{"id":98129,"date":"2018-09-04T16:39:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T22:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/browns-country-store-keeps-family-run-businesses-in-style\/"},"modified":"2018-09-04T16:39:57","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T22:39:57","slug":"browns-country-store-keeps-family-run-businesses-in-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/browns-country-store-keeps-family-run-businesses-in-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown\u2019s Country Store keeps family-run businesses in style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Roy Brown, owner of Brown\u2019s Country Store in Mancos, says of running the store: \u201cIt\u2019s really, really fun, this whole situation. I really like what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/span>Alex Semadeni\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Tucked away in the Mancos Valley a mile east of Mancos along U.S. Highway 160, sits Brown\u2019s Country Store. The store, run by Roy Brown and his wife, Nina, has been serving the Mancos community for three years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a family-owned business,\u201d owner Roy Brown said. \u201cMy wife and I are the only workers. It\u2019s a tough way to live, but we enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though it\u2019s a difficult lifestyle, Brown enjoys the independence and the interaction with the animals. He also enjoys the people he gets to meet during the summer. The store serves as an entrance to the town of Mancos to travelers from Durango.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur little store in Mancos is the most amazing place ever,\u201d he said. \u201cI have doctors, lawyers, farmers, dental assistants come in. I have ex-football players, famous artists, famous authors come into that store.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I\u2019m sure that the same thing happens at Walmart or whatever, but we actually have the chance to meet them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Every Saturday, Brown drives over to Durango for the farmers market, where he sells lamb, pork, chicken, cucumbers and tomatoes. Nina bakes pies and other fresh-baked goods for the market as well.<\/p>\n

The customers who the couple has met at the farmers market have regularly traversed to Mancos to come into the store, he said.<\/p>\n

This summer has been particularly tough on the store because of the drought and the 416 Fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tourism is down to almost nothing,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we already don\u2019t see that much in Mancos. It\u2019s really hurt us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, the couple marches on.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really, really fun, this whole situation,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI really like what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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