Looking for a Colorado town to open a Bakery

[Mike from back east]

Ruca: Are you still there? Let us hear back about how you're doing, thanks!

JazzLover has good realistic points about paradise syndrome. I saw this back east as folks would consider resorts like Ocean City, MD or beach towns in Delaware & the Jersey shore to own rental real estate or a bar, live the life of a beach bum, sell high priced drinks to hotties in thongs, so it goes. Also true that the death rate of small business is quite high.

Best bet is to pick a town near the Front Range, the area from Fort Collins to Pueblo; a spot well populated with a year round clientele and a good view of the mountains. One of the best is Manitou Springs, as recommended by Minz, just a few miles west of Colorado Springs. Its a bit touristy, a bit seasonal but very popular and artsy. IMO, even though barely 5 miles from Colorado Springs, it may not be able to support a year round business. Better yet is the west side of Colorado Springs, an area called Old Colorado City (OCC). Search on that term and OCC to find the wealth of info already here on that topic. For real heavy year round clientele, consider downtown Colorado Springs. You'd only be 15 minutes from Manitou and only 30 minutes from higher elevations. Very importantly, we just had a fancy bakery shut down (Old Heidelburg) as the owner retired and moved to FL, so there is definitely a void here in town for a FINE bakery. Another spot, well west of COL SPGS and up in the higher elevations is Woodland Park, a growing town with plenty of potential clientele. All of these locations are in/near COL SPGS and well laid-back compared to the hustle of Denver itself.

Hope this helps, let us hear back from you about your plans.

s/Mike

[RangerDuke08]

Originally Posted by Ruca

My husband and I would like to move to Colorado and open a bakery. We would like to live in an artsy mountain town and were wondering if any locals know of any towns in need of a bakery. We are open to the size of the town as long as it is close to the mountains. Any help would be much appreciated!

You should open a bakery in Fort Collins, it's a college town, near the front range and growing rapidly. We could use a good bakery.