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Discover CityViewNC.com's fresh updated look! | 49 www.FayettevilleNC.gov FAYETTEVILLE'S DESTINATION FOR ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT | unique shops | galleries | restaurants | coffeehouses | tea shops | wine bars | brewpubs FREE PARKING all weekend & evenings Parking deck on Franklin Street | City parking lots CityView May 2018 Ad size: 1/2 page vertical 4.5"x 7" Contact: Cool Spring Downtown District 910-223-1089 Cinco de Mayo celebrations | Saturday, May 5 Carriage Rides with El Caballero | Saturday, May 5 Fayetteville After 5 Concert | Friday, May 11 Mother 's Day Carriage Rides | Saturday, May 12 Field of Honor Opening Ceremony | Saturday, May 19 Historic Tours by Horse & Carriage | Saturday, May 19 4th Friday: High School Reunion | Friday, May 25 Blues & Brews | Saturday, June 2 Fayetteville After 5 Concert | Friday, June 8 Historic Tours by Horse & Carriage | Saturday, June 9 4th Friday: CommUNIT Y | Friday, June 22 Fayetteville's 1st Annual Vegan Festival | Saturday, June 23 downtownfayetteville For details Mark Regensburger, Cool Spring Downtown District's first president and CEO, is a skilled clarinet player and performed with the instrument as a member of U.S. Army bands through- out his 23 years of military service. He also managed music educa- tion outreach for Army Public Affairs in Washington, D.C., and headed a symphony orchestra in Michigan in the early '90s. A resident of Fayetteville for 15 years, he taught business adminis- tration at Fayetteville Technical Com- munity College until he took the Cool Spring job last August, a month aer the formation of the nonprofit district. "I felt in some sense I was called to start this," Regensburger said recently. "I had the right skills and experience to make sure this organization had a solid foundation to move forward." e Cool Spring Downtown Dis- trict isn't the first organization to be charged with promoting the downtown area. Until its formation, such efforts had been one of the missions of the Downtown Alliance. But the alliance's primary purpose is to be a trade association for downtown merchants. As ambitious city-backed plans for the revitalization of down- town developed and encompassed a broader area than just the business district, leaders decided a new organi- zation could focus solely on promoting downtown as a destination for arts, entertainment and cultural activities. Since its formation, the Cool Spring district has taken over management of a number of existing downtown activi- ties, including 4th Friday events, which occurred in January and February this year for the first time; historic tours; horse carriage rides; and installation of decorations during the holidays. As with the 4th Friday events, the district will be looking to add or bol- ster activities wherever it makes sense.

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