The local center o;f the Colorado Small Business Development Center (SBDC) offers ongoing classes on everything from marketing your business on a budget to cybersecurity options. Want to know how to hire the best employees, how to use QuickBooks? This is the place. Classes range from FREE to $30, but most are very affordable. For […]
Education
Get Your HS Degree Free –at the Library
If you never finished high school and want to do so now, the Pikes Peak Library District can help you. Check out the Career Online High School program, Career Online High School (COHS) is an online high school diploma and career certification program funded by Pikes Peak Library District. Residents living within the Library District’s […]
Leave College with Less Debt
More than half of students who attended college left school in debt, according to the May 2019 report by the Federal Reserve. The amount of education-related debt in 2018 was typically between between $20,000 and $24,999, and two in ten of those students who still owe money are behind in their payments. But smart planning […]
Here’s Help for Small Businesses
Looking for a way to boost your own knowledge while helping your business? Pikes Peak Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and related events and workshops can be found online at www.pikespeaksbdc.org/workshops to help those interested planning for upcoming months. The Pikes Peak SBDC is offering a variety of workshops in August. The first is on […]
Drink a Toast to Science on Tap at Jack Quinn’s
Join the Colorado Springs Science Center for Science on Tap every second Monday of the month at Jack Quinn’s in downtown Colorado Springs. Presenters begin at 6:30 pm (with food and drink available for purchase beginning at 6 pm.). A wide variety of fascinating topics are presented by local scientists for informal discussion, and the relaxed […]
There Are Ways to Get Free or Cheap Job Training
Master Gardeners Are on Call Now with Advice
Gardening in the Pikes Peak Region is challenging. When you’ve got questions, Colorado Master Gardeners have answers. CMG volunteers help residents save time and money by providing research-based solutions to landscape and gardening problems. Throughout the 2015 growing season, the Master Gardener Help Desk hours will be Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 12 […]
Tour FAC Galleries the Third Saturday of Each Month
Want to know more about art? Take a family-oriented tour of the galleries of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 20 W. Dale St. Integrating art and learning you will explore Native American, Hispanic, Latin American, and Modern American Art.Explore the Tactile Gallery for a hands-on art experience and see the newly installed John James […]
America’s Test Kitchen Has Free 14-Day Trial Membership
Learn how to cook—not just follow recipes—and guarantee a lifetime of better cooking when you sign up for online cooking classes from America’s Test Kitchen. Work one-on-one with real test cooks to help find solutions and get personalized feedback. Learn the America’s Test Kitchen way and discover our revolutionary methods and techniques. Enjoy the best […]
Teachers Get Discount Deals from Gift Card Granny
Along with classroom supplies and other learning tools, like books, numerous teacher discounts are offered nationwide, ranging from laptops and Photoshop to museum entry and cell phone plans. Gift Card Granny has compiled a list of 80 top-notch discounts spanning nine categories, both online and off. The Gift Card Granny list provides information where a deal […]