
September 2, 2021 Castle Pines Chamber
Have a Safe and Happy Labor Day Weekend! Hello September! The Chamber Is Excited To Bring You New Events Coming Soon This Fall! Come Run in Castle Pines and Use The Discount Code PINES for 10% Off! REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Join us for Race Through The Pines, a 5K and 1K kids color dash!! Kicking off in Elk Ridge Park on Saturday, September 18 - don't miss out on the fun! The Run to Change Lives and Castle Pines Chamber of Commerce race committee is planning TONS of family friendly activities and special surprises to make this our best race yet! Join us for a 5K race, a Kids Color Dash, kids activities and inflatables, giveaways, food and drinks, music, tons of vendor booths and MORE! This is a race and event for the entire family. REGISTER TODAY AT: https://runtochangelives.org/race-through-the-pines/ USE DISCOUNT CODE PINES FOR 10% OFF! 1K Color Dash Fun Run and Foam Party! Your Kids Will Have a Blast! Bring the whole family to the Race Through The Pines 5K AND Kids 1K Color Dash! There will be vendors, bouncy houses, family activities AND a fun FOAM PARTY at the end fo the Color Run! Even if you don't run, come on out to the Family Festival! If you DO run, please register TODAY at: https://runtochangelives.org/race-through-the-pines/ Enjoy Live Music Again at Fogo De Chao! The Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra is Ready To Treat You To Beautiful Music This Season! PURCHASE TICKETS AT: https://www.lonetreesymphony.org/2021-2022-season Castle Rock Auto Storage is Opening VERY Soon! Reducing Business Expenses Means More Money In Your Pocket! Elk Bugling Events at Cherokee Castle - A Limited Number Of Tickets Are Available! The Elk bugling is a fall Tradition for many of our guests. Learn about the mating rituals of the magnificent Elk while listening to their beautiful rutting calls. Take in the Castle's panoramic views and dazzling colors as autumn appears. To secure your tickets for this event, please visit cherokeeranch.org BINGO at the Whiskey Lodge Tonight! IREA is Now CORE Electric Cooperative August 28, 2021 As one of our key stakeholders we want to share with you an important update. Earlier this year, our employees set a goal of making our organization the premier electric utility in Colorado. I’d like to welcome you to the next step in our journey toward that goal: CORE Electric Cooperative. Since 1938 this cooperative provided reliable, affordable power to its members. In those 80-plus years, we expanded beyond a small mountain footprint and rural-only roots to being the third largest electric utility in Colorado, serving 300,000 members over 5,000 square miles. In so doing we have outgrown the name Intermountain Rural Electric Association. So we decided to select a new name for our cooperative – a name that better reflects our identity as a driving force in one of the fastest-growing regions in the U.S. More importantly, in choosing a new name we looked to the families, businesses and communities we serve. We saw that we are core to – and at the heart of – the lives of our members. We also noted that our communities are in the geographic core of Colorado. And we saw that so many of the words we associate with our utility and its work start with the same two letters: COoperative. COmmunity. COnnection. COlorado. COmmitment. The word “CORE” represents our newly-stated mission of providing members “The Energy to Thrive.” Our new name, logo, and mission position us for a changing future, but rest assured that the fundamental components of our cooperative remain unchanged. We still offer our members the co-op difference: Local. We are Coloradans serving Coloradans, and partners to our communities, donating to and supporting hundreds of charitable programs and local nonprofits. Member-owned. CORE Electric Cooperative is owned by our members. Each of them has a say in how we operate and who sits on our board. No other business model offers such a direct relationship between the utility and the people it serves. Not-for-profit. CORE does not operate for profit. Our margins are invested back into the delivery system, and we will continue to return capital credits to members whenever possible, just like the over $120 million returned to our members over the last decade. You also can expect to see our new logo throughout your communities – not just on the vehicles and equipment our dedicated employees use to improve and maintain our system, but also at local events and venues. I encourage you to view a video announcing this change at https://youtu.be/tDAmmV0w1cI and to also visit our new website, www.CORE.coop, and social media channels (@CORECooperative) for the latest CORE news. Thank you for being part of the CORE community. My fellow employees and I promise to keep providing The Energy to Thrive. Jeff Baudier, Chief Executive Officer Special Thanks to our Patron Circle and Executive Circle Members!
Community News You Can Use - September 2, 2021