Town Square park takes shape

It's one side of a city block filled with dirt and rocks and a 22-foot Colorado spruce. It's surrounded by a 3-foot-high orange, plastic fence. A crushed beer can rests in the earth toward the center.

In three months, this same scene will be the site of Havre's Town Square, a project spearheaded by the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Town Square spans First Street from Third Avenue to Fourth Avenue. It will officially open with a ribbon cutting on Sept. 20, kicking off at the 22nd annual Havre Festival Days.

"It's just going to brighten up the downtown area. It's going to put a little gree...