2 stores close, but new ideas
hope to bring life to downtown
Patrons peruse works of art at Makeshift Gallery in downtown Gallup on March 23. The gallery is under new ownership and is part of a growing tide of change in downtown Gallup in the arts community. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Brian Leddy

By Richard Reyes
Staff writer

GALLUP — As two businesses close and create more vacancies downtown, ideas from all angles are forming for renovations, cleanups and new artistic spaces.

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