Author: RICH LADEN and BREANNA JENT The Gazette
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Family, fun and freedom: Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak region events draw 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,” 20 miles west of Colorado Springs and with a 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…
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Apartment fire in Colorado Springs closes roads
Colorado Springs firefighters responded Thursday afternoon to reports of a fire at an apartment complex at 4760 Rusina Road on the city’s northwest side. The apartment complex is on the west side of Rusina Road, north of Garden of the Gods Road and south of Elkton Drive. Emergency personnel are shut down Rusina. “Engine 9…
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Downtown Colorado Springs tower’s height reduced from 36 floors amid developer concerns
A controversial 36-story, 400-foot-tall apartment tower proposed for downtown Colorado Springs has shrunk in size to 27 stories and 300 feet, its developer says. The reduced height, however, isn’t a concession to community members who’ve complained the project would disrupt mountain views or be out of place with downtown’s skyline, where the Wells Fargo Tower…
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Feds award $75 million to Entegris for tech firm’s new $600 million Colorado Springs manufacturing center
Entegris, the Massachusetts-based supplier of electronic materials for semiconductor makers and other industries, is slated to receive $75 million from a federal program designed to boost the nation’s chipmaking capacity — money that would support construction of the company’s state-of-the-art, $600 million manufacturing facility being built in Colorado Springs. The company and the U.S. Department of…
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Head of HBA in Colorado Springs to lead statewide workforce development program
Renee Zentz, the longtime CEO of the Housing & Building Association of Colorado Springs, is stepping down to take over as full-time president of Careers in Construction Colorado. Zentz led the HBA for 22 years; over the last six years, she also headed Careers in Construction Colorado, a nonprofit workforce development program launched in 2015 by…
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Wing Zone becomes latest chicken concept to roost in Colorado Springs
Wing Zone Hot Chicken & Wings has become the latest in a long line of fast casual, quick serve and fast food chicken concepts to flock to Colorado Springs. The first Wing Zone restaurant in the state opened Tuesday at 3670 Austin Bluffs Parkway in the King Soopers-anchored Marketplace at Austin Bluffs shopping center, northwest…
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Momma Pearl’s Cajun Kitchen closes its doors on Colorado Springs’ north side
Momma Pearl’s Cajun Kitchen, which for more than a decade has served up po’boys, jambalaya, crawfish, gumbo and other Cajun specialties, has closed its doors in Colorado Springs. Owner Robert Brunet, known as Chef “BB,” cited financial hardships in announcing the restaurant’s closure in a Facebook post this week. “Despite our best efforts to adjust…
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King Soopers targets summer opening for new Fountain store, south of Colorado Springs
An aggressive expansion in the Pikes Peak region by supermarket giant King Soopers will mean more grocery shopping options for Fountain-area residents. King Soopers broke ground Thursday on its latest large format marketplace store, which will anchor the Mesa Ridge Marketplace in Fountain, south of Colorado Springs. The shopping center will be constructed on 21…
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Tool retailer ratchets up its presence with 2 new locations in Colorado Springs area
California-based Harbor Freight Tools, the hardware and tools retailer, is doubling down on the Pikes Peak region. Harbor Freight estimates it will open two more brick-and-mortar stores in July — at 5677 Barnes Road in the Powers Pointe shopping center in Colorado Springs and at 20 Widefield Blvd. in the Widefield Square shopping center in…
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2 restaurants taking over vacant spaces in downtown Colorado Springs
Hawaiian- and Mexican-themed restaurants are poised to fill prominent commercial spaces on Kiowa Street in the heart of downtown Colorado Springs. A storefront at 26 E. Kiowa was left vacant by the relocation of T-Byrds Tacos & Tequila, which moved in January to nearby 218 N. Tejon St., according to its Facebook page. The Dirty…