"He went 850 feet down and struck gold; 150 gallons per minute, naturally," Tom Schwein, president and CEO of Deep Rock Water, said.

Residents came to fill their jugs with water from the natural aquifer. Soon thereafter, Kotschis created the Deep Rock Water company which now provides services that extend far beyond Denver.

For decades, a business in Five Points also spelled success for small businessmen in the area.

In a neighborhood formed largely because of housing covenants that relegated minorities to certain areas of the city, African American businessmen often thrived.

"Business was good," Crayton Jones, who has owned C & B cleaners for more than 50 years, said.

In a somewhat controversial point of view, Jones and other long-time Five Points businessmen say the end of housing covenants also brought about the end of big profits.

"Integration hurt. It hurt Five Points bad," Jones said.

"[African American residents] left for bigger places," Charleszine Terry Nelson of the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library said. "So much of the extra income that kept this part of the city going was depleted. Then, they had the downfall [of the neighborhood] where it starts to deteriorate."

New businesses like Blackberries Ice Cream and Coffee Lounge hope to bring back some of the old, successful Five Points.

"I love this neighborhood. I'm very passionate about this neighborhood," Blackberries employee and community activist Jeff Campbell said.

Long-time businessmen like Norman Harris hope to still be in place alongside the new additions to Five Points.

"I think it's a good idea to have a good mixture," Harris said. "Things are changing; you don't want to live in the past."