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The Balloon Fiesta is over for the year, but FUSION's Rising High Arts Festival continues through October 18 with comedy, a market, music and community events.
Scan Quest · October 12, 2026The re-release gives businesses, schools, teams, downtowns, and families a simple way to build QR-code adventures without turning the whole thing into a software project.
Local Business · October 12, 2026A Scan Quest route can turn a shop, restaurant, open house, mall, festival booth, or downtown block into a reason to visit, scan, play, and come back.
Community Tools · October 12, 2026The same QR adventure engine can help teachers, coaches, clubs, rec departments, and community organizers turn ordinary places into guided activities.
Field Notes · October 12, 2026Epic App Solutions is small by design, selective by choice, and built around two engineers, a trusted network, and work we actually want to build.
Personal Post · October 12, 2026A personal field note on what a $500 website includes, what it does not include, and why designers pretending to be developers confuse the market.
Personal Post · October 12, 2026Numbers create potential. Coordination turns potential into capability. A military lesson that applies far beyond combat.
Monday Desk · October 12, 2026The Monday pass is built for readers who came out of a busy weekend with errands, school runs, lunch plans, and one more reason to check deals before they head back out.
505 Desk · October 12, 2026After Balloon Fiesta's final weekend, the 505 front page is pointing readers from park crowds and Old Town traffic back into local events, food stops, and Monday-friendly savings.
Combo Deals · October 10, 2026The Gazette is pushing readers from a single scanned deal into the full Savings Desk, Grocery Shopper, and Combo Deals loop: find the offer, match the outing, route the stops.
505 Desk · October 10, 2026The 505 front page is pointing readers at the events desk for a weekend built around Balloon Fiesta traffic, local markets, food stops, and nearby specials.