Employment rose in all nine large counties in Colorado for the fourth quarter of 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. El Paso County’s employment growth was an anemic .5 percent, far below the national average and lower than Arapahoe, Boulder and Denver Counties. It was ranked 173rd in the nation. The average [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Transportation Commission announced nearly $21 million will be spent on statewide and regional transit projects over the next three years. The funding, provided through the Funding Advancement for Surface Transportation and Economic Recovery, allows Colorado Springs to replace 34 vanpool vehicles, and maintain Front Range Express commuter buses. El Paso County was awarded [...]
Continue reading …El Paso County’s search for a general contractor to remodel office space in Building One at the Corporate Ridge office complex, he former Intel facility, is over. GE Johnson Construction Co. has been selected to handle the project’s first phase. The $559,000 contract award was approved this week by the El Paso County Board of [...]
Continue reading …A coalition of 15 marijuana dispensary owners and growers and companies associated with the medical industry have filed suit against the El Paso County Commissioners. Claiming that the medical marijuana ballot question placed by the commissioners on the November ballot violates Colorado law, the plaintiffs have asked the court to declare the question illegal on [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs unemployment rates rose to 8.8 percent, higher than the state average and the local level in more than a year. Job growth statewide was down from a year ago, as well – only 1,900 jobs were created in July, significantly lower than the 25,200 jobs created during the same period in 2009. July [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Springs City Council gave the Copper Ridge project a green light this spring but the proposed 2.8-milion square foot retail project faces what could be a big roadblock before the El Paso County Commission. Developer Gary Erickson plans to ask the commissioners to grant a sales tax waiver for the project, mostly to [...]
Continue reading …Eight El Paso County office and programs received eight achievement awards at the 2010 National Association of Counties’ annual conference in Washoe County, Nev. Three of the eight award winners received additional recognition from the judges for demonstrating ‘Best Practices’ based on their innovation, resourcefulness and outreach to residents in difficult economic times. They included: [...]
Continue reading …Some of the numbers behind El Paso County government’s $25 million relocation into the old Intel site are changing — climbing by up to $4 million. El Paso County commissioners learned in June that millions of dollars in unanticipated utilities infrastructure costs would complicate their otherwise solid contract to buy multiple buildings and a parking [...]
Continue reading …The El Paso Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution Friday opposing a plan to relinquish control of its human services program to the state. The idea was proposed by the Governor’s Child Welfare Action Committee. The BOCC joined 63 other counties in opposition to the moved characterized by Commissioner Wayne Williams as a “takeover” of [...]
Continue reading …El Paso County led the state again this year in child support payment collections with more than $42.2 million for 2009. This was the third consecutive year the county earned the top ranking. Denver ranked second with $40.9 million. The amount collected by El Paso County in 2009 is however slightly lower than the year [...]
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