The Gulch: Downtown Helena — Local services in Helena

Downtown Helena is beautiful. It is full of interesting buildings from the time when Helena was a very wealthy town because of all of the gold discovered in the area. It has great restaurants and the walking mall is beautiful. I live in the Denver area and like to occasionally visit the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder. I like this mall as least as much as the Pearl Street Mall, if not better because it is not so packed full of people and actually has what appears to be mostly, if not all, locally owned shops,...

Downtown Helena is really cool. The 1800’s architecture is some of the best I’ve seen in the north west but it’s not tourist friendly. Very little free parking and we were hoping for a shopping district but didn’t find it. Many if not most of the businesses are private offices or they are empty or closed. Helena has the infrastructure to be the most amazing downtown experience you’ve ever seen but it’s...

Fascinating to drive through! I find downtown Helena has a very unique look and layout compared to other...