The newly created Memorial Board of Trustees met for the first time today and elected the officers that will guide the new board through the transition to the election for University of Colorado Health. Marcy Morrison, longtime community advocate, former mayor of Manitou Springs and most recently, the former Colorado Commissioner of Insurance, was named [...] [...]
Delta Solutions completed stage two of the International Organization for Standards’ certification process. Orion Registrar assessed Delta Solutions’ quality management processes and found them to be in compliance with the quality standards for ISO certification. The independent certification means that the company has documented its quality management processes while meeting the rigorous qualifications for the [...] [...]
Century Communities is re-launching a condominium community it put on hold when the real estate market collapsed in 2008. The Greenwood Village-based builder has pulled building permits for a 22-unit condo building at the Vistas at Nor’Wood, which was master-planned to include a 110-unit condominium complex. The builder finished its first 22-unit building near the [...] [...]
Downtown Colorado Springs will become “Little London” for an Olympic-style kick-off party July 27. The Olympic Downtown Celebration, sponsored by the Downtown Development Authority with support from the U.S. Olympic Committee and the Colorado Springs Sports Corp., will be from 4 to 10 p.m. The event coincides with NBC’s broadcast of the Olympic Games Opening [...] [...]
Details of Memorial Health System’s proposed 40-year lease to University of Colorado Health will be made public June 11 during an informal City Council meeting. Council made the announcement today, and also said comment about the proposed lease will be heard at that meeting, as well as during Council’s June 12 formal meeting. Under its initial [...] [...]
Vic Johnson of Manitou Springs was a man with ideas. “I knew one of them would float to the top,” Johnson said. Now he’s a man with a growing business. He launched PVC Bendit a year ago. The growth started off slow, but has been picking up speed recently. Johnson is selling about 100 PVC [...] [...]
Colorado Springs entrepreneur and investor Jan Horsfall is the new CEO of Spectware Inc., a company that develops crane inspection software. Horsfall takes the reins of the local firm as the company prepares to roll out version 2.0 of its mobile application for managing and inspecting heavy equipment cranes. Horsfall is the former vice president [...] [...]
City officials announced over the weekend that they have hired a city clerk, a position that has been without a permanent appointment since July when former City Clerk Kathryn Young retired. Sarah Johnson was chosen after a two-month recruitment period in which more than 97 people applied, officials said. Johnson has 18 years of elections [...] [...]
Businesses are likely to see their water bills increase 8.6 percent during 2013 and again in 2014, and as much as 5 percent in 2015 as Colorado Springs Utilities seeks to offset costs for the mammoth Southern Delivery System. Residential rates are likely to increase as much as 10 percent during 2013 and 2014 and 5 [...] [...]
Frontier Airlines will add nonstop service to Orlando, Fla., and San Diego from Colorado Springs, and there could be more nonstop flights to major cities in the works. The airline now has seven nonstop flights from the Springs. It’s part of Frontier Airlines new business model in which the company has dubbed Colorado Springs a [...] [...]