CSBJ Daily

Most Americans who leave their jobs do so because they just don’t feel appreciated.
That’s what the U.S. Department of Labor says.
Survey takers there said 64 percent of Americans who leave their jobs do it because they’re not feeling appreciated.
Furthermore, a Gallup poll that found that 70 percent of Americans say they receive no praise or […]

The Indianapolis Business Journal reported last week that Colorado Springs officials are “in a panic” over losing USA Basketball - and other Olympic governing bodies - possibly to Indianapolis, because the Indiana Sports Corp. is apparently making a “hard run” at USA Basketball.
I have told people around town that Indianapolis is a real contender to […]

COPPeR, the nonprofit Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region, has hired Bettina Swigger as its first executive director.
She starts the job Jan. 3.
Swigger has managed the Summer Arts Festival at Colorado College for three years and also has worked as the administrator for the citywide Mozart @ 250 celebration, a freelance arts journalist and […]

About 9,700 Colorado Springs-area businesses will receive 2007 Economic Census forms in December.
Federal law requires all businesses that receive the forms to respond.
The forms must be returned to the U.S. Census Bureau by Feb. 12.
The census, taken every five years, develops a portrait of national and local American business.
Businesses use the data to assess where […]

Fort Carson will host the 6th Annual Community Sustainability Conference and Expo from noon to 9 p.m. Oct. 30 and from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2886 S. Circle Drive.
This year’s theme is “Securing the Future – A Sustainability Strategy.”
The conference is an educational forum intended to provide […]

The world’s biggest drinks maker, Coca-Cola, and Italian coffee roaster illycaffe have teamed up create ready-to-drink coffee products.
The companies plan to seal the deal by the end of the year.
The RTD global coffee market is valued at just under $10 billion and has grown an estimated 10 percent during the past five years.
Coca-Cola has been […]

Headlines from this week’s CSBJ:
Early snowfall bodes well for winter ski season
By Amy Gillentine
With millions of dollars spent for renovations and improvements, Colorado’s ski resorts are counting on early snow reports to bring tourists from around the world to the slopes this winter.
With early snowfall amounts at some resorts nearing two feet — and with […]

The free downtown shuttle service could come to an end early next year.

The city’s public transportation arm, Mountain Metropolitan Transit, had planned to pay for the shuttle’s operation cost starting in 2008, but proposed 2008 public transportation cuts to cover a $1.3 million budget shortfall include eliminating the shuttle service.
Proponents of the free service say […]

A premier party for a Trading Spaces television episode filmed in Colorado Springs this summer is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Will’s Sports Pub & Grill, 424 S. Nevada Ave.
The episode will be televised at the party from 8 to 9 p.m.
The episode features local residents and roller derby skaters Karma Getcha of the […]

St. Louis-based nonprofit Webster University, which has two campuses in Colorado Springs, has received a $10 million donation from former U.S. Ambassador George H. Walker III.
The gift is the largest single donation in Webster’s 92-year history.
Walker cited Webster’s “tremendous international outreach” as the motivation for the donation.
“Having served abroad in Hungary for three years I […]