Brief by Allen Best
Commerce – February 2008 – Colorado Central Magazine
For some towns, having a big box store is a sign of homogenization, a repulsive emblem of Anywhere USA (or Canada).
Not so Leadville. After years of seeing everybody spending their money at Wal-Mart and Target stories in Frisco, Silverthorne, Avon, and Salida, the town will soon have it’s own bigger box variety store, an Alco.