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Joe and Ruby Meyer opened Meyer Hardware & Sporting Goods in 1945 on Washington Avenue in Golden, Colorado. Its last location was 1103 Arapahoe Street. The business closed permanently on September 25, 2021. It went through eight expansions in its 76-year history. The following ran in the "Golden Transcript" July 23, 2021: Steve Schaefer has never known a day without Meyer Hardware. His grandfather, Joe Meyer, purchased the store he would rename after himself in 1945, several years before Steve was even born. But Steve joined him there as soon as he could. "I started here when I was 10 years old," Steve said. "After school, I'd walk across the creek and come over here and clean the bathrooms and mop the floor and put different things together like tricycles and wheelbarrows." But now, after 56 years of working at the store, including 25 as its president after he took over for his own parents, Harold and Marilyn Schaefer, Steve said the time has come for him to move on. So Meyer Hardware is slated to close for good at the end of September. "I'm just tired and that's strictly it," said Steve. "I'm almost 67 and I've really been kind of married to the store so it's time to rekindle my marriage with my wife and spend more time with my family and my nine grandchildren." While Steve said he feels strongly that now is the right time to move on, he said the decision to close has been a "deeply emotional one." He had originally hoped to find a buyer for the business. Although he did have several conversations with people who expressed some initial interest, he never found a viable buyer. "It is disappointing to not be able to continue the legacy," he said. The family's ownership of the store lasted three generations. |
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