Grandma's House partners with Sexy Pizza in Trinidad, Colorado

• The shared space happens to be inside a historic train station from the early 20th century in the heart of the far-southern city.

The big picture: Denver business owners and developers are flocking to Trinidad in hopes of revitalizing long-shuttered downtown establishments and attracting new residents looking for more affordable places to live in the state.

What they're saying: "Being a bigger fish in a smaller pond and trying to build up a community instead of getting lost in a sea of a big city like Denver was what was appealing to us," Grandma's House owner Matthew Fuerst told What Now Denver.

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