An EDC-Chamber unification committee is on track to make final recommendations about the future organization by the end of the month. A “rough draft” of recommendations was sent to the boards of the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Colorado Springs Regional Economic Development Corp. earlier this week and the unification committee expected [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Springs Regional Economic Development Corp. is moving into the Alamo Corporate Building, 102 S. Tejon St. The EDC has kept its office on the 10th floor in the Wells Fargo Building on Cascade Avenue for about 20 years, when the EDC and the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce spilt. That lease is [...]
Continue reading …Einstein Bros. Bagels new location on a prominent downtown corner could be the first of several new locations in the Colorado Springs area. “Colorado Springs is an underdeveloped market for us, and we felt like it was a good time to expand in that area,” said Mike Ellis, executive vice president of franchise development. He [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs Regional Economic Development Corp. documents tout that the organization has brought more than 19,000 jobs to Colorado Springs during the past decade. But that number isn’t accurate. The EDC keeps two sets of numbers, one that is the number of jobs companies say they expect to create when they move to the city, [...]
Continue reading …Jobs, they are the talk of the town. They are the subject of forums, meetings, reports, committees and task forces. People are talking about the loss of them, the effect of the loss of them, the reason why they were lost and how to get them back. Despite all the talk, they remain elusive in [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs’ small businesses are frustrated over the lack of available capital and some say a lack of qualified workers is a problem too. The issues were identified in the 2011 Pikes Peak Region Business Climate Survey, released today by Summit Economics. Overall, the Colorado Springs business climate is about the same or worse than [...]
Continue reading …Farm-state lawmakers are moving to create a whole new subsidy that would protect farmers when their revenue drops — an unprecedented program that critics say could pay billions of dollars to farmers now enjoying record-high crop prices. The subsidy, free insurance that would cover farmers’ “shallow crop losses” before their paid insurance kicks in, has [...]
Continue reading …Colo. businessman launches website tracking economic impact of purchases
November 7, 2011 Comments OffChris Kilcullen, founder of America’s Got Product website, spent a year researching the auto industry and rating car companies on their economic footprint in the U.S. He came up with a four-star rating system based on factors including whether the car is manufactured or assembled in the U.S., if more than 50 percent of domestic [...]
Continue reading …Three business partners with big plans for the vacant Ivywild Elementary School in Southwest Colorado Springs are preparing to sign the papers and pick up their hammers.
Continue reading …The Bank of Broadmoor and SunShare are offering new loans for qualified homeowners to finance solar panels. SunShare is a local Colorado Springs solar company that allows customers to lease solar energy panels to eliminate annual electric bills. The first solar garden by SunShare will be completed by the end of the year. It’s a [...]
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