Hot Opportunities:
Available Plug & Play Space
Colorado Springs has many
opportunities for plug & play
space, large and small.
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Dave White Traveling
Dave White will be traveling to a city near you in 2010. Dave White, our Executive Vice President Marketing, would like to meet with you while he is in your area; click here to see his travel schedule. To schedule an appointment to learn about Colorado Springs opportunities, call or email Dave at 719-471-8183 or dlwhite@csedc.org.
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Understanding the importance of new social media in marketing the Pikes Peak region, the Colorado Springs Regional Economic Development Corporation, in collaboration with our partners, has created a Facebook page, "I Love Colorado Springs". The purpose of this page is to disseminate positive news on Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region. We would love to have you as a fan. Please check it out here.
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Feature:
Everest University Online Opens Admission Center
Corinthian Colleges Inc., parent company to Everest
University Online, announced in March 2010 plans to hire
600 people within two years for Everest University's
admissions center. More Information
United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
Adds 200 Jobs in Colorado Springs
USAA announced they will expand operations at their
Colorado Springs facility to include financial and banking
services which will add another 200 jobs locally.
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Space Industry in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs was host to the 26th National Space
Symposium in April with nearly 9,000 attendees from 20
nations. The Colorado Space Coalition reported jobs in the
space sector for Colorado to have grown 13.1 percent from
2004 to 2009. Colorado Springs has over 13,500 people
employed in the space industry at over 90 companies.
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Did You Know:
Colorado Springs ranked 12th best place for business and careers according to Forbes.com. The annual rankings are based on factors such as cost of doing business, job growth, education attainment and population. (04/10)
Colorado Springs ranked 18th Friendliest Bike City in America by Bicycling magazine. Editors evaluated cities with 100,000 or more people, with the rankings based on cycling-friendly statistics (numbers of bike lanes and routes, bike racks, city projects completed and planned) and bike culture (number of bike commuters, cycling clubs, cycling events, renowned bike shops). (04/10)
Colorado Springs ranked 4th Fittest City by Gallup. Gallup's telephone survey, which was conducted between December 29, 2009 and January 2, 2010, calculated average body mass index based on the heights and weights the respondents provided. The study also recorded information of health habits such as eating, exercise and access to health insurance. (03/10)
Colorado Springs ranked 6th “Most Wired City” by Forbes.com. The study was compiled by computing the percentage of Internet users with high-speed connections in a particular city and the number of companies providing high-speed Internet in that area. (03/10)
Colorado Springs and the Colorado Springs Diversity Forum was recently honored by the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials, a constituency group of the National League of Cities, as one of four cities implementing award-winning programs that enhance and promote cultural diversity. More Information |