The Small Business Development Center, which is housed at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, will relocate to the El Paso County Citizens Service Center, alongside the Pikes Peak Workforce Center. The SBDC plans to be in its new office by April26. It will be on the first floor of the center, 1675 Garden of [...]
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Matt Barrett has been named CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado. He replaces Carol Odell, the Bureau’s current CEO of 14 years, who will retire May 3. Barrett was most recently the chief operating officer at Graham Advertising in Colorado Springs where he is credited with leading the organization through a transitional [...]
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Colorado Springs City Council voted Tuesday to expand the solar gardens program at Colorado Springs Utilities. CSU will pay a performance-based incentive of 16 cents per kilowatt hour generated by up to 3 megawatts of solar panels installed in gardens during the first year of the expanded program. The pilot program allowed for 2 megawatts [...]
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The importance of having a single Colorado Springs national identity is the topic of discussion at the second Breakfast with the Journal, which starts at 7 a.m. Friday at The Broadmoor West. Four speakers – all of whom represent iconic Colorado Springs institutions – will discuss why having a brand is important, and what their [...]
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The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade is accepting applications for grants for nonprofit cultural organizations and arts groups. Given from the OEDIT’s, Creative Industries division, the ColoradoCreates grants provide financial support to produce arts and cultural activities throughout the state. Grant applicants must be nonprofit groups, department of Colorado public colleges or [...]
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Undergraduate students at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs will pay an extra $14 per credit hour next fall – a 6 percent increase that was approved this week by the Board of Regents which governs the school. Regents approved tuition increases at all four CU campuses. However, the 6 percent increase for Colorado resident [...]
Continue reading …In a few years, Harris Corp. has grown its Colorado Springs location from three employees to 83 and has plans to continue to grow in spite of the uncertain federal budget environment. The company started its government services division in the Springs in 2006. Division head Chris Forseth said the company outgrew both its first [...]
Continue reading …The number of real estate appraisers is dwindling nationally, creating career opportunities for analytical math-savvy individuals interested in commercial real estate. The Appraisal Institute released a report this week noting that the number of practicing real estate appraisers in the country dropped 3 percent in 2012 and could plummet 25 to 35 percent in the [...]
Continue reading …Industry leaders believe first quarter apartment vacancy increases and average rent decreases are seasonal. Apartment vacancy in buildings with 50 or more units increased slightly to 5.8 percent in the first quarter of 2013. While higher than the fourth quarter of 2012, it was still lower than the average 7 percent vacancy Apartment Insights reported [...]
Continue reading …(Published 1:15 p.m. April 5, 2013) Every election has its messages, and the 2013 Colorado Springs municipal election gave us plenty. We learned that having Congressman Doug Lamborn on your side, as incumbent Angela Dougan did in District 2, didn’t guarantee anything. Dougan insisted she was the most conservative member of City Council, and that [...]
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