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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STAFF PUBLISHER Bill Bowman bbowman@upandcomingweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Janice Burton editor@upandcomingweekly.com OPERATIONS OFFICER Paulette Naylor accounting@upandcomingweekly.com EDITOR Stephanie Crider stephanie@upandcomingweekly.com ART DIRECTOR Alicia Miller art@upandcomingweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS D.G. Martin, Pitt Dickey, Margaret Dickson, John Hood, Erinn Crider, Karen Poppele, Heather Griffiths DISTRIBUTION MANAGER/ OFFICE COORDINATOR Laurel Handforth laurel@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING/SALES Cynthia Deere cynthia@upandcomingweekly.com Linda McAlister Brown linda@upandcomingweekly.com Kristy Sykes kristy@upandcomingweekly.com Beverly Pone beverlypone@upandcomingweekly.com ––––––––––– Up & Coming Weekly www.upandcomingweekly.com 208 Rowan Street 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 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 ........................................... 15 Concert Connection ........................ 18 TV ..................................................... 21 Free Wheelin' Feelin' ....................... 22 PUBLISHER'S PEN Promoting the Many Treasures of Downtown by BILL BOWMAN Anyone who has lived in Fayetteville more than 15 years can really centerpiece that defines it. Yet, our downtown garners little attention appreciate the progress our community has made. Unfortunately, for from outsiders as hundreds of people, businesses and organizations the most part, many of our achievements and momentous occasions churn through its eclectic streets hoping to be miraculously touched have gone uncelebrated and unheralded. Why? by instant prosperity, only to find there is no magic bullet or secret Some surmise it's because Fayetteville has a very difficult time formula for success and that every day is not a 4th Friday. coming to grips with its history and newfound image. As a result, Success comes from hard work, aggressive marketing, promotion, celebrating, advertising and promoting and from "telling your marketing our fair story" over and city continues to over again. Since be an awkward that is what Up & and elusive task. Coming Weekly does In a world of 24best, starting next hour news and week we are going instant multi-media to begin telling the communication stories of people we fail miserably and businesses at telling our own that are invested in unique local story. downtown and are John Meroski, working hard to president of the make a living and Fayetteville Area make a difference Convention and Samantha Angarita, owner of Malia Allen, owner of Bumbledoo. Joy Powell, owner of The Shops at in the development Visitors Bureau, and preservation Moonstone Jewelry. 123 Hay Street. and his staff do of the center of the an excellent job selling, marketing and promoting Fayetteville and community. These people have put their money where their mouths Cumberland County to the rest of the country. Meroski has more are and daily strive for success and to brand Historic Downtown than a decade of successes to his credit. No doubt the continuity Fayetteville as a destination point rather than an elite club of of the CVB's marketing plan to the outside world has resulted in property owners who expect others to pay for their privilege. There positive branding of Fayetteville as a welcoming, patriotic, military are many. We will begin with three wonderful ladies: Samantha community that respects and honors American traditions and salutes Angarita of Moonstone jewelry, Malia Allen of Bumbledoo and Joy its American patriots and heroes. Powell of the Shops at 123 Hay — all entrepreneurs, lovely, talented Meroski understands the importance of advertising, marketing and dedicated and all with a unique story to tell. Each business and developing our brand — a community brand that attracts owner gives visitors a reason to visit Downtown Fayetteville. hundreds of thousands of visitors to our city every year. But the Hey, there are more than 300,000 people living in Cumberland question remains: What do they do and where do they go once they County and only one reason they are not visiting our get here? What makes these visitors cognizant of the many treasures downtown … they are not invited. It's time we started we have in local arts, theatre, music, attractions, restaurants, to tell our own story. John Meroski and the CVB are activities and shopping? Also, more to my point, what makes them doing a great job ... BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, Up & Coming want to visit Fayetteville's Historic Downtown? as a community, we Weekly, COMMENTS? editor@upandcominAfter all, this is the hub of our community and should be the need to do ours. gweekly.com. Fayetteville's Weather Forecast Thursday June 6 Friday June 7 Call 910.354.1679 Sunday June 9 Saturday June 8 24 / High 85° Low 67° Partly Cloudy 4 JUNE 5-11, 2013 Horoscopes/Advice Goddess ......... 23 Classifieds ........................................ 24 Games .............................................. 26 Dining Guide.....................................27 High 84° Low 69° Mostly Cloudy High 85° Low 70° Cloudy Monday June 10 Tuesday June 11 High 87° Low 71° Cloudy High 86º Low 70º Partly Cloudy High 87º Low 69º Partly Cloudy 7 Forecast available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM