Category: Community Banking

There’s the mom-and-pop shop. And then, there’s the ripple effect when the kids, and the kids’ kids, get involved in the family business. That’s the case for The Egg in the Yampa Valley, family-owned and -operated since 2003. The story starts in northern Colorado in...

Ohana is a Hawaiian word that refers to a person's extended family in the broadest sense: it can include friends, visitors and other social groups. Luke Dudley grew up in Steamboat and his wife Emily moved to the mountain town in 2004. The couple lived on Maui for a...

Leathersmith Macy Pryor’s parents met in Telluride in the 80s and raised her, and her three siblings, in this quintessential ski town. The family spent most of their time outdoors: skiing, biking, hiking and camping. And although college and life took Macy to both...

In 1989 when restaurateur Brian Nolan arrived in Eagle County, Beaver Creek Resort was still pretty new. Brian saw the vast opportunity that lay ahead, and started thinking about how to fill a needed business niche. It didn’t take much time to realize that a...

Loirissell Agüero and Betzy Rincón had an instinct that their traditional Venezuelan food, handmade with love, would be a hit in metro Denver. These immigrants are the heads of their respective families, and arriving in the U.S. in 2015, they felt a deep desire to...

Cathy Wakeman started managing Animas Trading Company nearly 30 years ago, and has molded this fun, funky and classic bohemian store in Durango into what it is today. “Animas Trading is the original ‘hippie store’ in Durango. It was inspired by the Grateful Dead. In...