Queen City Trading Co. has been selected as winner of Alpine Bank's
What Does LoDo Need? campaign.
The local retail boutique will receive a $100,000, two-year, interest-free business loan. Queen City will be the fourth retail boutique in the Denver area run by family owned Soul Haus Limited. The boutique will specialize in regionally made gifts, jewelry and cards, while incorporating the eclectic and aesthetic desires of the LoDo neighborhood.
"Our goal for Queen City Trading Co. is to really develop an entire retail core in LoDo and establish one-on-one relationships with our customers," says Stephanie Shearer, Senior Operations Manager of Queen City. "We see our customers as part of our family, and our focus is to do business the right way, with our community in mind."
Alpine Bank launched the campaign in March to celebrate the opening of its new Denver Union Station location. It conducted surveys with people in the LoDo neighborhood, as well as through the website,
www.WhatDoesLoDoNeed.com, asking what they thought LoDo needs in terms of services and retail. More than 3,000 responses were collected.
"LoDo is ripe for such new faces as Queen City Trading Co.," says Holly Barrett, Executive Director of
LoDo District Inc. "The recent developments at Union Station and throughout the neighborhood are creating a wonderful and much-needed new environment for retail."
Shearer and her partners currently operate three stores in Capitol Hill and Uptown:
Pandora on the Hill,
SoulHaus and
Peppermint.
Contact Confluence Denver Development News Editor Margaret Jackson with tips and leads for future stories at margaret@confluence-denver.com.
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