Tag: expansion
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Frozen treats on the go as Josh & John’s Ice Cream opens drive-thru kiosk
If you’re craving a creamy scoop of Josh & John’s Ice Cream (and who isn’t, honestly?), there’s something you need to know. The Colorado Springs favorite has opened a drive-thru kiosk at 870 Garden of the Gods Road, just west of Interstate 25 near Voodoo Brewing Co., in a former coffee drive-thru. The new Scoop…
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Not just the ‘boys’: Longtime Colorado car dealer announces expansion, rebranding
Over the past 15 years, the Faricy automotive brand has expanded from a single dealership to four locations and eight brands throughout southern and central Colorado, most recently adding Peak Kia Colorado Springs to the Faricy group of dealerships. But company President Ben Faricy said neither he nor his brother, Paul, the vice president, is…
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Crossfire Ministries’ new, bigger thrift store ready to open in Colorado Springs
A former Family Dollar discount outlet that was also previously a Rite Aid drugstore hasn’t opened yet in its new skin as Crossfire Thrift shop. But tons of people have yanked on the locked front doors in the weeks leading up to its debut, says Renee Beebe, executive director of Crossfire Ministries. “Hundreds of people…
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Swire Coca-Cola, USA announces $475M investment in Colorado Springs
Swire Coca-Cola, USA will establish a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Colorado Springs, the company announced late Wednesday afternoon. The Draper, Utah-based company plans to break ground next year on a 620,000-square-foot facility at Peak Innovation Park, the 1,600-acre business park at the entrance to Colorado Springs Airport on the city’s southeast side. Swire Coca-Cola,…
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Qdoba plans new locations around Colorado Springs
More Qdoba locations are coming to the greater Colorado Springs area, part of one of the largest development deals in the San Diego-based company’s history. Barry Dubin, founder and CEO of B Wild Investments LLC, has agreed to develop 50 new Qdoba restaurants in the Mountain West, throughout Colorado, Alaska, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.…
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School District 49 begins exploring eastward expansions
As School District 49 continues to expand eastward, leadership has begun discussing how it might build on its existing schools and programs to meet their projected needs. Consolidating the existing Falcon Elementary School of Technology and Bennett Ranch Elementary Schools to a single building and selling existing properties along Woodmen Road to go toward developing…
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Ribbon-cutting ushers in new fitness era at Schriever Space Force Base
By O’Dell Isaac odell.isaac@gazettedev.gazette.com During the State of the Bases address in August, Col. Eric Bogue, commander of Space Base Delta 41, told a collection of military, civic and business leaders that he envisioned a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new, expanded fitness center at Schriever Space Force Base by the end of September. On Thursday,…
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State’s third-largest credit union opening branch in downtown Colorado Springs
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the dollar figure of Ent Credit Union’s assets. Canvas Credit Union is growing its presence in Colorado Springs, part of a broader initiative to better serve its local members and others across southern Colorado. The state’s third-largest credit union, based in Denver’s south metro, is remodeling…
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Texas-based Shipley Do-Nuts opens third Colorado Springs-area location
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Another Texas import that expanded to the Pikes Peak region in recent years is growing again. Shipley Do-Nuts debuted its third Colorado Springs-area store last month at 4296 N. Academy Blvd., north of Academy and Austin Bluffs Parkway. Shipley took over a vacant space in…
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Texas-based Shipley Do-Nuts opens third Colorado Springs-area location
Another Texas import that expanded to the Pikes Peak region in recent years is growing again. Shipley Do-Nuts debuted its third Colorado Springs-area store last month at 4296 N. Academy Blvd., north of Academy and Austin Bluffs Parkway. Shipley took over a vacant space in a multitenant retail building that had been occupied by a…