Children’s Halloween Trick-or-Treating set for Downtown Durango

Merchants/BID/Chamber team up for 4th Annual event to provide safe Halloween activity

Durango, CO – In an effort to provide a safe “trick-or-treat” environment for area children, as well as bring families to Downtown Durango for a Halloween celebration, the Durango Business Improvement District (BID), Durango Chamber of Commerce and Downtown merchants are hosting a “Children’s Halloween,” Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013.
More than 75 Downtown merchants will offer Halloween goodies and surprises between 4 and 6 p.m. for children 10-years-old and younger dressed in costumes and accompanied by an adult.

“This has been a tremendously successful event and we’re looking forward to another great year,” said Pam Glasco, BID community relations coordinator. “Credit for this idea and coordination of the merchants goes to Robert Stapleton, owner of Southwest Sound. The BID and Durango Chamber are pleased to once again partner with Robert and help organize the details and underwrite the event.”
Participating merchants will display bright orange pumpkins in their windows on Halloween to signal their involvement.

[Please find a list of participating merchants, as of press time, following this release.]
“Visit the BID web site (www.downtowndurango.org) for a list of participating merchants, but we expect more to join in the fun. We encourage trick or treaters to keep an eye out for the pumpkins in the windows,” said Stapleton. “Participating merchants are located literally throughout Downtown, from Rio Grande Land, up the side streets and north to 12th St. It’ll be a fun challenge for kids to ‘find’ the pumpkins in the windows.”

Wandering in and out of stores in Downtown will also remind parents of the unique and varied shopping opportunities in Durango, added Glasco. BID and the Chamber are both proponents of “Look Local First” to help sustain Durango’s economy.

For additional information about the Children’s Halloween event, visit www.downtowndurango.org or call 970.375.5067.