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:

Poor Richard’s Downtown: https://poorrichardsdowntown.com/

Front Range Passenger Rail District - CDOT Open House: https://frpropenhouse.com

RMG Photography - Ralph Giordano photography reception and exhibit at Cottonwood Center for the Arts: https://www.facebook.com/share/16UPc454p3/

The Next Us: https://thenextus.spaces.nexudus.com/

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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