Downtown
Update
Downtown
Events this week bring Street Closures
Motorists are advised to
be prepared for some changes to traffic routes later this week as
the Annual Sidewalk Days Festival kicks off on Wednesday.
Please keep in mind, Lake Avenue also remains closed
between Superior
Street and First Street for skywalk
construction.
8:00AM
July 8th: Superior
Street will be closed between Lake
Avenue and 4th Avenue
West. The closure extends to
6th Avenue
West later in the day to make way for the
Classic Car Show and Harley Revue. Superior
Street will re-open by 9PM.
8:00AM
July 9th: Superior
Street will be
closed between Lake
Avenue and 4th Avenue
West. Superior
Street will re-open by 6PM, except for
the block between 1st and 2nd Avenues West
where CSL is hosting Rock the Block. That stretch will re-open
by 8PM.
8:00AM
July 10th: Superior
Street will be
closed between Lake
Avenue and 4th Avenue
West. Superior
Street will re-open by
6PM.
7:00PM
July 10th: First
Street will be
closed between 4th and 3rd Avenues West AND
1st and 2nd Avenues West for Street Dances at
Live Downtown and
Aces.
6:00PM
July 11th: Superior
Street will be
closed between 1st and 2nd Avenues West for a
Street Dance at DubhLinn Pub.
DTA buses and the Port
Town Trolley will be detoured off Superior Street between
Lake
Avenue and 5th Avenue
West. Instead, they will be using
Michigan
Street and First Street as alternative
routes on July 8, 9 & 10. On July 11, only eastbound buses
will detour onto Michigan Street after 6PM
between 2nd and 1st Avenues West.
Summer
Fun Has Officially Arrived
2009 Sidewalk Days are
shaping up to be the best ever. Many more of our downtown
merchants will be out on the bricks this year along with a record
number of regional vendors for your shopping
pleasure. A spectacular variety of food vendors
will line the streets as well. Along with our favorites from
past years, brats, gyros, donuts and caramel corn; new and exciting
flavors from the Saigon Cafe and Team Uffda will be offered for the
delight of your taste buds. Fun for the kids is available with
a moonwalk and balloon typhoon with street entertainment for
everyone on every block. Superior Street will be open to
pedestrian traffic from 9 – 5 daily for your shopping, eating and
entertainment pleasure.
Rock
the Block Kicks Off with a Toe Tapping
Success
Popular local band Don’t Panic combined
with a hot summer night to kick off the Rock the Block summer
concert series in front of the Radisson Hotel last Thursday
night. Fans retreated to the shade to tap their toes and enjoy
the show with their refreshing beverages, grilled burgers and hot
dogs. The heat couldn’t keep the dancers in the 350 plus mass in
their seats for long though, halfway through Don’t Panic’s first set
of favorites happy feet could be contained no longer and made their
way to the sun drenched bricks of Superior Street to dance a few
hours away.
The
next free Rock the Block concert is this Thursday, July
9th in the 100 block of West Superior
Street and features blues favorite
Brandon Scott Sellner.
Open
House at the Depot
As St. Louis
County studies
the feasibility to return passenger rail facilities to the Depot,
the public is invited to an Open House on July 8th from
4-6PM. This is an exciting time for the Downtown
area---employees and residents are encouraged to help shape the
future of this plan by sharing ideas on how to accommodate the
service as well as capitalize on the potential for new development
in the surrounding area.
Volunteers
Needed for Bentleyville Tour of Lights
The holiday season isn’t
the only time volunteers are needed for the Bentleyville Tour of
Lights. The major lighting display is coming to Bayfront
Park this year
and hundreds of volunteers are needed to help make it a
success. Lend a hand now to help restore light displays or
pledge your commitment for later in the season. Click here
to fill out an application.
We’re
on Facebook. Are you?
You can
now join the Greater Downtown Council thru your Facebook account.
Just go to the search box in the upper right-hand corner of your
Facebook page and type “Greater Downtown Council” then click “Join”. It’s a
great way to keep posted about downtown news and events. We hope to
see you in cyberspace!
Welcome
New Members 
We are
pleased to recognize the following new members of the
Greater
Downtown Council:
Solglimt
on the Water Bed & Breakfast
Superb
Audio Visual Systems
