Author: Wayne Heilman Special to the Gazette
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Colorado Springs Movers & Shakers
Christopher Gould, senior vice president of national program development and ministry relations for Salem Media Group, will move to Colorado Springs and also serve as general manager of 102.7 (KBIQ-FM), 100.7 (KGFT-FM), and 1460/101.1 (KZNT-AM/FM). Gould has been with Salem for nearly two decades, initially running Salem’s stations in Tampa, Fla., before he was promoted…
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Colorado Springs Movers & Shakers
Joan Shields, Dave Miller, Michael Budler, Doug Palmer, Elizabeth Hoffner and Dakota “Cody” Hurst have been promoted to new roles by El Pomar Foundation of Colorado Springs. Shields was promoted from vice president to senior vice president of leadership and director of the foundation’s fellowship program. Miller was promoted from associate vice president to vice…
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Verizon expanding 5G network to Colorado Springs
Verizon announced it will expand its fastest wireless network to Colorado Springs this month, offering peak download speeds of up to 4 gigabits per second, or up to 200 times faster than its current network. The communications giant didn’t disclose a launch date or local coverage area for the new service, which it calls 5G…
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Colorado Springs ‘unicorn’ software firm lands record $200 million in venture capital
Colorado Springs software developer Quantum Metric has landed $200 million in venture capital in a deal that values the company at more than $1 billion, making it the area’s first technology “unicorn.” The investment from a group led by Insight Partners is the largest ever for a Colorado Springs startup, eclipsing a $172 million deal…
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Colorado Springs defense firm using gaming to train Space Force personnel
A Colorado Springs defense contractor wants to use a gaming-based training system it developed, with a name chosen from one of Star Trek’s most feared villains, to prepare U.S. Space Force personnel for their next assignment. The Battle Space Operational Readiness Game, or BORG, was designed by Boecore to replace lengthy and ponderous Microsoft PowerPoint…
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Penrose-St. Francis to begin construction soon on Interquest-area hospital
Penrose-St. Francis Health Services plans to begin construction soon on a $150 million, 72-bed hospital on its planned third campus at Interstate 25 and Interquest Parkway, officials say. The hospital, which would open in January 2023, will be the first building on the 57.8-acre site the health care giant bought last year for $30 million…
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Penrose-St. Francis to begin construction soon on InterQuest area hospital
Penrose-St. Francis Health Services plans to begin construction soon on a $150 million, 72-bed hospital on its planned third campus at Interstate 25 and InterQuest Parkway, officials say. The hospital, which would open in January 2023, will be the first building on the 57.8-acre site the health care giant bought last year for $30 million…
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Gold Resource board approves Fortitude Gold spinoff
Directors of Colorado Springs-based Gold Resource have approved spinning off the company’s Nevada gold mining operations into a separate company called Fortitude Gold. Gold Resource shareholders will receive one share of Fortitude Gold on Dec. 31 for every 3.5 shares of Gold Resource stock they own as of Dec. 28 and do not have to…
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Hotel occupancy plunges in November amid COVID-19 surge
The summer-long party for Colorado Springs hotels was over in November as COVID-19 cases surged across Colorado and the rest of the nation. The occupancy rate for local hotels had been among the nation’s best at more than 60% from July through October, but plunged to just 46.3% in November, according to the Rocky Mountain…
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Passenger numbers drop in November at Colorado Springs Airport
briefly Spring airport passenger numbers drop in November Passenger numbers at the Colorado Springs Airport fell last month to the lowest level since July amid pleas by Gov. Jared Polis and health officials not to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of passengers on outgoing flights…