Author: DEBBIE KELLEY
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Tenants’ union at private, market-rate apartments in Colorado Springs call for improved living conditions
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After tenants’ unions formed at two low-income public housing apartment buildings in Colorado Springs, residents of a privately held, market-rate complex in the city have recruited more than half of the estimated 120 occupied units to sign a union card in seeking change. Tenants of Aviator Apartment Homes at 1670 N. Murray Blvd., say their…
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Amid outbursts, Colorado Springs City Council postpones proposed vehicle camping ban
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After about three hours of presentation, discussion and public comment, Colorado Springs City Council voted 5-4 Monday to postpone a proposal that would add a vehicle camping ban to city ordinances pertaining to illegal urban camping and consolidate them for standardization and consistency. The issue will be taken up in six months, at the May…
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El Pomar releases $1.5 million for food assistance to Colorado communities
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El Pomar Foundation is releasing $1.5 million in immediate aid for food assistance that will be distributed to 112 nonprofit organizations across Colorado this week, the organization announced Monday. The move is in response to “increasing food prices and growing food insecurity, as well as recent suspension of federal funding to critical food systems,” according…
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Free food and other assistance for Colorado Springs-area families affected by government shutdown restrictions
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Worry over the impending freeze on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program coupled with some federal workers not being paid due to the continuing government shutdown is contributing to increased need for social services, according to Colorado Springs food pantries and other agencies. Several new efforts are underway to help fill the gap. Ent Credit Union…
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Colorado Springs pantries feeling the crunch even before food stamps go dark
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Some people wanted to talk turkey in the days leading up to the nation’s food stamp program going dark on Nov. 1 because of the ongoing federal government shutdown. Pastor Jayme Pezoldt-Justice, who leads Pikes Peak Biker’s Church in Colorado Springs, said she’s already getting calls. Will there be turkeys for Thanksgiving at her church’s…
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Gov. Jared Polis stops in Colorado Springs to tout emergency food stamp funding, as agencies say demand is up
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If you want to see the human face of the federal government shutdown, look for the hungry mouths, was the message Gov. Jared Polis delivered in Colorado Springs on Wednesday. He stopped at Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado’s headquarters after announcing at the state Capitol that he will ask the Joint Budget…
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Dissatisfied subsidized renters picket Colorado Springs Housing Authority
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Now that Colorado Springs has formal tenants’ associations set up at two publicly subsidized low-income housing complexes, residents — who are largely disabled or elderly — say they’re trying to figure out how to get their needs addressed. Dissatisfied with how it’s going so far, COS Tenants, a group of residents from the newly formed…
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‘Conversations on a Bench’ focuses on 24 hours of talk about homelessness in Colorado Springs
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From 1 p.m. Thursday to 1 p.m. Friday, a park bench in downtown Colorado Springs is taking on the persona of a talk show stage, with the topic of the 24-hour day being homelessness. “I see a community that wants to be part of the solution and not just complain from the balcony,” Travis Williams,…
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New report: Colorado remains in mental health crisis
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For two years in a row, Colorado has had nearly the worst rate in the nation of mental illness among children and adults, when compared with other states and the District of Columbia, according to a large-scale industry study. Colorado ranks 50th — or second to last — for the prevalence of any mental health…
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High-profile Colorado Springs police sergeant transitioning into retirement
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A childhood dream that refused to dim in adulthood seemed like it might not be realized for Colorado Springs police Sgt. Olav Chaney. After jumping out of aircraft while serving four years in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, it took him multiple tries to pass the battery of assessments required to become a police officer.…
