Homer Laffoon oversaw his mother's, Anne Heche's, medical care as she remained in critical care before dying after she crashed her car into a home in a Los Angeles neighborhood. Police said she was likely high and intoxicated.
part of what makes this place so special has nothing to do with the town itself. you have the incredible things that go on with the outdoors, as far as gateway to the rocky mountains, foothills, rock climbing, kayaking, mountain biking. but all of those incredible natural elements contribute to making people so fiercely engaged in ensuring golden retains its small up to feeling. de diane webber fell so in love with golden that she decided to rent a space in the center of town 8 years ago to open a coffee shop. her objective from day one was to create a hub for the community. if you go to any small shop on the main street, you will see the owner in the shop which is fabulous. if you need to speak withes owner, 9 chances out of 10, they will be there. it s unique like that because we stay here, we work here, we live here. steve schaffer is one of those people who has lived and worked in golden for his entire
support their community s independent pmerchants. we re happy to talk to the administrate to have about this. it s pretty a smazing to have watch this had take a life of its open over the past six years, small business saturday. why do you think it s gotten so big and really touched a nerve with people? there are a couple things going on. one is i talked to business owners across the country, they always express their gratitude about what sba is doing and the role they play in their entrepreneurship journey. they re glad that we re there to help them start their business, to repair their business, to grow or even scale their business. but at the end of the day what they really want is customers and i think communities are embracing that notion to assume the local neighbors and also to bring a local flavor to every community. has there been any particular towns or small businesses that you think are really doing it right and if so, what is it that
the downtown community partnership spearheads the effort to encourage owners and customers alike to shop on sundays. we re supporting it with stickers and other promotional materials as far as on social media. we re getting involved as far as seeing what we can do for sunday events. and just kind of advocating them and working in partnership with them to see what we can do to build the sunday hours. mike hahn is the president. while saturdays are known for heavy toot traffic and special events, sundays are cleary quieter. that s why mike believes that there is plenty of room for improvement. people coming in to the community, they want to have more unique shops and more unique places to go on a sunday. we ve had about 30 plus stores that have looked at, okay, let s try this. we re about a 33% to 40% that are open downtown. the strategy isn t only targeting residents. it s aimed at tourists, as well. so many visitors now consider fargo a regional destination. this is an oppo
it s amazing hugh supportive the businesses are of each other. fargo, north dakota is always open for business. that s what small business owners in the state s largest city want you to know. they decided that the local custom of closing down on sundays just wasn t good for the bottom line. so a group of retailers is now committed to staying open seven days a week to encourage locals and businesses to shop local. to open or not to open? a lot of sundays we will do more sales per hour than we would on a regular weekday. it s a question a lot of small business openiusiness own are trying to answer as their community becomes more of a destination, should they be open for business on sunday. as we see the traffic increase, we ve increased our hours with it. we just haven t hit that sunday part yet for us. josie and kerry are two of