DENVER ( KDVR ) — Selling new fur items in Denver could be a thing of the past if Denver voters vote in favor of banning the sale of new fur items in the city and county during the November election.
Colorado voters should get ballots in the mail next month, and FOX31 is working through the ballot questions, this time scrutinizing the question about the sale of fur in Denver. Some small businesses say the measure could put them out of business.
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Coleen Orr, owner of Cowboy Up Hatters , has been making and selling hats for decades.
“I located and moved to Denver in 1996. I am a custom hat maker, starting from the base blank of a felt hat and making custom orders to fit any shape, style, size of felt hat,” Orr said.
“Anybody that really is a hat-wearer or has worn a lower quality really has an appreciation for the higher quality. Because you’ll go through a wool hat that will break down in a year or so, where a rabbit or beaver fur hat can be scrubbed and dry cleaned in solvent time and time again.”