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Park concessionaire founders say Denver ended 21-year contract by email, leaving small business with losses
Summary
Owners and managers of Wheel Fund Rentals told the council that Denver Parks and Recreation emailed in November that the city's concession license would not be renewed after 21 years, forcing equipment write-offs and ending a long-running public-private partnership.
Gino Waszewski, founder of Wheel Fund Rentals, told the council that after operating boat- and bike-rental concessions in Denver parks for 21 years, his company received a four-sentence email in November saying the contract would not be renewed.
"Not a call, not a letter, not a meeting, but an email...and basically says at the end of this season, you're done," Waszewski said, describing the message from the parks department. He said the business had an "impeccable safety record," paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent and taxes over two decades and…
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