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1967 Continued from page 8                                chicken salad, pasta salad, pitas and grilled chicken sandwich-
        the “Champagne Lady.”  But when the Irish Tenor, Joe Feeney,   es, salads, and kabobs. When diners hear the word “Mediter-
        came on, my Dad would get up and turn down the volume, and   ranean,” they think the food has to be Greek, but that isn’t the
        we’d laugh hysterically at Joe’s odd facial expressions.  case.  Mediterranean food provides a variety of choices from
                                                                  21 different countries. In an expansion mode to grow across
        Every weekday night during the summer, and I mean EVERY   country, Zoes currently has restaurants in 17 southeastern states
        night; all the neighborhood kids would gather after dinner to   with  its  chief  competitors  being  Chipotle  and  Panera.    Zoes
        play “kick the can.”  Ages of kids ranged from about 5 to 17, but   went public in 2014 at $15 a share valued at $276 million for
        ALL of us were out there, and we were out there EVERY night.    its then 103 stores and a growth target to span the nation with
        It’s where we learned to give the little kids a break every now   1,600 stores.  Three years later they have doubled their stores
        and then.  It’s also where I learned how to climb a street light   and their 2014 sales of $171 million are now approaching $400
        pole using my belt, and learned which fences provided easy   million in annual sales.  Most importantly, Zoes brings another
        access to various roofs in the neighborhood.  When the can got   different taste to Castle Rock!
        kicked, we’d get to yell “Olly Olly Oxen Free.” July 4th was
        always a block party, and the neighborhood Dads would super-                    “Eat Mor Chickin.”  The ever-pop-
        vise all the fireworks, and we’d eat six or seven Eskimo Pie ice                 ular  Castle  Rock  CHICK-FIL-A
        cream bars apiece.                                                              adjacent to Target will be joined by
                                                                                        the  town’s  second  Chick-fil-A  to
        Here’s wishing everyone an enjoyable Independence Day.  No                      be  built
        matter how much time has passed by since our younger days,   �                  at   the
        we NEVER lose the ability to make and enjoy new memories.  Promenade,  across  from  the  new
                                                                  Sam’s Club.  The site has been plat-
                                                                  ted, and the new restaurant should
        WALT’S WORDS                                              open next year.  Founded in 1946,
        Walt Korinke...                                           they  have  over  2,100  restaurants  �
                                                                  spread  across  the  country.    The  very  popular  Atlanta-based
                                                                  chain owes its success to good food, good help and clean, invit-
        COIN ON A HEADSTONE– (a military                          ing stores.
        custom of respect)
        PENNY – a visitor  NICKEL - boot camp                                           7-ELEVEN  has  submitted  a  site
        together                                                                        plan for a 3,000 square foot build-
        DIME – served together    QUARTER – present at death
                                                                                        ing with 6 fueling islands to be built
                                                                                        at the top of the hill in the Prom-
        CASTLE ROCK – PROMENADE – The Promenade factory                                 enade  at  the  southwest  corner  of
                                 shops on the other south side of                       Promenade  Parkway  and  Castle
                                 Lowes where Smashburger and      Rock Parkway.  Known as the father of the “Slurpee,” 7-Eleven
                                 Mod Pizza reside have three more   had its start in 1927 as the “world’s
                                 tenants just opened.  AT&T, the   first convenience store” by selling
                                 2nd largest telephone carrier, has   everyday staples on the dock of a
                                 opened its new store, joining its
        other two competitors, Verizon and Sprint also located at the   Dallas Ice House.  After expanding
                                                                  in  Texas,  it  began  franchising  in
        Promenade.  Next door is the new BELLCO CREDIT UNION      1964.  In 1969, it went internation-
        in its 2,200 square foot space and providing all account service   al with 3,500 units.  Today there are
        and transaction needs including a 24-hour ATM and Express   over 60,000 7-Elevens worldwide still functioning as a conve-
        Teller Machine.  The full service lobby is open from 9 a.m. to   nience store with gasoline pumps.
        6 p.m. (2 p.m. Saturdays) six days a week.   Bellco has been
        around since 1936 and currently has 293,000 members and over                    Now that the Town has completed
        $3.7 billion in assets.  And, next door to Bellco, is BAR NAILS                 Founders  Parkway  renovations  in
        AND SPA which provides manicures, pedicures, eyebrow and                        the area just east of the I-25 exit,
        eyelash services seven days a week opening at 9 a.m. (10 a.m.                   workers  are  now  moving  a  mile
        Sundays).  They also offer a glass of calming wine while you                    down  the  road  to  where  Crow-
        undergo their services.
                                                                                        foot Valley Road intersects with
                                                                                        Founders Parkway, which is the
        In the adjacent new building, the                         heavily trafficked shortcut to the town of Parker.  Plans cur-
        203-restaurant chain ZOES pre-                            rently call for a second left-turn lane from eastbound Found-
        pares to open its ninth Colorado                          er to northbound Crowfoot; an additional left-turn lane from
        store.    The  Plano,  Texas,-based                       southbound  Crowfoot  to  eastbound  Founders;  and  dedicated
        operation  has  a  Mediterranean-
        inspired  menu  which  includes                                                           Continued on page 10
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