In the News
April 24, 2026
Jamestown residents and business owners have launched a fundraising campaign to buy and preserve a building that has been the geographic and social heart of the town for more than a century. (Shay Castle, The Mountain Ear)
May 29, 2026
The Jamestown Mercantile has been a staple of Jamestown, Colorado, for over a century. KGNU’s Lily Sharp sat down with Rainbow Shultz, owner and manager at the Merc, to learn more about the fight to save this community space.
May 30, 2026
Rainbow Shultz is the chef-owner of the Jamestown Mercantile Cafe. The Merc’s home, built sometime around 1896, according to History Colorado, is on the market for $1.5 million, and Shultz has created a nonprofit that on May 1 was given an exclusive right to purchase it. She says the beloved space helps anchor the small community of 300 where everybody knows everyone’s name. (Tracy Ross, The Colorado Sun)
June 2, 2026
The 130-year-old Jamestown Mercantile may be the coolest local eatery you’ve never been to. I stopped in for Italian fare and a chat about the Save The Merc effort. (Jon Lehndorff, Boulder Reporting Lab)
The Daily Camera
Residents of Jamestown in Boulder County are working to buy the property home to The Jamestown Mercantile Cafe. (NEXT 9 News)