Community of shops springs up at Colliers’ Root 67

LeCLAIRE — As customers entered the Root 67 shops during last month’s opening of the new retail project, developers Rodney and Kimberly Collier looked like proud parents surveying the scene.

After all, it had been just under five months since the couple took possession of the long-abandoned building at 423-429 N. Cody Road; gutted it; updated its electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems; installed new windows and…