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Business as unusual
How some of Colorado s hardest hit sectors are faring after a year of COVID
Brittney Rae Reese, right, coaches a client in the before times at her gym, Fit & Nu, which she owns with her sister in Aurora. The pandemic forced the women to move their fitness and wellness classes online, and now they must decide whether or not to return to their 2,500-foot gym./ Photo courtesy Brittney Rae Reese. Michelle P. Fulcher / Colorado Public Radio - 04/01/2021
The economic toll of the coronavirus can be told in numbers. Colorado lost about 376,000 jobs in the first three months of the pandemic and is still down about 160,000, according to Brian Lewandowski, executive director of the business research division at the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business.
On the one-year anniversary of the day when all Colorado restaurants were ordered closed to on-premises dining, there are signs of life at Casa Bonita.
Not at 6715 West Colfax Avenue, the home of the pink palace since 1974 but on the web, where casabonitadenver.com has been revived, after a year offline and endless speculation about the future of Colorado s first, and certainly most legendary, eatertainment concept.
Casa Bonita is celebrating 46 years of family fun, according to the website, which doesn t offer much more (although the video section is stuffed better than a Casa Bonita taco). The Facebook link is broken, and while the home page promises red hot deals, just a click away as of March 17, that click simply takes you to a repeat of the message that Casa Bonita is re-opening soon! Check back here for more information as it becomes available.
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Two proposed bills would change liquor laws in Colorado for better or worse, depending who you ask
To-go sales and expanded licenses being debated
The first bill would extend to-go alcohol sales for five more years. The second bill would allow liquor stores to open multiple stores.
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DENVER â If thereâs been an upside at all to the pandemic for small businesses, it may be alcohol sales.
âPeople were consuming at home more,â said Jim Archibald, owner of Morgans Liquors in Denverâs Platte Park neighborhood.
Liquor stores like Morgans saw a big boost, and some restaurants stayed afloat in part because of to-go alcohol sales.