A lack of parking due to a bike lane put in last year, and construction across the street on Interstate 35W and the 26th Street Bridge, led to the owners of Once Upon a Crime feeling the economic pinch.

But the business - which specializes in mystery genres - mounted a GoFundMe campaign, and its customers came through - raising almost all of the $50,000 the store was seeking.

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Store owner Devin Abraham said the store is just over $1,000 shy of its goal.

And that means it will remain in its same location in the Whittier/Uptown Area.

"So many small businesses are closing, and it feels weird to ask people to donate money to a business," Abraham said. "I mean that is just a bit odd. But obviously, people thought it was worth saving."

