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Posted inLocal News
The Independent Builds a Sound Forecast for the Ford Amphitheater
A new tool forecasts which upcoming Ford Amphitheater concerts are most likely to be heard in the neighborhoods to the north, from wind direction and the low-frequency content of each act.
Posted inGovernment
BoardWatch Adds Palmer Lake and a Tracker for Each Board
BoardWatch now covers three boards. Palmer Lake’s trustees join the Monument Town Council and the El Paso County commissioners, each with a vote tracker of its own — 266, 275 and 369 recorded decisions, each linked to the minutes it came from.
Posted inLocal News
Three Governments, One Map: The Independent Launches TriLakes Growth
Development records for the Tri-Lakes sit in three unrelated government systems, and no map showed all three at once. TriLakes Growth, a Monument Independent publication now in beta, indexes El Paso County, Monument and Palmer Lake filings into one free public record.
Posted inLocal News
The Independent Launches a Free Tri-Lakes Business Directory
Tri-Lakes Colorado lists 360 businesses in Monument, Palmer Lake and Woodmoor. Listings are free, every business gets its own indexable page, and owners can correct or remove theirs at no charge.
Posted inLocal News
Lunch, Located: A Food Truck Tracker for the Tri-Lakes
The Monument Independent launches a daily food truck tracker for Monument, Palmer Lake, Woodmoor and Gleneagle.
Posted inOpinion
Why We Won’t Put up a Paywall — and What We Ask Instead
The Monument Independent is owned by people who live here, answers only to the people who read it, and gives its work away for free. If the reporting you’ve read here is worth something to you, here’s how to help keep it coming.
Posted inOpinion
Why an Independent Paper, in a Town That Left the Parties
Half of Monument’s registered voters now belong to no party. The case for an independent, issue-based local paper.