4 APRIL 22-28, 2015
WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM
Okay everyone, take a look at your calendar and make plans
to get lots of sleep this week. You may want to add some
stretching and endurance exercises into your daily routine.
In case you missed the obvious signs
of pollen coating your vehicles and
dogwoods blooming, it's time to get
ready for one of Cumberland County's
biggest weekends of the year.
So hold onto your hats, this week
we are celebrating the award-winning
Fayetteville Dogwood Festival!
Remember it's not a race, it's a
marathon weekend, and you don't want
to miss a thing.
This annual rite of spring that
showcases all the best of our
community is in the spotlight of this
edition of Up & Coming Weekly. We
have showcased this wonderfully
anticipated event that has been over
a year in the making. So, get ready for
a great week!
Forget about your taxes and that
extension you filed last week. Forget
about the UDO, PWC, tax rates, annexation
controversies or the washing machine
hose that broke and flooded your
basement or that shopping cart that dinged
your new car. This is our time to celebrate
springtime here in Fayetteville, N.C., by
showing off our city, our communities and
the people who make living here enjoyable
and unique.
The publication you are reading right
now is your guide to experiencing one of
the most outstanding outdoor festivals in
southeast North Carolina – for that matter in
the Southeast. For those of you that are new
in town or strictly get your news and information
from an iPhone or other source of social media, the Fayetteville
Dogwood Festival is held annually in Historic Downtown
Fayetteville. In downtown and its adjacent Festival Park, you
will experience three days of fun, food and entertainment
that showcases the personality and hospitality of our entire
community. There will be something
for everyone: motorcycle/car rallies,
pageants, duck races, street vendors,
arts, crafts, street performers and live
music including several huge concerts.
See Associate Publisher Janice Burton's
article on page13. Janice is a veteran of
numerous Dogwood Festivals and knows
what she is talking about.
My message this week is extremely
simple: This event is very special to us.
Its quality reflects not only the values
of our community but signifies what can
be maintained and preserved when the
right vision, compassion and proper
leadership come together for the
benefit of the Fayetteville community
and our surrounding communities.
This being said, I congratulate
Dogwood Festival Director Carrie
King, her board of directors and the
countless numbers of volunteers
dedicated to carrying on this 33-year
Fayetteville tradition. We need more
of this kind of leadership to make
our community safe, economically
sound and to provide the quality of
life needed for growth in the 21st
century. Again, thank you Carrie!
Now let's all have a wonderful
and unforgettable weekend. Thank
you for reading Up & Coming
Weekly, your community newspaper.
STAFF
PUBLISHER'S PEN
PUBLISHER
Bill Bowman
Bill@upandcomingweekly.com
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
Janice Burton
editor@upandcomingweekly.com
EDITOR
Stephanie Crider
stephanie@upandcomingweekly.com
ART DIRECTOR
Sara Smith
art@upandcomingweekly.com
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
D.G. Martin, Pitt Dickey,
Margaret Dickson, John Hood,
Erinn Crider, Jim Jones,
Shanessa Fenner, Heather Griffiths
DISTRIBUTION MANAGER/
OFFICE COORDINATOR
Laurel Handforth
laurel@upandcomingweekly.com
ACCOUNTING
Paulette Naylor
accounting@upandcomingweekly.com
MARKETING/SALES
Linda McAlister Brown
linda@upandcomingweekly.com
Kristy Sykes
kristy@upandcomingweekly.com
Beverly Pone
beverlypone@upandcomingweekly.com
MARKETING ADMINISTRATOR
Mandi Hawley
Mandi@upandcomingweekly.com
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Vision, Compassion, and Leadership
The 33
rd
Annual Dogwood Festival
by BILL BOWMAN
BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, UP &
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