by Allen Greenberg Published: August 27,2010
Tags: Business of Sports
Jim Morris, the president of the Indianapolis Pacers, made several good points about the business of sports at a lunch this past week sponsored by the Economic Development Corp. and Sports Corp. What he left out of his remarks was also pretty compelling. Primarily, his speech was about reminding Colorado Springs that its amateur sports scene [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: August 27,2010
Tags: Colorado Springs, committees, Hazlehurst, Leadership
Que sera, sera Whatever will be, will be The future’s not ours to see Que sera, sera — Doris Day, 1956 This is not a city that has ever taken Doris Day’s advice, so poignantly expressed in the saccharine little song that cluttered the airwaves half a century ago. We see ourselves as captains of [...] [...]
Huntsville, Ala., has been beating Colorado Springs at the aerospace jobs game for a long time. As Business Journal reporter Amy Gillentine reported in last week’s issue, the reasons why are numerous. They’re winning because their efforts are coordinated. Huntsville enjoys widespread private and public support for its economic development organizations. There’s a prevailing belief among [...] [...]
by Contributing Writer Published: August 20,2010
Tags: John Morse
I have lived in Colorado for the last 42 years, most of it in Colorado Springs. For most of this time Colorado has been a great place that attracted families, businesses and talented people. The last two decades have been different and I have struggled to figure out why and what to do about it. I [...] [...]
by Raymond Keating Published: August 20,2010
Tags: Keating
People generally are pretty darn cranky these days. It doesn’t matter if you look at surveys of consumers, investors, small business owners, or voters. Crankiness appears widespread. And who can blame them? The economy struggles to emerge from one of the longest and deepest recessions since the Great Depression, and job creation is nonexistent. Let’s start with [...] [...]
Earlier this month, Gov. Bill Ritter and famed cyclist Lance Armstrong took to the podium to announce that they had secured a deal to bring pro cycling back to Colorado after a 22-year hiatus. Cycling fans cheered. Tourism officials panicked. They panicked because the announcement came with a 55-page bid packet from Medalist Sports that laid out [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: August 20,2010
Tags: economy, Hazlehurst
You’re a well-paid professional with a stable job. You have deep roots in your community. Three years ago, you bought your dream house. It’s a five-bedroom, three-bath home in a new development with nearly an acre of ground. You paid a little more than $550,000 for the home, putting down $120,000 to avoid paying the [...] [...]
by Allen Greenberg Published: August 13,2010
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The idea that an infant born to a foreign mother in the United States should be entitled to instantaneous U.S. citizenship is outdated, unworkable and costing American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year. It’s time to make a change in our birthright laws. Many others already have. In fact, we’re one of the few [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: August 13,2010
Tags: Hazlehurst
Remember when you got your first credit card? OMG — plastic money! Pretty soon, you reached the card’s credit limit. No problem — you just got another credit card, and another, and another … and all of a sudden, you owed Visa, Master Card, American Express and a host of department stores more than 10 grand. But [...] [...]
by Contributing Writer Published: August 13,2010
Tags: Keating
Why do all the pro-small-business speeches offered by politicians make life so difficult for the entrepreneurs who innovate, spur economic growth, and create jobs? In late July, President Obama held a photo op at a small business in New Jersey. “Small businesses create two out of every three jobs in this country,” he said. “So our recovery [...] [...]
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