Mountain town grocery chain breaks ground on first Denver location

This report first appeared at BizWest news partner BusinessDen.

Tom Clark had no plans to expand Clark’s Market to Denver when he opened the grocery store in Aspen in 1978.

But his son, Tom Clark Jr., had a bigger vision for the company.

This week, the developers behind the Exchange at Boulevard One retail complex in Lowry broke ground on Clark’s Market’s first location in Denver.

“We’ve been looking toward Denver for the last five years. We had some people who frequent our stores in the mountains call us up and tell us about the Lowry opportunity, and the conversation started from there,” Clark…