Local Business /tags/local-business Local Business en-US Copyright ÂÜŔňÉŮĹ®/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 13 May 2025 13:59:54 GMT Tariffs starting to affect some North Denver businesses /news/2025-05-13/tariffs-starting-to-affect-some-north-denver-businesses President Trump's tariffs are starting to impact small businesses in Colorado and across the country. Tue, 13 May 2025 13:59:54 GMT /news/2025-05-13/tariffs-starting-to-affect-some-north-denver-businesses Allen Cowgill, Colorado Community Media Some NoCo bakeries are prepared, others face challenges amid FDA, HHS synthetic dye phase-out /news/2025-05-05/some-noco-bakeries-are-prepared-others-face-challenges-amid-fda-hhs-synthetic-dye-phase-out Federal departments are planning to phase out all synthetic dyes derived from petroleum. Some Fort Collins bakers are concerned about what this could mean for their businesses. Mon, 05 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT /news/2025-05-05/some-noco-bakeries-are-prepared-others-face-challenges-amid-fda-hhs-synthetic-dye-phase-out Emma VandenEinde Lookout Mountain's gift shop and cafĂ© prepares for closure as decades-long family legacy ends /2024-12-28/lookout-mountains-gift-shop-and-cafe-prepares-for-closure-as-decades-long-family-legacy-ends The Pahaska Tepee Gift Shop and CafĂ© will close at the end of 2024. Bill Carle and his family has operated the store for nearly 50 years, and he fears what will come of the shop's future. Sat, 28 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT /2024-12-28/lookout-mountains-gift-shop-and-cafe-prepares-for-closure-as-decades-long-family-legacy-ends Emma VandenEinde What makes a great shopping mall Santa? This Colorado school has trained thousands of them /podcast/inthenoco/2024-12-03/what-makes-a-great-shopping-mall-santa-this-colorado-school-has-trained-thousands-of-them If you’ve taken your kid to see Santa at a local mall, or hosted a Santa at your office party... have you ever wondered where that Santa learned his magic? They may have attended Professional Santa Claus School, based here in Colorado. Today on ITN, we meet the founder of the school that has trained thousands of Santas over the past four decades. Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:35:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-12-03/what-makes-a-great-shopping-mall-santa-this-colorado-school-has-trained-thousands-of-them In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Erin O'Toole, Brad Turner For the owner of Estes Park's award-winning Taffy Shop, success means making memories /podcast/inthenoco/2024-07-05/for-the-owner-of-estes-parks-award-winning-taffy-shop-success-means-making-memories The Taffy Shop was recently voted the Best Candy Store in the country by USA Today – which might surprise some, considering the Estes Park shop has been making just one kind of candy for 89 years. Today on In The NoCo, we talk with owner Mark Igel to learn why tradition is such an essential part of their success. Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:32:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-07-05/for-the-owner-of-estes-parks-award-winning-taffy-shop-success-means-making-memories In The NoCo, Erin O'Toole, Brad Turner Ladera annexation moves ahead after Timnath voters reject ballot measure /news/2024-04-09/ladera-annexation-moves-ahead-after-timnath-voters-reject-ballot-measure The Ladera mixed-use development annexation will not be stalled after a vote in Timnath overwhelmingly rejected a measure about it last Tuesday. Tue, 09 Apr 2024 17:29:38 GMT /news/2024-04-09/ladera-annexation-moves-ahead-after-timnath-voters-reject-ballot-measure Emma VandenEinde Expect to see more orange cones and bulldozers as Johnstown development booms /news/2024-01-23/expect-to-see-more-orange-cones-and-bulldozers-as-johnstown-development-booms Millions of square feet of new residential and commercial development are either under construction or in the planning phase in Johnstown, a town that has exploded in growth in recent years. Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:14:49 GMT /news/2024-01-23/expect-to-see-more-orange-cones-and-bulldozers-as-johnstown-development-booms Emma VandenEinde Colorado judge chides company that tried to pay $23,500 settlement in coins weighing 3 tons /news/2023-10-25/colorado-judge-chides-company-that-tried-to-pay-23-500-settlement-in-coins-weighing-3-tons Judge Joseph Findley ruled Monday that JMF Enterprises "acted maliciously and in bad faith" by delivering a custom made metal box containing the coins that was too heavy to be carried in the freight elevator at the offices for the subcontractor's lawyer, let alone with the forklift required to carry it. Wed, 25 Oct 2023 19:45:15 GMT /news/2023-10-25/colorado-judge-chides-company-that-tried-to-pay-23-500-settlement-in-coins-weighing-3-tons Colleen Slevin, Associated Press B-movies make the A-list at Aurora reel life preserve /news/2023-09-04/b-movies-make-the-a-list-at-aurora-reel-life-preserve The Archive shop on East Colfax Avenue is a place where the campy, vampy and surreal B-movie genres of the 1960s, ’70s, ’80s and beyond are curated and sold to appreciative fans. Aficionados walk out with movies they can carry, not download. This is a shrine for “physical” media. Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:00:00 GMT /news/2023-09-04/b-movies-make-the-a-list-at-aurora-reel-life-preserve Barnaby B. Atwood, for the Aurora Sentinel News brief with The Colorado Sun: HOA foreclosures and the state of the drive in /news/2023-08-15/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-hoa-foreclosures-and-the-state-of-the-drive-in ÂÜŔňÉŮĹ® Programing & Operations Manager Desmond O'Boyle spoke to Tracy Ross with the Colorado Sun about suspect HOA foreclosure practices in Colorado and the state of the drive-in movie theater. Tue, 15 Aug 2023 18:33:26 GMT /news/2023-08-15/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-hoa-foreclosures-and-the-state-of-the-drive-in Desmond O'Boyle