Paul Brinkman (Photo by Bryce Martin)
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS The University of Colorado’s School of Engineering and Applied Science honored Steamboat Springs resident and Colorado businessman Paul Brinkman with the 2021 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award on Thursday.
“It’s a great honor,” said Brinkman, who graduated in 1996 with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering. “It’s one of their top honors, so it’s obviously a great honor for me.”
Brinkman co-founded Brinkman Partners an integrated real estate company with his brother, Kevin in 2005. The two brothers grew the Fort Collins-based commercial development, real estate and construction company into one of the state’s most respected businesses with more than 150 employees and exceeding more than $250 million in annual revenue.
A Colorado Springs-based team of gifted middle- and high-school students recently defeated dozens of competitors to win a statewide science competition.
Homeschool Science Colorado, which is comprised entirely of homeschool students, won both the high school and middle school divisions of the state’s Science Olympiad tournament. It was the first victory in either division for a Colorado Springs-based team since 2011, when Cheyenne Mountain High School took the state title.
Established in 1984, the Science Olympiad applies science-based principles and techniques to competitive events.
It is not a science fair. It’s more of an Olympics of the mind, in which critical thinking and problem solving take the place of running, jumping and throwing.
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KUNC When Adela’s husband was out of work last spring, she applied for emergency rental assistance in Larimer County with the help of La Familia, a childcare center in Fort Collins.
Thousands of families across Northern Colorado, particularly Black and Latino residents, are struggling to pay rent because of the pandemic. In part one of
On the Edge, we look at the economic factors pushing people to ask for help.
One year into the pandemic, as many Coloradans are starting to envision a return to normal life, requests for emergency rental assistance in the state are surging.
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Alison Perkins, 51, sits on the new couch in her apartment at Mason Place. Perkins lived on the streets for two years before moving into the building in March.
Housing insecurity and homelessness were growing issues even before the pandemic, due to Colorado’s population and high cost of living. A supportive housing project in Fort Collins is changing what it looks like to get people housed.
Alison Perkins, 51, had gotten used to sleeping outside in freezing cold temperatures after she lost her home due to financial and personal problems two years ago.
Each day was a struggle to survive, she said. Finding shelter was her first priority, especially during the winter. Then, a warm meal. Looking for a job or getting mental health care while mourning the death of her son, whom she lost in 2019, were much lower on her to-do list.