Thanks very much for your help! My final solution was an adaptation of what Richard did.
In my Coldspring.xml I have this...
<bean id="ApplicationConfig" class="ModelGlue.Bean.CommonBeans.SimpleConfig
">
<property name="config">
<map>
<entry key="shortDisplayName"><value>AppManager</value></entry>
<entry key="longDisplayName"><value>Application Manager</value></entry>
</map>
</property>
</bean>
In my controller I have this
<cffunction name="onQueueComplete" access="public" returnType="void" output="false">
<cfargument name="event" type="any">
<cfset arguments.event.setValue("applicationConfig",getApplicationConfig().getConfig()) />
</cffunction>
So that I can reference them in my view like this
<cfset appTitle = viewState.getValue("applicationConfig").longDisplayName />
