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Feb. 12 at noon so submit a good one and encourage your friends to vote for your entry! The winner will be announced shortly thereafter. Tell Us Your Love Story and WIN! Downtown Fayetteville is often called the HEART of our City, but does it mean much more to you? This is your chance to share your story with the "Love Downtown" Valentine's Day photo contest! We are hosting an online contest via Facebook asking our downtown fans to submit photos and stories for their best love story downtown - photos are required, but do not necessarily need to be from the event and stories need to involve downtown as a location. Stories can include PHHWLQJ GRZQWRZQ KDYLQJ D ¿UVW GDWH JHWWLQJ engaged or married, love of family, celebrating an anniversary or reunion, anything that involves ¿QGLQJFHOHEUDWLQJ ORYH GRZQWRZQ IRU RXU ³/RYH Downtown" Valentine's Day photo contest. We will host the photos in an album on the Downtown Fayetteville Facebook page and the photo with the most likes at the end will win a Downtown Fayetteville prize pack! We will begin to accept entries for the Facebook album on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 10 a.m. Photos and stories can be emailed to info@visitdowntownfayetteville. com through Tuesday, Feb. 12 at noon or uploaded to our special Valentine's Day album by the entrant. Votes will be counted until Tuesday, APRIL 7-13, 2010 VOLUME 15 ISSUE 14 y's y n ing Weekl Up & Com P LIXOFRP OHEHDXW \HWWHYLO ZZZID Cumberland County Library ary Presents The Big Read d Now e! n Onli Treat your favorite Valentine to a unique Valentine's Day experience on Saturday, Feb. 16 with romantic horsedrawn carriage rides. Rides are available from 1 to 8 p.m. and last around 20 minutes. Your white Cinderella carriage will depart from 222 Hay Street across from Pierro's Italian Bistro. Tickets are just $15 a person, but you can bring the kids along and only pay $10 for them if they are under 12. For lovers, young and old, a private carriage ride for two can be all yours for only $50. For reservations, come by City Center Gallery & Books at 112 Hay Street or you can call 678-8899 to charge by phone. The FDUULDJH DOZD\V ¿OOV XS IDVW IRU 9DOHQWLQH¶V 'D\ especially for the private carriage rides, and advance reservations are strongly recommended before Feb. 16. JAMI SHEPPARD McLAUGHLIN, Downtown Development Manager jmclaughlin@ci.fay.nc.us www.visitdowntownfayetteville.com PROUDLY SPON SORED BY HEY! THIS PAPER FUN FAMILY EDUC ATIONAL RESOURCE OF CUMBERLAND & HOKE CO BELONGS TO: AY 2010 HAPPY MOTHER 'S DAY! CAMP GUIDE INS IDE! Feb. 14 - Happy Valentine's Day! Feb. 22 - 4th Friday, Arts Council and Downtown Alliance, www.theartscouncil.com Downtown Farmer's Market every Wednesday and Saturday! Get Involved, Come to Our Downtown Workshop! If you are enthusiastically waiting for more about the Downtown Renaissance Plan update, get excited because the next workshop is around the corner. Studio Cascade will be back to lead a workshop on the draft plan thus far on Monday, Feb. 18 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at SkyView on Hay (121 Hay Street). There has been a lot of work done to date from interviews and online surveys to the storefront studio drop-ins and workshops so come here the culmination of those efforts as we move towards a ¿QDO YHUVLRQ $OO FRPPXQLW\ PHPEHUV IURP the greater Fayetteville area including Fort Bragg are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Jami McLaughlin at 910-433-1599 or email at jmclaughlin@ci.fay.nc.us. The City of Fayetteville, North Carolina does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, age, national origin, religion, or disability in its employment opportunities, programs, services, or activities. www.facebook.com/downtownfayetteville *HSSF REE Cumberl Focus on UCW JAN. 30 - FEB. 5, 2013 201 2010 m com ngweekly.com mi www.upandco VOL. 10 16 Valentine's Day Carriage Rides id et Guide Fayetteville Bea Y You re You're A Good an G Charlie C Brown at FSU B 3UL]HV LQFOXGH IDEXORXV UHVWDXUDQW JLIW FHUWL¿FDWHV IURP Sherefe, Circa 1800 and Huske Hardware House and Brewery, a $100 gift card to Joely's, a Beginner's Fencing Package for 2 at All American Fencing Academy, a photo session by Justin Pearson Photography from Vizcaya Villa, a private carriage ride for 2 from the Downtown Alliance RQ )HE D VKDPSRRVW\OH DQG eyebrow wax from Beautiful Transitions and other goodies from So Chic Bebe, Shops at 124 Hay Street, Peacock's Eye Polish Pottery and Gifts, the Wine Café, Moonstone Jewelry, White Trash & Colorful Accessories, Pasarellas Jewelry, Rude Awakening, the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County, The Cotton Exchange, The Livery & Sea Trees, MDM Real Estate and Market Square Coffee House 7KH ¿UVW SODFH winner prize pack is valued at $1000 so get your photos and stories ready to share. We can't wait to see them! Calendar of Events 3 9LHZVUZ [V THYRL[ HUK HK]LY[PZL `V\Y I\ZPULZZ ^P[O \Z Pocket Guide 5V^ VUSPUL! ^^^\WHUKJVTPUN^LLRS`JVT WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM