Denver Post: Business

For Damon Carson, the inspiration to start his six industrial thrift stores came from a conversation in 2010.
An airbrush artist suggested that old vinyl from billboard advertising “like you see on the sides of the interstates, Budweiser, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola,” would make good drop cloths for painting “in a second life.”
“And it was that phrase, that comment, that launched the company,” Carson said.

The day before Thanksgiving, Michael Diaz-Rivera was delivering goods to customers in the snow and cold, more focused on “Green Wednesday” than Black Friday.
Diaz-Rivera, who contracts with Denver cannabis stores, figured he and his drivers could end up making about 25 deliveries if people chose to stay inside for the day.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Plans to build the contentious Jefferson Parkway toll highway through Broomfield and Jefferson counties — part of a conspicuously missing segment in metro Denver’s 83-mile beltway — are set to come back to life after years of delays, resistance and litigation.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

SAN FRANCISCO — The parents of a former OpenAI researcher known for recently blowing the whistle on the company’s business practices are questioning the circumstances of their son’s death last month.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Flora, a new café, cocktail and wine bar, opened for business in the Golden Triangle neighborhood Saturday morning.

By Isabel Contreras, NerdWallet
The past couple of years have been tough on consumers’ wallets. Inflation has affected groceries, gas and lots of other everyday expenses — and auto insurance is no exception.

Though vocally skeptical of the allegations, a Denver judge has agreed to allow an aunt of former Granby Ranch ski area CEO Melissa Cipriani to investigate whether she used the ski area to fraudulently transfer money and evade the aunt’s $19 million court judgment.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Just seven months after opening in southeast Denver, the American Ninja Warrior Adventure Park will close sometime before Jan. 13, that company has told a state judge.
In November, the park was sued by its landlord at 7150 Leetsdale Drive, which sought to evict the 37,000-square-foot indoor park and collect $237,588 in back rent.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Commerce City wants to impose some order on its marijuana sector.
Nearly all of its retail cannabis stores are located in the southern half of the city — with several clustered close together and more on the way — and elected leaders there want to spread the wealth.

Employees of Denver’s unionized Starbucks stores went on strike Saturday to protest what they say is the coffee company’s refusal to negotiate over pay and address unfair labor practice complaints.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share