Get the scoop on a variety of area news and summer happenings, plus a report on the recent block party celebrating Richard Skorman and Patricia Seator passing the torch for Poor Richard’s to Joe Cole and Sarah Gibeau. Also, how many bikes do you think Carrie and Al each own? The role John Crandall and Old Town Bike Shop have played in the community. Are we ignoring Briargate? And what is the Meanwhile Block, anyway?
1:30 – Kids riding bikes to school
3:30 – Ditching the car and bicycling around town
4:26 – Bike to Work Day June 24
10:08 – Block Party for Poor Richards
15:47 – Farmers markets downtown
19:30 – Ride of Silence and safety for bicyclists
23:16 – Tacos & Tequila Passport
27:22 – Air Force Academy Visitors Center
28:49 – United We Rock festival
30:21 – City accepts Pikeview Quarry land
32:00 – News Update with Pikes Peak Bulletin
46:00 – What WE love about the Springs
50:39 – What is happening at Studio 809 Podcasts
LINKS:
Bike to Work Day: https://coloradosprings.gov/biketowork
Gazette photos of block party: https://gazette.com/2026/05/03/photos-poor-richards-retirement-torch-passing/
Ride of Silence May 20: https://www.bikesprings.org/
https://www.meetup.com/colorado-springs-cycling-club/events/313247489/?eventOrigin=group_events_list
Meanwhile Block: https://www.meanwhileblock.com/
Tacos & Tequila Passport May 15 – 31 (with May 14 kickoff at Golden Hour in the Mining Exchange Hotel): https://www.downtowncs.com/tacos
Feb 25 2025 – Planning to Make the World a Better Place – episode of LTS featuring Maréa Janae of Dream Catcher Weddings: https://studio809podcasts.com/dreamcatcher/
Support Studio 809 Podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/join/studio809
MENTIONED:
Generation Wild
PikeRide
La Casita
Lionel Rivera
Yemi Mobolade
Steve Bach
John Suthers
Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort
Trails & Open Space Coalition
The N+1 Theory
Pikes Peak Center
Joe Cole
Sarah Gibeau
John Weiss
The Catalyst Fund
John Crandall and Old Town Bike Shop
Tubby’s Turnaround
Stephanie Vigil
Julie Ott
Lauren Ripko
Colorado Springs Cycling
Colorado Farm and Art Market
Acacia Park
Meanwhile Block
Norwood Development Group
Side Dish with Schniper
Kelsey Swen
SoCo Insider
Colorado Craft Social
The Golden Hour
Icons
Jax Fish House
Latin Social
Red Gravy
T-Birds Tacos and Tequila
The Brit Pub
Wobbly Olive
Zocalo
Pikeview Quarry
Carlos Perez
Briargate
Banning Lewis Ranch
Manitou Springs
WestFax Brewing Company
Cerberus Brewing Company
ICE
Mel Flores
Smokebrush Foundation
Colorado Springs Utilities
Ciara Guerrero
Pikes Peak Diversity Council
UCCS Black Student Union
Dream Catcher Weddings
League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region
Homeward Pikes Peak
Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging
El Paso County Progressive Veterans
Pikes Peak Women
Colorado Spring Chamber & EDC
Corvus Technologies
Digital Beachhead
Loving the Springs celebrates the best of Colorado Springs and elevates the rest.
Plug into what’s happening in the Pikes Peak region, learn about awesome people, places and happenings, and explore opportunities to make life here even better. Longtime Springs booster Carrie Simison co-hosts with local gadflies Al Brody and Dave Gardner. All three love our two springs – Colorado and Manitou, so they give them the mic in this twice-monthly podcast. Nothing’s off the table – recreation, the arts, government, business, politics – if it touches your life, they’ll talk about it. We’ll invite the movers and shakers, conspiracy theorists, NIMBYs, YIMBYs, yaysayers and naysayers to join them.
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