Near the downtown area of Colorado Springs, Mann Middle School was built in 1959. The teacher’s lounge was an old technology classrom that had been turned over to teachers. It was also the copy room, storage room, and general dumping zone for anything that seemed related to teachers. With the support of many local businesses, churches, and a business group called The Success Collective, we were afforded the opportunity to completely reimagine the space and turn it into something beautiful.