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The University Village shopping center on North Nevada Avenue offers a number of places to shop and places to eat, but today it added a different service – a place to get testosterone injections. The Low T Center is part of a national chain with 25 locations, one of which is opening  in Las Vegas [...]

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SBDC moving to Citizens Service Center

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The Small Business Development Center, which is housed at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, will relocate to the El Paso County Citizens Service Center, alongside the Pikes Peak Workforce Center. The SBDC plans to be in its new office by April26. It will be on the first floor of the center, 1675 Garden of [...]

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Barrett named CEO of local BBB

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Barrett named CEO of local BBB

Matt Barrett has been named CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado. He replaces Carol Odell, the Bureau’s current CEO of 14 years, who will retire May 3. Barrett was most recently the chief operating officer at Graham Advertising in Colorado Springs where he is credited with leading the organization through a transitional [...]

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City Council approves solar garden expansion

Colorado Springs City Council voted Tuesday to expand the solar gardens program at Colorado Springs Utilities. CSU will pay a performance-based incentive of 16 cents per kilowatt hour generated by up to 3 megawatts of solar panels installed in gardens during the first year of the expanded program. The pilot program allowed for 2 megawatts [...]

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Industry leaders believe first quarter apartment vacancy increases and average rent decreases are seasonal. Apartment vacancy in buildings with 50 or more units increased slightly to 5.8 percent in the first quarter of 2013. While higher than the fourth quarter of 2012, it was still lower than the average 7 percent vacancy Apartment Insights reported [...]

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(Published 1:15 p.m. April 5, 2013) A pocket brain monitoring device, a luxury accessories line and a fresh fish farm using aquaponics could be some of the next big ideas. They are the three top ideas that took home cash prizes Thursday at Colorado College’s “The Big Idea” contest, where students were vying for a [...]

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Gasoline Alley grill to open at end of April

(Published 1:15 p.m. April 5, 2013) Contractors are working to transform the front of popular downtown night club Gasoline Alley into a walk-up grill. The restaurant should be open within three weeks, said co-owner Kathy Guadagnoli.  The grill is part of a remodel that moved the performance stage to the back of the space and added [...]

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AspenPointe purchases industrial space

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(Published 2:40 p.m., April 4) AspenPointe Enterprises looks to expand its job training programs and consolidate its warehouse space with the purchase of a new 27,200-square-foot industrial building southeast of Circle Drive and Interstate 25. The facility, which sits on 2.58 acres, provides the business arm of nonprofit AspenPointe with a valuable space, said Jonathan [...]

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A little more than 100 years ago, a bison named Black Diamond served as a model for the Buffalo nickel. Now the American Numismatic Association Money Museum will celebrate 100 years of the Buffalo nickel with a free open house from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.  April 27. Black Diamond was a model for sculptor [...]

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Waldo fire report: City must improve communication, documentation

Better communication, documentation,  logistics support and training on incident management are four areas in which the city needs to make improvements, as detailed in the After Action Report on Waldo Canyon Fire. The report, released Wednesday, details the city’s strengths in working the Waldo Canyon fire and outlined areas for improvement. The Waldo Canyon fire [...]

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