by Amy Gillentine Published: January 19,2012
Tags: chamber of commerce, regulations
Election-year tension and redrawn legislative districts could make the 2012 session of the Colorado General Assembly more contentious than usual. [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: January 5,2012
Tags: chamber of commerce, Economic Development Corp., Education, merger
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. The [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: November 23,2011
Tags: chamber of commerce
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, it’s running on [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: November 18,2011
Tags: chamber of commerce, EDC, merger
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 to [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: August 3,2011
Tags: board, chamber of commerce, Economic Development Corporation, merger, Oklahoma City
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 the [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: December 14,2010
Tags: chamber of commerce, Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, Washington D.C.
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 of [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: September 27,2010
Tags: chamber of commerce, D.C., Washington
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 staff [...] [...]
by John Hazlehurst Published: August 25,2010
Tags: Add new tag, Amendment 60, Amendment 61, Attorney General, Capitol Affairs, chamber of commerce, Proposition 101, Rally, school district 11
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 60 [...] [...]
by Becky Hurley Published: March 18,2010
Tags: chamber of commerce, Corporate Ridge Office and Technology Center, Everest College, Jobs, Pikes Peak Workforce Center
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. [...] [...]
by Becky Hurley Published: March 2,2010
Tags: chamber of commerce, Colorado Springs, Economic Development, Pueblo, Southern Colorado Business Partnership
A dozen Southern Colorado business and tourism organizations have joined forces to create the Southern Colorado Business Partnership. The partnership, which is essentially an expanded, renamed Pikes Peak Regional Business Partnership, is expected to give southern Colorado greater lobbying and business attraction power. The “yellow curtain” dividing Colorado Springs and Pueblo [...] [...]
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