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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www.cityoffayetteville.org And for adults whose idea of camping is a nice hotel, you can make plans to eat at one of our fun patio restaurants. as get some much needed fresh air and sunshine without leaving the comfort of a nice table and chairs. After eating, walk around downtown to look in the cute outside downtown! Looking for Downtown Picnic Ideas? warmer and a perfect way to spend an afternoon St. for picnic blankets, baskets, cheese boards, coolers and more. Ask about monogramming too picnic spread. leave your homemade goodies at home and try downtown restaurants offer boxed lunches or take out that make perfect compliments to your picnic blanket and basket, including Rude Awakening North Carolina gourmet snack foods and muscadine grape slushies that are worth a try. Also, for those sweet tooths, don’t forget to pick at 318 Hay St. are a perfect way to end a great picnic in the park. How Much Do You Know About Downtown? See if you know the answer to this trivia question: What small business downtown is run by three generations of the same family? the next installment of Downtown Developments. Congratulations to Michelle Ford for submitting the correct answer last on Ann Street features a wooden truss roof, the only of its kind in North Carolina. Calendar of Events APRIL April 29-May 1 - Fayetteville Dogwood Festival, www.faydogwoodfestival.com 29 - 2nd Annual “A Garden Party,” Boys & Girls Club of Cumberland County, www.ccbgc.org 30 - “Run for Your Hero” Dogwood 10K, YMCA of the Sandhills, www.ymcaofthesandhills.org JAMI SHEPPARD McLAUGHLIN, Downtown Development Manager jmclaughlin@ci.fay.nc.us www.facebook.com/downtownfayetteville Event Spotlight Feeling lucky? Race a ducky! The Fayetteville Duck Derby will be held on Saturday, May 7 from 1 to 6 p.m. at Campbellton Landing, where 5,000 to 15,000 rubber ducks will race down the Cape Fear River donated by presenting sponsor Rick Hendrick proceeds go to programs, extending from helping elderly neighbors to replenishing local food banks. Accompanying the race will be a festival with a will have live entertainment throughout the day train and bounce houses, wagon rides on the river trail, boat rides on the Cape Fear River, a variety Salute, honoring our soldiers, vets and their the river with military personnel. traveling around Fayetteville and beyond, and his (www.twitter.com/fayduckderby (www.youtube.com/fayduckderby). For a closer www.fayettevilleduckderby.com. It’s a Brew Pub with a Groove. It’s the Fun Side of Fayetteville! Fayetteville’s Original Gastro Pub & Brewery Make Downtown Your Destination! 405 Hay St. Brewing Good Times! s! WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Historic Downtown Fayetteville 910-437-9905 www.huskehardware.com APRIL 27 - MAY 3, 2011 UCW 17