Douglas County News Press 0322

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March 22, 2018

DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO

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Parking space is downtown’s final frontier

A PUSH FOR CHANGE:

Castle Rock seeks to address concerns of businesses

Students walk out in effort to end gun violence P5 GONE TOO SOON, PART 2: A rural town is stunned following the slaying of a popular teacher P6

KEEPING OPERA ALIVE: Opera Colorado works to keep the art form thriving in the metro area, around the state. P16

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Tammy Crosier and her husband have run their CD and record shop Bogey’s West in downtown Castle Rock for 30 years. To be specific, they’ve had three locations in that time span, all on the same block — they’ve occupied their current spot near Third and Wilcox Street for roughly seven years. In the last three decades, Crosier said, she’s enjoyed the growth of Castle Rock — calling it good for business — and building relationships with new and regular customers. There’s plenty of positive things about working in the downtown area, she said, but there’s also been one consistent drawback. “The lack of parking, street parking for our customers, it’s a constant complaint that we have,” she said. “This has been an ongoing, never-ending problem downtown.” Although the town’s growth was good for sales, she said, it also brought more traffic and made worse a problem with limited downtown parking. Some customers have told Crosier they chose not to visit her shop altogether when they couldn’t find a space, she said. “It’s infuriating because we’re losing business,” she said. “And Castle Rock itself is losing the tax revenue.”

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED: Area teens learn about the stock market P22

Hoping for a ‘culture shift’ Castle Rock Town Councilmember Jason Bower, who represents the downtown as part of his district but is also a downtown business owner, agreed that parking is an issue in the area. Bower named factors other than town growth as contributing to the issue. Part of the problem, he said, stems from downtown business owners and SEE PARKING, P8

THE BOTTOM LINE PERIODICAL

‘We are committed to investigating each and every concern or threat that is brought to our attention.’ Erin Kane, DCSD superintendent | Page 14 INSIDE

VOICES: PAGE 14 | LIFE: PAGE 18 | CALENDAR: PAGE 31 | SPORTS: PAGE 34

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