Forbes has designated Ent Credit Union as the top credit union in Colorado and one of the best credit unions in America.
When Colorado College’s Century Chest was opened in 2001, it contained hundreds of letters, photographs and documents placed there by city residents 100 years earlier. Without exception, they believed that the city would grow and thrive during the 20th century. It had done so, growing steadi…
Studio 809 Podcasts launched the new podcast, Making Democracy Work, on July 21. The first three episodes are a series about election security, with a focus on election audits and other election security issues in El Paso County and Colorado.
The West African culture Yemi Mobolade grew up with prescribed that children were expected to defer to their parents.
Lee Spirits Co. began selling gin in 2015, adding Brooklyn’s on Boulder Street in 2016. Just ahead of the 2020 pandemic shutdown, the company also opened a manufacturing facility and second taproom in Monument. Now, ushering in a new era, they have been acquired by Sonder Libations Company, …
Location is key to startup success, and Colorado is among the top 10 states to start a business, according to a new study by WalletHub released July 20.
The Board of El Paso County Commissioners is seeking a community-minded citizen volunteer to serve on the El Paso County Planning Commission. Applications are due by July 30.
Sales tax collections reveal a substantial increase in business in the lodging and restaurant industries, as well as a continuing recovery in the city’s economy, according to the June report from the city’s finance department.
Two high-ranking Colorado Springs Utilities officials have given notice they're leaving.
The city, according to a news release, is inviting residents to provide input now through Aug. 8 on draft scenarios and priorities to improve the city’s transportation plan as part of ConnectCOS, a citywide transportation study. To learn more about the plan and provide input, visit ColoradoS…
Eligible Colorado families with children will begin receiving their first monthly payment under the recently expanded federal Child Tax Credit on July 15. Gov. Jared Polis declared in a proclamation that today is Child Tax Credit Day in Colorado. According to a state-issued news release, ab…
Centennial-based Saunders Construction and Colorado Springs’ Norwood Development Group have formed a partnership focused solely on building commercial and residential projects in the Pikes Peak region.
Evergreen Devco Inc., a retail and multifamily development company, announced in a news release that it has completed a $5.7 million purchase of the Sears store property at the Chapel Hills Mall, located on the northeast corner of Academy and Briargate boulevards.
The city of Colorado Springs has already promised $3.5 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to the Olympic & Paralympic Museum and Hall of Fame, officials told city council on July 12.
The deadline for grant applications for the El Paso County Regional Business Relief Fund is 5 p.m. on July 16. Business-owners can apply for grants of up to $20,000 at the Colorado Enterprise Fund website. The second round of grant funding is part of the $1.1 billion given to Colorado counti…
When Mayor John Suthers throws a party, he throws a party.
The Class A/B office market showed a slight increase in overall vacancy rate, standing at 12.41 percent at the end of the second quarter of 2021 vs. 11.69 percent at the end of 2020.
The United States Small Business Administration will host the 2021 National SBIR Week July 19-23 for small business innovators.
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Eastern Workforce Centers, in partnership with Morgan Community College, are opening a new Workforce Center in Limon.
El Paso County Community Development Block Grant program is announcing an additional application cycle for the release of CDBG-CV funds, according to a news release. The funds, the release said, are intended to prevent, prepare and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The application cycle is n…
Nominations are open for business leaders to serve on the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC’s Board of Directors beginning Jan. 1, 2022.
United States Small Business Administration Administrator Isabel Guzman announced the closure of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund program on July 7. The program was signed into law by President Joe Biden as part of the American Rescue Plan and provided much needed economic aid to restauran…
Volunteers needed for County Highway Advisory Commission
The United States Small Business Administration announced its extended application deadline for its Community Navigator Pilot Program. The administration will accept proposal submissions through July 23, with award decisions anticipated by September.
The National Institute for Social Impact (NI4SI), formerly the Colorado Institute for Social Impact (CI4SI), and co-presenter Vectra Bank, have announced this year's PRISM Awards finalists. The 5th Annual PRISM Awards — a celebration of social impact businesses and social entrepreneurs — wil…
Pueblo Community College has established a three-year philanthropic partnership with Boston-based Security Innovation, a software security assessment and training firm, which will allow PCC students access to the latest in cybersecurity software training and technology.
The city of Colorado Springs will host a digital public meeting July 6 on RetoolCOS, the city’s process for updating the current Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance.
El Paso County will pump $10 million into local small businesses and nonprofits using money from the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 billion spending measure approved by Congress.
Preliminary Colorado legislative maps were presented to the Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission the morning of June 29. The proposed state senate and state congressional maps can be viewed and downloaded at redistricting.colorado.gov/content/2021-redistricting-maps.
Mountain Metropolitan Transit will allow all youths 18 years old and under to ride fixed-route city buses for free during the months of July and August.
Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 21-1150 on June 25, creating an Office of New Americans in Colorado’s Department of Labor and Employment, expanding the New American Integration Initiative which launched in November of 2019.
Slips are the most common cause of avoidable injuries in Colorado workplaces, according to a report from Pinnacol Assurance released June 28.
Bustang service to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park will resume over the Fourth of July weekend.
El Paso County announced that the theme for the 2021 El Paso County Fair is a 'Time to Celebrate.' The fair will take place July 10-17 in Calhan.
El Paso County and the Pikes Peak Pickleball Association will host a grand opening of the new pickleball courts at Bear Creek Regional Park at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 26.
Most Colorado Springs Utilities employees give the agency positive marks and feel good about the role they play, according to the 2021 Employee Pulse Survey Report released in May.
From a “pretty Midwestern, middle-class, suburban kind of existence” in Detroit, Idris Goodwin’s creative life took him to Chicago, Colorado Springs and Louisville, Kentucky. He landed back in Colorado Springs as the director of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College in Fe…
Nearly 770,000 Coloradans will take to the nation’s roadways and skies between July 1-5, AAA predicts.
Colorado Ski Country USA announced at its recent virtual annual meeting that skier visits at its 22-member ski resorts* increased 7.6 percent from the pandemic-truncated 2019-20 season.
El Paso County Assessor Steve Schleiker announced the senior citizen and disabled veteran property tax exemption was funded for the tax year 2021, payable in 2022.According to the assessor's office, "The Colorado Constitution allows property tax exemptions for the primary residence of qualif…
Pueblo Community College announced last week that there will be no tuition increase for PCC students during the 2021-22 school year. PCC is part of the Colorado Community College System, governed by the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education. The SBCCOE voted in April …
