{"id":1316954,"date":"2019-11-25T18:15:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T01:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=991236"},"modified":"2019-11-25T18:15:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T01:15:20","slug":"glenwood-springs-sales-stayed-strong-heading-into-fall-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/glenwood-springs-sales-stayed-strong-heading-into-fall-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenwood Springs sales stayed strong heading into fall season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All Glenwood Canyon Brewpub Manager Corrie Murray has to do is look out the front window to see that there\u2019s been an increase in drive-by traffic since early September.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when Glenwood Springs city officials decided to reopen the newly refurbished two-block stretch of Seventh Street to traffic. Judging by the latest sales tax figures, that might have played a part in keeping Glenwood on the plus side in terms of business activity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a good summer, but it still didn\u2019t feel like we saw quite the impact we anticipated with the bridge completion,\u201d Murray said of the first full year without construction directly related to the Grand Avenue Bridge replacement.<\/p>\n

However, the city\u2019s ongoing work to turn the section of Seventh from Cooper west to Colorado Avenue into a more pedestrian-oriented \u201cfestival street\u201d did continue to impact downtown businesses, Murray observed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe picked up in mid-September and had a really good fall,\u201d she said. \u201cWe definitely appreciate that Seventh Street is open, and think it\u2019s important to businesses down here to have that street open as a byway.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, \u201cthere\u2019s a really nice vibe going on under the bridge, which seems to have drawn tourism to that direct area.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the city\u2019s September sales tax report, overall, sales were up 4.98% for the month of September. That kept Glenwood Springs on pace for a +5% year in terms of spending on retail goods and taxable services.<\/p>\n

Broken down by sector, two categories are down still compared to last year \u2014 general merchandise (-0.44%) and miscellaneous retail (-1.28%), according to the report.<\/p>\n

General merchandise includes large national retailers, such as Target and Walmart, while miscellaneous retail encompasses a lot of the small, independent shops in Glenwood Springs, including liquor stores, flower shops, jewelry stores and gift shops.<\/p>\n

But the restaurant and bar category continues to perform better than last year \u2014 up 2.2% compared to the first nine months of 2018. The city\u2019s lodging sector, based on sales tax receipts, is also is up nearly 6% compared to last year.<\/p>\n

Another sector that\u2019s worth noting in terms of an ongoing trend is what\u2019s referred to as the \u201call other\u201d category in the city\u2019s monthly report. That\u2019s where online sales to Glenwood Springs residents from retailers that don\u2019t have a physical location here have begun reporting their sales taxes, according to Glenwood Springs Chief Financial Officer Steve Boyd.<\/p>\n

Though the overall numbers are still relatively small by comparison \u2014 $144,895 in sales taxes collected through September \u2014 the category is up more than 45% compared to last year, according to the latest figures.<\/p>\n

jstroud@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All Glenwood Canyon Brewpub Manager Corrie Murray has to do is look out the front window to see that there\u2019s been an increase in drive-by traffic since early September. That\u2019s when Glenwood Springs city officials decided to reopen the newly refurbished two-block stretch of Seventh Street to traffic. Judging by the latest sales tax figures, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1316954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 11:41:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1316954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1316954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1316954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1316954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}