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Struggling East Colfax shops say help is urgently needed

Business owners say safety concerns are driving customers away and threatening their survival.

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Aurora is setting up a new development authority to tackle safety and disinvestment concerns along East Colfax, and immigrant shop owners say help can&#x27;t come soon enough.Why it matters: East Colfax Avenue has long offered an affordable foothold for small businesses. But crime is eroding that access — and empty storefronts show the costs.

Castle Rock residents can now stop solicitors with a sign

Castle Rock residents can now stop solicitors with a sign.

Neighborhoods

Door-to-door solicitors aren&#x27;t leaving, but Castle Rock just made it easier to turn them away.Why it matters: A &quot;no-soliciting&quot; sign or town-issued sticker is now enough to keep solicitors at bay — no <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="registry" data-vars-click-url="https://www.crgov.com/2404/Opt-out-of-Door-to-Door-Solicitation" data-vars-content-id="44cc6a98-ba4d-454d-9e0d-694fbecc1246" data-vars-headline="Castle Rock residents can now stop solicitors with a sign" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.crgov.com/2404/Opt-out-of-Door-to-Door-Solicitation" target="_blank">registry</a> required.

Bait-riarch: The woman who hooked Aurora

A longtime small business owner reflects on history as the shop's future nears a decision.

Louise Maddox runs a bait shop near Cherry Creek State Park that her mother, Virginia Elliot, opened nearly 70 years ago.Catch up quick: Maddox, 76, took over Valley Country Tackle and Live Bait on South Parker Road in the 1980s and keeps it stocked with rods, reels, flies and bait.

My Arapahoe County happy place

How one special space sparked a lifelong love of reading.

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My happiest place on Earth is where the world first opened to me.Flashback: I was an early reader. And while I&#x27;d like to take credit, it belongs to my mom and to Aurora&#x27;s Mission Viejo Library.

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