I've just completed design of a new site - WebFu. It's my web design site, since I'm trying to go into business for myself as a web developer. I'm not 100% happy with it, but I can tweak the things I don't like as time goes on. In general, it's a much better design than the blog you're reading right now. If you're interested in the technical details, I've posted them in my first blog post on webFu.
Businesses in Cañon City don't seem to understand the value of the internet as a marketing device, and in general they don't seem willing to pay market rate for sites, which makes this difficult for me. Still, I'm going to try. I'm confident that there's nobody else in town who knows as much as I do about web design.
Just keep working them they will come around.