Author: Rich Laden
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Colorado Springs jumps to No. 5 ranking in national report that measures economic vitality
Gains in job and wage growth helped vault Colorado Springs to a No. 5 ranking among large metro areas in the 2025 Best-Performing Cities index released Tuesday by the Milken Institute, a nonpartisan, California-based think tank that measures the economic vitality of hundreds of cities in its annual report. Colorado Springs’ ranking this year is…
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Heading out to the new Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs? What to know before you go
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Outdoor events with packed crowds are nothing new in Colorado Springs. Air Force Academy football, the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, minor league baseball with the old Colorado Springs Sky Sox and the new Rocky Mountain Vibes, Colorado Springs Switchbacks soccer and the annual July…
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Showtime? Ford Amphitheater officials say new Colorado Springs music venue is ready for next week’s debut
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With less than two weeks until pop band One Republic takes the stage Aug. 9 at the 8,000-seat Ford Amphitheater that’s under construction on Colorado Springs’ north side, the outdoor music venue isn’t quite ready for its first show. But it will be, its developer…
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Texas electronics and furniture retailer will close Denver area stores
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Conn’s HomePlus, the Texas-based electronics and furniture retailer, will close four metro Denver area stores, and two others in Colorado, after the chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week. The six locations in Colorado are among 73 of 170 Conn’s stores nationwide that will…
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Feds award $75 million to Entegris for tech firm’s new $600 million Colorado manufacturing center
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Entegris, the Massachusetts-based supplier of electronic materials for semiconductor makers and other industries, is slated to receive $75 million from a federal program designed to boost the nation’s chipmaking capacity — money that would support construction of the company’s state-of-the-art, $600 million manufacturing facility being built…
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Downtown Colorado Springs tower’s height reduced from 36 floors amid developer concerns
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A controversial proposed 36-story, 400-foot-tall apartment tower proposed for downtown Colorado Springs has shrunk in size to 27 stories and 300 feet, its developer says. The reduced height, however, isn’t a concession to community members who’ve complained the project would disrupt mountain views or be…
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Colorado Springs electronics manufacturer adding 100 jobs as part of company expansion
Soaring demand for sophisticated electronic devices that can be as small as a coin has helped propel a major expansion for a Colorado Springs company. Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, a more than quarter-century-old microelectronics manufacturer and whose products serve the aerospace and medical industries, the Department of Defense, NASA and other clients, said Tuesday it…
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Third-party vendor laying off 200 employees from Amazon facilities in Colorado
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 of suburban Dallas notified the Colorado Department of Labor and…
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Colorado city rebounds to top 20 ranking in national report on economic performance
Growth in its high-tech sector helped Colorado Springs rebound to a top 20 ranking in the Best-Performing Cities rankings by the Milken Institute, a California-based, nonpartisan think tank whose annual report measures economic vitality in hundreds of metro areas nationwide. Colorado Springs ranked as the 15th best performing city among 200 metro areas with large…
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Forbes Travel Guide again names The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs as a five-star hotel
It’s another high five for The Broadmoor hotel in Colorado Springs. The internationally known resort on the city’s southwest side received a top score of five stars from the Forbes Travel Guide in the publication’s 2024 global ratings of hotels, restaurants, spas and cruise ships that were announced Wednesday. Forbes and its predecessor travel publications now have…