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Have a great holiday!

A key measure of consumer attitude has dropped to its lowest level in two years – and that’s not good news for the upcoming holiday shopping season.
The New York-based Conference Board said yesterday that its Consumer Confidence Index fell from a revised 99.5 during September to 95.6, the lowest reading since 85.2 during October 2005 […]

If you rather have fun in the sun rather than head home for the holiday season, you’d better finalize your travel plans soon.
National polling results released this month indicate that nearly half of travel agency clients had begun booking holiday travel during July or earlier.
All-inclusive resorts packages are the destination of choice this year, according […]

Penrose Hospital’s Ruth Anne Panning Financial Center was the only Springs project that claimed a statewide industry merit award from the Colorado chapter of the American Institute of Architects’ 2007 Design Awards.
The project was one of 15 winners selected from 84 entries.
The building, which won in the Interiors category, was designed by RTA Architects of […]

Wait time rankings
Restaurant chains with no Colorado locations were excluded from the list

1
Quiznos

1:15

100%

2
Starbucks Coffee

2:08

91%

4
Carl’s Jr.

2:20

93%

5
Arby’s

2:21

90%

6
Sonic

2:25

84%

7
Chick-fil-A

2:40

94%

9
Boston Market

2:50

84%

11
McDonald’s

3:08

78%

12
Taco Bell

3:14

83%

13
Subway

3:15

87%

15
Long John Silver’s

3:22

73%

16
Burger King

3:37

79%

17
Wendy’s

3:38

81%

19
Dunkin’ Donuts

4:06

84%

20
Church’s

4:09

73%

22
KFC

4:21

64%

Return ratio reflects the likelihood that respondents would return to visited location based only on wait time

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