On Saturday, April 29, the City of Colorado Springs’ Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department will host a Motorless Morning in Garden of the Gods Park. The special event eliminates motor vehicle access within the park from 5 a.m.-noon. The department also offers monthly Early Bird Hike & Bikes from May through September, which are weekday motorless events from 5-8 a.m.

The City of Colorado Springs earned a SMART Grants Program award for $1.7 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The grant will fund the City’s Engineering Division’s plans to strategize, prototype, and test next-generation traffic management tools at approximately 50 City intersections with traffic signals. The traffic management tools include radar and light-detecting and ranging technologies (LiDAR) to perceive vehicle position, size, and speed of vehicles entering and exiting intersections and to capture the position of non-motorized users at intersections.

Registration is now open for the 12th annual Mayor’s Cup golf tournament. The event will begin at 7 a.m. on Thursday, May 11 at The Broadmoor Golf Club’s West Course. The charity tournament has raised and donated more than $650,000 to the community since it began in 2012.

In the month of February, the Colorado Springs Airport (COS) saw a total of 143,884 passengers travel through the terminal, with 72,500 of those passengers getting on a plane at COS.

Mayor Suthers presented Visit Colorado Springs president and CEO Doug Price a Spirit of the Springs award at the Visit Colorado Springs’ annual business meeting. He continues to steward efforts focused on creating sustained economic growth and enhancing civic pride.