Author: RICH LADEN and BREANNA JENT The Gazette
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Heading out to the new Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs? What to know before you go
Outdoor events with packed crowds are nothing new in Colorado Springs. Air Force Academy football, the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, minor league baseball with the old Colorado Springs Sky Sox and the new Rocky Mountain Vibes, Colorado Springs Switchbacks soccer and the annual July Fourth gathering at the city’s Memorial Park — though it…
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Discount retailer Big Lots closing Colorado Springs locations
Big Lots is getting smaller. The national discount retailer that sells furniture, home décor, kitchenware and other items, will close its three Colorado Springs stores and five more in Colorado as part of the financially troubled chain’s decision to shutter more than 300 locations nationwide. Stores will close at 5085 N. Academy Blvd. in the…
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Showtime? Ford Amphitheater officials say new Colorado Springs music venue is ready for next week’s debut
With less than two weeks until pop band One Republic takes the stage Aug. 9 at the 8,000-seat Ford Amphitheater that’s under construction on Colorado Springs’ north side, the outdoor music venue isn’t quite ready for its first show. But it will be, its developer insists. “Oh yeah, no question about that,” said JW Roth,…
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Texas electronics and furniture retailer will close its doors in Colorado Springs
Conn’s HomePlus, the Texas-based electronics and furniture retailer, will close its Colorado Springs store and five others in Colorado after the chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week. The locations in Colorado are among 73 of 170 Conn’s stores nationwide that will shut their doors, according to reports by CNN and other national…
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Denver-based sandwich chain to open second Colorado Springs location on city’s south side
Denver-based Snarf’s Sandwiches, which debuted in Colorado Springs two years ago on the city’s north side, will add a second location on the south end of town and join a growing mix of new businesses along the redeveloped South Nevada Avenue corridor. The chain plans to remodel a familiar red-brick building at 1640 S. Nevada…
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Marigold Cafe & Bakery adds quick-serve location on Colorado Springs’ south side
Marigold Café & Bakery is on the go. The family owners of the longtime sit-down restaurant on Colorado Springs’ northwest side have opened Marigold & Go, a third location of their Marigold brand that offers a quick-serve concept and adds a breakfast option. Marigold & Go opened last week at 140 E. Cheyenne Road in…
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New burger and chicken chain expanding to Colorado Springs combines both concepts under one roof
Colorado Springs has seen its share of national and regional burger and chicken chains expand to town in recent years. Now, the latest arrival combines both concepts under one roof. Georgia-based WNB Factory — the acronym stands for wings n’ burgers — is targeting a mid-August soft opening and a grand opening a month later at 5620…
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‘Engaged and influential’: Longtime Re/Max Properties owner Joe Clement dies at 79
Joe Clement’s business might have been real estate, but his vocation was working with people. As the broker-owner of Re/Max Properties in Colorado Springs for nearly 40 years, which grew into one of the area’s largest residential brokerages, Clement and his agents successfully helped thousands to buy and sell homes in the Pikes Peak region.…
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Family, fun and freedom: Annual Woodland Park event draws July Fourth revelers
Big-city Fourth of July celebrations can be fun, but they have nothing on Woodland Park. The self-described “City Above the Clouds” and its population of about 8,000 saluted the holiday Thursday with its annual Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration at Memorial Park in the center of town, which featured a fishing derby, pie- and…
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Colorado Springs-area home sales sputter despite listings that reach 9-year high
The supply of Colorado Springs-area homes for sale swelled to a nearly nine-year high last month, an increase possibly driven, in part, by investors who are dumping properties on the market because of tighter government regulations on the rental industry, one local housing official says. At the end of June, 2,974 single-family homes were for…