Author: Wayne Heilman Special to the Gazette
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Pikes Peak Community Foundation CEO wins Accolades award
Trudy Strewler Hodges, CEO of the Pikes Peak Community Foundation, received the Accolades Business Leader of the Year Award Tuesday from the Southern Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce. She received the award at a luncheon at the Garden of the Gods Club & Resort. The five other finalists for the award included Halle Friedman, CEO…
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Ad campaign targets EPA rules that could affect Colorado Springs
A national trade group for manufacturers launched a multi-million dollar television advertising campaign Tuesday in Colorado and Washington, D.C., targeting new federal rules that would reduce limits on allowable levels of ozone, a major component of smog. The ads will broadcast for two weeks on local network affiliates and cable networks and were financed by…
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Colorado Springs casino operation sees second-quarter earning soar
Century Casinos Inc. earnings surged in the second quarter with the opening of a new racetrack and casino in Calgary and the launch of an off-track betting operation in Canada. The Colorado Springs-based gaming company reported Friday that its earnings for the April-to-June quarter jumped 42 times from a year ago to $6.6 million, or…
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City’s former economic development guru returns to Colorado Springs
Robert “Rocky” Scott, former CEO of the Colorado Springs Regional Economic Development Corp., has returned to the Springs after retiring from his executive position with Fort Collins-based Woodward Inc. The 67-year-old Scott plans to travel, spend time with family and continue to work with Woodward through Tor Associates, his consulting firm. Woodward designs, builds and…
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Dirk Draper, the new CEO of the RBA, brings skills to get things accomplished
Dirk Draper rarely backs away from a challenge, but if he hadn’t done so when he was in college, he might be writing this story instead of being its subject. Draper was a sophomore majoring in journalism at the University of Missouri when he went to the student newspaper to get experience. He was told…
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Dillard’s converting Citadel store into clearance center, vacating 2 floors
Dillard’s Inc. is converting its department store at The Citadel mall into a clearance center and is vacating two of the three floors of its 203,000-square-foot building. Julie Johnson Bull, a spokeswoman at the chain’s Little Rock, Ark., headquarters, said the company decided this month to make the conversion after “taking a look at the…
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Century ups stake in Calgary racetrack and casino
Century Casinos Inc. said Monday it has raised its stake to 75 percent in United Horseman of Alberta Inc., which is developing Century Downs Racetrack and Casino in Calgary. Under an amended agreement with United Horseman, Colorado Springs-based Century agreed to lend $19.2 million, acquire a 15 percent interest, control the board and manage the…
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FedeEx to triple size of its Colorado Springs distribution center
Package delivery giant FedEx Corp. will more than triple the size of its Colorado Springs distribution center when it starts construction next month on a facility near the Colorado Springs Airport. The 223,000-square-foot center at 125 Troy Hill Road, southeast of Powers Boulevard and Bijou Street, will employ about 80 people with additional workers added…
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Suthers still has big fundraising lead in Colorado Springs mayoral race
Expect a flood of advertising before the April 7 city election: The 21 candidates have spent more than $140,000 on television, radio, billboard, direct-mail and other advertising scheduled to air or appear during the remaining three weeks before ballots are due. Most candidates ramped up spending in the first two weeks of March. Former Colorado…
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Royal Gorge continues comeback from wildfire with opening of tramway, theater
The Royal Gorge Bridge & Park’s effort to rebound from a devastating 2013 fire will take a major leap Saturday as it opens a new $4 million tramway and reopens its Plaza Theater. The June 2013 wildfire destroyed an aerial tram and all but four of the park’s 52 structures, and damaged the 188-seat Plaza Theater.…