Tag: jack briggs
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From blight to beauty: Old Colorado Springs motel transformed into transitional housing for homeless tenants
A nearly $1 million renovation of the decrepit 4U Motel on South Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs wasn’t a “slap on some paint and call it good” remodeling project, leaders of Springs Rescue Mission say. The makeover that transformed a boarded-up eyesore is what administrators hope is a foreshadowing of what’s to come for tenants,…
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Stabbing death at Springs Rescue Mission leaves shelter ‘profoundly shaken’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One man is dead and another is in custody, according to police, after a stabbing that happened Sunday afternoon at Colorado Springs’ largest homeless shelter south of downtown. Rocky West, 33, is facing first-degree murder charges for allegedly killing Isaiah Curtis Plair, 25, at the…
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Stabbing death at Springs Rescue Mission leaves shelter ‘profoundly shaken’
One man is dead and another is in custody, according to police, after a stabbing that happened Sunday afternoon at Colorado Springs’ largest homeless shelter south of downtown. Rocky West, 33, is facing first-degree murder charges for allegedly killing Isaiah Curtis Plair, 25, at the Springs Rescue Mission homeless shelter, which is located at 5…
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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…