Governor Jared Polis confirmed ACCO Engineered Systems will build a $36 million fabrication plant in Monument, creating up to 135 jobs. The town beat Peoria, Arizona, using the first economic incentive package in its history.
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A Colorado Springs Councilman Told a Forum on Civility That Palmer Lake Was Steamrolled. Palmer Lake Won.
A councilman told a forum on civility that Palmer Lake refused a Buc-ee’s and got it built anyway. The town forced the company out. Nothing is being built.
Posted inLocal News
Who We Are, by the Numbers: A Demographic Portrait of the Tri-Lakes
Median age 44.4, median household income of $160,525, 89 percent homeowners and a veteran share more than double the state rate. What the federal and state data say about who lives in the Tri-Lakes.
Posted inOpinion
The BOCC Hearing Story Isn’t the Vote, It’s the Community
Opinion: When the county cut their speaking time at the last minute, dozens of Tri-Lakes residents rewrote their testimony over lunch and showed what civic engagement looks like at its best.
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Four Million Dollars, Frozen
Lewis-Palmer D38’s voters approved a $4 million override in 1999 and have rejected every operating override since — seven of them. Inflation did the rest. In 2023 the district turned over 27.6% of its teachers, and the reason they gave most often was pay.
Posted inBusiness Spotlight
The Bet at Exit 156
White Lotus Café and Bakery brings northern Thai breakfast, a three-day croissant and an all-day menu to Northgate — a few miles south of Monument.
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Where the Easement Ends: Two Land Trusts Join the Buc-ee’s Argument
Two land trusts have signed an open letter against the Buc-ee’s proposed for Monument Hill. Neither can stop it. What they can do is make it harder to decide quietly—because one of them holds the paper on the 17,700 acres across the road. Another voice has entered the long argument over the travel center proposed […]
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Palmer Lake Board of Trustees, July 23, 2026: A Hearing Officer, a Clean Audit and a Bridge Already Gone
Palmer Lake’s board sent the removal of Trustee Roger Moseley to an outside hearing officer, accepted a clean 2025 audit and heard a bid to rebuild a bridge the town had already torn out.
Posted inEvents News
Arts Council Opens Free Palmer Lake Arts Fest at Centennial Park This Weekend
Palmer Lake Arts Fest is free and runs Friday through Sunday, July 24-26, at Centennial Park: nine bands, more than thirty artists, food trucks, a beer garden and a Saturday night star party.
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School Spotlight: Lewis-Palmer Middle School, the Bridge Every Ranger and Bear Crosses
School Spotlight is a Monument Independent series profiling the schools that serve Tri-Lakes families. Having walked through the four high schools, we drop down a level to the building almost every D38 student passes through on the way there: Lewis-Palmer Middle School, a compact two-year school in Woodmoor where the district’s future Rangers and Bears […]