Aug 31, 2011

I know I am not the only person who tries to leave work a few minutes early to avoid the daily Traffic Jam on I235 heading west or the bottle-neck that is the mixmaster heading North on the East side of town.  I usually tread down Grand Avenue at a snails pace to avoid the back up that is the Polk Blvd. to 63rd Street I235 congestion that usually spawns at...

May 27, 2011

A fire performance, magicians, burlesque, a beer tent, body paint, palm readers, live dance, dime shows and 2 rock concerts within 5 hours on the Court Avenue Bridge; if that doesn’t convince you to come out then you can keep reading below… The Subjective Circus is back this year with its most demanded performances, while relocating to its new...

Mar 18, 2011

Lunch is coming back, and it needed to be.  Nothing demonstrates livelihood in the middle of a midweek business day than our restaurants, cafes, and mom & pop destinations busy with people meeting up. The Downtown Community Alliance’s recently launched Lunch Unplugged Concert Series has also sought out to tackle the need of this, too.  The...

Jan 28, 2010

We all know it, it’s cold. In fact, we have received a record amount of snowfall this winter and today is one of the coldest mornings we have had. Yet, there is room for hope — Of a warmer climate? No, not quite just yet. We do have a little over a month till spring and we still have to wait for the warmer climate. But, there is hope, because we can golf...

Jan 8, 2010

Please find the Friday Guest Blog below, this was written by Shawn Harrington With much planning and anticipation building up through last year, it’s time to kick things off with our official start to the Green Challenge.  As 2010′s Chair of the YPC Impact Downtown Committee, I’ll have the pleasure of leading this with Challenge Coordinator...