Candy store to fill Johannes Hunter spot downtown
A 1950s-style candy store is slated to open in the former Johannes Hunter Jewelers location downtown next month. Beni Levi, who owns My Candy at The Citadel mall, hopes to have another candy store, The Candy Bar, up and running at 124 N. Tejon St. by July 4. “I wish I could do it before [...]
The Mardosz Fine Art Gallery will open at 109 S. Carona St. on Friday. Artist Chuck Mardosz and his wife Diana Love found a garage building across Corona from the Cottonwood Center for the Arts at 427 E. Colorado Avenue earlier this year and turned it into a gallery. The couple hopes their addition to [...]
Continue reading …The franchise owners of a new Venice Olive Oil store expect to open their shop at 109 N. Tejon St. on Memorial Day. Matt Carpenter and Molly Martyn moved from South Denver to live and work in downtown Colorado Springs. They bought into the Venice Olive Oil franchise and are opening the brand’s first store [...]
Continue reading …A new yoga-focused magazine, Marma Points, published its first issue earlier this month with promises of future quarterly issues. The magazine is supported by the Smokebrush Foundation. However, publisher Don Goede said he’s looking into ways to sustainably fund the publication, which might include underwriting for the nonprofit publication. Goede said he had the idea [...]
Continue reading …Two independent bakers who got their start in a community kitchen in Old Colorado City have teamed up to Bliss Bakery. Michelle Asher, who owns Simply Bliss Desserts, and Mike Buzzell, who owns Mile High Whoopie Pie, will open Bliss Bakery and Kitchen at 818 Village Center Drive at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The two were [...]
Continue reading …Brunswick Zone XL will open its location near InterQuest Parkway and I-25 Wednesday, April 25. The 50,000-square-foot facility has 36 bowling lanes, a two-story laser tag arena, video game arcade, billiards, large-screen TVs, and a bar and grill. Brunswick has been interviewing and hiring staff for the new location and announced this week that it [...]
Continue reading …Tinta de Toro started selling pastries and baked goods from a kiosk in the Plaza of the Rockies building downtown in March. The location has been good for the little bakery. Company owner Angela Valencia has been impressed with how swiftly her business has grown since she started there. She works at the kiosk on [...]
Continue reading …Hyacinth’s Boutique and Spa is preparing to move into vacant space on the struggling block of Bijou Street between Tejon Street and Cascade Avenue. The block endured a hard winter during which time two restaurant closed, a photography shop moved out and no leases were signed. Claudine Malcolm-Telley plans to open her business at 24 E. [...]
Continue reading …Despite some technical hiccups at the start, the Change Mob has raised almost $500 for a non-profit focused on rescuing girls and young women from sex trafficking. The Change Mob is a local business backed by angel investors and is in the midst of filing paperwork with Securities Exchange Commission to be publicly traded. The [...]
Continue reading …Look out Living Social and Groupon. There’s a new kid in town. The Change Mob will launch its platform Tuesday when it requests $1 donations from Colorado Springs residents to help Restore Innocence, a non-profit organization devoted to rescuing young women from sex trafficking outfits. The organization aims to raise enough money to buy a [...]
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