GOLDEN — Downtown Golden will soon lose some of its oldest small businesses. The shops say they are being pushed out for new development and are questioning the change coming to the city.
“We lost the lease, and the rent is going to be quadrupled,” Rocking Horse Antique Shop manager Lynn Highland said.
“The city does not care about keeping Golden, small-town Golden,” said Shawna Lutz, owner of the Clear Creek Flower Company.
The flower shop and antique shop have both called the heart of the city, on Washington Avenue, home for more than 30 years and now must find new homes.
Lutz said the Scott Crosbie Real Estate Group, the property management firm running the building for the new owners, told the two businesses that they have until June to leave. They’re concerned about how developers are changing Golden, and if too many restaurants and bars are coming in, forcing out small businesses.
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