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Gary Todd, a businessman heavily involved in the Colfax community, passed away on Monday. Todd was 69 years old.
He helped form Colfax Pride, a group of community volunteers who took over many events in the town when the Colfax Chamber and the city could no longer afford to fund them.
Ken Delfino, of Colfax Pride, wrote that the town lost a “pillar of society (and) its greatest supporter.”
Todd was well known in the town, and beyond.
Early last year, the Colfax Chamber of Commerce held a community forum titled “Colfax: Ghost Town or Not?” as a way to kick-start an open dialogue between the residents, businesses and city government.
Todd was not shy about making his opinions known at the meeting.
“There’s nobody in town,” he said last year. “Locals are great, but they don’t keep the businesses going. (If something isn’t done,) this town is going to be a ghost town.”
Todd was involved in the restoration of the historic Freight Depot building as well as the Colfax Motel.
At a Colfax City Council public hearing on Tuesday night regarding a proposed sewer increase, a moment of silence was observed in memory of Todd, who was involved in fighting the increase.
Saturday’s Independence Day celebration (Colfax traditionally holds its bash on a day other than the fourth of July) will be dedicated to the memory of Todd.
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