From the time Josh Smith was rewinding tapes at his parents’ video rental store when he was 12 years old and getting an internship at an architecture firm in high school to owning his own businesses, he’s been known as a hard worker.

And now, he wants to work hard for Ouray.

If he’s elected to a seat on the city council in November, it wouldn’t be the first time he’s volunteered his time for his chosen home.

Smith, 47, known to locals as the co-owner of O’Toys an...