Colorado Springs City Council has chosen Fire Chief Steve Cox to be interim city manager. No national search for a permanent manager will be conducted until after next April’s city elections, because of the possibility that the city’s form of government might be changed to a “strong mayor” system, Vice Mayor Larry Small said. “Steve [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs earned a new distinction this week. It was named by Zillow.com among 12 twelve U.S. cities showing extended declines in housing values, reversing signs of a sustained recovery last year. The results of the Zillow study were published by Business Week. It’s also been dubbed a double- dip city for purposes of the report [...]
Continue reading …Average retail gasoline prices rose 3.3 cents per gallon in Colorado Springs last week and now average $2.65 a gallon. The national average increased 3.3 cents per gallon during the last week to $2.81per gallon, according to ColoradoSpringsGasPrices.com. Current prices in the Springs are 82.4 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago - [...]
Continue reading …January foreclosure rates in Colorado Springs have increased, but the city remains far below the national rate. First American CoreLogic reported this week that January’s foreclosure rate among outstanding mortgage loans was 1.84 percent for the month – an increase of slightly more than one-half percent compared to January 2009 when the rate was 1.28 [...]
Continue reading …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 has finally come down, said [...]
Continue reading …Gasoline prices in Colorado Springs were up 1.5 cents during the past week, a much lower gain than in the rest of the nation. Average gas prices rose to $2.46 in Colorado Springs, while the national average increased 3.5 cents per gallon in the last week – making the national average $2.65, according to gasoline [...]
Continue reading …“Do you cut yourself with knives, razor blades, broken glass, needles, nails, paper clips, pins, scissors, tacks, anything you can get your hands on? Do you bang your head against walls? Punch walls till your hand goes all bruised and bloody? Do you throw yourself through panes of glass? Expose your body to extreme weather [...]
Continue reading …The economy, as sobering as it is, occasionally has its humorous moments. Take yesterday’s Institute of Real Estate Management Economic Forecast breakfast, for example. The event’s several hundred attendees were treated to overviews from three residential, commercial and multifamily real estate experts along with perspective from Land Title Guaranty’s Sara Martin and Colorado Springs Economic [...]
Continue reading …Tim Leigh, co-founder of local real estate firm Hoff & Leigh, said he filed paperwork this afternoon to become a candidate for mayor of Colorado Springs. He described his platform as focused on positive efforts to “move the city forward.” While Leigh did not identify a specific plan to solve the city’s financial crisis, he [...]
Continue reading …Angela Joslyn will be the new director of the Office of International Affairs. Currently working for U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, Joslyn has a master’s degree in international relations, earned in Japan. She also has hands-on experience in various countries from Panama to Japan. She has served on the board of the Okinawan International Women’s Club. [...]
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