Laramie Shopping

Since May of 2010, 14 businesses downtown have made improvements to the exterior of their buildings.

Halloween is just over a month away and if you're planning on dressing up then it's time to start planning your costume. Once you've decided what you are going to be for this festive holiday, the next step is deciding just how you're going to pull it off.

Finding the perfect Halloween costume just got a little easier for everyone in Laramie. Spirit Halloween has opened a Laramie location at 320 S 5th St. where Ashley Furniture used to be.

In the span of a few weeks, three new art galleries will open in historic downtown Laramie bringing the total of new businesses to open downtown since January 2010 to 30.

Works of Wyoming (WOW) has been spotlighting and selling unique, Wyoming-made gifts, crafts and artwork for years, but now they get to do so from a downtown location. The WOW gift shop and gallery has moved to 211 1st Street.

Can you find Waldo? To celebrate Waldo's 25th anniversary, he will be hiding in twenty local businesses in historic downtown Laramie throughout the month of July. Those who spot him can win Waldo themed prizes as well as gifts from local business.

Not only is it road construction season in Laramie, it's also time to get out and start on those home improvement projects that have been lingering all winter. Whether it's spring cleaning, cleaning up the yard or painting the house, there always seems to be a never ending list of things to do.

Alexander’s Fine Jewelry recently asked the students of the various elementary schools in Laramie to create a piece of artwork that depicted what they loved most about their moms. The invitation was extended to all elementary schools in Albany County; participating institutions include Slade, Beitel, Linford, Rock River and Spring Creek Elementary, Snowy Range Academy and the University of Wyoming Lab School.

Some people wish that more big box stores would come to Laramie so there would be more variety in shopping in Laramie. However, if you take the time to stroll through downtown, you will find a many more unique--and sometimes a little weird--products than you would ever find in a Target or Macy's.

This week we took a few moments to sit down with one of Laramie's newest businesses, High Country Heirlooms. Chances are that you might not have heard of them yet as the business just opened in January of this year and has been building their wood furniture inventory ever since. More specifically High Country Heirlooms produces custom hope and blanket chests along with a few other products.