Tag: Paralympic
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Maureen Beck, Colorado’s paraclimbing juggernaut, gearing up for one last climb in 2028 games
Retirement did not last very long for paraclimbing juggernaut Maureen Beck. She’s a highly decorated paraclimber, Nat Geo Adventurer of the Year, and more recently, actor Orlando Bloom’s climbing instructor, and calls Broomfield’s G1 Climbing + Fitness her home gym. After her most recent bout of competitions, which saw Beck win her 10th straight nationals…
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Colorado Springs contracting firm sold to California contracting giant
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GE Johnson Construction Co., a longtime Colorado Springs business whose recent high-profile projects include the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, the Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center and downtown’s Weidner Field, has agreed to be sold to a California company. DPR Construction, ranked in May as…
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Loss of U.S. Space Command a ‘missed opportunity’ for Colorado Springs; what next?
John Suthers has plenty of economic development wins as mayor — a massive Amazon distribution center and Southwest Airlines expanding to Colorado Springs to name two — but he called the loss of the U.S. Space Command to Huntsville, Ala., his biggest setback. “We haven’t had a whole lot of economic development bad news, but…