On a stretch of East Colfax in Aurora lined with suds and spray, a locally owned car wash says one more competitor could be the one that shuts it down.
Gleam Car Wash, which operates two locations in the metro area, sits just down the road from a QuikTrip gas station at Colfax and Airport Boulevard. QuikTrip now wants to add a Bubble Bath tunnel car wash on that corner, about half a mile from Gleam and within a mile of several other washes.
Manager Emilie Baratta says Gleam’s mission is bigger than clean cars. It’s about jobs, inclusion and the future of a corridor Aurora has been trying to revitalize…