FORT COLLINS • Few longtime Fort Collins residents feel the sense of pride and community spirit Old Town Fort Collins represents more than Jim Hewitt.
His father opened The Cupboard kitchen supply store in Old Town in 1972. Hewitt, now 49, grew up in the shop, working part-time in high school and summers off from college before eventually taking over the store in 2012.
“It is very satisfying to be part of this vibrant downtown for so long,” Hewitt said during a recent weekday interview with The Gazette. “We really do have a great downtown with a lot of variety of businesses that have been around a long time – you mix in the nightlife, restaurants, and office buildings, and Old Town is really unique.”…