CSBJ Daily

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 […]

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 […]

Energy Outreach Colorado plans to distribute $9.36 million statewide through its 2007-08 programs to help households afford home energy.
The money which Energy Outreach raises through thousands of donations from individuals, foundations, corporations and government sources, includes:

$5.4 million for energy assistance payments contributed to a statewide network of 100 assistance agencies that operate year round.
$2.15 million […]

The El Pomar Foundation has awarded Colorado College a grant of $10 million – the largest single gift in the college’s 133-year history.
The grant will pay for building projects and financial aid for students, including continuing the foundation’s history of support for hockey scholarships and El Pomar Scholars.
The gift comes just as Colorado College announces […]