Downtown Laramie named one of the nation’s top three main streets

Laramie’s historic downtown has been named one of many high three major streets within the nation.

Lately, there’s been an explosion of public artwork in Laramie’s downtown space, from large murals to brightly coloured, stylized bike racks. Throughout that very same time, the downtown space has seen the addition of greater than 100 new companies, and virtually 700 new jobs.

These efforts have now been acknowledged nationally. Foremost Road America, a nationwide group with 1,200 member communities, named Laramie’s downtown one of many nation’s greatest major streets.

Trey Sherwood, the manager director of the Laramie Foremost Road Alliance, stated it is “surreal” to be honored this manner.

“I have been with the group for 12 years, however it’s a collective ‘we’ – all of the group coming collectively to assist this work,” she stated.

Sherwood credit everybody from town council to her volunteers for incomes Laramie this award. She stated the award acknowledges Laramie’s holistic method to financial improvement, from public artwork to public occasions.

“It wasn’t only one factor however a number of methods that constructed resiliency for our companies,” Sherwood stated. “The whole lot from the Laramie Mural Undertaking – public artwork, beautification that attracts guests to come back downtown, store and discover – to the Cowboy Money program that we initiated through the pandemic.”

The Laramie Foremost Road Alliance gives one-on-one teaching for small enterprise homeowners, tracks downtown property values and even helps with lease negotiations. It is supported by the Wyoming Enterprise Council.