ARCHIVED  August 25, 2000

New owners for Evans’ Heritage Inn

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73-room hotel fetches $2.3 mil

April breathed new life into a ghost of Northern Colorado’s past when a pair of hotel managers from the Pacific Northwest traded in beachfronts and ocean views for Evans’ starry nights and open spaces.

Philip Park and Chang Lee, owners of the Pennysaver Hotel in Portland, Ore., and the Country Inn in Colorado Springs, respectively, bought Evans’ Travelodge Heritage Inn in April for $2.3 million but are betting a good deal more that the 73-room hotel will be worth its gables in gold.

“It’s extremely large,´ said inn manager Ann Park of the grounds — and the restoration…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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