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

Merchants/BID/Chamber/City team up for 3rd 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, Downtown merchants and the City of Durango are hosting a “Children’s Halloween,” Wednesday, Oct. 31.

More than 80 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, Durango Chamber and City of Durango are pleased to once again partner 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, to the side streets and Second Ave. and north to about 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, the Chamber and the City are all 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.

The Durango Business Improvement District was formed in 1997 with a goal and mission to support businesses within the District by assisting with special event marketing, providing research on topics of concern to the District (facilities, special events, best practices), planning and development of new facilities, and providing capital budget for equipment that enhances business in the District. Funding is generated by a 2 mill levy on property owners within the district, with additional marketing dollars contributed by the City of Durango and Durango Area Tourism Office.

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Children’s Halloween Trick-or-Treat
Participating Merchants (as of press time)
Access Wireless
Affordable Framing
Alpine Bank
Animas Trading
Appaloosa Trading Co
A Shared Blanket
Bank of the San Juans
Beads & Beyond
BLU
Brown’s Sport Shoes
Carver Brewing Co.
Casa Décor
Castille Creations
Cold Stone Creamery
Community Concert Hall Ticket Office (Durango Welcome Center)
Cowboy Trading Company
Cowgirls
Dancing Willow Herbs
Del Sol
Diamond Circle Gifts
Dreams of Tibet
DSP
Duranglers
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Durango Coffee Co.
Durango Olive Oil Company
Durango Sports Zone
Durango Toy Depot
Durango Trading Post
Durango T-Shirt Company
Earthbound Trading Company
El Rancho Tavern
Eureka Clothing
Four Leaves Winery
Fuzziwigs Candy Factory
Gardenswartz
Get Fused Glass Studio
Giddy-Up 409
Gloss
Half Price Tees
Inferno Boards
Karyn Gabaldon Gallery
Katzin Music
Kids Rock
Lanka Blue Jewelry
Magpies Newsstand
Maria’s Bookshop
Montego Bay Company
Mountain Bike Specialists
Music in the Mountains
Oohs & Aahs
Open Shutter Gallery
Original Red Dirt Shirts
Out of the Blue
Pine Needle Mountaineering
Radio Shack
Rio Grande Trading Company
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
San Juan Anglers
Seasons Rotisserie & Grill
Silk Sparrow
Sorrel Sky Gallery
Southwest Sound
Spaaah Shop & Day Spa
Steaming Bean
Stuarts of Durango
Sutcliffe Vineyards Tasting Room
Taylor Raymond Jewelry
The Shirt Off My Back
There’s No Place Like Home
Tippy Canoe
Top That Frozen Yogurt
Trinkets & Treasures
T-Shirt Company
Urban Market
Verell’s Fabric Studio
Wells Group
Wildshots Gallery
Y.E.S.S. The Book Hutch
Your Flesh Tattoo