- June 25, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
ARVADA, Colo. — Days after the shooting in Olde Town Arvada, more businesses are continuing to open their doors and find some sense of a new normal.
“I guess it is weird in this day and age, considering how much this happens, to say I didn’t expect it here, but I didn’t expect it here,” said Jamie Hollier, owner of Balefire Goods.
Hollier was working inside her store during the shooting, a moment that shook Arvada.
“It just is not something that we ever planned for,” said Hollier.
All of this happened during a time of reopening and return to a new normal in Arvada.
“We were doing really well and we were really positive about what this summer was going to hold for us,” said Hollier.
Even from a city-wide perspective, the Arvada Resiliency Taskforce felt most of its work of helping businesses throughout the pandemic was winding down. Until they realized, the community still needed their support.
“This group was immediately going to get to work and…
