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The Riverwalk in downtown Pueblo, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. The Riverwalk grew out an area of the city destroyed the Arkansas River when it flooded in 1921. In the aftermath, the city redirected the Arkansas around the city to the south.
A century ago the Arkansas River flowed through Pueblo in the channel that is now the HARP, or the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo. In 1921, swollen by rain and snowmelt, the river overtopped its levees and roared through the low-lying areas of downtown Pueblo, taking the lives of hundreds of people, leaving a 300 square mile swath of destruction and changing the course of the city’s history.
The next step of the Holmes Hardware building’s $15.3 million revitalization is just around the corner after Denver-based commercial real estate developers closed on the purchase of the historic structure at 400 S. Union Ave. Friday.
Fuel and Iron Project developers Nathan Stern and Zach Cytryn, who work with about 40 different restaurants in Denver as professional real estate brokers, hope to close on their financing package July 9 which will allow for construction work to begin July 19 on the landmark building.
If construction work all goes as planned, the ground-floor food court the first ever for Pueblo will open around May 1, 2022.
The 33,000-square-foot Union Avenue gem was rebuilt in 1915 after the 1911 wood-framed version was destroyed by fire. It withstood the 1921 flood and housed Holmes Hardware until 1948.
Colorado Springs businesses react to amended statewide mask mandate
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) Under the amended statewide mask mandate, Coloradans are now able to remove masks in public indoor spaces with more than ten people if at least 80% of people present have proof of vaccination.
Despite that change, Solar Roast Coffee in Downtown Colorado Springs said it s still proceeding caution.
“You have to wear your masks when you come up to the counter, when you order, when you go to the bathroom, said Lexy Hesselberg, Assistant Manager at Solar Roast Coffee.
Hesselberg said all staff will continue to wear masks, even though the majority of them are fully vaccinated.
Puebloans could soon zip around town on an electric scooter, at a safe speed and wearing a helmet, of course.
The Pueblo City Council considered a first presentation on an ordinance to approve a license agreement between the city and Bird Rides, the shared electric scooter company that is proposing to bring a fleet of 200 scooters to town.
The ordinance calls for Bird to pay the city an initial annual license fee of $500 and renewal license fees of $200 each year after. Additionally, Bird would pay the city 10 cents per ride completed during the preceding year when they apply for renewal.