Author: Rachael Wright
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Best Workplaces: Treasure Davis Team
In 2005, Treasure Davis began selling real estate in Colorado Springs equipped with a commitment to constant innovation and a desire to give her clients the absolute best experience before, during and after the sale. Success followed success. The first two employees Davis brought aboard remain with her company to this day, after nearly 20…
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Best Workplaces: Alpine Contracting
Before founding his own business, Michael Pappas spent years working for a custom homebuilder who gave him a deep appreciation for attention to detail and quality. Fast forward to today, Alpine Contracting has been a recipient of multiple awards, including “Best Workplace” and “Best of the Springs.” “One of my primary objectives as the company…
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Legislators honored for Colorado’s first mandatory child restraint law | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: The Colorado insurance industry, along with Western Insurance Information Services, awarded Senate President Ted Strickland, D-Westminster, Rep.William Artist, R-Greeley, and Dr. Philip Lewis the Human Concern Award. The award was traditionally given annually to a group or individual each year in recognition of service beyond the call of duty. The…
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Veteran lawmaker leaves post dissatisfied as minority party member | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: State Sen. Barbara Holme, D-Denver, a leader in the Democratic Party who had served nearly a decade in the Colorado General Assembly, announced by letter to her District 34 constituents that she would not seek reelection following a rough legislative session for the minority party lawmaker. In her letter, Holme…
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Peña goes to jail, commits to visit more Denver employees | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: Denver Mayor Federico Peña’s office announced that he would be the first mayor “in 20 years” to go to jail — at least, the first mayor in that time frame to venture into a jail, placing a visit to the Downtown Detention Center. Lou Schneider, Peña’s appointment scheduler, said that…
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YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region: Helping improve lives for 145 years | Empty Stocking Fund
Celebrating its 145th year, the YMCA is often most known for its swimming pools and basketball gyms but the Pikes Peak Region’s 855 full time staff and more than 800 volunteers, contributing over 10,000 hours annually, do so much more than run gyms. “We are one of the largest and oldest nonprofits in this community,”…
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Legislative Council executive committee makes legislative chambers off limits | A LOOK BACK
Thirty Years Ago This Week: The executive committee of the Colorado General Assembly’s Legislative Council found itself kicking a public relations hornets nest after Senate President Tom Norton, R-Greeley, and House Speaker Chuck Berry, R-Colorado Springs, decided to place the House and Senate Chambers off-limits to anyone but legislators. For the first time in 40…
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Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care: Helping patients make most of time left | Empty Stocking Fund
For the last four decades, Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care (PPHPC) has served as Colorado Springs’ only non-profit community-based hospice. Since its inception in the late 1970s its mission has remained unchanged: to offer truly extraordinary physical, emotional and spiritual support to those facing life-limiting illness. From its early years in Grace Episcopal Church’s donated…
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Peak Vista Community Health Centers | Empty Stocking Fund
Peak Vista Community Health Center has come a long way from its humble beginnings in 1971 when a single volunteer-run clinic was only open two nights a week to walk-in patients. Two years after celebrating their 50th anniversary, Peak Vista employs 800 full-time staff who serve over 81,000 patients annually, 30,000 of which are children.…
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Republicans line up to challenge Congressman Kogovsek | A LOOK BACK
Forty Years Ago This Week: Republican Denver attorney Phil Klingsmith told The Colorado Statesman that he was discussing announcement dates with party officers to throw his hat in the ring against Democratic U.S. Rep. Ray Kogovsek of the 3rd Congressional District. Klingsmith was seen by Statesman reporters in private discussions with both political director Kay…