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Prominent Colorado Springs businessman, former CU Regent Jerry Rutledge has died
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jerry Rutledge, a prominent Colorado Springs businessman and a former member of the University of Colorado Board of Regents, died Jan. 9 after complications from surgery. He was 80. “Jerry was an extraordinary person and he led an extraordinary life. There aren’t very many people…
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5 risks to Colorado’s economy state officials are watching
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Fears of a recession are fading as the nation’s — and Colorado’s — economy continue to beat expectations. Looking forward into 2024, Colorado’s Office of State Planning and Budget (OSPB) forecasts national economic growth to be better than originally thought based on strong consumer spending at the end of 2023. The economy is expected to make a…
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Hobby Lobby on the move to southern Colorado Springs from city’s west side
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Arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby is drawing up a new store location in Colorado Springs. The Oklahoma City-based chain is moving from its nearly 30-year-old home at 525 S. Eighth St. on the city’s west side to the Broadmoor Towne Center shopping center, southeast of Nevada Avenue and Southgate Road in southern Colorado Springs.…
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print Hobby Lobby on the move to southern Colorado Springs from city’s west side (copy)
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Arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby is drawing up a new store location in Colorado Springs. The Oklahoma City-based chain is moving from its nearly 30-year-old home at 525 S. Eighth St. on the city’s west side to the Broadmoor Towne Center shopping center, southeast of Nevada Avenue and Southgate Road in southern Colorado Springs.…
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Third-party vendor laying off 200 employees from Amazon facilities in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly 200 employees of a global company that provides operational and maintenance services for airports and industrial customers will be laid off in April from their jobs at Amazon fulfillment centers in Colorado Springs and Thornton and a sortation center in Aurora. Daifuku Services America…
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Colorado Springs sales tax collections finish out 2023 on a down note
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs sales tax collections, a key city government revenue source, slumped at year’s end after an up-and-down performance during 2023. In January, the city collected $22.3 million in revenue from the tax it levies on consumer and business purchases of items such as TVs,…
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Downtown Colorado Springs businesses displaced by fire ponder next steps after manager terminates leases
The property manager of a building in downtown Colorado Springs said he is terminating leases with business owners after an electrical fire inside the building Dec. 4. Slawek Pietraszek, managing director at New Vision Hotels, said Tuesday that he is releasing tenants from their leases in the Majestic Building, 3-15 E. Bijou St., which houses…
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King Soopers debuts in fast-growing Falcon, just outside Colorado Springs
Grocery giant King Soopers will open one of its large-format marketplace stores at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Falcon Marketplace shopping center, northwest of Woodmen and Meridian roads in unincorporated Falcon, just outside Colorado Springs. A grand-opening ceremony — with a ribbon-cutting, donation to the USO and gift card giveaways — will take place a half-hour later at…
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PRINT Bijou Street businesses scramble and wait after downtown fire (copy)
The property manager of a building in downtown Colorado Springs said he is terminating leases with business owners after an electrical fire inside the building Dec. 4. Slawek Pietraszek, managing director at New Vision Hotels, said Tuesday that he is releasing tenants from their leases in the Majestic Building, 3-15 E. Bijou St., which houses…
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print King Soopers debuts Wednesday in fast-growing Falcon, just outside Colorado Springs (copy)
Grocery giant King Soopers will open one of its large-format marketplace stores at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Falcon Marketplace shopping center, northwest of Woodmen and Meridian roads in unincorporated Falcon, just outside Colorado Springs. A grand-opening ceremony — with a ribbon-cutting, donation to the USO and gift card giveaways — will take place a…