Economic Development Team Credited for Luring MCI Unit to Colorado Springs.(Originated from Gazette Telegraph, Colorado Springs, Colo.) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: April 1, 1996| Author: Heilman, Wayne | COPYRIGHT 1996 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--Apr. 1--It all began with a simple telephone call.

On June 1, 1990, Tim Glenn of Staubach Co. called the Colorado Springs Economic Development Council, seeking information on Colorado Springs for an unnamed client.

The client didn't want to be named just yet, Glenn told the EDC.

Officials from the EDC, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and local and state governments would spend hundreds of hours gathering detailed inf...