Editor’s note: The following is the first of a three-part series about floods and flood dangers in the Pikes Peak Region. This story focuses on the Memorial Day flood of 1935, the most destructive in the region’s history. In Colorado Springs, as in much of the arid Southwest, rains come quickly and unexpectedly. Spring rain [...]
Continue reading …CPCD wins grant for in-home health program Community Partnership for Child Development was recently awarded a $24,500 grant from the Kaiser Permanente Community Health Fund. This grant will support the In-Home Health Education Program that offers nutrition and health education to families in their homes. “CPCD offers parents a number of nutrition and health classes, but [...]
Continue reading …Caitlin Kern joins OfficeScapes as receptionist and administrative assistant. Kern is currently a student at Pikes Peak Community College and plans to transfer to the University of Colorado Colorado Springs to major in business marketing. Kern was the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo 2012 Girl of the West and was employed by the Women’s Professional [...]
Continue reading …Local Jan-Pro franchise named best in the world Yong and Charlie Werner, owners of a Colorado Springs Jan-Pro franchise, have been selected as recipients of the 2013 Unit Franchisee of the Year award, from more than 10,000 franchisees around the world. The Werners became owners of Jan-Pro, a commercial cleaning company, in 2002. Despite the [...]
Continue reading …Michael Embree, who has a history of leading nonprofit, membership-based associations, has joined the Colorado Springs-based National Strength and Conditioning Association as executive director. Embree will serve as the CEO, responsible for all of the day-to-day activities of the staff at its headquarters in Colorado Springs and reports to the NSCA board of directors. Michelle [...]
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It might have seemed like strange correspondence coming from the Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau: a brochure on flood preparedness. But the CVB joined with the city of Colorado Springs to get out the flood preparation message to businesses across the Pikes Peak region. No one wants a repeat of last summer, when businesses [...]
Continue reading …Lori Boyle joined SKR + Co. as an audit consultant. She was formerly with Kearney & Company in Alexandria, Va., where she worked as a supervisory senior auditor. She has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Penn State University and currently serves as a volunteer for the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region. OfficeScapes [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Commercial Roofing recognized for quality work Colorado Commercial Roofing was inducted into the Century Club by Duro-Last Roofing for its outstanding achievement in quality workmanship, customer satisfaction and 2012 sales in excess of $100,000. “On behalf of the Duro-Last board of directors, I would like to congratulate Mark Barnes, Sr. and Colorado Commercial Roofing, [...]
Continue reading …FirstBank donated $4.6 million to Colorado nonprofits in 2012 FirstBank Holding Company, the Lakewood-based holding company for the locally owned banking organization, contributed more than $4.6 million to more than 1,000 nonprofits across the state. FirstBank has donated more than $40 million to area nonprofits since 2000, making it among the five most charitable corporations in [...]
Continue reading …Carrie Pendergast joined Tri-Lakes Cares as development manager. Pendergast has a degree in psychology from Wake Forest University. She moved to Monument in 2009 from Chicago where she worked with Utopic LLC as a public relations specialist. She previously worked at Ecumenical Social Ministries as development director. First Commercial Bank named Bill Casey senior vice [...]
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