We’re not the only city and state torn by whether, or how much, to join the national game in economic development — offering hefty incentives to would-be major employers dangling thousands of high-paying jobs. If you ask most government leaders in Colorado Springs and at the state Capitol about their philosophy, the answer probably will [...]
Continue reading …But Springs isn’t active part of regional work on unified business-seeking effort The goals for the Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance and the state’s new Colorado Blueprint are pretty much the same for creating business growth in the Pikes Peak region — but the state is working without the full support and cooperation of the [...]
Continue reading …Millennials: Young adults could become next generation of dominant investors
March 18, 2013 1 Comment
Leading-edge Millennials now have become young adults in their early 30s. They are starting their careers and families. And there are a lot of them — 76 million. As the Baby Boomers transition from wealth accumulators to wealth distributors, Millennials — those born between 1981 and 2000 — already are being described in financial circles [...]
Continue reading …March 15 Reverse Mortgage: What are the facts? Sandie Guenther of Cherry Creek Mortgage Co. will discuss using reverse mortgages to start a business, get out of debt and pay bills. The event is from 10 to 11 a.m. at Woodcarver Properties/Tri-Lakes Business Incubator, 14960 Woodcarver Road. Refreshments will be provided. Email Cherith Marchase at cherithm@trilakesbi.org [...]
Continue reading …Sequestration has thrown uncertainty and confusion into the budget and travel-planning process for the nation’s military and its civilian contractors. And that ambiguity is affecting one of the biggest conventions in Colorado Springs, the annual Space Symposium hosted by the international nonprofit Space Foundation. “What we’ve seen, most of all, is confusion,” said Elliot Pulham, [...]
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Ferrari Films Owner: Denise Ferrari Where: 16055 Old Forest Point, Monument Employees: 7 Find them: www.ferrarifilms.com Denise Ferrari and her two-person film and production crew were driving past the giant Discovery Communications headquarters — home to the Discovery Channel — in Silver Spring, Md., and felt the grandeur of the building. “That’s our competition,” she [...]
Continue reading …Business analysts believe the retirement rate of Baby Boomers will leave a glut in the businesses-for-sale market. The fourth-quarter Market Pulse survey from the International Business Brokers Association and M&A Source found that Baby Boomer retirement was the top reason respondents decided to sell. It was the first quarter in history that Boomer retirement topped [...]
Continue reading …Our poor city — kicked in the teeth once again! When Ultra Petroleum stepped up in 2011 and bought the Banning Lewis Ranch at a bankruptcy auction, visions of sugarplums danced in many an establishment head. Our problems were solved! Oil and gas boom, here we come! No more pinched city budgets, no more 10 [...]
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It’s a typical construction site scene: guys in hard hats huddled around a makeshift table looking over stacks of blueprints. Each subcontractor on the job has a set of those blueprints and the hundreds of pages of instructions and change orders that accompany them. Now, Bryan Construction is changing the scene. In two major projects, [...]
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The employment picture in the state continues to present interesting trends, including a slightly better unemployment rate than the country but a loss of government jobs. Employers in Colorado added 7,100 nonfarm payroll jobs from December to January and the state’s unemployment rate improved, now slightly better than the national rate, according to data released [...]
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