Author: Wayne Heilman Special to The Gazette
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The Empty Stocking Fund: The Place fills need for youths without a home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Place next April will open the biggest expansion in its five-year history when it opens The Launchpad, a 50-unit apartment complex designed to provide permanent housing for youths until they can find somewhere to live themselves. Young adults ages 18-25 will sign one-year leases…
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Empty Stocking Fund: Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center will be 10 years old next year, and the nonprofit has grown from its founder as the only employee in one office to a staff of 44 full-time employees, three part-timers and eight contractors in five offices across Colorado. The…
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Building boom: Pace of hotel construction hits nearly 30-year high in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs-area lodging industry has remained in good health amid one of the biggest hotel building booms in nearly 30 years — and that wave of construction shows no sign of slowing. Developers completed 10 hotels or additions with more than 1,200 rooms over…