COPPeR, the nonprofit Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region, has hired Bettina Swigger as its first executive director. She starts the job Jan. 3. Swigger has managed the Summer Arts Festival at Colorado College for three years and also has worked as the administrator for the citywide Mozart @ 250 celebration, a freelance arts [...]
Continue reading …The free downtown shuttle service could come to an end early next year. The city’s public transportation arm, Mountain Metropolitan Transit, had planned to pay for the shuttle’s operation cost starting in 2008, but proposed 2008 public transportation cuts to cover a $1.3 million budget shortfall include eliminating the shuttle service. Proponents of the free [...]
Continue reading …A premier party for a Trading Spaces television episode filmed in Colorado Springs this summer is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Will’s Sports Pub & Grill, 424 S. Nevada Ave. The episode will be televised at the party from 8 to 9 p.m. The episode features local residents and roller derby skaters Karma Getcha [...]
Continue reading …The appropriations bill passed last night in the U.S. Senate contains more than $1.7 million for Colorado projects – none of which are local. The projects include: $200,000 for Mercy Health Foundation in La Plata County to expand its primary care and prevention services $200,000 for Denver Health Medical Center in Denver to expand and [...]
Continue reading …Know anyone who likes to skateboard? If so, they might want to attend a series of design input meetings for a skate park scheduled to be built in Memorial Park next year. The public input meetings are scheduled for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30 and Wednesday, Dec. 5 at the City Auditorium, 221 [...]
Continue reading …Colorado’s Health Report Card: Healthy Beginnings C- Healthy Children C- Healthy Adolescents B Healthy Adults B Healthy Aging A- Colorado’s aging population is relatively healthy, but its children rank only average in health care needs and gains. That’s according to the Colorado Health Foundation’s annual report card. The state ranks average or below average on [...]
Continue reading …The only location options that the city is considering to keep the U.S. Olympic Committee in Colorado Springs are downtown, and proposals from developers not included in the city’s confidential request for information aren’t being considered. Colorado Springs developer Jannie Richardson said that she would have submitted a proposal, but was told by the city [...]
Continue reading …The City of Colorado Springs has opened its first Ethanol 85 fuel pump. The pump will provide fuel for 93 city and utilities flex-fuel vehicles, which can run on unleaded gasoline or a gasoline and ethanol combination. Since corn is the primary material for ethanol, E85 is expected to reduce dependency on petroleum and emit [...]
Continue reading …Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado will celebrate the groundbreaking of its distribution center from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14 near the intersection of Powers Boulevard and Constitution Avenue. A free barbecue picnic lunch will be served and activities will include face painting, a bounce house and horse shoe throwing. While [...]
Continue reading …The El Pomar Foundation has awarded Colorado College a grant of $10 million – the largest single gift in the college’s 133-year history. The grant will pay for building projects and financial aid for students, including continuing the foundation’s history of support for hockey scholarships and El Pomar Scholars. The gift comes just as Colorado [...]
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