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Welcome to Optopolis' BlogSpot Page!

The Optopolis Blog Spot page is about capturing recent events in regard to retail places in Laramie County, especially in Cheyenne, South Greeley, and Ranchettes in Wyoming.

This page shares openings, closings, remodels and renovations, and other retail-related topics and history.

Trending retail topics

A car crashed at the new Senior Center

CHEYENNE - Late at night on July 19th, a car crashed into the fence and retaining wall in front of Laramie County Senior Center's new location on East Pershing Blvd. Recap of recent events I…

Human Bean expanding to 2nd Cheyenne location

CHEYENNE - The Human Bean is still relatively new to Cheyenne, yet they are now expanding to a second location on Yellowstone Road near the old Sutherlands/Kmart building (now occupied by Wyoming D…

E.A.T. Garden breaks ground at the Botanical Gardens

The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens is a public facility in Lions Park that features nine acres of perennial and annual landscapes to explore and a year-round vegetable garden, and now, ground has broken o…

Asher Building receives historic Le Clercq L Jones award

The Cheyenne Historic Preservation Board (CHPB) chose the Asher Building to be the 2026 recipient of the LeClercq Jones Award for Historic Preservation. The property at 500 W 15th St, represented by…

The old Wonder Bread / Hostess Cakes / Bakery Outlet has been demolished.

After many months of anticipation, the old Wonder Bread outlet store at the corner of E Pershing Blvd and Ridge Rd has been demolished. The bakery outlet store was present as soon as 1975 and operat…

Altitude Athletix opens new athletic gym in south Cheyenne

Altitude Athletix is a new gym that just opened at 4010 Quartz Drive, Unit B, between Granite Peak Dr and Clear Creek Parkway (or just under a mile south of the Flying J Travel Center). Altitude Ath…

Bouquets Unlimited, Inc. to close their local Cheyenne store

Bouquets Unlimited, Inc. is a florist shop located at 5709 Yellowstone Rd--the corner of E Carlson St. On May 20th, the shop announced on their social media that their store was having a store-wide …

Tilt’s new 14,000+ sqr ft arcade opens at Frontier Mall

"Tilt / Tilt Studio / Tilted 10, a chain of arcades across North America, has opened their new arcade at Frontier Mall inside of the former Jo-Ann Fabrics store. The new Tilt arcade includes cr…

Wing Shack Wings secures the Godfather’s Pizza building [Cheyenne's Retail Minute]

On May 12th, Number One Properties created a Facebook Post stating that Wing Shack secured the former Godfather’s Pizza on Yellowstone Road. Optopolis confirmed that Wing Shack will relocate from t…

Where has Optopolis been? + Launch of Cheyenne's Retail Minute print blog

Throughout the last five months, there has been a lack of posting to the Optopolis BlogSpot page, and one of the many reasons as to why has to do with the launch of a print-format blog called Cheyen…

Flourish Fitness & Recovery is planning to open a women-only fitness studio [Cheyenne's Retail Minute]

Out on East Carlson Road in the Indian Hills Center Business Professional Plaza, Flourish Fitness & Recovery wants to provide a boutique-style fitness experience for ladies, and they want to bu…

UPDATE: Pyne & Poppy set opening date for their store! [Cheyenne's Retail Minute]

Pyne & Poppy is a newer, locally-owned boutique offering women’s clothing, especially hats, boots, jewelry, scarves, handmade flannels, denim, and camo jackets, and they’ve been working to expa…

First Education FCU breaks ground along S Greeley Hwy [Cheyenne's Retail Minute]

It was back in September 2025 when Optopolis first discovered early plans for a new branch of First Education Federal Credit Union along South Greeley Hwy, but it wasn’t until early this year when …

Luxury Lane Fashion Boutique to sell their place or close [Cheyenne's Retail Minute]

The owner of Luxury Lane Fashion Boutique, Monica, has announced that they will either sell or close their Downtown Cheyenne business. Monica said in a video she posted to social media that their l…

Les Schwab Tire Center’s new S. Greeley shop to open! [Cheyenne's Retail Minute]

According to the Les Schwab website, Les Schwab’s South Cheyenne auto center is set to open on June 10th, 2026. This new location was first reported on the Optopolis BlogSpot page in August 2025 pr…

Penny’s Diner finally reopens after kitchen fire last year [Cheyenne's Retail Minute]

In late June 2025, Penny’s Diner on Stillwater Avenue had a grill fire that resulted in the temporary closure of the restaurant. For many months following the fire, a notice was taped onto the fron…

Dunkin’ Donuts appears to be returning to Cheyenne… finally. [Cheyenne's Retail Minute]

The apparent, soon-to-be Dunkin’, located at the southwest corner of E Pershing Blvd and Ridge Rd, recently broke ground. Some of the pavement and concrete was torn out in a pattern which appears t…

Flydragon Creativity Center relocated to a plaza on Nationway [Cheyenne's Retail Minute]

Flydragon Art Studio, an arts and creativity center, was previously located about one block west of the Downtown West building; their studio offers art classes and more. Flydragon tells Optopolis t…

Cowgirl Jo’s Beauty Co. opened their new skin care studio on Stillwater Ave. [Cheyenne's Retail Minute]

In April, Optopolis discovered new signage being installed on a retail space near Wing Shack. As it turns out, the business is called Cowgirl Jo’s Beauty Co., a boutique spa which offers skin care …

Buster's Pizza & Donair likely replacing S Greeley Pizza Hut [Cheyenne's Retail Minute]

At the end of April, Optopolis discovered newly-hung Buster’s Pizza & Donair signage above the former Pizza Hut on South Greeley Hwy. As it turns out, Buster’s is a Canadian pizza chain with mo…

HealthWorks relocates to Downtown Cheyenne next to bus transfer station [Cheyenne's Retail Minute]

HealthWorks, a non-profit which offers primary medical care, mental and behavioral health services, and affordable prescriptions, recently moved to 506 W 17th St in Downtown Cheyenne; HealthWorks to…

Tilt arcade to open in former Jo-Ann at Frontier Mall [Cheyenne's Retail Minute]

Soon after the 2026 DKG Annual Used Book Sale, construction began inside the former JoAnn at Frontier Mall to make way for Tilt arcade. Tilt Studio/Tilted 10 is a chain of arcades throughout the US;…
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