Huntsville, Ala., long one of the Springs’ biggest competitors for aerospace and defense industry jobs, is stepping up its push to recruit business and military missions from the Pikes Peak region. But this time, the Rocket City could face stiffer competition from the Springs. A coalition of city and business leaders is working to give [...]
Continue reading …First it’s up, then it’s down — confidence in the economy, that is. After the economy made several forays into positive territory with consecutive quarters of higher-than-expected gross domestic product growth, consumer and banker confidence rose. These days, however, bankers don’t remain long in optimistic territory without a compelling reason. In the central region, which [...]
Continue reading …A developer’s financing problems ended plans by USA Basketball to move to Glendale, Ariz., but they likely only slowed the organization’s eventual exodus from the Springs. USA Basketball Executive Director Jim Tooley said he received inquiries from more than a dozen cities interested in luring away the organization in the days after the news broke [...]
Continue reading …The Lynn Institute, responding to declines in its drug trial business, is expanding its other, niche businesses in hopes of making up the shortfall. The company, the business arm of a medical research foundation based in Oklahoma City, has offices in Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Human drug trials were the institute’s bread and butter for [...]
Continue reading …Samuel Cole has been appointed president of Aleut Management Services. He previously was vice president of strategic initiatives for BAE Systems. Miles M. Dewhirst is now a member of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. ADTA invites only one defense trial attorney to be its prime member per one million in population for each city, [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs: The Mecca of the radical Christian right. Colorado Springs: Politically and philosophically dominated by religious nonprofits. Colorado Springs: Economically driven by those same nonprofits. Like it or not, that’s they city’s national image. Whether it’s wholly or even partly accurate is another question. The economic impact of locally headquartered national religious nonprofits is, [...]
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