Tag: travel and tourism
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Colorful Colorado: State’s oldest shoe store endures life’s changes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GRAND JUNCTION – Bruce Benge ruffles through the clutter of the shoe store’s back room, determined to find the picture. “There’s a lot of cleaning that has to happen,” he says, “but it hasn’t happened yet.” So…
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Colorful Colorado: State’s oldest shoe store endures life’s changes
GRAND JUNCTION – Bruce Benge ruffles through the clutter of the shoe store’s back room, determined to find the picture. “There’s a lot of cleaning that has to happen,” he says, “but it hasn’t happened yet.” So he continues through stacks of old documents, boxes of long-used decorations and piles of way-outdated materials, such as the leather…
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Cog Railway owner, Manitou Springs officials considering $75 million to $95 million plan to reopen the tourist attraction
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Pikes Peak Cog Railway, whose future as an iconic tourist attraction has been in doubt since its closing late last year, will be rebuilt and reopened if its owner and the city of Manitou…
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Cog Railway owner, Manitou Springs officials considering $75 million to $95 million plan to reopen the tourist attraction
The Pikes Peak Cog Railway, whose future as an iconic tourist attraction has been in doubt since its closing late last year, will be rebuilt and reopened if its owner and the city of Manitou Springs sign a proposed agreement. The cost to rebuild the railway could be close to $100 million, said Gary Pierson,…
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Pikes Peak celebration to kick off two-year odyssey to build new-age Summit House
The long-awaited project to build Pikes Peak’s new Summit House complex is finally ready to begin. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Monday at 9 a.m. on the summit of the mountain. The event, hosted by the City of Colorado Springs and the U.S. Forest Service, will include a symbolic controlled blast and a short…
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Colorado Springs group poised to pursue more money to promote tourism
The Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau is laying the groundwork for creation of a regional tourism marketing district and a local attractions tax – moves designed to generate more money for tourism promotion. Talk of a marketing district and attractions tax follows a consultant’s study released in March, which essentially said Colorado Springs and…
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Headed to Fort Collins for Air Force-CSU? 10 things to do beyond football
Are your headed to Fort Collins on Saturday for the Air Force-Colorado State football game or looking to make the trip north anytime soon? Gazette reporter Ryan Maye Handy lived and worked in Fort Collins for about a year before recently moving back to Colorado Springs. She has a few tips for visitors of Fort Collins: Breweries…
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Headed to Fort Collins for Air Force-CSU? 10 things to do beyond football
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Are your headed to Fort Collins on Saturday for the Air Force-Colorado State football game or looking to make the trip north anytime soon? Gazette reporter Ryan Maye Handy lived and worked in Fort Collins for…
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Mount Evans highway scheduled to close next week
EVERGREEN — Those looking to take a scenic drive to the top of Mount Evans should get going, as the highway to the top is slated to close Oct. 5. KUSA-TV reports (http://on9news.tv/1MWi1d5 ) that the Colorado Department of Transportation announced Monday that the highway will close next week. CDOT typically closes the road after…