Air Force Academy to host 2021 Artistic Swimming Junior Olympics Published
Air Force Academy to host 2021 Artistic Swimming Junior Olympics
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (KRDO) The 2021 Artistic Swimming Junior Olympics will take place at the Air Force Academy.
The event is happening at the Air Force Academy Cadet Natatorium from June 26 to July 3.
“Anytime we’re able to help a national governing body bring a national event to Colorado Springs is a win for the organization and for the community. This event is a great example and we are thrilled about it,” said Doug Martin, acting Chief Executive Officer of the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation.
If there was a big event in the Pikes Peak Region, there was a pretty good chance Tom Osborne had something to do with it. He either helped bring it here, keep it here or grow it to bigger and greater heights.
So when the Broadmoor Bluffs resident died in his sleep last Wednesday morning at age 65, those he worked with and rubbed shoulders with were stunned.
“Tom had a passion for sports and event management,” said Doug Martin, who worked under Osborne as the chief operating officer of the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation. “Very early on here, he realized the role the organization should play in the community. He loved sports. He loved the community. He was passionate about everything he did.”
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Surging home construction and online sales combined to push up Colorado Springs sales tax revenue by nearly 10% in December despite tighter COVID-19 pandemic restrictions imposed in late November.
The year-end jump helped revenue from the city’s 2% sales tax finish last year ahead of the 2019 total, even as the state imposed a stay-at-home order in March and April and other pandemic-related limits continued for much of 2020.
Sales tax revenue fell by double-digit percentages in March and April, which prompted Mayor John Suthers to cut more than $20 million from the city’s budget and prepare for further reductions this year.
“When you consider that March and April were so gloomy and we were preparing for cuts, to end the year with an increase is pretty remarkable,” Suthers said Thursday.