Author: Wayne Heilman wayneh@gazette.com
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Hotel building boom underway in Colorado Springs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of the Colorado Springs area’s biggest waves of hotel construction in the last quarter century will add three-dozen new properties and more than 4,100 rooms over the next two years, including a high-profile downtown hotel set to open this week. A healthy economy and…
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Hotel building boom underway in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of the Colorado Springs area’s biggest waves of hotel construction in the last quarter century will add three-dozen new properties and more than 4,100 rooms over the next two years, including a high-profile downtown…
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Delta resuming nonstop flights from Colorado Springs to Atlanta this summer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Delta Air Lines will restore its nonstop daily flight between Colorado Springs and Atlanta in August, more than two years after suspending the flight during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Atlanta-based carrier,…
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Colorado recovers jobs lost in first months of pandemic
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s private sector has recovered all of the jobs lost early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Since May 2020, the state has added 370,000 private sector payroll jobs, compared to losses totaling 358,800 in March…
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Ax-swinging woman arrested in downtown Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police arrested a woman Sunday who allegedly was swinging an ax at people in the downtown area just before noon. They did not identify the woman. Officers responded at 11:51 a.m. at East…
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World War II aviation museum planning second phase late this year
More than two years after opening its centerpiece display hall, the National Museum of World War II Aviation plans to begin construction on an expansion that will double the hall’s size as its celebrates its 10th birthday. Site preparation began late last year on the 40,000-square-foot addition to the museum’s Kaija Raven Shook Aeronautical Pavilion…
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Venture capital surges to record levels in Colorado Springs, state and U.S.
Investments in startup companies surged to record levels last year in Colorado Springs, the state and the nation, according to a report . Colorado Springs venture capital investments accelerate in third quarter Most of the $208.9 million invested in Colorado Springs startups last year went to Quantum Metric, which landed a record $200 million in…
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Colorado Springs cost of living hits another record; any end in sight?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Surging gasoline prices helped send Colorado Springs’ cost of living when compared with the national average to a record for a third consecutive quarter, according to a survey. The local cost of living index in…
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Colorado Springs on track to break record for latest first snow
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs is on the verge of breaking another weather record — the latest first measurable snow of the year. The current record for latest first snow was set Dec. 2, 2016, with 0.2 inches of…
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Colorado Springs hotels continue recovery from pandemic in October
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs hotels continued a gradual recovery in October from the COVID-19 pandemic, but still fell well short of the booming occupancy levels reached before the outbreak. Occupancy rates in local hotels averaged 68.6% last month, up from 63.9% a year earlier but behind the…