Opinion | Calhoun: Wake-up Call

Wake-Up Call: Commerce City gets the business

The name "Commerce City" may not be the most marketable. Still, two years ago residents voted two-to-one to keep the business-boosterish name. But that doesn't mean Commerce City can't work on its tarnished image -- and, in fact, it's paying a consultant $80,000 to help bring high-end projects to the...
By Patricia CalhounJune 4, 2009
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The name “Commerce City” may not be the most marketable. Still, two years ago residents voted two-to-one to keep the business-boosterish name.

But that doesn’t mean Commerce City can’t work on its tarnished image — and, in fact, it’s paying a consultant $80,000 to help bring high-end projects to the city and shine up Commerce City in the process.

First challenge: dealing with yesterday’s low-down murder of Dung Viet Le, owner of Dollar Value Plus, at his store at 5765 East 63rd Place in Commerce City.

That’s no way to do business. Lots of luck, City of Commerce.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor emeritus of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She was editor-in-chief from 1977-2026. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame (probably for her bar tab). She’s received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists, and is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS12’s public affairs roundtable.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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