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Article: Q&A with Patsy Buchwald, president and CEO of Colorado Springs Balloon Classic

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Colorado Springs Business Journal
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July 10, 2009
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Patsy Buchwald has lived in Colorado Springs since 1984.

For more than a decade, she has presented the Colorado Balloon Classic at Memorial Park during Labor Day weekend.

Buchwald recently took time to tell CSBJ about herself and her annual event.

Organization: Colorado Springs Balloon Classic Inc., dba Colorado Balloon Classic

Position: President, owner and CEO

Hometown: Demorest, Ga.

How long have you lived in Colorado Springs: Since 1984.

Education: Degree from DeKalb College in Atlanta. Continued college education at Georgia State University.

I am a single-engine airplane rated pilot and believe that: "The sky is not the limit. The only limits we have are those that we place on ...

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