Up and Coming Weekly is a weekly publication in Fayetteville, NC and Fort Bragg, NC area offering local news, views, arts, entertainment and community event and business information.
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4 UCW DECEMBER 27, 2017 - JANUARY 2, 2018 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM PUBLISHER'S PEN STAFF PUBLISHER Bill Bowman Bill@upandcomingweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Stephanie Crider editor@upandcomingweekly.com OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Paulette Naylor accounting@upandcomingweekly.com ASSISTANT EDITOR Leslie Pyo leslie@upandcomingweekly.com SENIOR REPORTER Jeff Thompson news@upandcomingweekly.com SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR Earl Vaughan Jr. GRAPHIC DESIGNER Elizabeth Long art@upandcomingweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS D.G. Martin, Pitt Dickey, Margaret Dickson, John Hood, Erica Walls, Jim Jones, Shanessa Fenner, Paul Hall, Lau- ren Vanderveen SALES ADMINISTRATOR/ DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Laurel Handforth laurel@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING/SALES Linda McAlister Brown linda@upandcomingweekly.com ––––––––––– Up & Coming Weekly www.upandcomingweekly.com 208 Rowan St. P.O. Box 53461 Fayetteville, NC 28305 PHONE: (910) 484-6200 FAX: (910) 484-9218 Up & Coming Weekly is a "Quality of Life" publication with local features, news and information on what's happening in and around the Fayetteville/Cumberland County community. Up & Coming Weekly is published weekly on Wednesdays. Up & Coming Weekly wel- comes manuscripts, photographs and artwork for publication consideration, but assumes no responsibility for them. We cannot accept responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or material. Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. The publisher reserves the right to edit or reject copy submitted for publication. Up & Coming Weekly is free of charge and distributed at indoor and outdoor locations throughout Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Pope Air Force Base, Hope Mills and Spring Lake. Readers are limited to one copy per person. ©2007 by F&B Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of editorial or advertisements without permission is strictly prohibited. Cover art/Various ads with art graphics designed with various elements from: vecteezy.com and freepik.com. BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, UP & COMING WEEKLY. COMMENTS? BILL@upandcomingweekly.com. (910) 484-6200. Cool Spring Downtown District's gift to Cumberland County by BILL BOWMAN I've always contended that any success- ful community needs a healthy and vibrant downtown. Our community is no different. I recently had the pleasure of read- ing a newsletter and holiday update from the Cool Spring Downtown District president and CEO, Mark Regensburger. The CSDD organization is poised to market and promote the arts, entertain- ment and cultural events in downtown Fayetteville. His report was an incredibly de- tailed, comprehensive and uplifting account of the activities and development progress downtown. It included construction updates, current activities and events, new business acknowledgments, progress reports deal- ing with concerns, and neighborhood issues. It also included help- ful information about city and county govern- ment services and of- fices, hours of operation and a comprehensive list of activities for young and old alike. This newsletter had substance. It was writ- ten professionally and articulately with a tone of hospitality and so- phistication any reader would find inviting. It was exactly the kind of message and image of Fayetteville that community advocates would like to dupli- cate and disseminate throughout Fort Bragg and Cumberland County. It was so re- freshing to read such an upbeat account of what's going on in the downtown community. I couldn't help but think how handi- capped so many organizations that work to improve the community and highlight its positives are in communi- cating this message to residents, visitors and guests throughout Cumberland County. This is valuable information that needs to be shared and broadcast to all the people in Cumberland County. Unfortunately, even though the inten- tions are to communicate outwardly to the residents of the county, the mes- sage remains quite obscure. The story of Fayetteville is just not getting out. Hopefully, Mark and CSDD will address this in the near future. They need to get their message out. As informative as Regensburger's newsletter was, I had to take exception to its title, which exposed the problem: "Holiday Newsletter From Our Family to ... Our family." Our family. It's an ironic title because CSDD needs to also share this information with people outside the downtown community and not just with "their family." Sure, it's important that downtown residents stay informed, but if they don't tell their story to others, then establishing downtown Fayetteville as a destination will be like winking in the dark. CSDD needs to aggressively promote, market and advertise the amenities downtown Fayetteville offers if they are to develop and brand themselves. Yes, CSDD is on the right track, and I think they have the right leadership in place to make a difference in how Fayetteville is perceived. ey can count on us for support. Happy New Year, everyone. We are looking forward to and are excited about 2018. ank you for reading Up & Coming Weekly. HIGH 44 HIGH 48 HIGH 45 HIGH 35 HIGH 41 HIGH 40 DECEMBER 28 DECEMBER 29 DECEMBER 30 DECEMBER 31 JANUARY 1 JANUARY 2 Cloudy Showers Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy LOW 33 LOW 25 LOW 24 LOW 34 LOW 23 LOW 26 Cool Spring Downtown District needs to share its message with all of Cumberland County in order to effectively establish downtown Fayetteville as a destination. You're invited! "Come see what you are missing!"