Near North End Neighborhood Association

09/23/2023

NNE at the McAllister House Harvest Festival happening now until 2 today - food, jazz, antique car rides and more!

09/22/2023

A GUIDED WALK THROUGH THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE, STONEWORK, AND LANDSCAPE OF MONUMENT VALLEY PARK
Saturday, September 30th, 2023, 10 am - 11:30 - Reserve Your Spot Now! RSVP at [email protected]

"From City Beautiful through the New Deal and Beyond: Stories of Water and Stone in Monument Valley Park"

Guided by Tim Scanlon, Local Historian
Teri Peisner, Friends of Monument Valley Park
Pat Musick and Doug Clausen, New Deal for the New Deal

Meet at the Penrose Pavilion south of the pickleball courts, next to Shadow Lake near the park's swimming pool. Parking is available at the parking lots where Mesa Road turns to Glen Avenue.

Bring: water, sunscreeen, pen & notebook, and camera if you like! NO PETS please!

This walk is part of FROM SOURCE TO MOUTH: a creative survey of Monument Creek by Erin Elder currently at the Colorado Springs
Fine Arts Center at Colorado College

Hosted by Friends of Monument Valley Park and

joined by New Deal for the New Deal

09/22/2023

Saturday, September 30th, 9:00 am – 12 Noon

FMVP joining forces with the citywide 10th Annual Creek Week Cleanup cleaning sections of Monument Valley Park from Uintah Street to the Popcycle Bridge. FMVP T-Shirt for All Participants! Bring work gloves, water and sunscreen. Trash bags and tools provided.

Meet at the Columbia Street Entrance, the stonework inside the park's entry, where W. Columbia Street intersects with Culebra Avenue (Entry path is just to the south of 1402 Culebra Ave.)

Stay for One Hour or Three Hours, Whatever Time You Can Spare
Will Make a Difference!

Mark your calendars for Sat, September 30th. We're excited to be participating in Creek Week again, with two events at your favorite park. Please join us for one or both, you can learn more at fmvp.net.
These kinds of events are made possible with your generous support, please consider donating to our group through Give!
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09/17/2023

07/07/2022

Mon., June 27 - Sat., July 9: Sand Creek Library will temporarily adjust hours due to staffing shortages. Learn more here.

07/07/2022

FREE Concerts Mondays in Monument Valley Park, bring your friends and enjoy the evening!

06/17/2022

In case you’ve been wondering - now you know

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Drier-than-normal spring weather has been detrimental to lawns at many parks in Colorado Springs. The best example is at America the Beautiful Park near downtown, where the lawn is covered with brown, dead and bare spots, and other grassy areas are in the same condi...

06/12/2022

June 15 is also official Western Wear Day!🤠

05/29/2022

Artists are critical, hyperaware, unstructured, obsessive, disciplined, independent perfectionists. Politics, crime and war get a lot more media and historic attention, but art defines a culture, including our own. Artists

05/26/2022

The 10" of wet snowfall on May 21 brought down a large branch of the ash tree onto the hoop house. Surprisingly, the plants sheltering from the snow are in good shape but not the house itself. We still plan to have a wonderful last day for the Gigantic Plant Sale on Saturday, May 28.