(July 2006) The lake is losing an inch of water a week due to evaporation. It is only two feet deep at its deepest point. Awake The Lake Committee continues its fund-raising efforts, selling T-shirts and engraved pavers. Awake...
(June 2006) Palmer Lake historian Jim Sawatzki tells the Town of Palmer Lake board he is producing a half-hour show for the Denver Public Broadcasting System (PBS) affiliate on the history of summer Chautauqua meetings that were held in...
(April 2006) Voters of the Town of Palmer Lake approve a sales tax increase of approximately $75,000 annually, increasing sales taxes from 2% to 2.5%, commencing in 2007 and concluding 2017, for the exclusive use for essential fire services...
(July 2005) The pipeline from the D-2 well is turned off by the Town of Palmer Lake. Water Supervisor, Steve Orcutt states the quality of the town’s drinking water is getting “murky” as a result of non-stop pumping. Twenty-seven...
(June 2005) Awake The Lake Committee meets with Monument Mayor Bryon Glenn to gather information on how the Town of Monument filled Monument Lake. Awake The Lake Committee Project Manager Greg Cook sponsors the first Palmer Lake “Kids Fishing...
(May 2006) Awake The Lake Committee researches the legal obstacles to drilling a well for the lake.
(May 2005) (May 4th) El Paso County Commissioners provide the Town of Palmer Lake with the requested $20,000 disbursement from the County’s Conservation Trust Fund. Awake The Lake Committee Chair, Jeff Hulsmann, contacts Josh Figgs, producer of the “Three...
Water supervisor says lake fill is a mistake By Bryan Grossman Tri-Lakes Tribune Published April 27, 2005 The pump that will pull water from the Denver Aquifer to fill Palmer Lake’s namesake is now repaired, but according to the...
April 2005 O’Malley’s Pub sponsors a motorcycle “Poker Run” fundraiser.
Residents make splash to fill lake By Bryan Grossman Tri-Lakes Tribune Published April 20, 2005 The Awake the Lake (ATL) committee received staunch support and a vote of confidence from the El Paso County Parks Advisory Board April 12....