Right in the heart of Denver's Globeville neighborhood is one building with two operations serving the community .

"We've been a pillar in this community for 15 years," said Denver Scrap Metal owner George Medley.

In addition to the scrap yard, Medley owns the food bank attached to it, which partners with Food Bank of the Rockies. The scrapyard helps fund the food it supplies to the community.

"Part of our model is to serve the community by supplying jobs," said Medley. "But also, this food bank."

George Medley says a new ban on cash sales for scrap metal in Denver will harm both his scrapyard, which employs people, and the adjacent food bank that he owns, which feeds people. CBS

Darrell Wallace has been coming to Medley's operation for over a decade. He regularly sells to the s

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