Yesterday, Vectra Bank gave us the Colorado Springs version of their traveling show. Featuring two prominent PhD. economists, it was both educational and entertaining. Offering a free breakfast buffet at the Cheyenne Mountain Conference Center guaranteed a full house for the 7:30 start. George Feiger spoke first. He is a former Stanford associate professor who [...]
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Fred Crowley, Senior Economist at UCCS has released his November 2009 Quarterly Updates and Estimates document. According to his research, the Business Conditions Index has risen by almost 19% since its low point in February of this year and now stands at 81.3. It is expected to stay in the high 70s to mid 80s [...]
Thanks in large part to new army troops arriving at Fort Carson from Fort Hood in Texas, the area vacancy rate dropped to 8.6%, down from 9.2% for the same period in 2008. Ironically, in the areas nearest Fort Carson, the vacancy rate stood at 16.9% in the 3rd quarter. Even though that was higher [...]
According to Fred Crowley, Senior Economist at UCCS, “The Business Conditions Index (BCI) now stands at 79.09, up from its March value of 70.4. This is a 12.35% improvement since March. The bottoming of the BCI and significant improvement in several local indicators since March suggests the Colorado Springs economy is probably out of its [...]
by Becky Hurley, Colorado Springs Business Journal Published: May 29,2009 It doesn’t take a fortune teller to predict that soldiers will come, and they will go – especially during war time. About 3,000 members of the 4th Brigade Combat Team moving to the Pikes Peak region from Fort Hood and returning from Iraq have begun [...]
