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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 welcomes 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. Subscriptions can be purchased for $30 for six months or $60 for 12 months, delivered weekly by first class mail. ©2007 by F&B Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of editorial or advertisements without permission is strictly prohibited. INSIDE Calendar ........................................... 14 Concert Connection ........................ 18 Free Wheelin' Feelin' ....................... 22 Horoscopes/Advice Goddess ......... 23 PUBLISHER'S PEN The Heart of Downtown by JANICE BURTON Each spring, Fayetteville residents look forward to the blooming first invested in downtown by opening Blue Moon Cafe. It was of our beautiful dogwoods and to the blooming of the best party their first venture into the restaurant business and it paid off of the year, the Dogwood Festival. With its arrival, local residents handsomely. It is somewhat comical to hear them tell the story of gear up for a good time, while at going to Barnes and Noble and the same time, bracing themselves buying every book on restaurant for the crowd of visitors to our management in order to formulate city that will make the Dogwood their business plan for the small Festival a success. café. But it worked for them. More and more, the historic Later, when they decided they downtown is becoming a had learned enough, they tackled destination, with numerous a larger venue, revitalizing Huske annual events and festivals that Hardware House and turning it run the gamut from the monthly into not only a dining destination, 4th Friday to 31 Days of Glory but also a nightlife destination. to the Dickens Holiday. This If you've never been downtown doesn't include smaller, but still after 9 p.m., then you won't know important events that occur on a about the line that waits outside to regular basis. go in and dance the night away. These events are important But Josh and Tonia know. They've because they bring folks who are put in the late nights and been not regular downtown visitors to right back at it the next morning. the city center. But they aren't They've taken their knocks with the heart of downtown. These the hopeful opening of Wet Willies Josh and Tonia Collins, owners of Huske Hardware House, present a plaque events make for successful and its closing. But that hasn't to Michael Tieman, owner of Manifold Recording and one of the sponsors weekends or busy days, but they stopped them from following of Huske Unplugged. don't define or create the true their dream for downtown. Huske success of our downtown. Unplugged, which ended last To date, the success of our downtown can be directly attributed week, epitomizes their dream. The event brought more than 90 to the visionaries who saw the potential in the city center. It can songwriters to the stage at Huske and literally hundreds of people only be laid at the feet of those members of our community who to downtown on a Wednesday night for a competition that didn't put in their money and invested their futures into the hope of what begin until 8 p.m. They packed the house. the downtown could become. But that was only one element of its success. They also brought Local business owners are the heart and soul of our downtown. Nashville music executives to our community and put Fayetteville These entrepreneurial souls are just beginning to see the results of in the national spotlight. And, they promoted the arts through their hard work and even while they take time, like this weekend, to music in our community. savor their success, they are already looking forward to the future. The true heart of downtown is the vision of These are folks who came downtown when business was slow entrepreneurs like Josh and Tonia Collins. Our city and members of the community still felt anxious about coming center will continue to grow and prosper as long as here after dark. These are the folks who have kept the faith and are people like them JANICE BURTON, Associate now reaping the fruits of their labor. hold onto their Publisher, Up & Coming Weekly, COMJosh and Tonia Collins are among those folks. Team Collins dream for our city. MENTS? editor@upandcomingweekly.com. 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