The Wits End Comedy Club is planned to open in the in the space formerly occupied by the longtime west side gay nightclub, Hide N’ Seek, at 508 W. Colorado Ave.
Kevin Murphy of Murphy Constructors, which recently completed a $450,000 upgrade to the building, said plans for a new kitchen for the comedy club have […]
For the first time in 13 years, house prices fell in 21 states during the third quarter, according to a government index.
Average home prices fell by 0.4 percent nationwide from the previous quarter, according to the latest Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight House Price Index [730 Kb PDF].
The index tracks homes with mortgages under […]
Read: Pikes Peak region continues to see home price stability
The El Paso County Assessor’s Office has changed the El Paso County DS056 (Regular Business Form) and DS060 (Lessor Business Form) for the 2008 tax year.
The changes are expected to make it easier for business owners to complete and submit the forms.
Taxpayers owning more than $2,500 in total actual value of personal property per county […]
Read: Assessor’s Office changes personal property declaration forms
There are professional trade groups for almost any type of organization. Retailers have the National Retail Federation. Nurses have the American Nurses Association, and so on.
But, now an international group of forward-thinking individuals has created an organization that in some way matters to us all – The World Toilet Association.
While it may sound humorous, the […]
Headlines from this week’s CSBJ:
Two-way Tejon windfall: A big empty promise?
By John Hazlehurst
Far from pumping an additional $100,000 a day into the local economy, the city’s decision to convert Tejon Street to two-way traffic could actually cause a decrease in revenue for downtown merchants.“Planners argue that converting one-way to two-way streets will make them more […]
Read: Colorado Springs Business Journal Headlines for November 30, 2007
National women’s sportswear retailer Title Nine will move into the longtime vacant downtown retail space next to Terra Verde this spring.
The storefront, at 210 N. Tejon St., has sat empty for more than three years.
The space, along with Terra Verde’s, was once home to the Chinook Book Shop, but when Chinook went out of […]
Read: Title Nine to fill longtime empty space next to Terra Verde
There will be no charge for on-street parking in downtown Colorado Springs and Old Colorado City on Saturdays throughout December.
The free parking is expected to cost the city $27,200 in uncollected meter money, but city officials reason that the free parking will bolster shopping traffic and in turn boost sales tax revenue.
Office building sales across the U.S. fell 70 percent during October from a year earlier, according to a report this week from Reuters.
The story said a Nov. 20 report issued by Real Capital Analytics shows that sales of office properties that typically sell for more than $5 million fell to $4.4 billion during October.
Reasons for […]
The El Paso County Veteran and Military Affairs Office has moved from the Department of Human Services at 105 N. Spruce St. to the first floor of the Robert L. Russel Building at 105 E. Vermijo Ave.
The office assists residents who served in the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Navy and Marine Corps. It advises […]
The El Paso County Board of Commissioners will discuss proposed mandates and balancing options to the county’s revised 2008 budget when it meets Thursday.
Earlier this month, the board voted to furlough more than 100 county employees during the weeks of Christmas and Thanksgiving after a shortfall forced it to shave $4.1 million to balance its […]