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Downtown Trick-or-Treat: Kids take over Main Street with Candy Crawl

Over 60 local businesses, with the help of Montrose DART, transformed Main Street yesterday into a Trick-or-Treat haven for this year's Halloween Candy Crawl.

By Cassie Knust | Montrose Business Times

November 1, 2024

Superheroes, ghouls, spooky dolls and more flooded downtown Montrose on Thursday as children and families walked the annual Candy Crawl. The annual trick-or-treating fest has historically taken place on Halloween morning, but this year, the event moved to the afternoon to allow for school-aged child...

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Friends of the Black Canyon resurrected, birthday bash coming soon

By Justin Tubbs | MBT

October 9, 2024

After going inactive and dissolving over the past two years, the Friends of Black Canyon National Park is relaunching with new leadership, and the fundraising organization is looking to kick things off with a bang. “Because it went dormant for more than two years, (former president Joel Evans) basic...

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Montrose Oktoberfest on tap for this weekend at Rotary Amphitheater

By Tonya

September 26, 2024

The 19th edition of the Montrose Oktoberfest is coming this Saturday to the Montrose Rotary Amphitheater at Cerise Park, from 1 to 5 p.m. On tap will be beers from 15 different vendors, including a couple that haven’t been to the Montrose Oktoberfest before, according to the Black Canyon Homebrewers...

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Liquor licenses approved for three businesses, including new Cascade Avenue bar

By Justin Tubbs Montrose Business Times

September 5, 2024

Montrose City Council Tuesday night approved liquor licenses for three businesses: two restaurants and a bar. San Juan Coffeehouse, soon to change to San Juan Brews, is an existing business at 512 E. Main St. That business was recently sold, and the new owners plan to serve beer at the location. Cit...

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Food trucks, Saturdays… and a local fly shop featured on popular series

By Kevin Clay | DART on Point

August 8, 2024

The Summer of ’24 might go down as the summer of food trucks in Montrose! Discussion around these tasty treat trailers dominated a healthy portion of the August meeting. This year, on the third Thursday of each summer month, DART sponsors The Truck Stop on Block 93. Block 93 is the colloquial name f...

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Rathbone Hotel and Parlor Bar the culmination of a historic preservation project

By Montrose Business Times

July 5, 2024

Wednesday, July 3 was the eve of the Fourth of July holiday, and the start of the weekend for many. But there was more than one reason to celebrate, as two years of work came to a head in the unveiling of the newly restored Rathbone Hotel. Around 100 people lined the sidewalk and braved the heat on ...

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Montrose Children’s Museum is open this weekend

By Tonya

June 29, 2024

The Montrose Children's Museum is open this weekend, for the first time. Visitors can swing by or pre-register online for the chance to win prizes. The ribbon cutting was at 10:30 this morning. The museum has exhibits for kids at 221 Colorado Ave, Unit A. At the head of the planning is Mallory Shaff...

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PHOTOS: Despite rain, foodies flocked to Block 93 last week for the first ‘Montrose Truck Stop’

By Tonya

June 28, 2024

The Block 93 "Montrose Truck Stop" event on June 20 saw plenty of patrons, despite rainy weather. The event was the first in a series of four. Every third Thursday of the month, through September, various food trucks — local and from out of town — will visit the block to give customers tons of optio...

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A Time to Dance celebrates 20 years as a studio

By Justin Tubbs | MBT

May 23, 2024

In 2004, Catherine Frates was working as a babysitter. She had recently left dance instruction behind and was content with the way things were going. That was until, one day, she pulled into a space for rent and looked through the window. “I could see my grandmother’s studio, which was weird,” Frate...

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Montrose Children’s Museum is getting a permanent space, a 15-exhibit interactive space for kids

By Tonya

May 16, 2024

A culmination of two year’s worth of effort, Montrose Children’s Museum, a local non-profit, will open a permanent space this summer. The museum will be a 15-exhibit, interactive space for kids at 221 Colorado Ave, Unit A. At the head of the planning is Mallory Shaffer, the founder and executive dir...

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New ‘SMART’ bus route will take Montrose commuters to and from Telluride

By Justin Tubbs | MBT

November 20, 2024

Commuters to and from Telluride will likely soon have a new way to get to work. The San Miguel Authority for Regional Transportation, or SMART, has in...

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Kevin Saff offers Montrose an Un-Garnished menu

After two decades managing kitchens across the country, chef and Ridgway resident Kevin Saff is introducing his own mobile kitchen, Ungarnished Kitchen and Catering Limited.

By Cassie Knust | MBT

November 12, 2024

Kevin Saff was only 15 when he worked his first kitchen job washing dishes at a local bar and grill in Bradenton, Florida. While the now-chef and Ridg...

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County unearths 100 years of history and community with time capsule

By Cassie Knust | MBT

November 12, 2024

Montrose County unveiled a time capsule capturing a century of local history from the historic county courthouse last Thursday. The capsule was origin...

FFA students push for agriculture awareness at Business and STEMposium

By Cassie Knust | MBT

November 13, 2024

Montrose High School’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter advocated for agricultural awareness and career pathways at last week’s 7th Annual MEDC...

Tacos and Beer expands with second location on Main Street

Tacos and Beer’s new Main Street location is open seven days a week at 1135 East Main Street in Montrose.

By Cassie Knust | Montrose Business Times

November 6, 2024

Tacos and Beer has been a prime hotspot in Montrose for taco enthusiasts since opening in 2020. Now, co-owners Patricia Marquez and her husband, Marti...

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