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Polis signs overhaul of oil and gas rules Law shifts focus toward safety, environment instead of production BY DAN ELLIOTT ASSOCIATED PRESS
also pays homage to old Denver’s legacy, said Erin Markham, co-owner of The Saucy Noodle: Knowing the same family has been running a business for decades is special. “There’s comfort in knowing the same family is here,” she said. Keeping the doors open isn’t always easy. Inflation in prices, decisions on whether children will carry on the legacy, and deaths in the family have all impacted these businesses. But the owners also think of their business as a home away from home, the place where they grew up. And that, they say, is what makes Bonnie Brae such a special place to be.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on April 16 signed into law a major overhaul of state oil and gas rules, turning the focus away from encouraging production and directing regulators to make public safety and the environment their top priority. The law also gives local government significant new authority to restrict the location of wells, which could limit or prohibit drilling in some areas near homes and schools. “Today, with the signing of this bill, it is our hope that the oil and gas Polis wars that have enveloped our state are over, and the winner is all of us,” Polis said. The state has struggled for years to balance the interests of the booming industry against growing concerns of people who live nearby drilling rigs, wells and tanks. Colorado ranks fifth nationally in crude oil production and sixth in
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Cris Tracey, the assistant manager at Bonnie Brae Ice Cream, hands a scoop to a customer. Over the years, the ice cream shop has hired several hundred teenagers to work behind the counter, co-owner Bob Pailet said. KAILYN LAMB
‘A neat little block’ Bonnie Brae businesses embrace family legacies despite challenges BY KAILYN LAMB KLAMB@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The sign in front of the Conoco gas station at South University Boulevard and East Exposition Avenue gives customers the daily gas prices. It also tells them the business has been owned by the Wilson family since 1942. Across the street is The Saucy Noodle, an Italian restaurant run by the same family for 55 years.
And three storefronts north is The Campus Lounge, a neighborhood institution now owned by a family that has spent more than 50 years working on the street. These family-owned businesses are among many on the one-block stretch of University Boulevard between Exposition and East Ohio Avenue that bring to life the sleepy residential neighborhood of Bonnie Brae. Some, such as the Pailet and Simon families, who co-own Bonnie Brae Ice Cream at the corner of University and Ohio, also work toward preserving the local business culture of the block. The two families own their building, as well as a few others on the east side of University. Having older, family-run businesses
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