Richard Skorman joins us for an elaborate trip down memory lane, as he recounts the history of the Poor Richard’s family of businesses on the north end of downtown Colorado Springs.
We couldn’t help but include some exploration of Richard’s political career and activism. While he is the face and name of Poor Richard’s Restaurant, Rico’s Café and Wine Bar, Poor Richard’s Books & Gifts, and Little Richard’s Toy Store, Skorman is quick to share credit with his business partner and wife, Patricia Seator.
MENTIONED:
The Granite Harp Bookstore
The Flick
Kimball Bayles
Kimball’s Peak Three Theater
Citizens Project
TOPS (Trails, Open Space and Parks Sales Tax)
Trails and Open Space Coalition
Beany Babies
Focus on the Family
Amendment 2
Richard’s Rubbish Roundup
Robin Izer
The Mitguards
Revele & Paul
Douglas Rouse
Pikes Peak Permaculture
Chinook Book Store
Tattered Cover
Compleat Games and Hobbies
CJ Kard
Bonanza
Lorne Greene
Strawberry Fields
Stratton Open Space
Sacred Grounds Café
Natasha Shnaper
Art on the Streets
LINKS:
Front Range Passenger Rail District – CDOT Open House
RMG Photography – Ralph Giordano photography reception and exhibit at Cottonwood Center for the Arts
Loving the Springs celebrates the best of Colorado Springs and elevates the rest.
Plug into what’s happening in the Pikes Peak region, learn about awesome people, places and happenings, and explore opportunities to make life here even better. Longtime Springs booster Carrie Simison co-hosts with local gadflies Al Brody and Dave Gardner. All three love our two springs – Colorado and Manitou, so they give them the mic in this twice-monthly podcast. Nothing’s off the table – recreation, the arts, government, business, politics – if it touches your life, they’ll talk about it. We’ll invite the movers and shakers, conspiracy theorists, NIMBYs, YIMBYs, yaysayers and naysayers to join them.
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