Cool off

Dear shop owners of downtown Durango, please close your doors during business hours.

I know it may seem more inviting to tourists, but for a progressive community that prides itself on a love of the outdoors and that also believes global warming is real, I encourage you to keep the cold in and the hot out.

I love spending my money locally rather than online, and it does feel great to walk into an air-conditioned store on a hot, summer day. But to see the doors wide open, and to know all of those resources are being wasted, makes me not want to shop at your stores.

So, if you’re not running on solar energy, please keep your doors closed.

Thanks for keeping Durango local and vibrant. I appreciate our downtown area, but we can do better.

– Trish Lemke, Durango