Bath shop to open in downtown Longmont

LONGMONT — Using the same “pop-up” strategy that worked once before, a Longmont entrepreneur is opening a bath-accessories store in a former downtown restaurant space.

Jennifer Ferguson, owner of the Bricks gift shop at 512 Fourth Ave., will open Beth’s Bath Shoppe – billed as “a storefront entirely dedicated to making getting clean even more fun than getting dirty” – in a space formerly occupied by Smokin Bowls. She said she’ll have a “sneak peek” opening this Saturday and then a grand opening from 2 to 6 p.m. Aug. 13 during a downtown sidewalk sale.

“I love this space right in the…