Author: Wayne Heilman Special to the Gazette
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Colorado Springs technology firm dpiX launching new product line Thursday
Colorado Springs-based dpiX LLC on Thursday will begin test production on a new manufacturing line for thin-film sensors to capture images of digital X-rays, replacing glass plates now in use for medical, military and aerospace markets. The new line, the biggest investment since the company moved its headquarters to the Springs from Palo Alto, Calif.,…
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Colorado Springs veteran center holding military, veteran job fair
Mount Carmel Veterans Service Center, 530 Communications Circle, will hold a job fair from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday for veterans, transitioning military and spouses. The event will feature employers in a wide variety of industries, including include aerospace, cybersecurity, education, finance, health care, manufacturing, telecommunications and utilities. For a full list of participating employers, go…
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Colorado Springs ministry names new CEO
Geof Morin has been named CEO of Colorado Springs-based Biblica, The International Bible Society, after nearly 11 years with the American Bible Society in Philadelphia. He comes to Biblica eight months after former CEO Carl Moeller resigned, and the COO job as well as six other headquarters positions were eliminated in a restructuring “due to changed…
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Oklahoma banking giant acquiring CoBiz Financial
BOK Financial Corp. will acquire CoBiz Financial Inc. to form what will become the seventh-largest bank in Colorado with deposits totaling $3.83 billion in 23 branches, including one in downtown Colorado Springs. The $977 million stock-and-cash deal is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter after gaining approval from regulators. BOK operates Colorado State…
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Economic Census deadline extended to June 19
The U.S. Census Bureau has extended the deadline for survey responses to the 2017 Economic Census to June 19. The agency is collecting data online on 3.7 million business locations nationwide and in U.S. territories, including sales, revenue, employment, payroll and industry-specific information. The economic census, completed every five years, is the nation’s most comprehensive…
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My Place Hotels opens second Colorado property in Colorado Springs
My Place Hotels of America LLC has opened its second Colorado location, at 369 Gleneagle Gate View near Interstate 25 and North Gate Boulevard. The hotel, owned by Denver developer John Segelke is the 41st for the South Dakota-based economy hotel chain and second new local hotel opened in the past month.
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Colorado Springs cost of living highest since 2004
The cost of living in the Colorado Springs area rose in the first quarter to the highest level in more than 13 years when compared with the national average, according to a quarterly survey. Higher utility costs and gasoline prices lifted local costs to 97.7 percent of the national average in the first quarter, up…
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Colorado Springs Airport wins $10.5 million for taxiway work
The Colorado Springs Airport has been awarded a $10.5 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to continue work on taxiways near its passenger terminal. Broomfield-based Flatiron Construction Corp. is expected to start work on the project in August and complete the first phase in October, begin the second phase in April and complete it…
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Colorado Springs hospital projects hit key milestone
Giant cranes that have towered over Children’s Hospital Colorado Springs and UCHealth Memorial North are coming down this week, a sign that both hospital expansions have reached another milestone before opening next year. Removal of the crane for Memorial began Tuesday, and workers will begin removing the crane from Children’s on Friday. The cranes have…
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Produce distribution center in Pueblo to add 165 jobs
Russ Davis Wholesale Inc. will employ 165 people when it opens a food production, processing and distribution plant in a former pet food plant in the Pueblo Memorial Airport Industrial Park. The Minnesota-based fresh produce distributor will receive $2.76 million in incentives from Pueblo’s half-cent sales tax for economic development and for job training at…