Lost summer: Retailers counting losses after summer season dashed by fire
August 31, 2012 Comments OffEvery year when summer tourists come to visit the Pikes Peak region, they shop and stay in Old Colorado City, Manitou Springs and Woodland Park. So it’s easy to imagine what happens to businesses when they don’t come. The Waldo Canyon fire made national and international headlines when it forced the evacuation of Manitou Springs [...]
Continue reading …It might not feel appropriate with sunny days still reaching into the 90s, but this is holiday party planning season. “If you don’t have your venue booked by October, you’re going to really limit your options,” said Donna Vessey, professional party planner and owner of Donna Vessey Events. This is one of her busiest planning [...]
Continue reading …Dealers of new cars in Colorado Springs aren’t using the “recession” word anymore. Instead, they’re busier than they have been in years.
Continue reading …Religious liberty in the United States is under siege like never before, says one local attorney who specializes in religion and legal issues.
Continue reading …Bankers are often first to notice when an older adult is being bilked out of savings or retirement money by scammers and swindlers …
Continue reading …On any given night in Colorado Springs, there are people with the entrepreneurial gene working into the wee morning hours on the next big business idea.
Continue reading …Ben Johnson guides people through the memories of their hallways and dresser drawers. He walks with them through their imaginations to the bathroom and through the closets and basements of the homes they’ve lost to fire. “Usually, it’s not something people want to do right away,” said Johnson, a general insurance adjuster for Farmers Insurance. [...]
Continue reading …With news this week that the Waldo Canyon fire is the most expensive wildfire for insurance companies in Colorado’s history, rumors started to fly about increasing premiums and full coverage becoming harder to get. “I think there’s a concern that there will be an immediate impact to insurance premiums,” said Carol Walker, executive director of [...]
Continue reading …At the height of the Waldo Canyon fire, the Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado website was getting two or three cash donations per minute for fire relief efforts. In the midst of it all, someone sent in $50 for the children’s school “send hunger packing” program, where children get a backpack filled [...]
Continue reading …As the tourism industry starts to take stock of the damage from the Waldo Canyon fire, another sector of the Springs economy is bracing for a firestorm of a political nature — sequestration legislation that could cut billions more from aerospace and defense companies. About 45 percent of the Springs’ economy comes from defense contractors [...]
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