of agriculture and the harvest. All these years later, 500,000 people still make their way to the Colorado State Fair every year for a multitude of reasons: to take part in 4-H competitions, listen to a country music concert, watch…
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11 Central Plains museums offering free admission Memorial Day through Labor Day
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Eleven museums and attractions in Colorado’s Central Plains will be offering free admission from Memorial Day through Labor Day this year. Using the password “Our Journey,” visitors will be able to gain free admission to the following list of the following museums, according to a…
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Denver prepares for Labor Day with closings, altered schedules, traffic changes
CDOT to suspend all construction during Labor Day weekend
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Denver approves $437,000 settlement, delays $1.7 million contract with Downtown Denver Partnership
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The Denver City Council on Monday approved roughly half a million dollars for a settlement involving the Denver police department, which, along with other similar cases, have drawn the attention of a councilmember who has begun tracking them. Councilmember Shontel Lewis said her office has tracked roughly $4.2 million in spending on settlements citywide, which…
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Two business Denver groups throw support behind sales tax increases
Two prominent Denver entities representing business interests are backing a proposal to increase the sales tax in order to help fund the operations of Denver Health. One of the business groups also threw its support behind Mayor Mike Johnston’s push to also hike the city sales tax in order to fund “affordable housing.” All…
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Denver business groups quiet on proposed sales tax increases
Editor’s Note: This story has been update to reflect the positions of the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, which decided to support one sales tax rate increase proposal, and the Downtown Denver Partnership, which is now backing both tax hikes, in the time between initial interviews and this story’s publication. Denver voters will decide the…
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At least there’s parking: Lack of Labor Day festivals leaves downtown Denver empty | Sage Kelley
Denver Civic Center remains desolate on a beaming Saturday afternoon. Those passing by look suspiciously at me and my camera, as if I’m a tourist one week late to a renowned event due to miscommunication or wrong turns. I’m not supposed to be here. But I wasn’t even embarrassingly late to a renowned event. There…
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Summer’s end brings customary pleasures, traffic woes at Colorado highways, DIA
The end of summer rapidly approaches and Labor Day’s last gasp for recreation is going to mean traffic issues on land, sea and air. Well, highways, reservoirs and airlines anyway. And officials urged travelers to pay extra attention to ensure they don’t miss their flights. The public also needs to be prepared for heavier-than-usual traffic…