Author: Bill Radford
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Retail boom hits area northeast of Colorado Springs
David Largent used to roar around on his dirt bike on empty land where the Falcon Walmart is now. He has watched as prairie has given way to concrete pads, as homes have sprouted on former farmland and shops and businesses have followed. Now he’s looking forward to being part of that retail boom. A…
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FALCON/EASTERN PLAINS: Paint Mines offer colorful window into past
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Paint Mines near Calhan offer a surprising sight hidden in the prairie — an alien landscape with striking formations and colorful clay deposits. The area has been labeled a “geological wonder” by Atlas Obscura, which offers a guide to the world’s “most wondrous places.”…
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Colorado Springs area aims to share state’s spot atop outdoor recreation world
“Adventure starts here.” That’s the tagline for RackStarz, a rack and hitch store that opened last spring in Colorado Springs and adds to the area’s outdoor recreation industry — an industry gaining attention on the national, state and local stages. The question for RackStarz owner Nick Bullion was: Where would his adventure begin? He had…
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Enclave of million-dollar homes planned at airport east of Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A pilot’s dream. That’s the pitch for a new home for sale at Meadow Lake Airport in Falcon, east of Colorado Springs. The 3,600-square-foot ranch home is “handcrafted top to bottom,” with three bedrooms (each with their private bathroom), a professional-grade kitchen, a finished oversized…
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Economic development officer excited to tell Colorado Springs’ story
Growing up east of Colorado Springs in the Falcon area, Tammy Fields watched as her community grew, as homes and businesses sprouted up on the prairie. And she wasn’t always happy with what she saw. “I used to think that I didn’t want my community to grow and I liked it the way it was,”…
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Company in Colorado Springs accelerator wins $5.1M government contract
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SaraniaSat, one of six companies that took part in the first phase of a Colorado Springs-based defense and national security accelerator, has been awarded a $5.1 million contract over three years from NASA for its hyperspectral remote-sensing technology. Catalyst Accelerator launched in January at the…
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Colorado Springs company rolling out no-fuss, never-frozen family meals
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Fresh, never frozen” is the mantra at Colorado Springs-based Roth Premium Foods. “The days of your grandpa’s frozen Hungry Man dinner are over,” says JW Roth, CEO of Roth Premium Foods. After test-marketing its Kilyn’s Kitchen line in Safeway stores in Colorado and elsewhere, the…
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Pikes Peak and Olympic Museum projects challenge Colorado Springs construction company
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GE Johnson Construction Co. is hard at work on two of its highest-profile projects ever in the Colorado Springs area — each with unique challenges. One is the U.S. Olympic Museum downtown; construction reached the midpoint this spring, with an opening eyed for next year.…
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Three owners, 100 years, one grand resort in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Over its 100-year history, The Broadmoor has had only three owners. Steve Bartolin, who has worked for two of them, finds that remarkable. And while those three owners – Broadmoor founder Spencer Penrose and his charitable El Pomar Foundation, Edward Gaylord and his Oklahoma Publishing…
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Focus on customer service helps Pikes Peak-area man win Small Business Person of the Year award
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The key to good customer service is simple, says Paul Sutton. “What we’re trying to do here is as old as the golden rule,” says Sutton, who owns Palmer Lake-based Peak Structural with wife Lisa; the company specializes in foundation repair and basement waterproofing. “If…