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Small Businessen-USCopyright 皇冠网址/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:35:00 GMTIt鈥檚 a tough time to run a restaurant in Colorado. Can state lawmakers do anything to help?
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Running a restaurant is expensive 鈥� and Northern Colorado has seen a recent wave of local favorites closing down. So what鈥檚 behind this trend 鈥� and can state lawmakers do anything to help? 皇冠网址鈥檚 Emma VandenEinde joins In The NoCo to explain.Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:35:00 GMT/podcast/inthenoco/2025-03-25/its-a-tough-time-to-run-a-restaurant-in-colorado-can-state-lawmakers-do-anything-to-helpIn The NoCo, Erin O'Toole, Emma VandenEinde, Brad TurnerLongtime NoCo restaurants are closing. What happens when local favorites are lost?
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Several NoCo restaurants closed last year after decades of service. Owners cite increased costs of food, rent and labor. But to their patrons these spaces filled up more than just their stomachs.Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT/news/2025-02-05/longtime-noco-restaurants-are-closing-what-happens-when-local-favorites-are-lostEmma VandenEindeLiquor store owners say grocery wine sales have a 鈥渟ignificant鈥� impact on business
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Two years after Prop. 125鈥檚 approval, Colorado鈥檚 independent liquor and specialty stores are finding new ways to win customers back to their shops.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT/news/2024-11-29/liquor-store-owners-say-grocery-wine-sales-have-a-significant-impact-on-businessKara Mason, Front Porch NESeveral Colorado communities are considering raising the minimum wage
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Local governments are allowed to set a minimum wage that's higher than the state rate of $14.40 per hour. Colorado Sun reporter Tamara Chuang said if approved, the changes could take effect on January 1, 2025.Thu, 05 Sep 2024 18:39:52 GMT/news/2024-09-05/several-colorado-communities-are-considering-raising-the-minimum-wageTamara Chuang, The Colorado SunFor the owner of Estes Park's award-winning Taffy Shop, success means making memories
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The Taffy Shop was recently voted the Best Candy Store in the country by USA Today 鈥� which might surprise some, considering the Estes Park shop has been making just one kind of candy for 89 years. Today on In The NoCo, we talk with owner Mark Igel to learn why tradition is such an essential part of their success.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:32:00 GMT/podcast/inthenoco/2024-07-05/for-the-owner-of-estes-parks-award-winning-taffy-shop-success-means-making-memoriesIn The NoCo, Erin O'Toole, Brad Turner'No room for error:' customers demand better communication from Xcel Energy following planned outage
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Xcel customers across the Front Range experienced the state鈥檚 first planned power shutoff in April to protect against fire danger, but many residents were unaware their power was being shut off.Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT/news/2024-06-13/no-room-for-error-customers-demand-better-communication-from-xcel-energy-following-planned-outageEmma VandenEindeReport: Small businesses are failing at higher rates in their first year
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LendingTree analyzed small business data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and found that almost 1 in 4 businesses fail in their first year. The 23% failure rate from 2023 is two percentage points more than the year before and four percentage points more than in 2021.Wed, 15 May 2024 20:45:55 GMT/2024-05-15/report-small-businesses-are-failing-at-higher-rates-in-their-first-yearYvette FernandezSmall business owners feel the credit crunch
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Small businesses in Colorado and across the U.S. are seeing the already-tough process of getting business loans get even tougher.Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:45:47 GMT/news/2023-04-11/small-business-owners-feel-the-credit-crunchMae Anderson and Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated PressA financial lifeline for immigrants: Aurora lender funds newcomer entrepreneurship opportunities
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Foreign-born residents have higher rates of entrepreneurship than those born here in the U.S. but getting a business loan can be tricky. CEDS Finance, a nonprofit, federally-funded small business lender in Aurora, provides small business loans to refugees, immigrants and other underserved people.Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:00:00 GMT/news/2023-02-09/a-financial-lifeline-for-immigrants-aurora-lender-funds-newcomer-entrepreneurship-opportunitiesStephanie DanielEconomic think tank spotlights Mountain West 'micropolitans,' but ignores wealth inequalities
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Small towns in the Mountain West are leading the pack when it comes to economic success, according to a recent report by Heartland Forward.Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:02:19 GMT/regional-news/2023-01-12/economic-think-tank-spotlights-mountain-west-micropolitans-but-ignores-wealth-inequalitiesEmma VandenEinde