NEDERLAND, Colo. — Three weeks after a fire devastated nearly two dozen businesses in a Nederland shopping center, one shop owner is preparing to reopen at a new location thanks to overwhelming community support.

John Thompson, owner of Mountain Man Outdoor Store , will reopen his business on Halloween after losing his building and all of his inventory in the Caribou Village fire on Oct. 9. His new location, dubbed "Mountain Man 2.0," sits across the street from where his original store once stood.

"I could have waited til the insurance came through and then try to find someplace in April," Thompson said. "But I just, I'm not the person that can sit down and wait."

The Nederland community couldn't wait to help him either.

Since securing his new location, Thompson's shop door has be

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