Tag: community
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GUEST OPINION: Community center is a vital neighborhood resource
By Brian Kates Meadows Park Community Center is a home away from home, a “third place” and has been first place in the lives of generations and thousands upon thousands of people since opening its doors in 1982. That this $775k/year facility (0.17% of $438M 2025 General Fund budget) is scheduled for permanent closure on…
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Thousands expected at 39th annual fallen firefighter event
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As many as 10,000 people are expected to fill the streets downtown Friday and Saturday night for the celebration and mourning of 311 fallen firefighters. For the 39th fallen firefighter commemoration ceremony, the annual remembrance at Memorial Park will add the names of firefighters who died…
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Patrons, staff bid ‘bittersweet’ final farewell to Rockrimmon Library
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At first glance, it appeared to be a typical Saturday afternoon at the Pikes Peak Library District’s Rockrimmon branch in northwest Colorado Springs. Patrons roamed the shelves, checked out materials, and chatted with staff members. Children bustled about as their parents tried to corral them.…
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Patrons, staff bid ‘bittersweet’ final farewell to Rockrimmon Library
At first glance, it appeared to be a typical Saturday afternoon at the Pikes Peak Library District’s Rockrimmon branch in northwest Colorado Springs. Patrons roamed the shelves, checked out materials, and chatted with staff members. Children bustled about as their parents tried to corral them. A few regulars sat in the reading section, perusing periodicals.…
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Candlelight vigil, A Night of Resilience and Strength scheduled 2 years after Club Q shooting
The owners of The Q by the Orbit Lounge, founded by former Club Q employees and shooting survivors Michael Anderson and Tara Bush, are hosting a memorial event Tuesday, the two-year mark since the mass shooting at the Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ dance club. A Night of Resilience and Strength: Two Years After Club Q is…
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Candlelight vigil, A Night of Resilience and Strength scheduled 2 years after Club Q shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The owners of The Q by the Orbit Lounge, founded by former Club Q employees and shooting survivors Michael Anderson and Tara Bush, are hosting a memorial event Tuesday, the two-year mark since the mass shooting at the Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ dance club. A Night…
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Hundreds gather to commemorate second-year mark of deadly Club Q shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Ashtin Gamblin heard a loud noise near the front of Club Q on the night of Nov. 19, 2022, she didn’t think much of it at first. “I heard a really loud bang. I thought someone had thrown a snowball,” said Gamblin, who was…
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Hundreds gather to commemorate second-year mark of deadly Club Q shooting
When Ashtin Gamblin heard a loud noise near the front of Club Q on the night of Nov. 19, 2022, she didn’t think much of it at first. “I heard a really loud bang. I thought someone had thrown a snowball,” said Gamblin, who was working the door at the LGBTQ+ nightclub. “Then I looked…
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Norm’s Video, as seen on VHS
Sights and sounds from Norm’s Video, as shot through an old VHS-C hand-held camcorder, on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 in Calhan, Colo. The store was founded by owner Kerri Lemesany’s parents, Norm and Kay Ullom, in the early 1980’s, and has slowly transitioned from selling VHS and (briefly) Betamax to DVD formats. (The Gazette, Arthur…
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Jack Briggs, Springs Rescue Mission CEO, to step down
Jack Briggs, president and CEO of Springs Rescue Mission, is stepping down. The Colorado Springs-based nonprofit announced Tuesday that Briggs, who assumed leadership in October 2020, will be leaving his position effective Sept. 30. “This decision came after a lot of prayer and talking with my family,” Briggs said. “Springs Rescue Mission’s work is incredibly…