Doug Quimby, a local real estate developer, will head the board of directors of the combined Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce and EDC when it gets off the ground Feb. 1.
Not only that, Quimby will serve as interim CEO of the new organization until a new CEO can be hired.
Quimby was one of the architects [...] [...]
The city’s two main business groups have formalized their plans to unify and named its board members.
The Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Colorado Springs Economic Development Corp. will become the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC, as of Feb. 1.
The new board will include: Chris Blees of Biggs Kofford; Frank Caris of [...] [...]
The Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Colorado Springs Economic Development Corp. will release a “press advisory” tomorrow for a major announcement.
The two groups also plan to hold a press conference Tuesday – time and date to be set later – for a major announcement. Original plans for a Friday press conference were changed [...] [...]
Uncertainty in Washington about the 2012 defense budget — and billions in cuts expected in the next decade — has major defense contractors worried about shrinking contracts and cutting jobs.
But smaller businesses in Colorado Springs are cautiously optimistic that smaller contracts might even the playing field.
“Smaller companies are more nimble,” said Buddy Gilmore, owner of [...] [...]
The city’s Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corp. are nearing a decision about whether to merge, but no one’s saying what that decision might be.
A committee of about eight members from boards both the organizations has met three times in that last month and plans to make a recommendation about what to do as [...] [...]
If someone were to break into Lockheed Martin’s vaults, grab millions of plans, load them into a truck and make a getaway, it would be a major crime.
But when something like that happens in cyberspace, as it did earlier this week, it makes headlines, but causes few ripples outside the defense industry.
That’s about to change.
The [...] [...]
Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, Memorial Health System and Kaiser Permanente are each contributing $3,579 to the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce in payment for its wellness program victories.
All 20 chamber employees completed a three-month program in which they were screened for diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, body mass index and smoking. They were offered on-site personalized health [...] [...]
I don’t attend a lot of events in my official capacity as city councilman. I hope most of the hosts don’t take it personally. Not an evening or morning or lunch hour would be free if I made it a habit. And the dry cleaning bills would gobble up my fat council paycheck.
I probably should [...] [...]
Just as the General Assembly considers bills to end tax credits for businesses, the state’s business councils and advocates are descending on the Colorado Capitol to make their voices heard.
Representatives from Colorado Springs, Denver, Aurora, the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Colorado Competitive Council will be holding a rally tomorrow to protest legislation [...] [...]
The Colorado Procurement Technical Assistance Center, a statewide organization designed to provide government contract assistance, opened this morning in Colorado Springs at 6 S. Tejon St, Ste. 850.
About 60 people from the business community showed up at the Pikes Peak Center to celebrate its opening.
PTAC’s goal is to increase the number of local and state businesses [...] [...]
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