Through the rest of fall, two calendars are running at once in Downtown Littleton. One is the district's Halloween and holiday lineup, with skeletons on the lampposts, ghost tours, trick-or-treating and the Candlelight Walk. The other is the City of Littleton's Prince Street Link project. It began construction this fall along South Prince Street between West Lake Avenue and West Alamo Avenue, and the city expects traffic impacts there through spring 2027.
The two calendars share a street. Prince Street is the corridor that serves the RTD Littleton/Downtown Station, and one of October's signature events starts there. So for the next two months, getting around downtown means using Main Street and the shops along it, while the western edge of the district is being rebuilt.
What is being rebuilt, and how far the finish date has moved
The Prince Street Link is a safety and accessibility project. Its centerpiece is a reconstruction of the Prince Street and Church Avenue intersection. That work includes new concrete roadway near the intersection, wider sidewalks, ADA-compliant curb ramps, bike lanes, and signal equipment with leading pedestrian intervals. The signals are also built for future transit signal priority. North of the Prince Street Bridge, the asphalt is being replaced with concrete pavement. New curb ramps are also planned at the RTD bus stop driveways and at West Lake Avenue.
The city lists Downtown Littleton, Arapahoe Community College and the light rail station among the destinations the project is meant to connect better. The July 21 City Council packet named FNF Construction, Inc. as the lowest responsive bidder and put the proposed construction contract at $1,737,077. Under the packet's funding plan, a $615,000 CDOT Safer Main Streets grant covers part of the cost, and city impact fees, sales tax capital funds and the Capital Reserve Fund cover the rest.
The completion date has changed with each city update:
| City document | Date published | Expected finish |
|---|---|---|
| City Council meeting packet | July 21, 2026 | October 2026 |
| Littleton Links bulletin | September 18, 2026 | February 2027 |
| Project page and "In the Works" update | October 2, 2026 | Spring 2027 |
The September 18 bulletin laid out the timing. It said some impacts "will occur during the busy fall and holiday season and continue into the winter." It also told drivers to expect "lane and intersection impacts, and possible delays along South Prince Street" and asked people heading downtown to plan ahead. The October 2 update describes the traffic impacts in general terms and notes that project dates are subject to change and weather.
The ghost tour that starts at the station
Friends of 444 runs Haunts of Littleton, which is in its 24th year. Tours run October 16, 17, 23 and 24, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., with ten tours a night. Each one is an hour-long walk through downtown's "dark streets and alleys," mixing local history with reported encounters and some tongue-in-cheek humor. The event listing gives the meeting address as RTD Littleton/Downtown Station, 5777 S. Prince St.
The city expects lane and intersection impacts on that stretch of Prince Street all season. That gives the light rail a practical use this month, since the train stops at the tour's meeting point and spares a search for parking on a street that is being rebuilt. Tickets are sold through hauntsoflittleton.com.
A trail detour adds walkers to the same street
A second project sends more people onto Prince Street on foot. The City of Englewood has started Reach 2A of its City Ditch Piping Project, which replaces open ditch with buried pipe for Englewood's water supply. The work requires a complete closure of the Littleton Community Trail between Ridge Road and Lower Ridgewood Park. The posted detour runs along West Euclid Avenue, South Prince Street and West Ridge Road. The Lee Gulch Trail in Lower Ridgewood Park is partly closed while equipment crosses the park.
The city's October 2 notice says the closures were expected to begin the week of October 5 and reopen in spring 2027. Englewood's contractor on the work is Hudick Excavating Inc. Both projects use the same spring 2027 window. For the rest of this fall and through the winter, people walking or biking from the trail now share Prince Street with a construction zone.
Two other downtown jobs were close to done but not confirmed finished as of the city's October 2 update. The Main / Alamo / Prince Bridge Fence Repairs were "nearing completion." The city said it would post on social media once the temporary fencing on the Main Street bridge comes down. Phase 2 of the Euclid Avenue Multimodal Improvements, which the city calls Littleton's first "complete street," had finished paving. Crews were still installing speed cushions and signage and doing landscape and concrete work.
Main Street carries October
The rest of the Halloween calendar happens on Main Street and in the shops along it, away from the work zone. The anchor is the new Bones About Town display, which put more than 25 skeletons on downtown lampposts for October. Visitors scan the QR codes on the skeletons' oversized toe tags to enter drawings. There are $100 gift card drawings on October 10, 17, 24 and 31, and a $250 grand prize on Halloween. Prizes are good at a participating downtown business of the winner's choice. Entries are capped at 25 unique skeletons per week.
Here is the rest of the merchant calendar for the coming weeks, as published in Downtown Littleton's October 6 seasonal guide:
- Wednesdays and Thursdays, all month: Tonic Zero Proof Bar runs craft and movie nights on Wednesdays and horror movies with spooky trivia on Thursdays.
- October 14, noon to 8 p.m.: Uptown & Country holds a Halloween "Boo-tique" Open House.
- October 15 and 25: Outlanes Pinball members get free play. The shop's Fall League started October 7 with a minimum $1,000 prize pool.
- October 16 and 23, 6 to 8 p.m.: Little Man Ice Cream hosts BOO-NGO, with Monster Sundaes among the prizes.
- October 24: Tonic Zero Proof Bar hosts a spooky slumber party and murder mystery.
- October 29: Outlanes Pinball holds a ladies tournament and costume contest.
- October 30, 7 to 9 p.m.: Little Man's third annual Monster Mash Costume Ball, with the costume contest at 8 p.m.
- October 31: Tonic hosts a Halloween party, Outlanes holds a Halloween Costume Tournament, and Ned Kelly's starts its live entertainment and costume contest at 9 p.m.
Goblin Giveout falls on Sunday, October 25, with costume-friendly trick-or-treating at participating shops and restaurants. Downtown Littleton's own pages list two start times. The event page says noon to 4 p.m., and the October 6 guide says 1 to 4 p.m. Both include the 1 to 4 p.m. window. Reinke Brothers' Haunted Mansion has been a downtown tradition for more than 50 years. It runs through the month and offers a "lights on" tour for younger or more cautious visitors.
New storefronts give the month more stops
A few business changes this fall added more places to stop downtown. Leaves on Main, an indoor plant shop that also sells books and plant-related goods, opened September 5 at 2699 Main Street, the Littleton Independent reported. It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Lewis and Cluck, which sells chicken feed and supplies, has moved back downtown to 5827 S. Rapp Street after several years on South Broadway, according to the Littleton Independent. Its hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Two existing shops are also working together for the first time at this scale. iN-TEA and Spell Books are running a "Cozy Season" promotion through November, with themed teas, cross-store discounts, poetry nights and author signings in November, the Littleton Independent reported. Spell Books is also hosting a free Halloween story time for kids, and sign-up details are on its website.
November keeps the work zone in play
The construction will still be underway when the holiday season starts. The Candlelight Walk is Friday, November 27, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., per the city's event page. The parade starts at 6:30 p.m. Santa then lights the big tree in Bowles Plaza, and a drone show follows over the Melting Pot at the west end of Main Street. Small Business Saturday follows on November 28.
Under every finish date the city has published since September, Prince Street will still be under construction that weekend. The city's own bulletin named the holiday season as part of the impact window. For the Candlelight Walk, the light rail is again a practical way in.
Hudson Holidays at Hudson Gardens opens the same night, November 27, and runs through January 3, 2027. It includes a sensory-friendly night on December 2. An any-day ticket presale runs November 6 through 8, and dated tickets go on sale November 9. The city points to LittletonCO.gov/Prince-Street-Link and the Public Works line at 303-795-3863 for updates, and its Cone Zone page tracks road work across Littleton.
When the Prince Street Link is finished, the streets near the station will have wider sidewalks, bike lanes and upgraded signals. If you own a home near downtown and want to know how changes like these figure into its value, The Corbitt Group can prepare a free home valuation for your street.
