by Rebecca Tonn Published: March 13,2010
Tags: mortgage
Two years ago, the mortgage business nearly drowned in the torrent of the financial meltdown. The end seemed near. “We saw our (credit) conduits drying up,” said Barbara Pattee, president of Springs Mortgage Inc. “We had built up a niche of banks to do business with that went out of business.” It was 2008, and it was a [...] [...]
by Staff Writer Published: March 13,2010
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Bob Comer has joined the Faegre & Benson environmental and natural resources practice as a special counsel in the Denver office. He previously served as associate solicitor for mineral, energy, land and water resources with the U.S. Department of the Interior. Glenn Hunter, owner of Glenn’s Jewelry and Loans located at 1505 N. Academy Blvd. has [...] [...]
by admin Published: March 13,2010
Tags: 2010 legislature
Colorado lawmakers say they’re making progress on bills to create jobs and increase the use of renewable energy as they near the halfway point of their 120-day session. But House Speaker Terrance Carroll, a Denver Democrat, said Friday the biggest fight is yet to come as lawmakers prepare to balance next year’s budget in the midst [...] [...]
by Staff Writer Published: March 13,2010
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The national job market is making small gains, according to the latest government report, with 2.7 million job openings on the last business day of January, up from 2.5 million a month earlier. Colorado Springs’ unemployment figures still don’t offer much to celebrate, having risen to a seasonally adjusted 8.4 percent, compared to 8.2 percent a [...] [...]
Customers of the Cherokee Metropolitan District are getting hit with an 87-percent increase in their water rate and a 10-percent hike in wastewater bills. Not surprisingly, many of the district’s 18,000 customers are feeling significant sticker shock. “I’m not real happy with them right now,” said Mary Hernandez, a 30-year-plus Cimarron Hills resident. No other water district in [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: March 13,2010
Tags: Pioneers Museum
For decades, the financially strapped Pioneers Museum has been one of the city’s crown jewels, an institution owned and largely funded by city taxpayers. With public dollars dwindling, that may be about to change. [...]
by Rob Larimer Published: March 12,2010
Tags: CSBJ
Stories from the weekly, print edition of the Colorado Springs Business Journal will now be published on CSBJ.com on Saturdays. [...]
by Rob Larimer Published: March 12,2010
Tags: 2010 CSBJ Rising Stars
The Colorado Springs Business Journal honored 34 of the community's rising stars during its annual awards ceremony yesterday. Scroll down the page to see photos from the event. [...]
by Rob Larimer Published: March 12,2010
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen is scheduled to give the commencement speech for this year’s U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony on May 26. This is the first time the Academy will host the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the graduation speaker. Mullen, a 1968 graduate of the U.S. [...] [...]
by Rob Larimer Published: March 12,2010
Tags: Interstate 70
The Colorado Department of Transportation opened one lane of Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon in each direction at 3:05 p.m. yesterday, almost four days after a cascade of boulders pounded the road, blocking passage. The slide early Monday punched holes in a bridge, destroyed guardrails and left boulders the size of semi tractors scattered over the [...] [...]
