DENVER — South Broadway’s annual Halloween Parade brings the community out every fall. In fact, organizers like Caitlin Braun say it was “bigger, better than ever this year.”

“It's just so cool to see the energy on the street like that,” she told Denver7 on Monday.

The parade brings out more fun than frights. But for some in the funky, offbeat Baker neighborhood, the future can be a little scary.

“We're losing a lot of anchor businesses in this neighborhood,” said Spencer Madison, co-owner of Sputnik on South Broadway. “Expenses are going up all around.”

“We do see people in the alleys, we do see broken windows, we do see a lot of drug use, things like that that make people feel unsafe sometimes, and also are a hindrance to people trying to operate their businesses,” Braun said.

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