Slideshows
2007 Updates on Downtown Properties
Check out the following next time you're downtown! (Not listed in any particular order.)
1. SOL A Modern Shoe Source opens up at 103 E. Second Street.
2. Wyoming National Apartments nears completion and set to open sometime in November.
3. East of the Re/Max building on Center Street, the old power plant quonset building is torn down. Bricks are recycled. Additional parking and small storage area added.
4. The Book Exchange has exterior remodel which includes shielded entrance and new paint.
5. Intermountain Building, 200 N. Wolcott, is turned into a downtown rental space facility.
6. Renovations continue on the upper level of the Pan Am Building, 152 N. Wolcott.
7. Four new alley lights are added for pedestrian friendliness.
8. Wells Fargo resurfaces their parking around the First Street bank and drive-thru bank, plus installs three new planters on Durbin Street parking lot entrance.
9. Mossholders paints their exterior and puts up new signs.
10. First Interstate Bank spruces up their drive-thru by removing old ATM hut. They also dress up their plaza on the corner of First & Center with beautiful flower planters and colorful hanging flower baskets.
11. Wind City Books takes over the old Moody Brews location with a large inventory of regular & discounted books, coffee, tea, and small gift items.
12. The House of Sushi opens its doors in late September adding an international flair to 260 S. Center Street.
13. Rising Lotus moves from Odd Fellows Bldg. to 132 W. Collins.
14. Home Sweet Home, 319 W. Yellowstone, gets new roof and exterior paint.
15. UBS remodels 5th Floor at 123 W. First Street.
16. Dragonfly Beads relocates to & dresses up 201 E. Second St., 2nd floor of Atrium.
17. J Prentice Travel Agency move into and remodel 208 S. Center St.
18. Farmers Insurance Agency - Bret Drury renovates the old Louis Shoe Repair @ 261 S. Center.
19. A New Creation beauty shop opens its doors in Market Square.
20. Precious Portraits moves into 144 E. Midwest, Suite 109.
21. Blackberry Mountain Gift Shoppe expands in the old Harris Clock Repair shop doubling their merchandise & their presence on Center St.
22. The Woman's Heart moves to 120 E. Second Street and invites groups to help dress one of their streetfront windows.
23. GSA of Wyoming paint panels which will be temporarily displayed on Taubert's old Woolworth building's exterior.
24. New upper level windows are put in the old Woolworth building.
25. FC Outlet storefront paint is cleaned off & reveals white marble accents underneath.
26. The Rialto installs new windows in the upper level.
27. Sprecher's Lighting Supply also puts in new upstairs windows.
28. Construction fencing goes up around the Townsend Hotel parking area.
29. Donells Candies now serves homemade ice cream!
30. Finally, the slideshow ends with several photos of the flowers of summer - thank you to all of you who planted and cared for them!
*If I've missed your update, please call 235-6710
Banner Ideas for Downtown
Here are some banners from WA town - sponsor's names appear on bottom of each banner.
Business Is Blooming
A community wide flower planting contest with a traveling trophy for the annual winner. Two main catagories: in-ground and container plantings with sub-catagories. For more information, call Catherine Walworth at 307-267-7714 or contact the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee at 307-234-5311.
Photos of Murals as Ideas for Downtown Casper
Here are a few photos taken in March 2007 while in WA for the National Main Street Conference. This is what one community's idea of murals. The photo of the coffee shop is really to show how the downtown handled a vacant property's blank walls - by creating a mural of store fronts, the streetscape flows and isn't abruptly interrupted by blank walls or empty showcase windows - which as we all know are not pedestrian friendly. What a great way to engage our local artists and keep the flow of our downtown streets looking vibrant!
PIGEON POWER POINT FOR DDA
Thanks to Michael J. Pipas, Wildlife Disease Biologist with USDA/APHIS Wildlife Services, 6731 W Coal Rd,
Box 59, Casper, 261-5336 (off), 258-6993 (cell). The power point is educational and instructional for property owners and the general public as well. Check it out, and please, DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS! Thank you.
TASTE OF DOWNTOWN 2005 & 2006
Photos of the 2005 and 2006 Taste of Downtown compliments of Michelle Hampton, Event Coordinator.
Vermont community creates historic downtown banners....
Thanks to the NIC's 40th Banner Year, Casper now has downtown lamp post banner brackets. The colorful and artistic collection that currently graces Second Street will come down in October 2007. What would you like to see go up in there place? Do historic downtown Casper photo banners appeal to you? If so, would you be willing to sponsor a historical banner and have your name on the banner, too?
