An Iowa City economic developer will be the new president and CEO of the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC. Joseph M. Raso was chosen from among 100 candidates for the position, created when the Chamber of Commerce merged with the Economic Development Corp. Raso currently serves as President and CEO of the Iowa City [...] [...]
Election-year tension and redrawn legislative districts could make the 2012 session of the Colorado General Assembly more contentious than usual. [...]
The newly merged Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corps should make K-12 public education a top priority, the chamber’s top official said. Dave Csintyan, president and CEO of the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, said the business community needs to partner with public schools to ensure a well-trained future work force. [...] [...]
Membership numbers for the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce fall well below industry standards for a healthy chamber. Of the city’s roughly 41,000 businesses, the chamber claims 1,600 as members. That’s about 4 percent. Chamber CEO Dave Csintyan knows that’s a low number. “Usually, they say that if a chamber has under 10 percent, [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
Colorado Springs is set to have one economic development organization – one that combines the efforts of the Economic Development Corp. and the Chamber of Commerce. After an meeting Tuesday that lasted more than six hours, the two groups voted unanimously to merge operations – at least in principle, said Bill Hodgkins, board president for [...] [...]
A consortium of local governments, private associations, and regional businesses have joined together to hire a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm, Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, to represent the political and economic interests of Southern Colorado. The Coalition for Strategic Federal Action includes the greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, the Economic Development Corporation, the Associated General Contractors [...] [...]
About 70 business and community leaders left the Springs this morning for the nation’s capital for an annual trip designed to focus Washington’s attention on the Pikes Peak region. Sponsored by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, this is the 12th annual trip to the D.C. area. The group will be in meetings with elected officials, government [...] [...]
Gloom and despair – and a radically reduced state government – that’s what community leaders promised if Amendments 60 and 61, and Proposition 10, all pass in November. An array of leaders from the business, legal and educational communities spoke at a rally this morning concerning the “devastating” effects that can be expected if amendments [...] [...]
Everest College, a private, higher-education company with campuses nationwide, could employ 500 or more people at the former Intel plant in Colorado Springs. News surfaced Wednesday that the college had leased 70,000 square feet on the Corporate Ridge Office and Technology Center campus. Competition for the education provider’s new online division headquarters was intense. As [...] [...]
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