Meet Linda! She works with Colorado Springs Utilities and she is passionate about helping their customers in their lobby.
Linda is learning sign language (tutored by our very own Julie (formerly ASL with Julie, now Colorado ASL)) to help improve their customer service experience in person. So Colorado Springs Utilities is now considered deaf-friendly!
If you’re deaf, live in Colorado Springs, and have electricity issues or need assistance, their customer service lobby is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ask for Linda.
Message from Longmont Public Library’s Shay Overgard:
“Hi! I work for the Longmont Public Library, and we host a monthly American Sign Language Conversation Group night. It’s been running since April of this year and is expected to be a long-running program. We have Deaf community members host and assist with vocabulary, conversations, and answer questions. It’s a lovely time. Here’s the links for the next few events already loaded on the website. Please reach out with any questions or concerns.”
5:30pm-7:30pm at Longmont Public Library, 409 4th Avenue, Longmont, CO 80501. Click on the dates below will take you to a webpage with more information.
Julie Riddle, founder of DeafColorado.org, was too modest to want this posted, so I made this post:
Recently, Julie went to Washington D.C. to meet and to be interviewed by some important people. In the end, she and two others have been recognized and are now official representatives of Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind, and Speech-Disabled in Colorado!
YAY, Julie! Big congratulations to you and to John Schoder and Daryl Branson as well!
COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ENTERPRISE
ORDERED:
That the following named persons be and are hereby appointed to the:
COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ENTERPRISE
effective immediately for terms expiring June 20, 2028:
Julie Riddle of Colorado Springs, to serve as an individual with knowledge and awareness of innovative strategies that address challenges faced by deaf, hard-of-hearing, deafblind, and speech-disabled, appointed;
John Schoder of Denver, Colorado, to serve as an individual with knowledge and awareness of innovative strategies that address challenges faced by deaf, hard-of-hearing, deafblind, and speech-disabled, appointed;
Daryl Branson of Arvada, Colorado, to serve as an individual with knowledge and awareness of innovative strategies that address challenges faced by deaf, hard-of-hearing, deafblind, and speech-disabled, appointed.
GIVEN under my hand and the Executive Seal of the State of Colorado, this twentieth day of June, 2025.
