Jake Jabs turned a failing furniture store into an 18-location empire. Now the Colorado retailer is funneling his fortune back into the communities that built it.

Jake Jabs turned a failing furniture store into an 18-location empire. Now the Colorado retailer is funneling his fortune back into the communities that built it.

In 1975, Jake Jabs took the bold decision to make an $80,000 investment, which later led to the emergence of a multimillion-dollar company from a weak furniture business. The…