Party on, Sandpoint
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Downtown Sandpoint hosts two fall festivals on Saturday, Oct. 14: Apple Fest and Harvest Fest. From Farmin Park to City Beach, Shopping District members have …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Downtown Sandpoint hosts two fall festivals on Saturday, Oct. 14: Apple Fest and Harvest Fest. From Farmin Park to City Beach, Shopping District members have …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
According to Business Insider, there are 11 common traits of highly intelligent people: they’re adaptable, they understand how much they don’t know, they are …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As with the nation at large, Sandpoint businesses did a thriving trade as the shopping season started in earnest after Thanksgiving 2020 — all that …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Construction got you down? Head downtown Friday, Oct. 4 from 4-7 p.m. for the Sandpoint Shopping District’s “First Friday Event,” celebrating local merchants affected by …
By Reader Staff
Giving back in Sandpoint is as easy as finding the perfect new outfit or fabulous lamp for your home downtown. On Saturday, April 28, participating merchants will …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When Sandpoint’s Business Improvement District dissolved, so did the funding for downtown’s iconic flower baskets.
To keep the bright tradition going, the Sandpoint Shopping District …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
It’s no secret that there’s something crass and sleazy about Black Friday.
Every year, fights break out, people are trampled and thieves prey upon the …
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