Perhaps the best part of Thanksgiving this year, as far as the Colorado Springs economy is concerned, has to be right there on the calendar. With the fourth Thursday of November falling on the 22nd, that means the earliest possible date for Thanksgiving — and the longest possible holiday shopping season. It’s safe to say [...]
Continue reading …He owns hotels, railroads, newspapers, sports teams, arenas, movie theaters and ticket brokers. He has interests in at least 150 companies. His family foundation, created in 1964, has more than $2 billion in assets. He gave $100 million to the University of Colorado Medical Campus, which was renamed to recognize his generosity. His net worth [...]
Continue reading …Amid the fire and other stories dominating the area’s news this year, one issue hasn’t maintained much traction. That would be the ongoing need for Colorado Springs to cultivate its place in the airline transportation market. We’ve had good news and bad during 2012 affecting air travel. On the bright side, Frontier Airlines designated Colorado [...]
Continue reading …Have you thought about incorporating interns into your business, but decided against the idea because you reasoned you were too small or couldn’t compete with large companies and their professional intern programs? Think again. In today’s under-staffed economy, interns offer unique benefits to companies of any size, including sole proprietorships. An effective intern program can [...]
Continue reading …The Congressional Budget Office just announced that President Obama’s health care law will reduce the deficit by $84 billion more than previously thought, thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision to allow states to opt out of the law’s Medicaid expansion. Those savings may sound nice. But the law doesn’t do much to address our country’s [...]
Continue reading …The recession of 2007-08, and the glacially slow, still ongoing recovery since, prompt the question: When will the jobs return? The answer — that many of them won’t — is a painful one for all of us. Job creation had been ebbing for years before the recession and, in the coming years, is likely to [...]
Continue reading …In October, Colorado Springs Utilities presented our 2013 annual budget to the Utilities Board. It’s a lean, responsible spending plan focused on delivering our customers essential utility services and helping to strengthen the community we serve. Our 2013 budget is $1.059 billion, $52 million less than last year’s budget. This reduction is largely the result [...]
Continue reading …As the local election results poured in Tuesday night, voters across El Paso County sent some surprising messages. Nothing caused more shock than the convincing passage of two — yes, two — tax increases, one renewing the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority’s capital improvement projects for another decade (through 2024), the other giving Sheriff Terry [...]
Continue reading …If you asked 10 people in the Colorado Springs business community to name the best news for our economic future to come out of 2012, you might hear close to 10 different answers. One might point to the long-term lease of Memorial Health System to University of Colorado Health. Someone else might single out the [...]
Continue reading …By Margaret Sabin CEO, Penrose-St. Francis Health Services All of the election-year commotion and fog surrounding health care costs, access, and who pays what, has failed to address the central problem of health in the United States: Americans as a whole are becoming profoundly unhealthy, the result of engaging in unhealthy lifestyle behaviors that are [...]
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