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El Paso County BOCC
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011C. The System: The Plans, The Planners, and The Platforms
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011B. The Money: Where It Came From, Where It Went, Where It Didn’t.
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011A. The People: Four Rooms, Four Kinds of Showing Up
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010B. The Threads: A Parking Lot Mystery, Seventeen School Districts, and a Deadline Eleven Days Out
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010A. The People: Children. Volunteers. Two People Who Showed Up
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009. The Activity Book
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008. Filter or Foe: Beautiful Empty Rooms and at Least Three Open Chairs
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007. The Paper Trail
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006. The Right Room
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005. The Ordinary and the Unbearable
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004b. Follow the Money
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004a. The Human Stuff
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003. Dead Patients, Empty Seats, and the Train Nobody Asked For
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002. $58 Million and a Mosquito
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001. Roads, a Retirement & a Restaurant That Can't Get Approved
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000. No One Gave You These Orders
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Special Edition · The Dais
The Map
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The Dais · The Map — 1. Where Do the Monarchs Go?
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The Dais · The Map — 2. He Must Have Clicked It Wrong
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The Dais · The Map — 3. He Finds the Handle
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The Dais · The Map — 4. Who Charges for Drainage?
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The Dais · The Map — 5. Three Minutes or More. I.The Rainbow
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The Dais · The Map — 6. Three Minutes or More. II. The Data
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The Dais · The Map — 7. Three Minutes or More. III. Friday Night
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The Dais · The Map — 8. Three Minutes or More. IV. No Applause
Guides
Guide
Assessor-ADA-Compliance for El Paso County, Colorado
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CityJurisdictionChecker-ADA-Compliance for the City of Colorado Springs
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The Import Economy
The Import Economy Lessons
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The Import Economy — IV. The Exit Ramp
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The Import Economy — III. The Levers That Work
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The Import Economy — II. The Committee
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The Import Economy — I. The Brochure
Guides
Guide
The Import Economy — Jordan's Worksheets
Guide
The Import Economy — Lesson Summary. The Full Picture
Guide
The Import Economy — Lesson Part C. What It Costs to Raise You
Guide
The Import Economy — Lesson Part B. What Are They Buying?
Guide
The Import Economy — Lesson Part A. Everything Costs Something — Including You
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Reference & Civic Tools
Guides
Guide
Your County Runs on Volunteers
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The Import Economy — Jordan's Worksheets
Guide
The Import Economy — Lesson Summary. The Full Picture
Guide
The Import Economy — Lesson Part C. What It Costs to Raise You
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The Import Economy — Lesson Part B. What Are They Buying?
Guide
The Import Economy — Lesson Part A. Everything Costs Something — Including You
Guide
Nobody Told Laurel How Any of This Works.
Guide
El Paso County — Newcomer's Civic Guide
Guide
El Paso County — how-to-show-up-with-ADA
Guide
Assessor-ADA-Compliance for El Paso County, Colorado
Guide
CityJurisdictionChecker-ADA-Compliance for the City of Colorado Springs
Guide
Who Decides-Guide
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  • 16 episodes The Dais: Season I
  • 2 episodes Volunteer The official county calendar at agendasuite.org/iip/elpaso covers the Board of County Commissioners and Planning Commission but does not include most other boards…
  • 4 episodes The Import Economy
  • 12 episodes Guides
  • 10 episodes The Map

Episodes in this series

  1. ▶ 011C The System: The Plans, The Planners, and The Platforms April 22, 2026
  2. ▶ 011B The Money: Where It Came From, Where It Went, Where It Didn’t. April 22, 2026
  3. ▶ 011A The People: Four Rooms, Four Kinds of Showing Up April 21, 2026
  4. ▶ 010B The Threads: A Parking Lot Mystery, Seventeen School Districts, and a Deadline Eleven Days Out April 13, 2026
  5. ▶ 010A The People: Children. Volunteers. Two People Who Showed Up April 13, 2026
  6. ▶ 009 The Activity Book April 9, 2026
  7. ▶ The Dais · The Map — 8. Three Minutes or More. IV. No Applause April 6, 2026
  8. ▶ The Dais · The Map — 7. Three Minutes or More. III. Friday Night April 5, 2026
  9. ▶ The Dais · The Map — 6. Three Minutes or More. II. The Data April 5, 2026
  10. ▶ The Dais · The Map — 5. Three Minutes or More. I.The Rainbow April 5, 2026
  11. ▶ Who Decides-Guide March 31, 2026
  12. ▶ The Dais · The Map — 4. Who Charges for Drainage? March 30, 2026
  13. ▶ CityJurisdictionChecker-ADA-Compliance for the City of Colorado Springs March 30, 2026
  14. ▶ The Dais · The Map — 3. He Finds the Handle March 30, 2026
  15. ▶ Assessor-ADA-Compliance for El Paso County, Colorado March 29, 2026
  16. ▶ The Dais · The Map — 2. He Must Have Clicked It Wrong March 28, 2026
  17. ▶ El Paso County — how-to-show-up-with-ADA March 28, 2026
  18. ▶ 008 Filter or Foe: Beautiful Empty Rooms and at Least Three Open Chairs March 27, 2026
  19. ▶ The Dais · The Map — 1. Where Do the Monarchs Go? March 23, 2026
  20. ▶ El Paso County — Newcomer’s Civic Guide March 23, 2026
  21. ▶ 007 The Paper Trail March 20, 2026
  22. ▶ Nobody Told Laurel How Any of This Works. March 19, 2026
  23. ▶ 005 The Ordinary and the Unbearable March 18, 2026
  24. ▶ The Import Economy — I. The Brochure March 14, 2026
  25. ▶ The Import Economy — II. The Committee March 13, 2026
  26. ▶ The Import Economy — III. The Levers That Work March 12, 2026
  27. ▶ 004b Follow the Money March 12, 2026
  28. ▶ 004a The Human Stuff March 11, 2026
  29. ▶ The Import Economy — IV. The Exit Ramp March 11, 2026
  30. ▶ The Import Economy — Lesson Part A. Everything Costs Something — Including You March 10, 2026
  31. ▶ The Import Economy — Lesson Part B. What Are They Buying? March 9, 2026
  32. ▶ The Import Economy — Lesson Part C. What It Costs to Raise You March 8, 2026
  33. ▶ The Import Economy — Lesson Summary. The Full Picture March 7, 2026
  34. ▶ The Import Economy — Jordan’s Worksheets March 6, 2026
  35. ▶ Your County Runs on Volunteers March 2, 2026
  36. ▶ 003 Dead Patients, Empty Seats, and the Train Nobody Asked For March 1, 2026
  37. ▶ 002 $58 Million and a Mosquito February 17, 2026
  38. ▶ 001 Roads, a Retirement & a Restaurant That Can’t Get Approved February 14, 2026
  39. ▶ 000 No One Gave You These Orders February 11, 2026
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The Dais is a local civic orientation project from StorySeed Studios — a calm, conversational read of what’s actually on the agenda in Colorado Springs and El Paso County each week. It isn’t journalism, commentary, or activism. It’s someone who read the paperwork, sat with it, and wants to pass along what stood out in plain language. The idea is simple: staying aware of your community shouldn’t require a press pass or a cable subscription. One person paying attention is a ripple. That’s the whole thing.

I have a communications degree. It took seven years. I took Government twice. The second time I earned a D. The people making these decisions took it once and are doing considerably better. We are all learning.

Not affiliated with the City of Colorado Springs or El Paso County government. Not legal, financial, or accounting advice. Built from public records. No invoice attached.

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