ERIE, Colo. — Perfectly positioned between Denver and Boulder is the town of Erie, with a charming main street that brings together local businesses and the loyal community members who support their favorite spots. Denver7 | Your Voice visited the area to hear from the people who live and work there about what makes this place so special.
Briggs Street bustles with businesses and local stores and is known as the Old Town district. Denver7 | Your Voice stopped inside Fox Dog Coffee to experience the local flavor and community charm firsthand. Steph Hauser and her husband opened the doors to the business in 2019. Since then, they have been serving up coffee drinks and bites to eat.
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“Our biggest mission in building Fox Dog was to create a space where the community could come together, and our biggest motto is love, serve, inspire,” Hauser said. “So, what we do is we sort of want to create the environment for our friends here in Erie to come and feel like they can be loved on, they can be served, but they can also serve and love each other.”
Having been in the business for seven years, Hauser has witnessed the area’s remarkable growth and the community’s generous heart.
“There is nothing like this group of people here in Erie,” Hauser said. “They are so supportive of each other. They are so wanting to do good for their neighbors. We’ve seen that time and time again. We just have such a lucky vantage point from behind the counter here.”…