Tag: businessman
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Keith King, a titan of school choice in Colorado education, dies at 75
Keith King, a businessman, education leader and former legislator who served in the state House and Senate, as well as on the Colorado Springs council, has died after a long illness. He was 75. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced. Gov. Jared Polis, who, like King, has been an advocate for charter schools, on…
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Longtime Colorado Springs real estate developer Steve Schuck set for hall of fame induction
Longtime Colorado Springs real estate developer Steve Schuck will be inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame next week — though his more than half-century career has never been about just real estate. The 87-year-old Schuck, who came to the Springs in the early 1960s from the East Coast after never having been farther west…
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Colorado Springs-based business owner awarded Governor’s Citizenship Medal
John Street, co-founder and CEO of Greenwood Village-based cloud marketplace Pax8, jokes about his personal leadership style. “The truth is, I’m kind of a lazy guy,” said Street, a Denver native who lives in Colorado Springs. “I learned a long time ago that if I hire smart people and let them do their jobs, I…
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Democrats add heft to effort to keep Space Command in Colorado Springs
With U.S. Space Command in the balance, a lawmaker perennially voted as the most conservative member of Congress is turning left for help. U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn isn’t switching parties, but the decision in the final days of the Trump administration to move the command and its 1,400 troops to Alabama has been compounded by…
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Pikes Peak region mourns several notable deaths in 2019
A rugged cowboy who also was known as the Marlboro Man, a revered Tuskegee Airman and fighter pilot, the co-founder of a signature tourist attraction and a longtime policeman who climbed through the ranks to become chief of police were among prominent residents of the Pikes Peak region who died in 2019. They include: Phillip…
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CU President Bruce Benson announces retirement next July
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bruce Benson, a businessman and politician who has led the four-campus University of Colorado system for a decade, will retire next July, officials announced Wednesday. Benson, who turned 80 this month, has led CU through a decade of change that included getting the school system…