Home businesses in Colorado Springs are about to get a boost from the Springs’Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is forming a committee to lend a hand byestablishing training programs to aid those who run businesses from theirhomes. The committee is in part a result of a survey conducted at the Chamber’sEconomic Empowerment Breakfast in March, [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Springs taxicab war, complete with family ties, has ended. American Cab, which is owned by Duane Kamins, and Yellow Cab, owned by hisfather George Kamins, have resolved several lawsuits. The settlement mandatedthat Yellow Cab drop its opposition to the granting of a permanent Americantaxi license.
Continue reading …Enhanced Memory Systems Inc., the subsidiary of Ramtron International Corp.,which develops memory chips, has introduced an industrial-temperature versionof its enhanced dynamic random access memory (EDRAM) product. The EDRAM enables a computer to run faster by shortening the amount of timeit takes to get something out of memory. The EDRAM’s are aimed at use in industrial [...]
Continue reading …Rockwell Semiconductor Systems has put its new computer chip plant in ColoradoSprings on hold for at least a year, according to company officials. The $1.2 billion plant will be finished by early 1997, then will stand idleuntil early 1998, when it will be outfitted with semiconductor manufacturingequipment. The decision will delay Rockwell’s plans to hire [...]
Continue reading …During June, the Colorado Springs Airport recorded its second-busiest passengermonth while closing out the busiest first half-year in its history. Throughsix months of 1996, the airport has surpassed 2.25 million total passengers(nearly 2.3 million) &emdash; 1.3 million passengers more than its recordfirst-half last year. With 214,854 enplanements last month, 67% more than last June, the [...]
Continue reading …Communication Systems International Inc. reported record revenues and itsfirst profitable month in May, the first month of the company’s fiscal quarter. Revenue reached $847,000 for May, an increase of approximately 220% comparedto revenue of $264,000 one year ago. The company anticipates posting a netloss for fiscal year 1995. CSI has achieved profitability in May with [...]
Continue reading …<B>By KAREN SUCHARSKI</B> <FONT SIZE=-1><I>Staff Reporter</I></FONT> Danny Mientka vice president of Equity Realty, an investment company, isthe managing partner for two partnerships that recently bought two strategicproperties. Both properties closed July 1; the first, at 908 N. Circle, waspurchased for $350,000, the second at 3730 Sinton Road, was purchased for$500,000. The Circle Shops is strategic [...]
Continue reading …<B>By LAUREY LUMMUS</B> <FONT SIZE=-1><I>Staff Reporter</I></FONT> The city’s convention and tourism industry is doing better business thanother entry-points across the state, according to Terry Sullivan, executivedirector of the Colorado Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau. On July 10, the Travel Industry Association of Colorado reported that thestate’s welcome centers reported a decrease in occupying rates as [...]
Continue reading …Video Update, the fourth largest company in the video rental industry, is planning a move into Colorado that eventually will include the Springs' market. The publicly traded video giant &emdash; which owns, operates, and franchisesvideo rental superstores &emdash; has plans to build stores in the Denverarea, and, within the next year, expand into Colorado Springs. [...]
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