Entrepreneurs / Small Business  June 30, 2023

Hardware store closing in Estes Park after 18 years

ESTES PARK – A “retirement sale” got underway Friday at a popular hardware and general store in the Stanley Village Shopping Center.

Owner Bill Prohs said this week that the 10,000-square-foot TrueValue Hardware store at 461 E. Wonderview Ave. would mark its inventory down 10% to 30% beginning Friday.

“I’ve been at it for 18 years,” Prohs said. “I’ll be 76 soon, so it’s time. It was a tough call.”

He said he had “no idea” when the store would finally close its doors. “It could go through the end of October. It just depends on when we sell everything.”

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With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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