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Academy
Bank
American
National Bank
Bank
of Colorado
Banning Lewis Ranch Management
Company, LLC
Beazer Homes Colorado
Bethesda Real Estate
BKD, LLP
Brigette
Ruskin Ltd.
The Broadmoor
Bryan Construction, Inc.
The Campbell Companies, Ltd.
Central Bancorp
CH2M Hill
CHASE
Classic Companies
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Comcast
Corporate Office Properties Trust
CreekStone
Homes, Inc.
El Paso Corporation Western Pipelines
Ent
Federal Credit Union
ERA Shields Real Estate
First Community Bank
G.E. Johnson Construction Company
Gay & Lesbian Fund for
Colorado
The Gazette
Gerald H. Phipps, Inc.
Holland & Hart LLP
Housing & Building Association of
Colorado Springs
Infinity Land Development
Intel Corporation
J.E. Dunn Construction
John Laing Homes
Keller Homes, Inc.
La Plata Investments, LLC
Land Title Guarantee Company
The Landhuis
Company
MasterBilt
Homes, Inc.
Memorial Health Services
Merrick & Company
Mulliken
Weiner Karsh Berg & Jolivet, P.C.
New Generation Homes
Nor'wood
Development Group
Northgate Properties LLC
Nunn Construction
OfficeScapes
The Patterson Group
Penrose-St. Francis Health
Services
Pikes Peak Association of Realtors
The Platinum Group, Realtors
Prime West Companies
Provident
Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Pulte Homes Corporation - Colorado Springs
RE/MAX Properties
Rusinak
Real Estate, Inc.
S&S Homes, LLC
Sandia, Inc.
Security Title Guaranty
Company
Schuck Corporation
Stockman Kast
Ryan + Company, LLP
Sunshine Development
US Bank
Van Gilder Insurance Corporation
Vantage Homes Corporation
Vectra
Bank Colorado
Vintage Communities
Wells Fargo Bank
Contact EDC:
jboswell@csedc.org
(719) 471-8183
www.coloradosprings.org
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- New jobs and prospect activity outpacing 2006. The number of companies making
announcements to relocate or expand operations in Colorado Springs has
nearly doubled and the number of new jobs associated with those
announcements, 993 year to date, is triple those announced in 2006 for
the same period. EDC has seen prospect
activity remain strong through the first and second quarters
of 2007. EDC has received 60 new prospect inquiries since January,
a 58% increase over the same period in 2006. EDC's marketing team recently met with a number of companies
and consultants during several trips and trade shows. EDC
partnered with the Colorado Space Coalition and the Convention and
Visitor's Bureau in welcoming more than 6,000 conference attendees to
the National Space Symposium. EDC also participated in the CoreNet Global Summit in Denver, where thousands of site
selectors, real estate executives and economic development professionals
gathered to discuss global and national trends in real estate. EDC
hosted (with help from Terry Sullivan) several site selection
professionals from Atlanta, Chicago and D.C.
for a flyfishing experience at Twelve Mile
Reservoir. The Marketing Team also participated in the Storage
Networking World Conference in San Diego
and hosted a Colorado Springs
reception for data storage companies. Members of the data storage
committee were on hand to promote Colorado
Springs. Site Selection magazine featured
Colorado Springs
as an area of focus for new expansion opportunities. Click here for
full article. (Insert link here to the article) The net
effect of all this activity is more leads and more opportunities.
- EDC's dynamic new
marketing video is now available. The video is part of EDC’s branding campaign initiated over two years ago
with the goal of promoting Colorado
Springs nationwide as the premier location for
companies wishing to relocate or expand. It would be very helpful if you could
augment the marketing campaign by including this video in your
presentation to others who may be interested in doing business in our
community. Additionally, investors
and community partners are encouraged to add a link to this video on
their website. If you have not seen the video it would be worth taking a
few minutes to view it on the EDC website at www.coloradosprings.org. Local Industry Program forms
Advisory Board EDC, in cooperation with industry leaders, has formed
“The Council for Local Industry” to guide the growth and efforts of the
Local Industry program. This program is the premiere provider of
services to area primary employers – those whose customers are mostly
located outside of this area – about 625 in total. The Local Industry
program has been at EDC since late 2004, and serves to maximize
employers’ success in El
Paso County.
This is done by working business climate issues, addressing community
problems, connecting employers with local resources, and conducting
business retention and expansion isits (BREV) to companies
to get their opinions on the local business climate. The Council members represent a
breadth of industry representation and experience, and include: Barry
Baum, Western Forge; Bob Cutter, semiconductor industry consultant;
Chris Hufman, T. Rowe Price; Ellen Lary, data storage industry consultant; Kurt
Stevens, Booz Allen Hamilton; Rob Whyley,
Verizon Business, and Steve Wychulis, CEA
Technologies. To learn more about the CSEDC Local Industry Program,
please visit www.coloradosprings.org.
- A major
milestone has been achieved in the ongoing efforts to protect Fort Carson from encroachment. A contract recently signed and
approved by the El Paso County Commissioners has L.W.D., LLC conveying
to El Paso County 40 lots in Ranch Colorado for a purchase price of
$2.16 million. This significant
purchase of land in the buffer zone adjacent to Fort
Carson signals considerable
progress in addressing the growing encroachment around Fort Carson. The ultimate goal of the project is to
discourage incompatible land use within a one and one-half mile “buffer
zone” adjacent to the Fort. This
effort is not part of the controversial Pinon Canyon expansion. The agreement was reached after more
than three years of a cooperative community effort, initiated as part of
the Chamber’s Defense Mission Task Force (DMTF), lead by DMTF member
Mike Kazmierski (EDC) and supported by
Congressional, State and Local elected officials, their staffs, the
Nature Conservancy and several community organizations.
- The Colorado Springs Airport is soliciting
competitive bids for a Master Developer with the exclusive development
rights to 270 buildable acres of office and
light-industrial land in the Airport Business Park., The Airport Business Park is
the largest master-planned office development in Colorado Springs
including a planned 18-hole golf course and 500 acres of open
space. Developers may also include an optional proposal for a
25-acre hotel site. Visit www.flycos.com for more details on
the Airport
Business Park
or www.springsgov.com/purchasing
to download a copy of the Request for Proposals.
- Colorado Springs has been ranked a 5 star (top ranking) Knowledge
Worker Metro by Expansion Management magazine. Rankings compared all 362 MSAs on the area’s college-education work force –
scientists, engineers, medical doctors, Ph.D.s and others with graduate
and post graduate degrees, providing the foundation for the knowledge
sector economy. These communities
share one common thread, the presence of one or more major research universities.
Colorado Springs has also been ranked 4th
in the 2007 Best Cities for Relocating Families by Worldwide ERC and
Primary Relocation for small metro areas (350,000 – 575,000 population). Metro areas were rated based on
factors such as crime rate, cost of living, education, climate and
housing market. Housing data evaluated ranged from affordability to
property tax and rate of appreciation.
- Colorado company profiles invited on the website for Colorado’s Japan office. Japan
has consistently ranked among Colorado’s
top five export partners for the last 18 years with Colorado
companies exporting approximately $400 million worth of products to Japan in
2006. Contact Leslie Plomondon, Director Asia, Africa & the Middle
East for the Colorado
Office of Economic Development & International Trade at Leslie.Plomondon@state.co.us or (303) 892-3858. For more news from the Colorado Office
of Economic Development and International Trade click here
- The number of U.S. tech jobs is rising
despite fears of outsourcing. About 5.8
million people worked in the industry in the USA during 2006, according
to a study from the tech trade group AeA
(formerly the American Electronics Association). The industry added 146,600 jobs during
the year. Tech accounts for about
5.1% of the U.S.
private-sector workforce. The
study reported over 158,000 jobs in Colorado with an average salary of
$80,225. (Source: USA
Today.)
- Air traffic congestion will worsen as the number of
flights needed skyrockets to accommodate a billion passengers a year by
2015, up 25% compared to this year. By
2015 36% of flights will run late, compared with about 25% now. Expect more business-class-only
flights, air taxi service, executive jet-share arrangements, and very
light jets for up to six passengers, which can weigh less than an SUV
and cost around $1.5 million.
(Source: The Kiplinger Letter.)
- The 2006 EDC Leadership Awards were presented at the
EDC Gala on May 5th at The Broadmoor. Recipients of the awards were T. Rowe
Price, dpiX, LLC, Citizens for Effective
Government/Issues 200-201, Penrose St. Francis Medical Health Services, Lyda Hill, Keller Homes, Inc., Nor’wood
Development Group, La Plata Investments, LLC, Terry Harris, Dr. Ken Vedra, Al Steiner, Bob Burdick, Dr. Ellen Lary, Beth Lee, Laura McGuire and Steve
Sharkey. Click here for full
details
- EDC recently lost a dear friend and leader with the
sudden passing of Ken Sparks. Ken served as
board Chairman and Fundraising Chairman, following in the steps of his
close friend Gil Johnson. He also
served as a member of the Colorado Economic Development Commission. Ken
was a tough legal professional with a crisp sense of humor and a heart
of gold. He will be remembered by
his friends at EDC for his exceptional contribution to the organization
and the numerous ways in which he positively impacted the lives of
others in our community.
- The Cultural Office of the Pikes
Peak Region (COPPeR) and EDC will
host a luncheon on Thursday, June 21 at The Broadmoor. COPPeR’s Vice Chair of the Board of Directors,
Susan Edmondson will address how arts, culture and heritage contribute
to a vibrant community and economic vitality. A two-year study on the economic
impact of non-profit arts organizations in El Paso County,
“Arts & Economic Prosperity”, will be unveiled. Register at www.coloradosprings.org, or
call (719) 475-6455.
- The Care & Share Food Bank is conducting a
"Dine Out to End Hunger." on June 5th in
conjunction with Hunger Awareness Day. Dine
at the following restaurants and they will donate 10% of their profits
to Care and Share: Cheyenne Mountain Resort, Old Chicago, Cy's Drive-In, Brooklyn Italian Kitchen, Conway's Red Top,
Honey Baked Ham, and the Hub Car Wash and Diner. Bring canned food
items for donation to any Chipotle restaurant on June 5th
and receive a free burrito or burrito bowl! More information is available at www.careandshare.org.
- Colorado Athletes
From More Than 100 Cities And Towns Are Expected To Compete In The
2007 State Games of America,
August 2 – 5. Up to 10,000
athletes (6,000 from Colorado)
are expected to be on hand with a total of 29 sports on the program for
athletes of all ages and
skill levels. The
Opening Ceremony is set for 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 2, at the
Colorado Springs World Arena. In order to qualify for the
State Games of America, Colorado
athletes must be residents of the state for at least 30 days prior
to competition. Go
to: www.stategames.org,
then click on the State Games of America logo for complete registration
information, lodging and accommodations information, ticket
details and much more.
For questions or
comments regarding the Executive Update,
please contact Julie Boswell at jboswell@csedc.org.
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