Tag: homeless
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Penrose Library’s upcoming closure could be difficult for some patrons
Thirteen-year-old Kayla Brown, who uses Penrose Library all the time to do her online schoolwork, likes that the teen section where she plunks down at the downtown branch is quiet and peaceful. The environment helps her concentrate, she said Monday. “It’s going to be a little hard for me at home because it’s a bit…
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[CSG PRINT]Penrose Library’s upcoming closure could be difficult for some patrons
Thirteen-year-old Kayla Brown, who uses Penrose Library all the time to do her online schoolwork, likes that the teen section where she plunks down at the downtown branch is quiet and peaceful. The environment helps her concentrate, she said Monday. “It’s going to be a little hard for me at home because it’s a bit…
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Downtown Penrose Library to close for renovations, including security upgrades
Penrose Library at 20 N. Cascade Ave., the Pikes Peak Library District’s oldest location, will close for two months starting Feb. 1 for what officials describe as an overdue facelift. Built in 1968, the flagship of the 16-branch system has not been refreshed in years, said Chief Librarian and CEO Teona Shainidze-Krebs. “I’m very excited;…
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[PRINT] Downtown Penrose Library to close for renovations, including security upgrades
Penrose Library at 20 N. Cascade Ave., the Pikes Peak Library District’s oldest location, will close for two months starting Feb. 1 for what officials describe as an overdue facelift. Built in 1968, the flagship of the 16-branch system has not been refreshed in years, said Chief Librarian and CEO Teona Shainidze-Krebs. “I’m very excited;…
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Affordable housing coalition to demonstrate during Colorado Springs’ 150th anniversary celebration
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While city leaders throw a big bash Saturday to mark the 150th anniversary of Colorado Springs’ founding, a coalition that says the community is not doing enough to address the dearth of affordable housing will march to protest skyrocketing rents and a lack of places…
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Outbreak at homeless shelter in Colorado Springs leads to return of stricter practices
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After bringing back all 107 employees and 180 volunteers in June, Colorado Springs’ largest homeless shelter has a COVID-19 outbreak infecting 17 staff and clients. The most recent confirmed cases at Springs Rescue Mission were detected June 25, and the outbreak remains active, according to El…
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Steve Handen, the ‘conscience of Colorado Springs’ leaves a legacy of work for the homeless and the poor
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Steve Handen, who founded the city’s first soup kitchen and other long-lasting endeavors to give the homeless and the destitute a chance to succeed, died Monday at age 81. “He was the conscience of Colorado Springs,” said Donna Johnson, a local clinical psychologist. “He was…
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Art therapy program helps Colorado Springs homeless feel ‘free and not judged’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Soft, forgiving chalk pastels bring beauty to what can look like an ugly world. The artist’s tool also becomes a conversation starter at (In)Rich Open Art Studio, a program for homeless people, now revived after a COVID hiatus. Large blank paper lays across folding tables…
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Springs Rescue Mission completes $18 million campus expansion with final phase of securing perimeter, adding one entry point
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denise Weinfenbach, one of 100 men and women in an addiction-recovery program at Springs Rescue Mission, likes the latest improvements at Colorado Springs’ largest homeless shelter and resource center. “It’s going to make it a lot safer,” she said about a new fence that surrounds…
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Homeless in Colorado Springs say they want restrooms, running water, trash receptacles, a place to sleep outside without being harassed
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Among the belongings Amber Jones and her 13-year-old daughter, Hazel Marie, dismantled from their canopied spot along Fountain Creek Wednesday was a Charlie Brown-style Christmas tree. The long, thick stick secured by rocks twinkled with a strand of tinsel Jones found lying on the ground…