Colorado Springs | Health Care | Penrose-St. Francis Ranks Amongs Nation’s Best Hospitals
HealthGrades Inc. named Penrose-St. Francis to its prestigious “America’s 50 Best Hospitals” list for 2008, and Penrose-St. Francis was actually the only hospital in Colorado named to that list. HealthGrades is a respected Golden, Colo.-based company that provides objective annual ratings of all hospitals in the United States. And the hospital was also selected in both 2006 and 2007 to the “America’s Best Hospitals” list as compiled by U.S. News and World Report.
“These are significant awards related to consistent quality, and they recognize the full spectrum of services we offer,” says Jeff Oram-Smith, chief medical officer for Penrose-St. Francis Health Services. ”We are proud of the medical expertise we have available to serve southern Colorado.”
There are many reasons to live in Colorado Springs. But perhaps one of the best is our award winning health care facilities. It’s great to know that we are being cared for by nationally recognized facilities. Penrose has facilities throughout the Colorado Springs Real Estate area. Their newest facility is located at the very north end of the Powers real estate area at the intersection of Powers Boulevard and Woodmen Road. Penrose St. Francis provides health services for just about every illness, from urgent care to cancer to diabetes…the list goes on and on. And I hear their services are so desirable, that they are planning a future expansion in the very near future to their existing facilities.
So congratulations to Penrose for contributing an outstanding, award winning healthcare facilities to the Colorado Springs real estate area. We greatly appreciate your services, and hope we don’t have use them too often!
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FRUITCAKE TOSS NEEDS HONOR GUARDS
Expires:01.02.2010
THE MANITOU SPRINGS 15TH ANNUAL FRUITCAKE TOSS WILL FEATURE A 15 GUN SALUTE TO LEAD OFF THE FESTIVITIES. THE MANITOU SPRINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & VISITORS BUREAU IS SEEKING 5 SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS TO BE THEOFFICIAL FRUITCAKE TOSS HONOR GUARDS. QUALIFICATIONS ARE PRETTY STRICT: 1) YOU MUST HATE FRUITCAKE – EXPERIENCE REQUIRED 2) YOU MUST BE 18 YEARS OLD OR OLDER 3) SUBMIT A BRIEF PARAGRAPH AS TO WHY YOU SHOULD BE IN THE HONOR GUARD. DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MONDAY, JAN. 4TH. HONOR GUARD WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED JAN. 5TH.
•Contact Info: IF YOU ARE SELECTED YOU WILL HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SHOOTING 3 FRUITCAKES FROM OUR OFFICIAL 15 GUN SALUTE GUNS!
•Phone: (719) 685-5089 or Toll Free (800) 642-2567
•Contact Person: MANITOU SPRINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 354 MANITOU AVE.,
•Web: www.manitousprings.org
Now that the holidays are over it’s time to decide what to do with all those fruitcakes you received from family, friends, and coworkers this year. Here’s an idea! You could enter them in the Manitou Springs Fruitcake Toss. Launch that fruitcake into the air and exchange if for a shiny trophy. There are two divisions this year, one for heavy weights at 4 pounds, and one for feather weights at 2 pounds. And there are three categories for judging – accuracy, distance, and catching. The City of Manitou will also be hosting a “launch” competition this year where you can utilize the efforts of a mechanical device or a pneumatic spud gun to relieve your pantry of its notorious fruitcake intruders.
This is an event for the whole family, so if you happen to be in the Manitou Springs real estate area next weekend, stop on by. The entry fee is one non-perishable food item benefiting the Westside Cares organization. And if you were fortunate enough to have not received a fruitcake this year, but would like to participate anyway, do not fear. You will be able to “rent” a fruitcake at the toss for $1. Remember, you don’t have to tolerate the taste to put your fruitcake to good use. You just need a solid throwing arm and festive spirit. Happy launching!
One step closer to opening Manitou Incline
Money for a Master Plan means plans to open Manitou Incline can go forward. Great Outdoors Colorado is providing a $70,500 grant along with a $25,000 donation from philanthropist Lyda Hill for planning. Trails and Open Space Advocacy Director Bill Koerner is a member of the Task Force that will use the next six to nine months and come up with a plan for the “opening” process. The land is owned by Colorado Springs Utilities, the U.S. Forest Service and the Cog Railway. The Incline is not open to the public, although as many as 70,000 use it each year. The grants will be used for planning purposes. Opening the trail will likely require more money. The task force will work with Colorado Springs Trails,Open Space and Parks as well as Manitou officials. Their first meeting is January 14th and is not open to the public, although public meetings will follow.
The Manitou Incline is hard to miss. All you have to do is look west and notice the vertical scar running from the Manitou Springs real estate area up to the base of Pikes Peak. It’s a Colorado Springs legend that has claimed a certain celebrity throughout the entire country. Did you know that it is not technically open to the public though?
The Trails and Open Space Coalition has been working toward making the Incline a public trail for several decades. They were finally awarded a substantial grant this year to develop a masterplan that will include a Task Force whose sole purpose will be to develop a strategy to open the trail to the public. They have several challenges ahead of them in that the Incline runs through three separate properties that are owned by the Cog Railroad, Colorado Springs Utilities, and the U.S. Forest Service. Their first meeting will be in two weeks, and I can’t wait to see the results of their efforts. The Manitou Incline is a treasure to the entire Colorado Springs real estate area. It blends the history of Colorado Springs with the active outdoor lifestyle that Colorado Springs residents crave. The Incline should be preserved and officially opened to the public. I wish the Task Force good luck, and look forward to seeing you on the Incline this spring!
Here is the market report for Southwest Colorado Springs for December 2009:
Prices leveled off and started to fall a little due to the annual winter slow down.
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