Cold weather impacting Colorado Springs businesses
Jan 20, 2025
Cars lining the repair shop. With the cold keeping many at home, JM Auto Repairs owner Brad May says his repair center is even busier than normal.We saw about 25 cars today, and a lot of those were dead batteries," May said. "We weren't here on Saturday or Sunday, but Monday... when we came in, we had quite a few voicemails of dead batteries, and then we we had a few towed in as well.In these cool conditions, Mays repair center isnt the only place thats had to keep up.People kind of trek out for us, kind of no matter what the weather, said Black Forest Food's Sous Chef Zach Kimbell.Kimbell said Black Forest Foods was one of the few open stores in Monument Monday. Though the others were closed mainly for the holiday, he said the cafe didnt open Saturday due to conditions, which hasnt happened in a while.On Saturday, we did close," Kimbell said. "It was less of a we're closing because there's not going to be business and more the owners care about us.For these conditions, Kimball says they have a new option for customers: a grab and go section that folks can heat up when theyre snowed in.Meals that you can take home, heat up yourself that way you don't have to worry about it," he added. "So, it's been a big shift, specifically in this last month, to us just kind of gearing more towards those take home meals._______Watch KOAA News5 on your time, anytime with our free streaming app available for your Roku, FireTV, AppleTV and Android TV. Just search KOAA News5, download and start watching.