Recently added articles from Colorado Springs Business Journal:
Colorado Springs: Where's Big Brother?
Aug 15, 2008; John Hazlehurst ... Surveillance is big business throughout the world, and manycities use video cameras to deter serious crime or catch trafficscofflaws. But Colorado Springs, despite the presence of several sensitivemilitary installations, doesn't deploy a single crime-fightingsecurity camera in ...
Downturn boosting resale business in Colorado, nationwide
Aug 15, 2008; Amy Gillentine ... Starbucks is closing 600 stores and Linens 'n Things hasshuttered all its stores. Mervyns and Steve and Barry's are in bankruptcy. But one sector of the retail market is doing fine -- sales atconsignment shops and thrift stores are up more than 30 percentnationwide. The ...
A housing act that only a CPA could love
Aug 15, 2008; Rebecca Tonn ... Perhaps it's time to reinvent an adage -- there is no silverlining without a cloud. While the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 includes$15.1 billion of tax incentives, they are wholly offset by long-term revenue balancing. The silver lining is that first-time ...
Commentary: Cyclists' deaths a wakeup call to all of us who travel the open road
Aug 15, 2008; John Hazlehurst ... A few years ago, the knees decided that running was no longer onthe menu. Goodbye 10Ks, goodbye marathons, goodbye Pikes PeakAscent. So like most creaky old guys who still think they can stay inshape, I returned to biking. Virtually every morning from April through October, I ...
Q&A with Mike Cecere, founder of Colorado's Innovative Financial Management
Aug 15, 2008 ... Longtime Colorado Springs resident and financial planner MikeCecere says that there are two stories about debt in this country.There's the negative story about soaring credit card debt, about$900 billion in card balances, and about one-in-ten cardholders whocarry a balance of more than ...
Colorado Springs Financial Briefs: August 15, 2008
Aug 15, 2008; Rebecca Tonn ... In El Paso County, employment and wages are higher than a yearago, but the unemployment rate has increased slightly becauseworkers are entering the labor force at a faster rate than jobgrowth can accommodate, said Dr. Fred Crowley, senior economist, atthe University of Colorado at ...
Colorado Springs Medical Briefs: August 15, 2008
Aug 15, 2008; Amy Gillentine ... People who lose weight after being diagnosed with type 2 diabeteshave better control of their blood pressure and blood sugar, and aremore likely to maintain that control even if they regain theirweight. A Kaiser Permanente study published online in the AmericanDiabetes ...
Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs: August 15, 2008
Aug 15, 2008; Becky Hurley ... A tenant-in-common investment partnership that includes theGriffis Group, Griffis Blessing, Seagate Properties and GruberProperties has sold its interest in the 196-unit Garden TerraceApartments to Capital Real Estate of Denver for $9 million. "This was a Griffis Blessing ...
Colorado Springs Retail Briefs: August 15, 2008
Aug 15, 2008 ... One might think that during the Olympic Games in Beijing,merchandise at Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center's retailstore would be flying off the shelves. But, that's not so, said store manager Paul Duran. The busy time will be when spectators, athletes and coachesreturn ...
Pikes Peak-area merger signals new era for Classic custom homes
Aug 15, 2008; Becky Hurley ... In what might be described as a marriage of convenience, twoPikes Peak region companies have joined forces. Classic Cos., the region's largest privately held local homebuilding company, merged this month with Scott Building Inc.,blending their design teams, suppliers and artisans ...
Colorado Springs Business Journal News Briefs: August 15, 2008
Aug 15, 2008 ... Spread the gift of reading The Children's Literacy Center needs volunteers to provide one-to-one tutoring in reading. Volunteers will tutor one child, two hours a week. Orientationand training sessions are scheduled for 5:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 26, 27or 28 at 2928 Straus Lane, ...
Commentary: Douglas Bruce is at it again
Aug 15, 2008; Lon Matejczyk ... Here we go again. Doug Bruce is at his anarchist antics oncemore. On the ballot this fall, he will have two initiatives. They areboth extremely detrimental to our community. The first one wouldeliminate stormwater improvements, stall the city's plan to accessfuture water and ...
Private 'eyes,' security systems thriving, growing businesses
Aug 15, 2008; John Hazlehurst ... Security cameras are an ordinary feature of the businesslandscape, as well as a part of many home security systems. The United States is the world's largest market for security andsurveillance equipment, with sales of more than $11 billion during2007. But, as in so many other ...
Colorado Festival of World Theatre: Singing with the Stars
Aug 15, 2008; Diane Wengler ... Supporters of the Colorado Festival of World Theatre enjoyed apicture perfect summer day at Pete Kuyper's Lost Dutchman resortnear Divide on July 19. They were there to watch the performances of 12 semi-finalists inthe "Singing with the Stars" competition. The competition ...
Big Apple slow to implement high-tech surveillance
Aug 15, 2008; John Hazlehurst ... Following 9/11, New York City began planning for a protectivecordon of sensors and security cameras around Manhattan, in subwaysand at every entry point to the island. But the plans have been blocked by aging infrastructure,political squabbling, cost overruns and overly optimistic ...
London, Chicago lead the way for cities in focus
Aug 15, 2008; John Hazlehurst ... While Colorado Springs is devoid of government-controlled publicsurveillance cameras, residents of other major cities appear to becomfortable with the eyes in the sky, whether they're used to catchtraffic offenders or for law enforcement purposes. Last week, officials in St. Paul, ...
Grants available for Colorado's on-farm energy projects
Aug 08, 2008 ... The Advancing Colorado's Renewable Energy program has $500,000available to help pay for agricultural energy related projects. Grants will be allocated in three categories: feasibilitystudies, project participation and research. Applicants must providematching contributions of at ...
Colorado Springs LearningRx wins two awards at convention
Aug 08, 2008 ... The Colorado Springs North LearningRX center received theCommunity Impact Award and the 5-Star Customer Service Award duringthe company's 2008 national convention. The service award is based on a ...
U.S. Small Business Administration revises small business size standards
Aug 08, 2008 ... The U.S. Small Business Administration has revised its smallbusiness size standards for the heating oil and liquefied petroleumgas dealers industries. The new rule will convert the receipts-based size standards from$11.5 million in average annual receipts in the heating oil ...
Hydro power loan program available in Colorado
Aug 08, 2008 ... The Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority has$10 million available to help governmental agencies with theinstallation of small hydropower units at their water facilities. The loans have a term of up to 20 years and an interest rate of 2percent. The maximum amount ...