Author: Wayne Heilman Special to the Gazette
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Survey: Colorado Springs hot job market ranks fifth among nation’s top 100 cities
The Colorado Springs job market will be among the best in the nation – tied with three other cities as the nation’s fifth best – during the third quarter, according to a survey by staffing giant ManpowerGroup. Manpower defines the best as those with the biggest difference between the percentage of local employers planning to…
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Colorado Springs team a Go Code Colorado winner for third consecutive year
Abodio, which is developing a database to streamline planning and building an accessory dwelling unit, became the third Colorado Springs team in a row to win the Colorado Secretary of State’s Go Code Colorado competition held Thursday in Denver. The startup is compiling building codes, zoning laws, ordinances and individual parcel data for its database,…
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El Paso County new vehicle registrations slow to six-month low in May
The region’s new car and truck market declined in May for the third time in the past four months, according to a report from the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office. The 2,028 new vehicles registered with the office last month was down 9.5 percent from May 2017 and followed drops in April and…
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Two Colorado Springs businesses honored for social benefit
First Affirmative Financial Network and Mayfly Outdoors, both of Colorado Springs, were both honored Thursday in Boulder along with 44 other Colorado businesses as Best for Colorado and Best for the World among so-called B corporations, or for-profit companies that have a social or charitable benefit. More than 300 companies participated in the Best for…
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WalletHub study ranks Colorado as nation’s fifth-best economy
Colorado ranked as the nation’s fifth-best economy in a ranking released Monday by the personal finance website WalletHub, trailing Washington, Utah, Massachusetts and California. Among individual components, Colorado ranked second in highest economic growth and lowest unemployment rate, fourth in most startup activity and fifth in highest median annual household income but third lowest in…
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Parsons buys Colorado Springs defense contractor Polaris Alpha
Parsons Corp. completed its acquisition Friday of Polaris Alpha LLC, a defense contractor with headquarters in Colorado Springs and Fredericksburg, Va. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Pasadena, Calif.-based Parsons acquired the company from Arlington Capital Partners, which had bought Springs-based Intelligent Software Solutions and merged it with two other companies in November…
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All but one Colorado Springs CEO received big raises in 2017
Last year was good to the CEOs of two of the three public companies based in Colorado Springs. Compensation increased for all of the top executives except for Jason Reid of Gold Resource Corp. The overall total declined, however, because last year’s total was inflated by severance payments to one former CEO. The three CEOs…
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Cybersecurity startups gathering in Colorado Springs as part of program to help them grow
Entrepreneurs from four startups focused on cybersecurity, blockchain, artificial intelligence and related technologies will spend the next 11 weeks in Colorado Springs as part of an accelerator program designed to turn fledgling companies into thriving businesses. Founders of Barn Owl, Bytable Foods, Mandy AI and QBRICS are the first “cohort” of participants in the Exponential…
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Colorado Springs Airport passenger numbers up 22.4 percent in February
Passengers numbers at the Colorado Springs Airport continued to climb in February due to big gains from American and Frontier Airlines, according to an airport report. The 62,973 passengers boarded on ongoing flights in February increased 22.4 percent from February 2017 with Frontier’s traffic up 65.8 percent to 19,606 to lead the airport’s six carriers…
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Colorado Springs resort and club hosting job fair April 3-4
Garden of the Gods Collection, a private club and resort at 3320 Mesa Road, will host a job fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 3-4 to fill 100 seasonal and permanent positions for cooks, bakers, stewards, bartenders, servers, room service attendants and golf course and beverage cart attendants. The fair will be in…