• Posts Tagged ‘Economic Development’

    New nonstop flights from Springs an ‘economic opportunity’ (access required)

    by Rebecca Tonn Published: July 15,2010

    Tags: Allegiant Air, Colorado Springs Airport, Economic Development

    Allegiant Air at the Colorado Springs Airport will add two nonstop flights to Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz.  and Long Beach, Calif. starting Sept. 15. The jet service is scheduled to operate twice weekly, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Since 2002, Allegiant, known for its low-cost fares, has offered nonstop service from Colorado Springs to Las Vegas. After the announcement was made this morning, Vice [...] [...]

    Springs isn’t as fit as it’s billed (access required)

    by Amy Gillentine Published: June 19,2010

    Tags: Economic Development, fitness, health

    Colorado Springs has been ranked by Men’s Health magazine and Gallup as one of the fittest, healthiest cities in the country. The problem? The statistics don’t always support the hype. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report ranks El Paso County nowhere near the top of the state’s healthiest regions. Instead, it’s ranked 29th out of 56 counties [...] [...]

    Still at starting line: Drive to stop exodus of young talent (access required)

    by Becky Hurley Published: June 12,2010

    Tags: brain drain, Economic Development

    A bright, young workforce can act as a magnet, drawing entrepreneurial thinkers, risk-takers and innovation — all vital to a city on the move. But it has been hard to keep young people in Colorado Springs in recent years and, so far, efforts to reverse the “brain drain” here are still very much at their nascent [...] [...]

    Commentary: 10 ideas on how to stop our ‘brain drain’ (access required)

    by Contributing Writer Published: June 12,2010

    Tags: Economic Development, Venkat Reddy

    In today’s knowledge and technology-driven economy, companies thinking of relocating are looking for cities with a highly skilled work force.  An essential ingredient, therefore, of economic development of a region is the retention of young professionals. As the economic downturn drags on, we are losing more and more of our talented workers, especially the younger ones, [...] [...]

    After all these years, still pining for critical mass

    by John Hazlehurst Published: June 12,2010

    Tags: Economic Development, Hazlehurst

    What do you do when you run out of gas in the middle of the desert? You could be out of luck, especially if you’re out of cell-phone range. With a bit of fortune, a kindly motorist will stop, give you a lift to the next gas station, and you’ll find your way back to [...] [...]

    Let’s avoid boom-to-bust strategies (access required)

    by Contributing Writer Published: June 12,2010

    Tags: Economic Development, Tom Duening

    I have argued for what I call “simple rules” for economic development. For the most part, these rules are non-prescriptive, but they do advocate limited actions by public officials. Yet many of us want to do something to promote the economic development of the region. We have pent-up energy and some financial resources to direct [...] [...]

    Wind company under investigation (access required)

    by Amy Gillentine Published: March 5,2010

    Tags: Economic Development, EDC, Rocky Wind Power

    Steve Stultz failed to show up for appointments, failed to install equipment properly and failed to make good on contracts, according to complaints filed with the Iowa Attorney General’s office. Stultz, owner of Prevailing Power and Rocky Wind Power, sells wind-power generators for people’s homes. In each of the four complaints received by the attorney general’s [...] [...]

    Southern Colorado Business Partnership brings down ‘yellow curtain’ (access required)

    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 [...] [...]

    Colo. job creation lags surrounding states (access required)

    by Staff Writer Published: November 18,2009

    Tags: Economic Development

    According to a Denver Post story, Colorado’s efforts to increase incomes and create jobs are losing to the efforts of our neighboring states. Click here to read the story. [...]

    Angelou: City economic development compromised by systemic problems (access required)

    by John Hazlehurst Published: September 22,2009

    Tags: Angelou Economics, Economic Development, Operation 60Thirty-five

    Colorado Springs lacks positive leadership, community collaboration, is rapidly losing young professionals and the local Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights severely handicaps the city’s economic development efforts. That’s the conclusion of the “Operation 60Thirty-five Action Plan” and the “Implementation Matrix” prepared by Angelou Economics of Austin, Texas, at the request of more than a dozen public and private [...] [...]

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