Flash floods may cause intense property destruction and loss of life, but they are limited in scope and duration. Regional floods may affect much of the Front Range and are caused by massive weather events that typically last for days, leaving widespread damage that requires many years of recovery. Such floods are rare. There have [...]
Continue reading …By all accounts, sports and wellness businesses bring about $400 million annually to the Colorado Springs economy — and some experts believe the city is poised to become the sports and wellness capital of the nation. The city already is known for its sports assets: the U.S. Olympic Committee, more than two dozen national governing [...]
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Colorado Springs City Council will start work on regulations needed for the retail marijuana industry at a work session Monday, May 13. City Attorney Kyle Sauer will brief the city council on state legislation regarding retail marijuana licensing and regulation. Council will give the city staff direction for a public process to evaluate options to [...]
Continue reading …No Colorado Springs hospital earned an A in patient safety, according to the latest information from the Leapfrog Group, an independent, national nonprofit group of employer purchasers of health care. Penrose-St. Francis earned a B for both its campuses, and Memorial Hospital earned a C, according to the grades assigned – based on infections, injuries, [...]
Continue reading …Here’s a recent press release from the city touting its concrete cost-sharing program. Particularly interesting parts of the presser are italicized (although you may argue that no part of such a press release could conceivably be very interesting). “The City of Colorado Springs, with funding from the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority (PPRTA) and the [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Springs City Council will hold a “retreat” this weekend at Glen Eyrie between 6-9 PM on Friday evening, May 10, and continuing from 8AM – 5PM on Saturday, May 11. No further details were available. No agenda was posted. The location was described only as “Glen Erie – Pink House” (talk about conspicuous [...]
Continue reading …A Colorado Springs company received an $18 million contract from the U.S. Army. Aleut Facilities Support Services signed a five-year contract to provide facilities operation support services to the U.S. Army Installation, Mission and Installation Contracting Command for Fort Belvoir, Va. If all contract options are exercised, the contract will be worth $94 million. The [...]
Continue reading …The Downtown Partnership will host the first of what it says will be many update meetings Thursday morning from 8:15 to 9:30 a.m. on Thursday May 16 at the Tim Gill Center at 315 E. Costilla St. The Partnership, which is funded by the Downtown Business Improvement District and the Downtown Development Authority, aims to [...]
Continue reading …CSBJ’s Best Of Business competition is back! Vote for the competition is now open. Readers can vote thier favorite businesses in 75 categories. Voting closes 5 p.m. May 31. Results will be announced during the Best Of Business reception, 4:30 -6:30 p.m. June 27 at the Ivywild School. Nearly all of the Best Of Business [...]
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