Tag: chamber & edc
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Swire Coca-Cola breaks ground on manufacturing facility in Colorado Springs
Roughly three months after announcing an expansion in Colorado Springs, Swire Coca-Cola has broken ground on its new manufacturing facility in the city. The company’s 620,000-square-foot facility will be built in the Peak Innovation Park, near the Colorado Springs Airport. In 2023, the company opened a 145,000-square-foot distribution facility that employs 170 people near the…
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New Pikes Peak Housing Network hopes to tackle Colorado Springs’ housing woes
Can anything be done to increase the supply of housing and expand affordable housing options in Colorado Springs and surrounding areas? The Pikes Peak Housing Network hopes to explore those problems — and find solutions. Community leaders, along with business and housing organizations, formed the nonprofit last summer to serve as a vehicle to study…
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Colorado Springs ‘housing crisis’ threatens employers and economy, business leaders say
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs’ housing woes are no surprise to local homebuyers, many of whom can’t find a house because of a shortage of properties for sale and then must pay thousands of dollars above a seller’s asking price to lock in their purchase. Likewise, builders have…